The MemoPOD by Peter Heck

I wish all of the Bible’s popular English translations used the most accurate terminology when describing Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus. They say that Jesus was “deeply moved.” But the original Greek says something completely different. I tried to bring that out in this clip, as well as explain what it means for us. This is really moving to me, and I hope it will be for you too.

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Satan doesn’t attack us through spectacular, scary assaults of supernatural aggression. At least not 99% of the time. He does the same thing He attempted to do to Jesus on the mountain of temptation. It’s always the same: introduce doubts. In this clip I tried to demonstrate the frightening similarity between his temptations of Jesus and what he is doing to us with things like sexuality today. This isn’t fun to watch, but I think it’s important for us.

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I can’t say I’d ever noticed before, but the temptation of Jesus occurs immediately after His baptism. Right after God declares that He is perfectly pleased with His Son, the Spirit of God leads Jesus into the wilderness into the clutches of Satan. There are lessons there for us that I tried to bring out this week. Here’s a clip that provides one. Hope it’s a blessing!

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I’m a little ashamed this week that my “Bible teaching“ doesn’t include any scripture reference. Therefore, I’m not technically teaching the Bible in this Bible teaching clip. But, I wanted to share this observation with you, which, of course, is rooted in the truth of scripture! Specifically, Psalm 19:1 and Psalm 92:4. Take a look at those, and this clip!

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The short conversation Jesus has with Nathanael at the end of John 1 is loaded with meaning you may have missed. I’m telling you, there’s NO WAY some man or group of men could have come up with all these interlocking passages, meanings, and verses. Jesus uses language here that goes ALL the way back into Genesis – and I bet you’ve missed it. Check this out…and believe!

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I’ve read the story a hundred times. And each time I thought of it as little more than a simplistic miracle, done more as a favor to help out family friends than anything. But John writes that Jesus turning water into wine was a “sign” of what was to come in His ministry. That means there’s something deeper here. And this may just blow your mind. No way some group of men just concocted this.

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As we get ready to start our summer series “Red Letter Summer” (the red letters in the Bible are the actual words of Jesus), we had to start with Christ’s earthly mother, Mary, and her reaction to the voice of God when it came to her. He spoke to her through an angel; He will be speaking to us through His faithfully preserved Word. May we respond as Mary did – with reason, full expression of doubt, and total, unconditional surrender.

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Somewhere around 124 million people watched the Super Bowl and saw the “He Gets Us” ad that presented Jesus as a good man and moral teacher. There’s a better version of the ad that you need to see and we need to take to the streets. I used that to help culminate our Fatal Attractions series. I can’t see this and not be moved, and I’m hoping the same will be true for you.

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So I really thought I’d have this week off from conviction. We all believe that we are the busiest people on the planet – and so I knew with as busy as I am I can’t have a problem with sloth. Except, sloth really doesn’t have anything to do with that. It has everything to do with passing (for whatever reason) on doing things that matter – godly things, eternal things. Take a look at one example of what I’m talking about in this clip.

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We know how dangerous and sinful anger can be. But we also know that Jesus was angry, that God the Father gets angry, and that biblical authors from Paul to David tell us that we will be angry, but not to sin when we are. So what’s a good question to start with in discerning between righteous and sinful anger? That’s what I tried to offer in this clip.

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