Episodes

Sunday Nov 29, 2015
Sexuality: Distortion
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
⌂ Calling Evil Good? ….. Malachi 2:17-18
⌂ Grace --------------------Truth
▲
Balance
▼
People --------------------Word of God
⌂ Design - - - - → Direction - - - - → Distortion
• Does the Creator have the absolute and solitary
right to determine the distortions of His boundaries?
☼ What is Distortion?
□ Distortion is sinful rebellion against a holy God who has
designed and given clear directions regarding our sexuality.
• I Timothy 1: 8-11
⌂ porneia
⌂ arsenokoites
☼ The Distortion of Desire
□ Your Desires …. James 1:14-15
□ Your War ….. I Peter 2:11
□ Your Body…. Instructions > I Corinthians 6:9-20
☼ God - Truth - Desire ….
◊ Wrath ……Romans 1:18-20
◊ Becoming a fool ….. Romans 1:21-23
◊ Truth for a Lie? ….. Romans 1:24-25
◊ Shame ….. Romans 1:26-27
◊ Depravity …. Romans 1:28-32
☼ 7 Things Jesus Would Say to those who Distort Sexuality
╬ I love you…… Romans 5:8
╬ I understand rejection …. Luke 18:31-33
╬ I also was tempted …. Hebrews 2:17-18
╬ I want more for you…. I Timothy 2: 3-4
╬ I will be here for you….. I Peter 5:7
╬ I will forgive you….. Colossians 2:13-15
╬ I can transform you….. I Corinthians 6:9-11 / II Corinthians 3:18

Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Love Is All You Need
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
Sunday Nov 22, 2015
“Love”… a cultural buzzword
Matthew 24:12
I John 3:18
II Corinthians 13:5
Love has boundaries
I John 1:5
Proverbs 13:24
Truth & love… hand & glove
Ephesians 4:14-15
I Corinthians 13:6
John 17:17 & 8:32
Love desires health & growth for the one loved
Ephesians 4:15
John 14:6 & 1:4
Love challenges, provokes
Proverbs 27:17
Mark 10:20-22
Galatians 4:16
Proverbs 27:6
Love overcomes fear
I John 4:18
Love is humble
Matthew 7:5
John 1:14

Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sexuality: Direction
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
● Design → Direction → Distortion
● Created → in the Image of God
→ Gender
→ One Flesh = Marriage
☼ Boundaries ….. Genesis 2:24-25
□ Single … I Corinthians 7:25-28 / 32-35
“We follow a Savior who created sexuality
….but never got married or had sex, yet
lived life to the full.”
□ Married …. Ephesians 5:21-33
◊ Marriage was designed to reflect God’s glory.
◊ God spoke the design & direction of marriage
into existence.
◊ God performs the two become one flesh union.
◊ Marriage is a symbol of Christ & the church.
⌂ Defining Real Love….
Eros ↔ Agape
romantic divine
⌂ The Real Test of Love…. I Corinthians 13:4-8a
☼ Crash
⌂ The Fall …. Genesis 3
→Sin always cause distortion
⌂ Divorce …. Matthew 19:1-12
□ Questioning Jesus
□ Two Rabbis’ > Hillel / Shammai
☼ Worship God….not Marriage …. II Corinthians 5:14-15
► Change Your Marriage!
1. Fire Your Inner Lawyer.
2. Prepare to Run to Jesus.
3. Ask → How can I make your life better?
4. Learn to express gratitude.

Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Sexuality : Design
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
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Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Suffering part 2... Presence
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Jesus’ diary… Psalms 22:1-3
“How distressed I am”… Luke 12:50
Luke 22:44
Mathew 26:36-44
Luke 19:10
Mark 10:45
Mathew 16:21-23
Jesus our brother… Hebrews 2:9-18
Hebrews 5:8
Psalms 34:18
Hebrews 4:14-16
Comfort-- pay it forward… II Corinthians 1:3-4

Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Pain & Suffering... a twisted fishhook
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
An equation of Pain & suffering
……………….
Human choice & free will
+
Orderly cosmos
……………….
Genesis 2:16-17
Romans 6:23
Galatians 6:7
Romans 8:20-22
Cosmic judo… infusing value & purpose
I Peter 4:12-13
I Peter 2:21
Philippians 3:10
Eternal weight of glory… shifting the center of gravity
I Peter 1:6-7
II Corinthians 4:16-18
I Corinthians 2:9
I Peter 1:13
Suggested reading… Where is God When it Hurts? by Phillip Yancey

Friday Oct 16, 2015
Evil... enemies within & without
Friday Oct 16, 2015
Friday Oct 16, 2015
“the Devil made me do it”
A personal world
I John 4:8
Romans 3:23
Meet your adversary
John 8:43-44
John 10:10
I Peter 5:8
Genesis 3:4-5
Victory >>>> James 4:7-10
“the Flesh”… enemy of my birth
Romans 5:19
I Corinthians 15:22
James 4:1-2
Romans 7:18-24; Galatians 5:17
Victory >>>> Romans 7:25
“the World”… everybody’s doin’ it
I John 2:15-17
James 4:4-6
Victory >>>> James 4:5-6

Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Humanity in Bible & Culture
Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Man, the great contradiction
Image of God . . . glorious - Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8:3-8Cultural Connection . . . coming to terms with man's identity
Free Will - Genesis 2:16-17
Fallen & Corrupted - Genesis 3:7-13, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:23
Value >>>equality>>>rightsRecommended Reading: "How Christianity Changed the World" by Alvin Schmidt"We hold these truth to be self evident that all men are created equal, and theat they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" - Declaration of IndependenceHedging against man's corruption . . . separation of powers
Acts 17:26