Midtown Church

Most of us know the challenge of navigating the disappointments of life with true faith. Each time things don't turn out the way we hoped, or our prayers seem to go unanswered, our hearts are tempted to become hard or bitter. What we don't always realize is the way God is working in and through those hardships to expose our hearts and draw us to himself in hope. This is what we find in our passage from 2 Kings 4:8-37

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This passage is one of the most important in all the Bible and includes one of the clearest definitions of the gospel found anywhere. Verse 13: "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us." In this message we will consider why we are cursed, what is the curse that Jesus became, and what God in Christ offers in exchange of the curse. 

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The churches in Galatia were buying into a gospel that was no gospel at all, specifically believing that what the Spirit of God begins in the life of Christian is to be completed by the works of the flesh. Paul calls them fools and reminds them that in the same way they were saved was to be the same way they lived. 

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The tower of Babel was humanity coming together to make a name for themselves by trying to reach up to heaven. The result was God confusing their language and scattering them throughout the earth. This Pentecost Sunday we explore how Pentecost is the great Babel reversal.

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In this passage, Paul talks about how we are justified by faith rather than by works of the law. We explore what going "back to the law" looks like in a modern context.

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The coming of God’s Spirit upon ‘impure’ Gentiles, just as at Pentecost, was arguably the most challenging moment in apostolic history. No wonder it required the direct involvement of Peter—always listed first among the Twelve. However, it had such staggering implications for the new identity of God’s people that even Peter began to have second thoughts. This week in Galatians we’ll look at the extraordinary confrontation between Paul—the former Pharisee and one of the foremost Torah scholars of his day—and Peter. It’s outcome determined the future of the church, with seismic implications for the place of the Mosaic Law.

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Paul has been put on the defense, people are doubting his call and his message. In today's text he defends both but reminding the churches in Galatia who called him, what he called him to, and what he called him for. 

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There is great power in stories and in this week's text Paul tells his story in response to the errors in the thinking of the Galatians. In his story he emphasizes two things primarily - how he was saved and the gospel that saved him. 

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In this passage, Paul expresses his astonishment at how quickly the churches in Galatia were deserting the one who had called them in grace. This message considers what the gospel is, who is the gospel is, and why there is no other.

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In this kick off message to series on Galatians - No Other Gospel - we look at the greeting of Paul to the churches located in the Roman province of Galatia. What we see from the beginning is Paul's strong defense of the gospel and defense of his own apostolic ministry. 

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