Apostolic Purpose

This is the first session in a new series designed to help us “…grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). We’re working on solving what I like to call the “Swiss Cheese Problem” – a Christian experience that’s somewhat solid but still has evident holes. We hope you’ll join us and explore some concepts that everyone just assumes a Christian should know about, but that no one ever seems to teach about.

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Let’s not give in to passivity, a spirit of complaining, or a spirit of fear. Instead, let’s pray for America and for the rising generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD!

Witness these two quotes from Abraham Lincoln:

“…it is the duty of nations as well as of men to own [acknowledge] their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord…”

“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. . . Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God who made us! It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”

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In this session, we conclude our verse-by-verse study in Luke by exploring Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, Resurrection, and Ascension. The Gospel will go to all the nations – join us!

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In this session, we see Jesus with His disciples at the Last Supper, announcing the New Covenant. We then see the Lord going to the Garden of Gethsemane, then being arrested and tried.

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In this session, we see Jesus facing challenging questions from His opponents, and answering them with wisdom and skill. He also teaches on the coming destruction of Jerusalem as well as the end of the age and His return.

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In this session, we see Jesus as the One who came to seek and save what was lost, and completing His voyage to Jerusalem, where He is acclaimed as king.

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In this session of our study in Luke, Pastor Nick teaches through Luke chapters 16 and 17, covering important lessons from Jesus for His disciples, such as counting the cost, the faithfulness that disciples must walk in, and the impossibility of serving both God and money.

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In this session of our verse-by-verse study in Luke’s Gospel, we work our way through chapters 12–14, and see Jesus continuing to confront religious hypocrisy. The Lord also warns individuals and the nations of the risk of God’s judgment.

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In this special double session of our course, we continue on in Luke 11 and 12, and also analyze in depth Luke chapter 15 – the “Chapter of Lost Things.” We discuss the Parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal son. Join us and explore the heart of God who pursues and welcomes us when we return home to Him!

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In this session of our continuing study in Luke, we work our way through chapters 10 and 11, where Jesus is teaching us how to live as disciples – showing us how His disciples need to live, love, and pray.

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