Grounded In Grace

Grounded In Grace

By Christ Church of ClarksonReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Grounded In Grace episodes

  • America’s Freefall: What a Difference a Generation (or two) Makes
    America’s Freefall: What a Difference a Generation (or two) Makes
    * Note that this message has been edited from it's original 1:13 minute length to 57 minutes, including speeding up the tempo.
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    I. Recognize the Issues at Hand
         A. Primary: We Have Lost Our Fear of God
        B. Secondary: Other Factors 
            1. Breakdown of the Family
            2. Decline of the inner cities in the 60s 
            3. Rise of the Internet and Social Media
            4. Exceedingly Graphic Violence on Video
            5. Drastic Increase in Psychotropic Medications
            6. Cheapening of Human Life
            7. Failure of Men to Lead
        C. Have We Been “Given Over?” 
    II. Responsibly Do What You Can
        A. Persevere in Faith 
        B. Practice Truth
        C. Pursue Passion 
        D. Pray for Revival

    57 min
  • Job's Defense Rests (Part 1): A Vow of Innocence | Job 27:1-23
    Job's Defense Rests (Part 1): A Vow of Innocence | Job 27:1-23
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       Introduction: Righteousness and the Book of Job
    I. Exoneration: Job Has a Clear Conscience (27:1–6)
        A. The Authority (v. 2)
        B. The Condition (v. 3)
        C. The Promise (v. 4)
    II. Exhortation: Job Warns His Friends (27:7–10)
        A. Curse or a Warning?
    III. Education: Job Desires to Instruct His Friends (27:11–12)
    IV. Emulation: Job Uses His Friend’s Words Against Them (27:13–23)
        A. Famine and War (v. 14)
        B. Plague and the Death of Family (v. 15)
        C. Sudden Loss of Wealth (vv. 16-19)
        D. Natural Disaster (vv. 20-22)
        E. Mocked by Others (v. 23)
       Concluding Thoughts . . . 
    53 min
  • Bye-Bye Bildad | 25:1-26:14
    Bye-Bye Bildad | 25:1-26:14
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    I. The Last Words of Bildad (25:1-6)
        A. Establishing the Greatness of God (25:1-3)
        B. Contrasting the Fallenness of Man (25:4-6)

    II. Job’s Reply to Bildad (26:1–14)
        A. Bildad Misses the Point (26:1–4)
        B. God’s Greatness in what He Does (26:5–13)
            1. God’s Greatness Over Death and the Underworld (vv. 5-6)
            2. God’s Greatness Over Life and the Creation (vv. 7-10)
            3. God’s Greatness Over Adversaries and the Satan (vv. 11-13)
        C. God’s Greatness in Who He is (26:14)
            “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; and how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?” —Job 26:14
    47 min
  • When Life is Unfair and God Seems Not to Care (Part 2) | Job 24:1-25
    When Life is Unfair and God Seems Not to Care (Part 2) | Job 24:1-25
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    I. Job Believes He Cannot Find God (23:1–9) - Will I Trust God when I Don't Perceive Him? 
    II. Job Believes He is Innocent (23:10–12) - Will I Trust God when Life Seems Unfair?
    III. Job Believes God's Sovereignty is Capricious (23:13–17) - Will I Trust God in His Wise Sovereignty?
    IV. Job Believes the Wicked Triumph (24:1–17) - Will I Trust God when Evil Triumphs?
    V. Job Believes Righteousness will Eventually Prevail (24:18-25) - Will I Trust God in His Timing?
    57 min
  • When Life is Unfair and God Seems Not to Care (Part 1) | Job 23:1-17
    When Life is Unfair and God Seems Not to Care (Part 1) | Job 23:1-17
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    Introduction . . . Trust and obey for there IS no other way!
    I. Job Believes He Cannot Find God (23:1–9) - Will I Trust God when I Don't Perceive Him? 
        A. For Job - God is Absent (1-9)
            1. What was the darkest hour that ever struck this earth? 
            2. Job envisions what would happen if he could get a legal hearing before God
    II. Job Believes He is Innocent (23:10–12) - Will I Trust God when Life Seems Unfair?
        A. Job's Declaration of Innocence (10-12)
            1. Throughout the book so far we’ve seen two things:
               a. Job is innocent (he did nothing to deserve his calamity)
               b. The three friends assume he’s guilty (his calamity must be the result of his sin)
            2. Job knows he didn’t commit crimes that caused his calamity: 
                a. Based on God’s knowledge (10)
                b. Based on Job’s knowledge (11-12)
                    (1) “How did Job know “the words of God’s mouth?”
    III. Job Believes God's Sovereignty is Capricious (23:13–17) - Will I Trust God in His Wise Sovereignty?
        A. We see an Accurate Portrayal of God’s Sovereignty (13-14)
        B. But for Job - God’s Sovereignty Seemed Capricious (15-17)
        C. God’s Sovereignty is Good—Because God is Good
    55 min
  • Disorder in the Court: The Last Words of Eliphaz | Job 22:1-30
    Disorder in the Court: The Last Words of Eliphaz | Job 22:1-30 
    You cannot apply right what you know wrong
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    I. False Assumptions: The Depth of Job's Sin in Light of God's Indifference (22:1-5) 

        A. God's Assumed Indifference (1-3)
         B. Job's Assumed Sinfulness (4-5)
    II. False Accusations: The Delineation of Job's Sin in Light of Three Categories (22:6-11) 
         A. Job's Sins Enumerated (6-9)
            1. Against the Brethren (6)
            2. Against the Weary and Hungry (7)
            3. Against Widows and Orphans (9)
        B. Eliphaz commits "The Fallacy of Assuming the Cause" (10-11)
    III. False Allegations: The Defiance of Job's Sin in Light of God's Transcendence (22:12-20)
        A. God's Transcendence (12)
        B. Job's Alleged Defiance (13-17)
    IV. False Applications: The Direction of Job's Sin in Light of God's Restoration (22:21-30)
        A. Repentance (21-24)
            1. Submit (21)
            2. Learn (22)
            3. Return (23-24)
        B. Restoration (25-30)   Note the "If/Then" conditions
            1. God Prized Above All (25)  
            2. God Cherished Above All (26)
            3. Prayers Heard (27a)
            4. Vows Kept (27b)
            5. Decisions Confirmed / Life Illuminated (28)
            6. Usefulness to Others Promised (29-30)

    57 min

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Grounded In Grace is the teaching ministry of Tony Bartolucci, Minister of Preaching at Christ Church of Clarkson, New York. He has an M.A. from Phoenix Seminary and is a doctoral candidate at…