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In this sermon, Pastor Babij shows that many in the crowds following Jesus during His earthly ministry did not actually believe in Him; some in the crowd just wanted miracles and freedom from Rome, others thought Jesus was insane, and still others claimed Jesus used demonic power. Pastor Babij explains Jesus’s response to these attitudes and what being a true…

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In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains that no one has even been like Jesus Christ: no one was announced in the Old Testament like Jesus was, no one has a human pedigree like Jesus had, and no one displayed deity like Jesus did by rising from the dead. In light of Jesus’s supremacy, how should we respond?

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In this lesson, we examine the call of Noah at the beginning of the Flood account in Genesis. We also look to answer two questions: Why did God have to send a flood to destroy the world? And was Noah spared from the Flood because of his good works?

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In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains why viewing Jesus as a helpless or conquered human at the cross is totally inaccurate. Pastor Babij discusses six ways that Jesus’s supernatural power was demonstrated in His death so that we, too, might confess with the centurion, “Truly this was the Son of God!” (Matthew 27:54).

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In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains how Jesus’s answer to the Pharisees regarding fasting actually points to a grand truth: salvation requires total submission to Jesus and His gospel; all other man-made religious traditions and ideas about God must be discarded.

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In this lesson, we discuss the state of man’s heart in light of Adam’s fall and the rest of the Bible: is man basically good, evil, or malleable? We also examine whether any man is able to choose God on his own and how the doctrine of original sin should affect our presentations of the gospel today.

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In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines the conversion of Levi the tax collector and explains how the account not only displays the radical goodness of Jesus toward undeserving sinners but also instructs believers as to how they ought to interact with the lost.

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In this lesson, we examine the account of Cain and Abel, considering why Cain’s sacrifice was rejected, why Cain killed his brother, and what this historical event means for us today. We also answer this question: “Where did Cain get his wife?”

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In this lesson, we discuss the different effects of the Fall evident in God’s confrontation of Adam and Eve and in the curses God pronounces as punishment for their disobedience; the curses have implications for Satan, child rearing, marriage, work, and death. We also examine how believing in Jesus Christ rescues one from all of these…

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In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains how Jesus’s healing of a paralyzed man before a group of scribes demonstrates Jesus’s deity. Pastor Babij also discusses why personal evangelism is so important for people to become saved.

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