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In this final message based on the book of Jonah, God uses a vivid object lesson to teach Jonah about his sovereignty over creation and salvation. God grows a plant to shade Jonah from the sun, then removes the plant to show his power and sovereignty over his creation (Jonah 4:6–8). Although the plant, like the fish, gladly obeys the command of God, Jonah has yet to get on board with God’s plan and desire for his creation. 

The story of Jonah ends abruptly with no apparent resolution on the part of the rebellious prophet (Jonah 4:11). However, the story has now come full circle. God began by calling Jonah to preach his message to 120,000 people, and now he has returned to deal with the one. God’s great love is not only for renegade cities with thousands of lost souls but also for the heart of his one rebellious prophet. 

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In this message, Pastor Bogdan helps us understand what to do when we are disappointed with God. What to do with your disappointment in God? Have you ever been disappointed with God? Have you ever been angry with God or angry at God? Those people who are in authority over us, such as parents, bosses, supervisors, leaders, and pastors,  might have made decisions that impacted us, at first, we did not understand why it is that they did what they did, but then later on, we understood that their decision was correct, even though at first, we did not understand it. 

Even the best parents, and the best leaders, are flawed human beings, and even with their best intentions of making good decisions, they might have made decisions that ultimately were not the wisest or the smartest. But imagine for a moment the nature of God, in that the will of God and the decisions of God, and what God allows to come to pass, is always 100% perfect and correct every single time. It does not mean that the pain that happened to you was good or that God caused it, but it can be used for your good. 

Today God has lovingly put you in situations and places where your comfort and desires are pressed so that they might conform to his plan for your life. 

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God uses the few simple words that Jonah speaks to bring about great repentance and salvation to an entire city. God doesn’t need your eloquence to accomplish His desires. Rather, He lovingly invites you to lend your voice to His simple message and to join Him in His work. In this third message in our Jonah series, Pastor Bogdan reminds us that God speaks to Jonah a second time commanding him to go to Nineveh and proclaim God’s message. This second chance is evidence of God’s persistent calling and his patient love. His desire to save the city of Nineveh and to use Jonah as his messenger has not changed. Humans’ disobedience doesn’t change God. His relentless love and calling change us. 

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When Jonah literally hits rock bottom, God rescues him and redirects his thoughts and actions. Pastor Bogdan will remind us through this sermon on Jonah, that God can hear your prayer, save you, and create space for you to listen to and obey him, even when you are at your lowest point. 

God is at work to save, even before those fleeing from Him are aware of him. 

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Today we are beginning our new sermon series on the Book of Jonah.  This is one of the most famous books in the entire bible. Not least because of the famous story of the “Great Fish” that swallows Jonah. Jonah is the story of a reluctant prophet. A prophet that rather runs from God rather than runs to God. Written in a satirical style, Jonah is a book of reversals. It is a Book that shows that God is not always who we think He is. He is Much Better and that is Good News for Us. Our hope and prayer is that God would use the Book of Jonah as a sign that points to the Good News of the Hope we have in the Life, Death, Burial, Resurrection, and Return of Jesus.

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Living at peace with governing authorities is practiced by living at peace with one another. Most leaders shy away from controversial topics in the church. Under the right circumstances, though, a dialogue within the church on a sensitive subject can help worshippers grow in faith and friendship. 

Romans 13:1–7 has a storied legacy of use in political rhetoric. The very fact that such broad interpretations have been possible over the centuries suggests that we should apply this passage to any contemporary situation with a great deal of care and only in consistency with Jesus’s ethic of loving one’s neighbor as oneself (Matthew 22:39). 

In this second message on The Church, Culture, and Politics, pastor Bogdan reminds us that Jesus is too liberal for conservatives and He is too conservative for liberals. Jesus is a category breaker. God always breaks our categories. That is why He is God. 

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As we navigate the increasingly polarizing topic of faith and politics, we take guidance from Jesus as he himself tackled a time of religious and political upheaval. What were the politics of Jesus’ time? How did Jesus interact with governing authorities? When we have fellow believers on opposing sides of the party line, how can we maintain Christian unity? This two-week series will stimulate faith and discussion among believers of all political persuasions. In this first sermon, pastor Bogdan is speaking about what it means to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. 

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Last week we explored the showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal and today we will be concluding our series on “The Man Elijah.” 

Today and we will conclude with an examination of the fallout after the conflict. Sometimes after our greatest victory with the Lord, we may find ourselves on the verge of our greatest defeat. 

We will look at how an encounter with God in a surprising way helped Elijah continue on in his ministry as Prophet and how that encounter might give us insight and encouragement to continue to do the things that God has called us to do.

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Today we will look at one of the most awesome and epic passages in the whole bible. The showdown between the false prophets of Baal and the prophet of God, the man, Elijah. Though this showdown was settled in the ancient past, the pattern continues today in our lives and in our culture. Many are on the fence about answering the central question of their life, "who will you worship?"

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After three long years of drought, without any rain in Israel, the time had come for God to defeat the demonic spirits working through Ahab and Jezebel. In today's message, we are going to learn what the passive Ahab spirit and the controlling Jezebel spirit look like and how we can avoid falling prey to such demonic activity. 

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