How do we make sense of God's forgiveness, mercy, and grace AND God's judgment and wrath? There are no easy answers, but in this week's sermon, Daniel offers some observations about sin and its consequences.

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Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

David Bowden | LOVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evtiFsUJvUQ

Bible Project | JUSTICE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A14THPoc4-4

The LORD is a forgiving God. He is the only one with the ability to truly forgive and forget. As far as the East is from the West, so far has he removed our sins from us. Ultimately through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus our sins have been paid for once and for all time. But it doesn't stop there. We are to show forgiveness to others because of the forgiveness we have been given in Christ. Easier said than done.

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Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

Bible Project | Iniquity

https://youtu.be/w1zkwkI9oAw?si=AkiuRcCg73enKZ4i

Bible Project | Transgression

https://youtu.be/cq-r9FFN5ew?si=MckWKh020JI1fta3

Bible Project | Sin

https://youtu.be/aNOZ7ocLD74?si=zi8cFcq3qtcnEnCe

Tim Mackie | Who Can Forgive Sins?

https://youtu.be/JMDMuw0KBto?si=WuUkKuY--8Qbi9Hy

The power of forgiveness (Mary Johnson & Oshea Israel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BITY-3Mp4

Botham Jean’s brother, Brandt, forgives and hugs Amber Guyger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeESVLQK4hw

The LORD is "abounding in truth." We spend some time this week not only talking about how God is trustworthy, faithful, reliable, and consistent - but how we can emulate those qualities to be people of emet in a world of "truthiness."

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Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

Bible Project | Faithful

https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/faithful/

Can We Trust God in Difficult Times?

Trusting God in Exile

Shara Drimalla

https://bibleproject.com/articles/can-we-trust-god-in-difficult-times/

Hebrew for Christians

John J. Parsons

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/Word_of_the_Week/Archived/Emet/emet.html

Jewish Word | Emet

Jewish paths to truth

BY AMY E. SCHWARTZ

https://momentmag.com/jewish-word-emet/

This week we "turn the diamond" as we attempt to understand God's "faithful love" or KHESED.

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RESOURCES AND REFERENCES

Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

The Meaning of Hesed: Hebrew Word for Love

BY AVITAL SNOW

https://firmisrael.org/learn/the-meaning-of-hesed-hebrew-for-love/

The Loyal Love of God

https://bibleproject.com/podcast/loyal-love-god/

A Close Look at the Meaning of God's Love

Exploring the Hebrew word khesed

https://bibleproject.com/articles/how-do-we-describe-gods-love/

Bible Project | God Loves You, But What Does That Mean? (According to the Bible)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfbyFLgs_NM

The Four Elements of Love, Scot McKnight

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2015/05/01/the-four-elements-of-love/

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Team Hoyt's Inspirational Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvtpGCqU2Tg

What does it mean that God is "slow to anger?" Isn't God an angry God? Many of us grew up hearing about an angry God waiting to strike us down. But today we spend some time deconstructing that view of God AND seeing how we can learn healthier ways of dealing with our own anger.

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REFERENCES AND RESOURCES:

Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

Bible Project | Learn How God's Anger and Love Work Together (Character of God Series)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeQ1nq_YJD0

Bible Project | Is the God of the Bible an Angry God?: Exploring Divine Anger

https://tinyurl.com/3zdkh2uz

THE GODS AREN’T ANGRY | Rob Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39m0oty9BPU

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=etas

Understanding and Processing Anger

Looking beneath the "blanket" of anger can lead to deeper understanding.

Monica Vermani C. Psych.

https://tinyurl.com/mw8nvdk4

6 Tips for Dealing With Your Anger

These helpful principles can transform the way you deal with anger.

Lisa Firestone Ph.D.

https://tinyurl.com/y284tx2z

11 Good Reasons to Get Angry

Moshe Ratson MBA, MFT

https://tinyurl.com/2e8ny9de

Why Anger Is Nothing More Than Repressed Anxiety

Anger is best perceived paradoxically as an “offensive defense” against anxiety.

Leon F Seltzer PhD

https://tinyurl.com/mrr3a37k

How to Manage Your Anger

Tips on taming your tantrums.

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D.

https://tinyurl.com/ytpc678v

Managing Anger: Tips, Techniques, and Tools

3 skills that can help people learn to better control their anger.

Tchiki Davis, Ph.D.

https://tinyurl.com/537rc2p9

This week our youth pastor, Josh Elliot, shares a message about God's grace towards us and how we can adopt that same graciousness towards others. He shares a powerful story about his father's health issues, recalling how his father showed great grace towards all the nurses and doctors during a very difficult time.

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Lesson 2 in our series about God's character as revealed in Exodus 34:6-7. The LORD is a Compassionate God. In this sermon we look at what compassion is and isn't, how God shows compassion, how we are called to be compassionate, and how to build compassion in our lives.

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RESOURCES:

Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

Bible Project | Compassion (Character of God Series)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJEtyAiAQik&t=221s

Compassion Is More Than Niceness: The new science on human goodness.

Michele DeMarco Ph.D., Rev

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/soul-console/202307/compassion-is-more-than-niceness

What Are the Benefits of Compassion?: Compassion can lead to powerful changes personally and in our relationships.

Diana Hill, Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/from-striving-to-thriving/202304/what-are-the-benefits-of-compassion

Beyond Empathy: The Power of Compassion: Why it's good for us and how we can do more of it.

Beth Kurland Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-well-being-toolkit/201909/beyond-empathy-the-power-compassion

What Compassion Is: The real meaning of compassion

Alex Lickerman M.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-in-world/200911/what-compassion-is

How to Build a More Compassionate Mind: Compassion toward the people we don’t love or even like has the most impact.

Diana Hill, Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/striving-thriving/202110/how-build-more-compassionate-mind

New series "The LORD, the LORD" exploring the nature and character of God as revealed in Exodus 34:6-7.

We had issues with the sound, so the start of the sermon is a little rough.

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SOURCES and RESOURCES

Who Are You Anyway?: Exploring Exodus 34:6-7, by Russell Bloodworth, Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/4xd77kts

‘I Am Who I Am’? The Real Meaning of God’s Name in Exodus

By Dr. Michael LeFebvre

https://hebraicthought.org/meaning-of-gods-name-i-am-exodus/

The Character of God (Bible Project)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxwzq1PJImM&list=PLH0Szn1yYNefOC-fdPanitIai5o1im6jA&index=2

YHWH (LORD) - Bible Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLrGM26pmM0

Yahweh is our God - I Am Who I Am - Tim Mackie (The Bible Project)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcY9fCtTv-4

The Most Quoted Verse in the Bible (Bible Project Podcast)

https://bibleproject.com/podcast/most-quoted-verse-bible/

Excerpt From "Why YAH/YHWH" By Rabbi Arthur Waskow

https://www.haggadot.com/clip/excerpt-why-yahyhwh-rabbi-arthur-waskow

Breathing the Name of God, by Rabbi Paul Kipnes

https://www.paulkipnes.com/breathing-name-of-god/

In part 1 we took a look at what church is supposed to be - a Christ-centered community. This week we take it to the next step and consider what the church is supposed to do. This comes from the second half of our vision statement: ...helping everyone experience a life worth living as we know God, find freedom, discover purpose, and make a difference.

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Where did Tulip Street Christian Church come from? What was the Restoration Movement? What does it really mean to be the church? This week we look at these questions and more as we rediscover our identity as a Christian Church.

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