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  • Sept 20 - Redeemed - Ransom for Many
    Ransom.  The price that is paid for a hostage. The price that is paid to get someone back.  
    Redeemed isn't just about Ruth and Naomi or Gomer and Hosea; it's about us.  It's our story.  There was a price that had to be paid for our redemption and Jesus was the only one that could pay it.  Jesus looked at His life as a servant and a ransom because He wants a relationship with me more than I want a relationship with Him. 
    Redeemed - Ransom for Many - Mark 10:35-45
    34 min
  • Sept 16 - Romans, Part 3 (Wednesday)
    What do you have to do to be able to share the Gospel?  Share your story.  And the beauty of it is that when we share Jesus with others we are all the same - we are all sinners.  
    Everything in history points to the same place - faith in Jesus.  Old Testament animal sacrifices, the way the enemy was punished in the Garden of Eden, and the heroes of our faith.  It all points to a faith in Jesus. 
    Romans, Part 3 - Romans 3:21-31
    34 min
  • September 13 - Renewal Sunday - Redeemed
    What God asked Hosea to do was crazy.  But what God was asking Hosea to do wasn't just about him; it was so that God could be glorified and the people would know of His love. 
    Sin led Gomer to chase after things that would only leave her empty time and time again.  It's the double trap of sin: sin entices you away from God and then condemns you after you've done it.  And yet, even through all the sin in Gomer's life, all her husband wanted was her.  
    All God wants is you.
    Redeemed - Hosea 1:1-9; 3:1-5; 6:1-6
    41 min
  • September 6 - Ruth to Redeemed

    September 6 - Ruth to Redeemed


    Boaz was a man of integrity, and Ruth and Naomi were in great need.  And with six scoops of barley, he gave them the assurance of a promise to cover them during their time of need.  They needed provisions.  They needed hope.  They needed a redeemer.   


    Ruth had a one time been with people who did terrible things in the sight of The Lord.  And now, when all hope nearly seemed lost, and in a way that only God could orchestrate, she was about to be in the lineage of Jesus - our Redeemer.  


    Ruth to Redeemed - Ruth 3 & 4


    40 min
  • August 30 - Ruth 2
    These are real people, with real struggles, and a real history.  And the lesson they have to teach is that God is in the seemingly mundane details of our lives no matter how distant He feels at the moment. 
    Ruth encounter a man that will provide for her in a way that is both surprising and foreshadowing of the Messiah that is to come and ultimately provide for all our needs.  Not only did Boaz, and the Lord, say they would take care of her…they actually did. 
    Ruth, chapter 2
    46 min
  • Aug 26 - Romans (Wednesday)
    Shortly after Jesus has been crucified, Rome isn't a happy place for Christians. 
    Christians were being fiercely persecuted, and yet there were people still following Jesus and, additionally, Paul is telling the Christians to put their lives on the line for the privilege of sharing the Good New about Jesus to others. 
    Because when you surrender your life to following Jesus life instantly becomes about sharing that Good News with someone else.  
    Romans - Romans 1:1-7, 16-23
    37 min
  • August 22 - Ruth
    Moab wasn't a place where people worshipped the one true God.  But godly people were going to an ungodly place because they were hungry.  Life wasn't pretty; it wasn't easy.  But, in the everyday drudgery of life, God was in the details.  Even when we can't see it at the moment, God IS in the details. 
    Time had passed and Naomi knew God was in control.  It wasn't an easy life, and she wasn't happy about how things were turning out, but she knew who was in control.  She was bitter, she was broken, and she was going home to the land where  people were worshiping God. 
    Miraculous - Ruth, chapter 1
    39 min
  • Aug 19 - Miraculous (Wednesday)
    Peter had denied ever even knowing Jesus at the moment of His greatest need.  Jesus knew Peter would deny Jesus, and now, after it was all said and done, Peter knew it, too.  
    But when Jesus came back from the dead He didn't just reappear to some of the disciples and tell them to spread the word.  Jesus told them specifically to tell Peter.  Jesus called Peter by name. 
    Later, Peter and the disciples were fishing, Jesus tells them how to catch the fish (again), He calls them all on shore for breakfast, and it's all Cokes and jokes until breakfast is over and Jesus ask a question.  "Do you love me?" 
    And Jesus already knew the answer. 
    Miraculous - John 21:1-19
    47 min
  • August 12 - Miraculous (Wednesday)

    August 12 - Miraculous


    Jesus knows that one of them is a betrayer.  He'll be sold for the same price as a slave.  Judas saw Jesus as a means to an end, and that end was money.  


    Sin was going to cost Jesus His life.  They are coming to take Jesus by force, but He isn't intimidated by the situation.  


    Peter and the rest of the disciples only had the ability to see things from a human perspective.  The end they were looking at wasn't good from their perspective.  But sin had to die.  The Kingdom had to come.  Sin had to die.  


    Our vision is short-sided.  But, Jesus saw the salvation of the world was at stake. 


    Miraculous - Matthew 26:47-56; Matthew 16:21-23

    29 min

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