Episodes
Sunday Dec 29, 2013
Making Future Plans
Sunday Dec 29, 2013
Sunday Dec 29, 2013
Looking Ahead (James 4:13)
Remember, Life's Short (James 4:14)
Acknowledging God's Will (James 4:15)
The Real Problem (James 4:16)
Knowing and Doing are Worlds Apart (James 4:17)
Sunday Dec 22, 2013
Christmas for the Common Man
Sunday Dec 22, 2013
Sunday Dec 22, 2013
Why shepherds? - Luke 2:8
. . . and not the noble? - Luke 14:11, Mark 10:43-45, Luke 17:20-21
. . . and not the religious? - Matthew 6:5-6, Hebrews 10:24-25
A surprise mix - Luke 2:9-14
Response "Let's go . . . see this thing" - Luke 2:15
Sunday Dec 15, 2013
Celebrating Christmas?
Sunday Dec 15, 2013
Sunday Dec 15, 2013
Your Christmas Story
God's Christmas Story - Luke 2:8-14
3 Celebrations . . .
- Christmas is a time to celebrate that God loves you
- Christmas is a time to celebrate that God is with you
- Christmas is a time to celebrate that God is for you
God's Christmas gift
The most expensive
The only gift that will last forever
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Twelve Years A Slave -> Lessons
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Glory & Depravity -
Genesis 1-3
Romans 1:16-32
Jeremiah 17:9
Spiritual Disconnect
Proverbs 21:2
Toxic "Spirituality"
Matthew 15:8-9
The Jesus Lens
Hebrews 1:1-2
Luke 6:31
John 13:34
Matthew 20:16
Matthew 25:40
Sunday Dec 01, 2013
Rules of Engagement: Toxic Relationships
Sunday Dec 01, 2013
Sunday Dec 01, 2013
Saul . . . a toxic person - 1 Samuel 16:21, 18:5-22, 19:10
Peter . . . a very good person with some toxic ways - Matthew 16:21-22
Saying no to relational toxicity - Matthew 16:23, Hebrews 4:12
Examples of toxicity in relationships
- Obligation - guilt based - You outwardly conform to excessive, imposed expectations or control but are unduly stressed or inwardly resent it
- Rejection - You generally feel put down, criticized, rejected in the relationship
- Spiritually or emotionally degrading - you're generally discouraged by your interactions. drown into a negative frame of mind, tempted outward sin, etc.
- Bewildering - you receive mixed messages (like from Saul) that leave you feeling emotionally confused, hut, betrayed
- Chaos - you are drawn into 'solving' the other person's often manufactured (unnecessary) crises due to their bad decisions, irresponsibility, addictions, etc.
Changing the toxic dance - new responses - Isaiah 43:18-19
Speak up - Ephesians 4:15, 4:25, Luke 6:26, 2 Timothy 1:7
Take quiet action - 1 Corinthians 4:20
If absolutely necessary . . . withdraw - Romans 16:17, Matthew 18:15-17, Romans 12:18