God Centered Life

What God says through Amos is this: you only have I known of all the families of the earth. Therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities. This is an extraordinary statement, so we must do the work of understanding the Bible in its original context, but also apply it to it's contemporary context.

Amos 3:1-2

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Intimacy in marriage is God's means of protecting the relationship—it's defensive warfare and it will keep you together. But it's also a gift from God. We look at both the delights and the dangers of sexual intimacy.

Song of Songs 6:4 - 8:14

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Our society is showing symptoms of disease—massive divisiveness, injustice. But why? On that there is little agreement. The book of Amos speaks to today's societal ills. Today we'll hear about the power of God's Word.

Amos 2:4-5

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The reason why Pharisaism is always popular is because we think it's possible to follow rules. "I can clean the outside of the dish but I can't clean the inside. I can't change my nature—it's hard-wired." But God can.

Matt 5:8

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Jesus tells us, against everything the world suggests to us, that the root to extreme happiness is by way of holiness, purity, and integrity.

Matt 5:8

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Our healing comes both eternally and now in this present life through a restored relationship with God where we receive mercy. That is the path to healing and the nature of our redemptive experience.

Matt 5:7

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We need to be people who are proponents of fairness and justice. When it comes to our relationship with God, however, what we really need is mercy. What would a culture of mercy look like in our country?

Matt 5:7

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The distance and lack of real intimacy in marriage seems very difficult to solve. Ultimately the loss of intimacy with Christ is what this whole book is pointing us to. How do we regain it once more?

Song of Songs 5:2 - 6:3

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Our whole western society is set up to encourage us to seek happiness. But happiness is one of those things that cannot be obtained by seeking it for itself. The only way to get happiness is by seeking something else.

Matt 5:6

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The saying "your best life now" is half right. "Your best life then" is more like it. In this message we study the most radical beatitude—blessed are the meek. The idea that the meek will inherit the earth is astonishing.

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