I want to begin a short series called The World of Knockoffs. When anything from food, clothing, movies, technology gains popularity, then some version of a knockoff is created to profit off of its counterpart’s successes. Usually a logo is similar but changed just a bit. For example, in China you can…

Intro: Conclusion to our series on Covenants Author of Hebrews: Unknown, speaks of direct revelation from the Lord 2:3 although form and style are unclear as to who wrote it. It was most likely written in and around 65-69 AD since the writer mentions the current operation of the Temple and levitical…

Recap: Living as Exile for our Faithful God: Highlighting God’s providence and faithfulness to his covenant people FIRST WAVE: Jewish exiles return under Zerrubabbel 539 BC Temple foundation is laid 537 BC Temple work resumes after stoppage 520 BC Temple work completed 516 BC Events of Esther Occurs…

One of the many talents I have is singing songs based on phrases people say. My kids and wife experience this more than most…because I don’t want people to feel bad after hearing my vocal abilities. But in any given conversation, if you speak a phrase that I recognize as a lyric from a song… I just might…

Intro: Recommitment in 80’s youth ministry. As a child of the 80’s my experience in youth groups included lots of camps experiences with our music, emotion stirring, and weak theology and biblical teaching. I didn’t know it at the time, but these ingredients were a big problem for the church and they…

Review : Creation covenant: Cut/Made with Adam Established with Noah Abrahamic Covenant Israel’s Covenant Cut with Israel at Sinai Davidic Covenant New Covenant Who is David? Youngest son to Jesse Part of tribe of Judah Great-grandmother was Ruth ( Ruth 4:22 ) Shepherd and musician Known in his youth…

Intro: Binding on your bible is like the Covenants we find in the bible. Progressive revelation: God’s process of revelation whereby He, by his spirit and through the revealed word, exposes a deeper and richer understanding of himself as time progresses so that what we know at the conclusion of his revelation…

Intro: There are two main ways to get to vacation destination: the quicker way, down the highway, which allows you to travel at high speeds with minimal turns. The downside, highways miss the beauty of the countryside. The second way to travel is the backroads. This way takes more time but you really…

Do you appreciate your capacity to remember? Memory is a gift of God many don’t appreciate until it diminishes. Memory is a blessing to see the good God has done. It aids us in our worship of Him. Memory leads to oral tradition to writing so that history continues to tell the story of God work in this…

Why do you come to church? Why do you get yourself together on a Sunday, interrupt the flow of your day, get out of those PJ’s, turn off the TV, to come each week? Some people would say there are a million ways to spend your Sunday that are more important than going to church for two hours. Students,…