Join us this week as we learn about how God uses sacrifices in Leviticus to teach us about relationships with Him and with others.
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Scandalous Grace
The Embrace of Grace
The Pharisees thought that Jesus’s proximity to such a great sinner discredited him. Jesus, on the other hand, came to save sinners, no matter how much they have sinned.
Great forgiveness provides the opportunity for great love.
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Psalms: Life as Worship
Confession
Join Jon as we receive our weekly dose of misery and depression! Don’t worry, we won’t stay there.
Why is confession so important? Our lives and this world are not what they should be, yet we prefer the lie and run toward the depths. Fortunately, the destination of our confession is The One who loves to forgive.
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Jonah: God’s Call to All
Jonah: Both the Prodigal Son & Elder Brother
All are lost in sin, rebellion, and anger. Fooled by fake freedom, Jonah and the Prodigal went away from The Father. Clouded by arrogant pride, Jonah and the Elder Brother were full of wrath toward the helpless, who need the grace of The Father. Both stories end with a plea from The Father, who is full of love and mercy for all. What are you living for?
- How is Jonah like the Prodigal Son? (Am I free enough?)
- How is Jonah like the Elder Son? (Am I good enough?)
- How are We like Jonah, the Prodigal, and the Elder Son?
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Jonah: God’s Call to All
Upside Down Repentance
God mercifully pursues Nineveh through a poor message and a reluctant prophet. The people of Nineveh repent and God relents. His message is the same for the people of God as it was for the unbelievers: If you repent, He will relent.”
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Jonah: God’s Call to All
A Redeemed Heart
The story in Jonah, as it is throughout God’s Word, is that God wants you to have a redeemed heart.
- A redeemed heart finds refuge in God’s Word.
- A redeemed heart has an eternal perspective.
- A redeemed heart, as much as it is able, is willing to make things right.
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Jonah: God’s Call to All
Salvation Belongs to the Lord
It is the Lord, who saves those weak sinners fleeing from Him. There is no other savior, and it is not we, who save ourselves.
- Salvation is not the exclusive possession of one group.
- God extends salvation to the most unlikely.
- God will go to extraordinary means to save us.
- If salvation is of the Lord, then it’s by His way or manner.
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Jonah: God’s Call to All
Drowning in Sin
Jonah ran from God when he rejected the law-keeper and His commands. But God intervenes in Jonah’s life with anger and grace.
- Sin takes us down
- Sin leads to death
- God intervenes with anger & grace
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Parables: Truths About God’s Kingdom
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Matthew 18: 21-35, Genesis 4: 23-24
With this parable Jesus teaches about the reality of the debt of our sin and forgiveness. Grasping how much God has forgiven us allows us to have a forgiving heart toward others.
- An Unforgiving Heart
- A Forgiving Heart
- What forgiveness really is
- Forgiveness means: giving up the right to seek repayment from the one who harmed you.
- Someone always pays, on every debt.
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The Life of Joseph: Pain & Providence
Blessing in the Midst of Suffering
Have you ever been punished for doing the right thing? Why should I do good when nothing good will come out of it? Why should we go out of our way to bless others?
- We can bless others when circumstances aren’t what we want them to be.
- We can bless others when people aren’t what we want them to be.
- We can bless others when results aren’t what we want them to be.
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