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Teaching Series: Audacious Faith
(a Series Through the Book of Joshua)

In Joshua chapter 10, Joshua prays boldly for something unthinkable. There's no real insight or formula for sun-stand-still type prayers where God will do what we want and how we want it. 

But as you read through Joshua,  you’ll notice how often Joshua prays and how often God speaks to him…

So, in this sermon, Dusty offers some principles about prayer that will get you what you want most deeply because it’ll draw you closer to the presence and person of God (which is what the human soul wants most!)

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Dusty Frizzell
February 9, 2023

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Teaching Series: Audacious Faith
(a Series Through the Book of Joshua)

The Book of Joshua chronicles the period after Moses dies and Joshua leads the Israelites into the promised land. Part 4 of this series is God's (kind of funny and really odd) plan for Israel to defeat Jericho. 

If we believe that Jess is who He claims, then trusting and obeying His teaching is especially important when it seems crazy! :)

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Dusty Frizzell
February 2, 2023

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Teaching Series: Audacious Faith
(a Series Through the Book of Joshua)

The Book of Joshua chronicles the period after Moses dies and Joshua leads the Israelites into the promised land. Part 3 of this series is all about Liberating Faith), from Joshua chapter 3, when the Israelites (finally!) stop wandering in the wilderness and cross the Jordan towards God's promise!

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Adrianna Cervantes
January 26, 2023

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Teaching Series: Audacious Faith
(a Series Through the Book of Joshua)

In a military journal (the book of Joshua), the second chapter tells the story of Rahab, a Prostitute in the pagan land of Jericho. In an ancient, male-driven, barbaric world, devoting a full chapter to a woman on the outskirts of society AND HER being the HERO of this part of the story … doesn’t make sense.

Like many  moments in Bible, this detail would never occur to ancient imagination and be included … unless it happened!

 And Rahab is more than an odd part of this moment in Israel's history. Her story transcends this moment, teaching lessons of faith AND, whether you knew it or not, it was a part of shaping ur faith; you’ll see...

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Dusty Frizzell
January 19, 2023

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Senior Pastor Dudley Rutherford cast the vision and theme for 2023: AUDACIOUS FAITH! This first series walk through the Bible book of Joshua.

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Dudley Rutherford
January 12, 2023

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How Jesus Ruins New Years (Luke 10:25-37)

The average New Years resolution fizzles out after 32 days. Lots of reasons for this, but a big reason is that the ones that fizzle are just wishes, they aren’t perspective shifts that turn into actual plans because plans and practices are risky, uncomfortable and costly. But true resolve begins by asking difficult QUESTIONS…

And often the questions alone leave us flustered, and fearful...wooing us back to wishfully thinking. And wishful thinking is usually abandoned by making excuses and looking for loopholes!

 Jesus Ruins New Years by constantly asking questions (there are over 300 recorded questions Jesus asked in the Gospels), offering tradition altering, world-view shattering and often unthinkable truths and then He demands us to wrap ourselves up in its practice!

In this sermon, Dusty shows how, with just one question, Jesus shatters our pretense to find loopholes and make excuses for obeying the heart of God.

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Dusty Frizzell
January 5, 2023

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After the first Christmas, a older man named Simeon met baby Jesus...Simeon had been waiting and what his eyes saw changed his life and it changed the world!

Luke 2:25-33

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Derieck Lopez
December 29, 2022

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Christmas is magical for a lot of reasons, but in the end it’s all about who you’re with;  no one wants to do relationships long distance...Neither does God, He wants to be "with you!" A nickname given to the Messiah (Isa 7:14), to Jesus hundreds of years before His birth, is Immanuel ( “God with us”).

 God WITH us, God FOR us, so that God’s Spirit would be IN us: That’s the purpose of Christmas.

Christmas is Good News (Luke 2:4-14)...

1. Because it Frees us from Fear (Luke 2:9-10a)
2. Because it Gifts us Great Joy (Luke 2:10)
3. Because it Announces a Savior (Luke 2:11)
4. Because it Invites All People (Luke 2:9-11)

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Dusty Frizzell
December 22, 2022

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Series: I'm Standing Up!
Part 7: Standing Against the Devil's Schemes

Ephesians 6:10-20 is a powerful description (within a clever metaphor) of the spiritual battle every Christian finds themselves in. In this sermon, Dusty guides us through...

   I. The Adversary
   II. The Armor
   III. The Allies

If you haven't been attending Thursday Service, we miss you and there's so much good fellowship and ministry taking place on Thursday nights...WE WANT YOU HERE! Plus, we have free food before service! :)

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Dusty Frizzell
December 15, 2022

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Series: I'm Standing Up!
Part 6: Standing for the Least of These

Ruby (Shepherd Church Connections Coordinator) shares Jesus' heart for those on the outside, the margins or "the least of these" ... and that includes each of us.

If you haven't been attending Thursday Service, we miss you and there's so much good fellowship and ministry taking place on Thursday nights...WE WANT YOU HERE! Plus, we have free food before service! :)

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Ruby Kedney
December 8, 2022

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