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  • How We Can Smile in Suffering / Dr. Marty Herron

    Scripture Texts: 

    Primary Text: 1 Peter 1:3-12

    Main Points or Ideas:

    6 Reasons You Can Make It

    1. We Have a Living Hope (vs. 3)

    2. We Have a Permanent Inheritance (vs. 4)

    3. We Have Divine Protection (vs. 5)

    4. We Have a Developing Faith (vs. 6-7)

    5. We Have an Unseen Savior (vs. 8)

    6. We Have a Guaranteed Deliverance (v. 9)

      7. Conclusion: 

      We need to go through life with confidence and joy because of the hope that God has given us.

      40 min
    7. Living in a Digital Babylon / Dr. Marty Herron

      Daniel 1:8 is the key to success in your Christmas break this year. 

      Scripture Texts

      Daniel 1:1-8, 19-20


      Main Points or Ideas

      Isaac Watts (1674-1748) - “The Father of English Hymnody”

      • When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 

        • Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

        • While God Rules, I Resolve.
        • He made up his mind, so make up yours. 
        • Daniel decided ahead of time what his convictions would be. 

          • As Daniel and His Friends Resolved…

          • Make up your mind to make a hard right and not an easy wrong. 

            • They had a new…

            • Home (vs. 1-2)

            • Information (vs. 3-4)

            • Diet (vs. 5) 

            • Name (vs. 6-7)

            • Test (vs. 8)

              • What did the teenagers know?

              • Faithfulness is better than fame. 

              • Point - the culture did not change their hearts or habits!


                • Take Home Truths: Three Tips to Taking a “Hard Right”

                1. Accept Adversity of Life (vs. 1-3)

                  • What was happening wasn’t right because of the disobedience of the Israelites. 
                  • Purity is better than popularity. 

                  • Reject Cultural Assimilation (vs. 4-16)

                    • Refuse to be used. 
                    • Somewhere along the line you have to resolve to reject the culture. 
                    • There are people who are waiting for you and they are committed to change you. 

                    • Accumulate Wisdom and Learning (vs. 17-21)

                      • Faithfulness is better than fear. 
                      • They could have made excuses because of their situation and disobeyed. 
                        • 29 min
                      • Be Aware of Spiritual Scam Artists / Dr. Jim Tillotson

                        When you hear things that contradict the Word of God you need to have discernment.


                        Scripture Text

                        Titus 1:10-16


                        Main Points or Ideas

                        Characteristics of False Teachers (vs. 10)

                        1. Insubordinate

                          • They are a law to themselves. 
                          • The Bible will be a resource for what they teach but not the source of what they teach. 
                          • They act and treat you like they can’t be touched. 

                          • Empty Talkers 

                            • They are fluent but shallow. 
                            • We become hearers of the Word, not doers. 
                            • It is not a lack of information, it is a lack of application. 
                            • They talk a good game but they don’t know what they’re talking about. 

                            • Deceivers 

                              • The Bible is a resource for their teaching but not the source. 
                              • Unsaved people can give you good advice. 
                              • You can benefit your life without Jesus. 
                              • Christianity is not just good advice and marriage pointers. 

                                • What distinguishes Christianity is Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross. 

                                • In faith alone, in Christ alone 

                                • The distinguishing factor is the gospel 

                                  • False teachers teach everything but the gospel.

                                  • Poor people are often the most generous. 

                                  • False religion wants to tell you that if you are poor you will be unhappy and wealth is the only way to be happy. 

                                  • You will damn people to hell through false teaching. 

                                  • You have to stand on the gospel even if it is hard to tell. 

                                  • False religion is all about me me me. 

                                  • False teachers promise what they can’t deliver. 

                                    • When everything is wrong, it’s still okay because you are still with Christ. 

                                    • You can praise God when it’s good and you can praise God when it’s bad because you have the hope of our eternity. 

                                    • The best is still ahead for every believer. 

                                    • Heaven is special because you can’t have those things now. 

                                      • When people are giving this kind of teaching, their mouths must be stopped (vs. 11)

                                      • They were teaching that Jesus isn’t enough. 
                                        • Their goal of their activity was about gain. It is all about the money. 
                                        • It is amazing what false teachers can get away with. 


                                          • Conclusion

                                          Our hearts should go out to those who have bought into false teaching.

                                          35 min
                                        • Leading Through the Valley / Andy Stearns

                                          You are going to face trials at some time in your life. The valley will look different for all of us. 

                                          Scripture Text 

                                          Psalm 73


                                          Main Points or Ideas

                                          Declaration:

                                          • Asaph declares this truth. 

                                          • He wants you to consider these things so that you won’t doubt the goodness of God. 

                                          • Do you believe God is good? 

                                          • Because of their prosperity, they live out more sins. 

                                          • They turn their arrogance toward God. 

                                          • It is hard when you are trying to follow the Lord and things are difficult, but when you look at the wicked, things are easy for them. 

                                          • There are times that feel like nothing goes right no matter how hard you try. 

                                            • Leadership Lessons 

                                            1. Speak truthfully about your circumstances (vs. 15). 

                                              • Asaph is honest about his trials. 

                                              • He understands that those trials are happening because we live in a sin-cursed world. 

                                              • God will work it out in the end, that doesn’t mean that you have to call that “good.” 

                                              • Don’t lie about God in your circumstances. 

                                              • Submit to all of Scripture and not just your inability to put a circumstance together. 

                                              • Go to church (vs. 16-17). 

                                                • How are you going to make it through the valley if you are not surrounded by God’s people and see God’s perspective on your life? 

                                                • Being surrounded by God’s people has a way of guarding your soul against coming to the wrong conclusions. 

                                                • Consider God’s future plan, not just your present circumstances (vs. 18-20). 

                                                  • When the wicked fall, it’s fast. 

                                                  • Don’t accuse God on the basis of something that in the eternal view is just a vapor. 

                                                  • Guard against bitterness to God and envy toward others (vs. 21-22). 

                                                    • People watch how you live and how you live is how you lead even if you’re not in ministry. 

                                                    • When you’re wound up about something, you will regret it eventually and you will lead others too. 

                                                    • Rest in God’s presence (vs. 23-24). 

                                                      • God is with you. 

                                                      • God has not fallen asleep watching your life. 

                                                      • Nothing is more comfortable than God’s presence. 

                                                      • God’s presence is what gives you strength. 

                                                      • No matter how hard your life is, God has not forgotten you. 

                                                      • Make God your refuge (vs. 27-28). 

                                                        • What are you making your refuge?

                                                        • We hope in the Lord. We hope for good things. Don’t get that flipped around. 

                                                        • Never make good things your refuge.


                                                          • Conclusion

                                                          How you live as an example, is how you’re going to lead others through valleys.

                                                          35 min
                                                        • The Call to the Ministry / Dr. James Maxwell

                                                          Dr. James Maxwell, a former president of the school, challenges everyone to consider the call to ministry.

                                                          Scripture Texts

                                                          2 Timothy 1:1-14

                                                          Isaiah 6:1-8


                                                          Main Points or Ideas

                                                          The Reality of the Call 

                                                          • Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ “by the will of God.”

                                                          • Timothy had the “gift of God” for service by the laying on of Paul’s hands. 

                                                          • Jeremiah was called of God before his birth. 

                                                            • The Urgency of the Call

                                                            • It us urgent because we are accountable. 

                                                              • If you don’t fulfill the call you will still have to give an account before God. 

                                                              • It is urgent because the time is short. 

                                                              • It is urgent because souls are at stake. 

                                                                • It is a privilege to be called. 

                                                                  • The Response to the Call (Isaiah 6:1-8)

                                                                  • God’s holiness calls for us to respond. 

                                                                  • Out unworthiness calls us to respond. 

                                                                  • God’s work in our own lives calls for us to respond. 

                                                                  • The honor of working for God calls for us to respond. 


                                                                    • Conclusion

                                                                    God’s call is His enablement. 

                                                                    27 min
                                                                  • Forgiveness / Dr. Matt Morrell

                                                                    We need to learn how to regard a brother who sins against you. We must forgive each other. 
                                                                    Scripture Texts

                                                                    Primary Text: Matthew 18:15-35

                                                                    Supplemental Texts: Ephesians 4


                                                                    Main Points or Ideas

                                                                    1. The Problem of Forgiveness (vs. 15-20)

                                                                      • Introduction 
                                                                      • Forgiveness is not a feeling.  
                                                                      • Forgiveness is not forgetting. 
                                                                      • Forgiveness is not faking. 
                                                                      • Forgiveness is forever. 

                                                                      • The Parable of Forgiveness (vs. 21-35) 

                                                                        • Forgiveness is found in the forgiver, not in the forgiven. 
                                                                        • I’d you can’t see a picture of Jesus in this, you are blind. 
                                                                        • This is a picture of the gospel. 
                                                                        • The servant had the legal right to ask for the money but not the moral right. 
                                                                        • When I choose to receive forgiveness, I am obligated to practice that same forgiveness for others. 
                                                                        • When one refuses to forgive another, there is a torture and a torment in their soul. 

                                                                        • The Principles of Forgiveness 

                                                                          • The source of our forgiveness for others is God’s forgiveness to us. 
                                                                          • The refusal to forgive is costly. 
                                                                          • The secret of forgiveness is grace. 


                                                                            • Conclusion

                                                                            Don’t be so foolish but rejoice in the gospel that you have received through the gospel. Extend that grace and forgiveness. Because you have been forgiven, you need to forgive. 

                                                                            31 min
                                                                          • Live with Eternity in Mind / Dr. Dan Brown

                                                                            There is to be an anticipation of what Christ will do when He returns. No one knows the time when Christ will return.

                                                                            Scripture Text(s)

                                                                            Primary Text: Titus 2:11-14

                                                                            Supplemental Texts: Acts 1; Colossians 3:4; Philippians 3:20


                                                                            Main Points or Ideas

                                                                            Everything we have in Christ is because of grace. 

                                                                            1. Grace brings salvation (vs. 11). 

                                                                                • Verses 11-14 are all about grace.
                                                                                • Salvation has appeared to all. 
                                                                                • Salvation is available to all, to those who have believed and those who have not believed. 
                                                                                • It is our obligation to take the truth of salvation to all people. 

                                                                                • Grace teaches sanctification (vs. 12). 

                                                                                    • There is in this grace a sanctifying work that needs to be predominant in our lives. 
                                                                                    • We need to be different from the world. 
                                                                                    • Worldliness and ungodliness is all around us. 
                                                                                    • It is not just what we don’t do, it is also what we do do. 
                                                                                    • We need to be proactively producing in our lives Christlikeness. 

                                                                                    • Grace reveals the Savior (vs. 13-14). 

                                                                                        • Think about His past work of redemption. He is the Savior who died for us. 
                                                                                        • The substitutionary death of Christ 
                                                                                        • He died in our place. He died for us. 
                                                                                        • There is an expectation to look expectedly. 
                                                                                        • We need to think more about what Christ will do when He returns.


                                                                                          • Expectation, Explanation, Exhortation and Expression of Deity (vs. 13)


                                                                                          Conclusion

                                                                                          We have an obligation to think about what is coming. Have an expectation that Christ is going to return, because He is. Anticipate the Lord’s return. It could be today. If we were thinking more about what Christ is going to do in His return, it might temper what we are going to choose to do today.

                                                                                          31 min
                                                                                        • The Seven “Be’s” / Dr. Jim Tillotson

                                                                                          Scripture Texts

                                                                                          Primary Text: Titus 2

                                                                                          Supplemental Texts: 1 Peter 4:9; Philippians 4:8; James 2:1-4; Galatians 5:23; 2 Timothy 3:16

                                                                                          Main Points or Ideas

                                                                                          1. Be Hospitable 

                                                                                            • 1 Peter 4:9
                                                                                            • The Good Samaritan 
                                                                                            • We make so many excuses to avoid being hospitable. 

                                                                                            • Be Loving 

                                                                                              • Philippians 4:8
                                                                                              • Do you love what God loves and hate what God Hayes?
                                                                                              • Love what is good. 
                                                                                              • What someone loves tells you a lot about that person. 
                                                                                              • Could you write “good” on the things you consume (i.e. books, videos, music, websites, etc.)?

                                                                                              • Be Soberminded

                                                                                                • Keeping one’s head about them 
                                                                                                • If you are a pastor, you have to have common sense. 
                                                                                                • If you don’t have common sense as a pastor, you hurt your whole congregation. 
                                                                                                • Having common sense is part of being a good leader. 

                                                                                                • Be Just 

                                                                                                  • What is proper, right, and fitting 
                                                                                                  • It is being honorable in everything you do. 
                                                                                                  • James 2:1-4, 8-11
                                                                                                  • You should always be trying to do what is right and fitting. 
                                                                                                  • Slander/Gossip is not just. 

                                                                                                  • Be Holy 

                                                                                                    • Be above reproach. 
                                                                                                    • If you can’t be trusted in private, you can’t be trusted in public. 
                                                                                                    • We are more concerned about what people think we are than what we actually are. 
                                                                                                    • Learn to become good at confessing sin, not good at hiding it. 
                                                                                                    • What you try to hide, God has a great way of revealing. 

                                                                                                    • Be Self-Controlled 

                                                                                                      • A mark of immaturity is the lack of self-control. 
                                                                                                      • Do you choose the right response even when it’s hard? 
                                                                                                      • If you only act right when others are watching, that’s what you are doing, acting. 
                                                                                                      • Galatians 5:23 
                                                                                                      • Self-control is a daily battle/decision. 
                                                                                                      • When you see someone lose self-control, it’s sad. 
                                                                                                      • Are you practicing self-control in every area of your life? 
                                                                                                      • Are there things in your life that, if you were honest between you and God, are totally out of control?
                                                                                                      • You can control yourself (because you have the Holy Spirit). 
                                                                                                      • What is something that Satan says you can’t control? God says you can. 

                                                                                                      • Be Committed to God’s Word 

                                                                                                        • 2 Timothy 3:16
                                                                                                        • We need to hang on hard to God’s Word. 
                                                                                                        • Are you ready to take the stand for God’s Word? 
                                                                                                        • Hold fast to the Faithful Word.


                                                                                                          • Conclusion

                                                                                                          You need to be able to say, “Nothing can separate from the Word of God.”

                                                                                                          35 min
                                                                                                        • Now is the Time / Bryan Clark

                                                                                                          Tomorrow is not guaranteed.  What you are doing today is preparing opportunities for yourself to serve today.  Today is the day that you can do something different.


                                                                                                          Scripture Text

                                                                                                          Ephesians 5:15-17


                                                                                                          Main Points or Ideas

                                                                                                          Doubt is an experience common to all people. 

                                                                                                          The only cure for doubt is how much trust you have in a sovereign God. 

                                                                                                          • Even those with faith in God struggle with doubt on occasion and say with the man in Mark 9, “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.”

                                                                                                            • Hebrews 11: There was faith in God to overcome their doubt. 

                                                                                                            • Doubt is a tool of Satan. 

                                                                                                              • Genesis 3: Satan cast doubt into Eve’s mind. 

                                                                                                              • We tend to put faith in what we experience with our senses 

                                                                                                              • James 1:5-8

                                                                                                              • If we doubt God’s ability to be able to fulfill His promises, what is the point in asking anyways? 

                                                                                                              • Hebrews 11:6

                                                                                                              • Before we can be secure in our faith, we must answer the question: Where have I placed my trust? 

                                                                                                                • We put our trust into a chair when we go to sit, but we don’t put our trust in the Almighty God who is the Creator of everything. 

                                                                                                                • Use what you are learning right now to apply it right now. 

                                                                                                                  • Three Pillars to Battle Against Doubt 

                                                                                                                  • The Word 

                                                                                                                    • It can be encouraging to remember the faithfulness of God when we are struggling 

                                                                                                                    • 1 Kings: Elijah gave into fear and doubt because of the influences that he let into his life. 

                                                                                                                    • During times of stress and exhaustion it is easy to forget everything that God has done for us. 

                                                                                                                    • Matthew 11:11; Luke 7:22

                                                                                                                    • We have to be students of the Word.

                                                                                                                    • What does God want you to do in this situation? 

                                                                                                                    • Romans 8:16

                                                                                                                    • Help my unbelief. 

                                                                                                                    • We all need to grow and pursue or faith in Christ. 

                                                                                                                    •  Prayer

                                                                                                                      • Pray without ceasing. 

                                                                                                                      • This may be the most difficult discipline to practice in the life of the believer, but it is the most important one. 

                                                                                                                      • Luke 11:9-13

                                                                                                                      • Keep a prayer journal, so that you can see the hand of God sustaining and keeping you. 

                                                                                                                      • God does not want people to doubt you, He wants them to be confident in His love. 

                                                                                                                      • Prayer is for your benefit. Allow God to fill you. 

                                                                                                                      • Only as you pursue your Creator will you be satisfied. 

                                                                                                                      • If you find that you do not have any satisfaction in this life, that is because you are made for another life. 

                                                                                                                      • Faith in God is the answer to doubt. 

                                                                                                                      • The Holy Spirit 

                                                                                                                        • The most powerful battle against doubt. 

                                                                                                                          • Overcoming Doubt 

                                                                                                                          • Your life should be controlled by the Spirit of God in you. 

                                                                                                                          • Until you have come to that point in your life, you are not seizing the opportunities that God has put in your life. 

                                                                                                                            • Redeem the Time 

                                                                                                                            • Ephesians 5:15-17

                                                                                                                            • God has a purpose for our tomorrows. 

                                                                                                                            • We need to seize the day so we can prepare for tomorrow. 

                                                                                                                            • Redeeming the time is an eternal pursuit that affects an eternal manifestation. 

                                                                                                                            • Wisdom is the practical application of God’s Word. 

                                                                                                                            • Do not be hearers of the Word but doers. 

                                                                                                                            • Your Walk (vs. 15)

                                                                                                                              • Keep your eyes wide open. 

                                                                                                                              • Look around for the enemy. 

                                                                                                                              • Satan wants to make you ineffective for God’s glory. 

                                                                                                                              • Your Way (vs. 16)

                                                                                                                                • What are you doing now with what God has given you to serve Him?

                                                                                                                                • What does God want from you today? 

                                                                                                                                  • Your Wisdom (vs. 17) 

                                                                                                                                      • Understand what the will of the Lord is. 

                                                                                                                                      • It’s like Paul is saying, “Don’t be stupid, stupid!”

                                                                                                                                      • You were created for one purpose, to know God and make Him known. 

                                                                                                                                      • Proverbs 1:6

                                                                                                                                      • Identify the lies of the enemy. 

                                                                                                                                      • Lay aside the weights and the sins that easily beset us. 

                                                                                                                                      • Pursue holiness according to the wisdom of His Word.


                                                                                                                                          • Conclusion

                                                                                                                                          We have to walk circumspectly and redeem the time, one day at a time 

                                                                                                                                          32 min
                                                                                                                                        • Staying Faithful with a Heart of Gratitude / Dr. Les Ollila

                                                                                                                                          Soldiering combats being self-seeking.


                                                                                                                                          Scripture Text(s)

                                                                                                                                          Primary Text: 2 Timothy 2

                                                                                                                                          Supplemental Texts: Ezekiel 22


                                                                                                                                          Main Points or Ideas

                                                                                                                                          Biblical Examples of Staying Faithful 

                                                                                                                                          • Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego

                                                                                                                                          • Daniel in the lion’s den

                                                                                                                                          • David against Goliath 

                                                                                                                                          • Nehemiah rebuilding the wall 

                                                                                                                                            • The Height of Ingratitude: Joash

                                                                                                                                            • He never had a heart for God 

                                                                                                                                            • As soon as Jahoida died, Joash changed 

                                                                                                                                            • He forgot what Jahoida did for him 

                                                                                                                                              • Do we have a reason to fight? 

                                                                                                                                              • He read off some of the history of America and emphasized the origin of how we used to be a nation founded on God. 

                                                                                                                                              • We are only a national of liberty if we are centered on God. 

                                                                                                                                                • Develop a deep gratitude. 

                                                                                                                                                • Do not have a heart like Joash. 

                                                                                                                                                • God is still on the throne.

                                                                                                                                                • Ezekiel 22: may it never be said that our name is among those that would never commit. 


                                                                                                                                                  • Conclusion

                                                                                                                                                  May our hearts be grateful for those who have sacrificed for our country.

                                                                                                                                                  29 min

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