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Weekend Recap – Religious Unbeliever

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My 8/10/14AM sermon, Religious Unbeliever from Romans 9:1-5, is now online.  This sermon sought to explain how relating to God by faith in Christ is the greatest pursuit of your life, even over and above any religious privilege.  This is also the passage that many in Crestview will be studying as they review this sermon tonight in Small Groups (Romans 9:1-5 Talksheet).  I’m hoping this sermon not only helps promote faith in Jesus, who is God over all and blessed forever, but fires your heart of love for unbelievers.  Blessings.

Weekend Preview – Making Assumptions

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I came across this cartoon that relates to the passage we will look at this coming Sunday:

Making assumptions can be a dangerous thing.  This is certainly true for religious people.  Join us this Sunday as we continue to explore the book of Romans and see some assumptions people made that clouded reality.

And, while you’re at it, maybe read this week’s passage, Romans 9:1-5.

Weekend Recap – Unbreakable Security

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My 8/3/14AM sermon, Unbreakable Security from Romans 8:31-39, is now online.  The sermon sought to simply ground all people in the unbreakable secure, life-giving foundation that we have in Jesus Christ our Lord.  This passage was stirring and moving and personally encouraging, that no matter what face in life, we have hope.  So, grab this sermon and find encouragement through it.  And, if you were at Crestview this morning, what was the effect of this sermon on your life?

Hope you have a great week.

How We Change?

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Or, specifically, how we can be sanctified or holy:

“If we would be sanctified, our course is clear and plain–we must begin with Christ.  We must go to Him as sinners, with no plea but that of utter need, and cast our souls on Him by faith…If we would grow in holiness and become more sanctified, we must continually go on as we began, and be ever making fresh applications to Christ.”  — J.C. Ryle in You Can Change by Tim Chester (p.44)

Chester helpfully summarizes this as “We become Christians by faith in Jesus, we stay Christians by faith in Jesus and we grow as Christians by faith in Jesus.”

Today, if there’s something in your life you’d like to change ever and only look to Jesus for help.

Weekend Recap – Suffering To Glory

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My 7/27/14AM sermon, Suffering to Glory from Romans 8:17-30 is now online.  All around us we see that the most precious, most beautiful things come at a cost.  It shouldn’t surprise us, therefore, that on the believer’s march to glory, we see suffering.  This sermon was an attempt to give confidence and assurance to those who walk this path, that God may extend the grace needed for this journey to people through His Word.  I hope it’s encouraging to you.

Will You Pray for Our Team?

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A team from our church is starting a week long ministry among the Navajo peoples at Immanuel Mission in NE Arizona this week.  The part of Arizona their in is called Sweetwater.  Our missions vision is fraught with water imagery.  We know God is at work in the midst of this.  We developed this guide to pray for them and distributed it this morning.  Will you join me in taking time to pray for our time.

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Weekend Recap – Real Life

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My 7/20/14AM sermon, Real Life from Romans 8:1-17, is now online.  Romans 8 is a high point in the Bible and I did my best to summarize the main themes and thrusts of this section.  God is holding out real life to us in the Gospel.  This means we live free, have hope and are adopted.  I hope this sermon encourages you and I hope you had a productive Lord’s Day.

VBS Has Begun

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So VBS began last night.  We are using Lifeway’s Agency D3 full of secret agents and investigations so I tried to dress the part of the spy.  Unfortunately, here’s what most adults saw:

I suggested my name is Special Agent Elwood.  Oh, well.  We had a great night to start and are hoping for a great week.  Matter of fact, why not take a moment and pray for our week right now.

Weekend Recap – Law and Sin

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My 7/13/14AM sermon, Law and Sin from Romans 7:7-25 is now online.  We don’t like God’s Word to do the work of exposing the sham of our lives, so we try and discount what the Bible says.  However, as this passage shows, the law was meant to make us aware of how separated we are from God so that we might flee from sin and run to our Rescuer.  This sermon sought to wrestle in these realities.  I hope it helps you and encourages your living in this world.

Weekend Recap – Married To Christ

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My 7/6/14AM sermon entitled Married to Christ from Romans 7:1-6 is now online.  It was great to be back in the pulpit after some time of vacation with my family.  My sermon picked up my exposition of Romans where I left off before vacation.  Paul’s point in the early parts of Romans 7 is that we’re all married to something (either the law or gospel) and only one leads to life.  I hope you’ll listen and be encouraged to explore the depths of what the Gospel has done for you.