PCOC Sermons: Recent Episodes
Michael Simmons
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For more visit: https://www.ptownchurch.com
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Recorded Live at PTown Church.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on February 4th, 2024.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on January 28th, 2024.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Sunday January 21st, 2024.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on January 14th, 2024.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Sunday December 17th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded on Sunday Dec 10th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ in Palestine Ohio.
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This was originally recorded on Dec 3rd 2023.
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This was originally recorded on Nov 25th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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This sermon was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Nov 19th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Nov 12th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Nov 5th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Oct 29th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Oct 22nd, 2023.
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On October 15th, 2023 Palestine Church of Christ celebrated our 150th year of being a church body.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on October 8th, 2023.
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This sermon was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Oct 1st, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Sunday Sep 24th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded on Sunday Sep 17th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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This sermon was originally recorded on September 10th, 2023 at the Palestine Church of Christ.
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This was originally recorded on Sunday September 3rd, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on August 27th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Aug 20th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Sunday Aug 13th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Aug 6th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on July 30th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded on July 24th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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This was originally recorded on Sunday July 9th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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This was originally recorded on July 2nd, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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This was originally recorded on June 25th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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This was originally recorded on June 18th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on June 11th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on June 4th, 2023.
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Originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on May 28th, 2023.
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This was originally recorded at Palestine Church on May 21st, 2023.
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Originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on May 14th, 2023.
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This sermons was originally recorded on May 7th, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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Originally recorded at Palestine Church of Christ on Sunday April 30th, 2023.
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Originally recorded on April 23rd, 2023 at Palestine Church of Christ.
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Originally recorded on April 16th, 2023 at the Palestine Church of Christ.
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March 26th, 2023 - Sermon - Palestine Church of Christ
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March 19th, 2023 - Message - Palestine Church of ChristFore more information:http://www.palcc.org
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This was originally recorded during our Sunday Service on March 12th, 2023.
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This message was originally recorded on March 5th, 2023 during our Sunday service.
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This was originally recorded at our Sunday Service on Feb 26th, 2023.
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Recorded live at our Sunday service on Feb 19th, 2023.
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Originally recorded during our service on February 12th, 2023.
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This week as we continue in our deep dive into Hebrews we're talking "Serious Salvation".
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January 29th, 2023 - Deep Dive Into Hebrews Series - Significant Superior Source - Politicians, producers, pundits, publishers, and podcasters are a current source of information that many of us consume. But is it possible that what they are sharing with us isn't so brilliant as it is debasing. Today we learn that Jesús, as the superior source of information, offers us the source code upon which we can make applications that execute perfectly in our lives. However, too much of what we hear from those who think their message equal to the message of the angels makes us common, corrupt, and compromised. Our deep dive into Hebrews 1:10-14 helps us understand that the superior source is consistent with the design and determination of our Creator, considers the reality that our own sin requires the help of a changer who corrects what goes wrong, and computes the outcome which has Jesus as the Conqueror in the end.
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January 22nd, 2023 - Significant Superior Son - Pastor Michael reminds us that we are superior sons and daughters because we are claimed as brothers and sisters by the Superior Son. This means we should never be afraid to flourish, to fight for right, or have some good clean fun because that is what Jesus as the Superior Son does.
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January 15th, 2023 - Deep Dive into Hebrews - We take a deep dive into the significance of Jesus being God's Superior Spokesman. We are being influenced by "influencers" who seek to help us get healthy in this new year, but the very purpose of Jesus is to help us find healing and health through His sustaining word.
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January 8th, 2023 - We begin our new focus for the year with a deep dive into the healing we find in the book of Hebrews as it teaches us about the significance of Jesus.
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December 25th, 2022 - H4H - A PJ Christmas - God's Family is a Vivid and Varied as Christmas PJ's.
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December 18th, 2022 - Home for the Holidays series - I'll Be Home for Christmas - Jesus was born in a little town to demonstrate that greatest can rise from humility. Pastor Michael talks about how God elevates those who are humble and obedient just like He did Jesus, the Greatest of All Times.
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December 11th, 2022 - Home for the Holidays Series - All I Want for Christmas - The special gift with the special purpose given to all of us is victory over judgment, jeopardy, and jealousy which threatens us. The story of Jesus illustrates this victory and Paul applies it perfectly.
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November 27th, 2022 - Home for the Holidays Series - Leftovers - The Virtue of not wasting anything that God gives to us, including suffering, temptations, and catastrophes.
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November 20th, 2022 - H4H Series - Home Cooked Meals - We begin our Home for the Holidays series with a message about the home cooked meals (sermons) we get at our church. They are nutritious and delicious and prepared fresh each week to help us stay spiritually healthy.
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November 6th, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy! Series - Jesus, The Word of God - If we don't figure and investigate everything in life from the perspective that as the Word of God that "through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made", our thinking can easily be corrupted by those who "follow the science" as a means to usurp the authority of God in our lives.
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October 30th, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy! Series - Mediator - Jesus, as the Mediator, is the only one who can heal us of the paranoia, regret, and guilt so many suffer with today because of the government. Politicians in search of power have subverted the intentions of our founding fathers which depended on the virtue of those who self-govern by sanctimoniously and sacrilegiously displacing Jesus as the Mediator between God and man. It has had disastrous effects and can only be overcome when we regain our eternal perspective through the power of prayer.
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This is the sermon audio from our Sunday service on Oct 23rd, 2022.
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October 9th, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy! Series - Good Gate Good Shepherd - Jesus taught us to beware of imposters who come into our lives to lead us through principles/philosophies and patterns/pastors because they come to steal, kill and destroy. Only Jesus and those who lead like Him can be trusted to guide us to protection of His pen, the privilege of freedom, and the provision of the pasture.
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October 2nd, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy! Sermon Series - Wonderful Counselor - Jesus as our Wonderful Counselor helps us address our stress, helplessness, heartbreak and anxiety as our Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.
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September 25th, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy Series - Jesus Is the Bread of Life - Jesus as the Bread of Life Sustains us with Superior nourishment through His teachings which meet all our needs and prepare us for eternity. The alternative is to pursue the flesh through things like sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery, all readily available, which destroy us now as and set us up for eternal punishment.
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September 18th, 2022 - TIJ! - Light of the World - Sexualism has corrupted the thinking in our culture which God warns is the precursor to societal demise. Jesus, as the Light of World, is the only healing power which should be expressed through Sacrificial Love, without condemnation, and Salvation Language, without added judgement is the only cure for what is destroying us.
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September 11th, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy! Fall Series - "I AM the Alpha and Omega" - Jesus as I Am the Alpha and Omega can help us overcome our confused feelings of depression, fear and loneliness, if we will accept and acknowledge Him as our Savior who frees us from Sin.
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September 4th, 2022 - This Is Jeopardy Fall Sermon Series - Overview - Most live their lives unaware of the jeopardy in which they live. That is why we need Jesus to reveal to us the questions and the answers to life which are expressed in His various characterizations. This overview offers 10 names Jesus is called in scripture which are both the right question and answer to the clues of our suffering and struggles.
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August 28th, 2022 - Here's Some Good News Series - "You Are Holy!" - We conclude our summer series with a sermon about being holy. It might not mean what you think.
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August 21st, 2022 - Here's Some Good News Series - You Are Important! - You are important as the model and minister of the gospel. We are important because it is our job to set the example of certainty as we express Christ and Him crucified into every urgent matter.
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August 14th, 2022 - Here's Some Good News Sermon Series - You Are Wise! - As we are subjected to this agenda driven world the need for evidence to support ideas and philosophies has been set aside. But the good news is God has made us wise so that we will continue to seek evidence to inform our ideas and philosophies based upon His existence, Jesus' established salvation, and Scripture's evidence of truth. Being wise this way will save us from the many foolish applications being made by others that is causing such destruction and disintegration of society.
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August 7th, 2022 - Here's Some Good News Summer Series - You Are Tested Tough! - When we appeal to a higher power and adopt a superior attitude as Jesus did when insulted and suffering, we can endure anything with a sense of purpose and promise.
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Here's Some Good News Sermon Series - July 31st, 2022 - You Are Powerful! - There is a power at work in believers which can bring more than we ask or imagine in our lives. Why don't we utilize it?
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July 24th, 2022 - Here's Some Good News Series - Since we are transformative, there are people who are willing to exploit us to serve their interests. Here's Some Good News! God knows we need to be changed and He through Christ Jesus is willing to transform us to be the very best people we can be.
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July 17th, 2022 - Here's Some Good News Sermon Series - You Are Family! - Jesus revealed that you are either a child of God or a child of the devil and it is based upon which we think like and act like. The Good News teaches us that God wants us to be in His family and has done everything necessary for us to be in His family.
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July 10th, 2022 - Here's Some Good News - You Are Rich! - In God's economy, we are always being enriched so we can be generous financially, emotionally, physically, and spiritual. This proves the gospel is true and powerful.
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July 3rd, 2022 - Here's Some Good News - You Are Free - Our summer series begins with the Good News that we are still free in Christ Jesus. We will learn where our basic concept of freedom come from and how it was applied in the Declaration of Independence.
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June 26th, 2022 - Summer Series - Here's Some Good News - Never Be Ashamed - We introduce our summer series by talking about how Satan tries to shame us into silence when it comes to hearing and sharing the gospel.
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June 5th, 2022 - Way Truth Life For Grads - Applying John 14:6 to the graduates next few months, we review what we have learned this year about love, obedience and joy.
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May 29th, 2022 - 5 Things That Keep Us Secure Series - Baptism Prisim! - If we look through the baptism prism at our life, we will always be saved because it will keep our focus on the death, burial, and resurrection and what that means to us personally and cosmically. This sermon explores the scriptures which teach us about baptism so that we can be certain of our salvation.
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May 22nd, 2022 - 5 Things That Keep Us Secure Series - Confess the Mess! - Confessing Keeps Us Sure - The good confession is a tool God gives to us to be sure we are living as we should in this world. The good confession is to admit our sin and acknowledge the Savior.
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May 15th, 2022 - 5 Things That Keep Us Secure - Repentance Keeps Us Sound - Repent After Me! - Repentance is the act of changing our course from those things that destroy us to those things that save us. Repentance makes us solid, stable, and strong because it sets us on the course of God's want, wisdom and will.
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5 Things That Keep Us Secure and Sane - Believing That Keeps Us Sane - The 2nd of 5 Things that keep us sane is belief in Jesus. Can it be that simple and straight forward? Jesus say is if we believe in Him, we can overcome the world.
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5 Things That Keep Us Secure Series - Hearing That Keeps Us Safe...Safer...Safest
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April 24th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - Jesus prepared his followers to do great things by sanctifying them to preach with purpose the message of peace. This sermon explores the words of Jesus recorded in John 15 and 17 which help us better understand our own sanctification to do great things.
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April 17th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, we take into consideration Jesus' warning that we will be persecuted if we choose to serve others in His Name.
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April 4th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - Absolute Eternal Life of the Joy of Sacrifice - Submission and Sharing are the keys to the Sacrifice that leads to complete Joy according Jesus in John 15:9-16.
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WTL422 Series - The Life of Joy Jesus offers to us leads to success, sacrifice, service, and sanctification. This first message in the series within the series helps us determine the key to success is the complete joy that comes through Jesus. We are surrounded by many pseudo forth-tellers who say they have the key to success, but some are using ideas they have borrowed from the bible without giving credit to Jesus, while others just make things up that sound appealing. Only Jesus offers us the joy of success, and that when we stay connected to Him, cultivated by God, curated by us.
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March 27th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - Jesus is the Enlightened Truth that Indicates the Life of choice. Since truth originated with Jesus, is oriented around Jesus and ordained by Jesus, there is no truth without Jesus as a part of the idea be it scientific, mathematic, even political.
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March 20th, 2022 WTL422 Series - Truth always inspires the listener to live and love through Christ who originated truth, orients all truth, and ordains what is true. We learn from 1st John 4 to test the message of anyone to determine if it is true or false because it matters.
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March 13th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - Absolute Enlightened Truth Invites the Love - The contempt expressed these days because of disagreement, be it political or personal is murderous. Why? Because it makes us act like Cain. We look into 1st John 3 today to learn the truth that invites the love instead of the hate when dealing with those with whom we disagree.
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March 6th, 2020 - WTL422 Series - Absolute Enlightened Truth Ignites the Light - Those who choose "your truth" instead of the objective absolute truth we find in the propositional truth expressed in scripture need to know that their communities, character and causes will suffer because of their walk in the darkness. It so unnecessary when God promises that if we walk in the light He will guide us to build strong communities, solid character, and sound causes.
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February 27th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - The institution of the family is being dismantled through legislative, legal, and lawful methods. How do we respond? Follow the excellent way of love as described in 1st Corinthians 13:7-8 and applied to the family.
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February 20th, 2020 - WTL422 Series - Absolute Excellent Way of Love - Powerful Principle - We are confronted by those who have redefined love in a way that can't be examined or questioned because love is love. God teaches us that love has nothing to do with wickedness and everything to do with truth and when love is examined it is revealed.
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February 13th, 2022 - Purposeful Patience - Absolute Excellent Way of Love - WTL422 Series - Love is Patient and Kind, according 1st Corinthians 13, but what does that mean? It means hard work!
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February 6th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - Proper Perspective of Love - Why are all the words, and wisdom, and works offered these days leading to what seems to be nothing of consequence? It is because words, wisdom, and works mean nothing unless we do them in love out of equal concern for each other. We explore that truth today.
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January 30th, 2022 - Jesus tells us that the only way to know His Father and see His Father is to know and see Him. We talk about the benefits of knowing and seeing Jesus in His ways, truth, and life that gets us to the Father. He is not suffering from a Savior Complex as other in our world whose solutions only serve their own ego. Jesus proved through His sacrifice that our help, healing, and health are His goals.
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January 23rd, 2022 - WTL422 Series - Gratifying Life - Jesus is the Life that saves us from the disaster of self gratification through saving grace.
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January 16th, 2022 - WTL422 Series - True Lies - Relative Lying has become considered noble practice in our culture for the sake of the greater good. But what good comes from any kind of lying? We explore the claim of Jesus as the Truth which helps us overcome any kind of lies.
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January 9th, 2022 - WayTruthLifefor2022 (WTL422) Series - Way Worse - Not following Jesus as the Way to God's glory has serious consequences no matter how we are convinced otherwise. We are seeing in our culture and personally the product of not following Jesus so we have the opportunity to follow Him as the Way as we invite others to join us.
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January 2nd, 2022 - WTL422 - Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life so we can't get to the Father unless we follow Him, fixate on Him, and find Him.
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December 19th, 2021 - Celebrating Our Christmas Home - Safely Home Series - Our youth and children present the Christmas story in a very unique way.
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December 12th, 2021 - Celebrating Our Holiday Home - Safely Home Series - Holidays are an expression of the Holy Days described in the Bible. Holy Days were established by God in the Old Testament through sacred festivals described in Leviticus 23 to help His children remember, reenact, and revisit incredible historical interventions by God. As we celebrate Christmas this holiday season, we can make it a true Holy Day in our homes.
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December 5th, 2021 - Celebrating Our Congregational Home - Safely Home Series - As we review 2021 and talk about 2022, this message is part of our annual congregational celbration.
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November 21st, 2021 - Home Everlasting Home - Safely Home Series - As we think about thanksgiving this week, the greatest gift we have received for which to be thankful is Everlasting Life through Christ Jesus. Those who do the will of the Father and believe in Jesus Christ as Savior start living everlasting on this earth and then in heaven forevermore. Those who don't start living in death and destruction and will be everlastingly disconnected from God.
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November 14th, 2021 - Home Heavenly Exquisite Home - Safely Home Series - Why We Need Heaven - The tarnished world in which we live leaves our relationships with other people tarnished, the way we reward ourselves with pleasure tarnished, and the tarnishes the way we redeem our true potential. That is why we need heaven, so we can set our hearts and minds on things above where we can invest our treasure as we seek the kingdom of God and its righteousness.
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November 7th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Home Heavenly Home - What is Heaven and Where is Heaven? Jesus, who has gone to prepare heaven for us reveals through His words what we should know about heaven and where we can take advantage of it.
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October 31st, 2021 - Home Safe and Spiritual Home - Safely Home Series - We may unknowingly be raising our kids and grandkids in rattletraps and deathtraps. Romans 8:1-14 reveals that is our homes are governed by the flesh, which is death, or governed by the Spirit, which is life. Listen as we explore this important concept.
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October 24th, 2021 - Home Safe and Strong - Safely Home Series - The Lord is our strength, our defender and our salvation according to Moses. Our homes will only be safe and strong if the heritage we follow.
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October 17th - 2021 - Home Safe and Smart Home - Our "Smart" homes are only as strong as that to which we connect them. Truth is God has been making our homes "Smart" for centuries, but many today have substituted questionable resources for God which makes them vulnerable. We explore this idea together.
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October 10th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - We learn what scripture teaches us about protecting our homes from the intrusion of the devil while we secure them until the second coming of Jesus.
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October 3rd, 2021 - Safely Home Refresh Series - Refreshing Our Structural Integrity - Our foundation, fortitude, and framing need structural integrity if we hope to help the generation of lost young people in our world.
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September 26th, 2021 - Safely Home Refresh Series - Seth Simmons shares with us how we can reach the lost generation of young people in our world.
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September 19th, 2021 - Safely Home Refresh Series - Seth Simmons is our guest speaker
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September 12th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Refreshing First Impressions - Using the modern day example of refreshing our Operating System, refreshing our Desktop, and Refreshing Our Webpage, we learn that God's Default Mode is to Refresh us through His Perfect Rest.
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September 5th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Refreshed Curb Appeal - How do we reach the 70 million young adults who are currently unaffiliated with any church in the US? We must be reputable, respectable, and reasonable as Paul says we become all things to all people to save some.
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August 29th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Community Repair - Christians are on trial for any injustice or indifference they show which is similar to that condemned by Malachi. We examine our hearts to determine if they are new or 2500 years-old.
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August 22nd, 2021 - We continue our Safely Home Series as we talk about how the Church must Redecorate with a No Demo Reno approach. We discuss our Beautiful Curb Appeal, Lasting First Impressions, and Transparent Structural Integrity as we consider the teaching of Haggai and the Apostle Peter.
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August 15th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Community Remodeling - God's Plan has always been to remodel us into one big family again through Jesus.
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August 8th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Community Renovation - God might start with sticks and stones to renovate our community, but His intent is to renovate our very core, our heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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August 1st, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Community Restoration - Jeremiah helps us examine our own captivity in a culture driven by pagan idolatry as we consider what the New Testament teaches us about how we can be restored.
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July 25th, 2021 Sermon from the Safely Home Series entitled Community Activation - Jeremiah reminds us that our lane to community activation is in helping our community learn of God's plan that leads them from death to life, allows us to demonstrate sincere love, and the true resurrection power through the Holy Spirit.
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July 18th, 2021 - Safely Home Serie - Community Activity - Jeremiah gives us insight into the kinds of activities God ordains and blesses. We must determine if our activities are blessed by God part of Satan's schemes to distract and disorient us.
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July 11th, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Community Action - Jeremiah reminds us that God provided for, gives purpose to, and promise to all communities established by Him. As malcontents seek to divide us with our differences, God draws our hearts towards one another through effective community action.
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July 4th, 2021 - Community Awareness - What inspired the patriot citizens at Fort Henry to keep the flag flying which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words to the Star Spangled Banner? Their community awareness motivated them to bravery and courage and stifled the enemy. The New Covenant Community Awareness is the same for us if we draw near to God, draw upon His Promise, and draw out the best in each other.
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June 25th, 2021 sermon entitled Community Attitude from our Safely Home Series. Preacher Mike uses the promise of Jeremiah 30 about communities to encourage us to use the power, wisdom, and understanding of God to establish our communities before God. As people move to the smaller towns escaping the big cities, we can restore, rebuild, and rejoice in our little towns if we change our attitude.
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June 20th, 2021 - Special Days Series - Father's Day - Submissive Surrender - We consider the bad example of King Zedekiah who did not listen to Jeremiah. He paid the price, his family paid the price, his community paid the price. Fathers have better examples we can follow who know that God disciplines those he loves so that we can save our families and our country.
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June 13th, 2021 - Special Days Series - Baby Day - ARM Your Babies - As we recognize those families with babies, we are reminded that God has always had a plan, according to Jeremiah, to provide strong communities to help us raise our little ones like in the "days of old." If we ARM our babies, Appeal to the Most High power of God's right hand, Remember His miraculous wonders, and Meditate on His mighty ways, we can prepare them for the day of evil they must endure.
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June 6th, 2021 - Special Days Series - Jeremiah's Commencement Address - This special message crafted for our graduates offers insight into God's plans for them and all of us.
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May 30th, 2021 - Special Days Series - Memorial Day Memories - The sacred sacrifice of Jesus empowers the sacrifice of those who have given their lives in service to our country to preserve our freedom.
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May 9th, sermon of the Palestine Church of Christ. Mother's Day Special.
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May 2nd, 2021 Sermon from the Safely Home Series - As activism fails to bring us together, Holy Pro-Activism must be practiced by God's people who are willing to follow the example of Jeremiah to Stand Alone, Support Accountability, and Speak Authentically.
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April 25th message from the Safely Home Series.
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Sermon from the April 18th, 2021 Safely Home Series entitled Captivated in Positions of Slavery. How are we to re-position ourselves in this Post-Christian/Post-Modern/Neo-Pagan era as it fractures and divides our churches, clans, and communities?
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April 11th, 2021 Palestine Church of Christ Sermon from Safely Home Series. If we are to assess our current circumstance as a post-Christian/post-Modern/Neo-Pagan, we must see ourselves as captives to imperial forces because of our communal sin. Jeremiah offers a perspective that might help us get safely back home.
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April 4th, 2021 - Resurrection Celebration
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Message from the Safely Home Series - March 7th, 2021 - Palestine Church of Christ
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March 28th, 2021 - Safely Home Series
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March 21st, 2021 - Safely Home Series - Compromised by Fascinating Passions
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March 14th, 2021 Message - Palestine Church of Christ - Safely Home Series
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February 28th, 2021 - Palestine Church of Christ Message - Safely Home Series - Confused by Personal Disintegrations (Putrefaction)
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February 21st, 2021 Palestine Church of Christ Service
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February 14th, 2021 Sermon - Confused by Pastoral Delusions
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How do we truly solve the political polarization which is confusing so many? We must learn from Jeremiah that God is still Sovereign. We will always be part of His plan and it does us no good to resist Him as we learn today.
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Jeremiah predicted a community that would live "before the Lord." As we listen to debates of what our communities should like in this modern day, let's consider what the bible teaches us about the New Covenant Community.
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Preacher Mike preaches to us about the Common things which put us in Captivity to this world. He explores the words of Jeremiah and other New Testament scriptures to help us understand our circumstance, situation, point of reference and point of view in this world.
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The Prophet Jeremiah was given the authority to speak for God to the nations of his day. They ignored him to their demise. We don't want to make the same mistake because God is ready to prosper us with hope and a future. Today we explore the warnings and wisdom offered by Jeremiah found in the Common Promise he made and the compromise that often follows.
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Our journey in this life is singular, we are to safely get home to heaven to be joined together with Jesus Christ as our groom for eternity. But many have become confused, compromised and captivated by the allures of this world putting at jeopardy their eternal destination. Will we hear, well done, or depart from me? The church serves as the vehicle that gets families safely home to heaven, but church is no longer the priority for some especially after 2020. Mike lays out our strategy to correct that in 2021 in this message.
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Blessings are not based upon circumstance, they are based upon "sowing and reaping." As we try to say good-bye to 2020, as if it was a horrible year, remember if we don't change our perspective we will find 2021 to be even worse. We take a look at Galatians 6 today which teaches how to insure our every year is full of life and peace.
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What can we learn from the animals that surrounded Jesus when He was born? This sermon explores what we can learn from a donkey, lamb, and a cow when it comes to bringing the best gifts we can to Jesus.
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Most Americans have no idea what is behind most of our Christmas Traditions even though they spend the month planning for the day, decorating, and then delighting in the idea of Christmas. We might want to help them change that as we accept the challenge of putting Christ back into our Christmas Traditions.
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We celebrate 147 of ministry as we are encouraged to move forward in faith.
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Thanks Living is as simple as Rejoicing, Praying, and Thanking and such living can build a great nation.
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The message from November 22nd, 2020 - Cup of Thanksgiving
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Have we seen enough to convince us that "Now is the time?" We remain in God's favor so it is time for salvation to be shared with all those we know, especially those traumatized by the events of 2020. But have we resigned our position and become stumbling blocks. We examine the wise words of Solomon and Paul's challenge to us as believers to seize the day of salvation before it is too late for us and those we love lost in this culture.
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We have a great opportunity to help those who are crying out before God these days, even those who are just crying out in despair. Through tears of ministry, we help those we know transition from darkness to delight as they learn like Jesus how to pray, petition, and plead to God in their times of trauma.
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The front line in ministry in the next decade will be Christians talking with their friends, family and co-workers about the help and healing found in the logos of Jesus. There are many injured people now in our sphere of influence who have been traumatized by the events of 2020. Believers can talk them into help and healing by following the three steps laid out in sermon in this November 1st, 2020 worship service.
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It is all gloom and doom and what looms we hear these days. All the bad news and ominous predictions take their toll on our heart, body and souls. God has a cure for the fatefulness caused by all the bad news; He has a hopeful future for those who trust in Him. Join us in our October 25th worship gathering at the Palestine Church of Christ as you are inspired by an uplifting and heartening message from Pastor Mike.
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We explore the possibility that God is frustrating the experienced, educated, and experts of our day because they are trying to guide us with human wisdom that doesn't respect or reflect the centrality of Christ Jesus. We need to get back to preaching the perspective of Christ, praying in the name of Christ, and planting ourselves in the principles of Christ. Only then will God allow us to see clearly enough to get through our frustrating circumstances.
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The pandemic of 2020 has caused anxiety levels to rise as people are facing the possibility of death, the prospect of disease, and the probability of debilitation. The help and healing God offers to us allows us to overcome the fear of these things with freedom, fulfillment, and funding as we learn in the message today.
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The recognized effects of trauma are many, but they often manifest themselves as shame and grief in the life of the victim. God has promised us that through Christ we can reframe our disgrace into glory and our distress into genuineness if we will accept that what is meant as harm at the hands of others can be understood as God preparing us to do good to save others in peril. It is important to know how we can be helped and help others suffering from trauma and this message explores this mystery.
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Injustice is the "cause celebre" of our day and it is a noble cause but often done without the perspective of the one who is all about justice. The nature of God is all about justice, and injustice is something He requires we fight. But we must fight injustice by doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly before Him according to Micah 6:8. True justice can only be achieved through the wounds and wisdom of Christ, and it is our privilege to do justice that way and help those traumatized by the evil injustice in this world.
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As those with trauma suffer around us, we need to see clearly when our neighbor is in trouble. This message will help us to know what to look for, and how we can help in the immediate and long-term. You will be invited to join God's Good Samaritan Trauma Team who offer comfort and mercy to those who are suffering around us.
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We take a deeper dive into the unrecognized trauma which is the basis of the recognized trauma in our lives. We learn we have a "Man of Sorrows/Great Physician" who is the only one who can bring us true help and healing for the trauma we go through. Only Jesus can help and heal us so that we can lead others to Him so He can help and heal them too. It matters not the trauma we have incurred, Jesus can help us.
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The last 6 months have been traumatizing to the church. Reports from informed sources say that the majority of pastors have confessed they are ready to quit because the lack of attendance and giving and the added burden of becoming "internet sensations" is too much to bear. The Christians choosing to stay at home are feeling isolated and all believers are feeling intimidated by the powers that be that keep telling us it isn't safe to fellowship. Our response at PCOC? Pastor Mike isn't quitting. We are ready to leap forward in faith and turn what Satan has intended for bad into something good. We are going learn from Jesus how to express godly hope in the midst of any suffering, share in the shame others feel, and demonstrate sympathy to those who are hurting as they try to heal from their pain. We are here to serve the hurting and this message lays our our strategy.
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To kneel or not to kneel has become the question of our time. But Christians are commanded to bow only to God and that kneeling before this world is part of a scheme of Satan to tame the Spirit of God in believers. Using the example of Jesus, this message will help you stand against Satan's schemes by not allowing Satan, society or even self to cause you to neglect, quench, or grieve the powerful Spirit of God which is working in you to save you and others.
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A shameless life is a gift from God that comes to us as we build our life on the cornerstone of Christ Jesus. Many today are choosing to reject Christ as the basis of our understanding of this world and trying to shame believers into rejecting Christ as they do. This message challenges us to be courageous, confident and certain so that we can enjoy the shameless gift of God.
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How should Christians respond to the riots that rage around our country? The blame game is in full force these days, and the church and Christians are among those institutions being blamed for the inequity in our country. In this week's message from our "How To" summer series, we consider what the bible teaches us about this issue. We use the covenant God made with Abraham as the basis of our understanding.
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The world is trying to emphasize our differences and some in the world are exploiting those differences with impure motives. But what does the bible teach us about being "sameless"? God has made us diverse and different on the outside, but on the inside we all are the same in God's eyes. Through Christ, He has provided a solution to racial strife and conflict and in this message from our How To summer series we consider what God says about it all.
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Distracted by the calls to "save the planet", young adults often don't have any real understanding of the real condemnation that awaits this earth. As we learned from the story of Noah, saving this world is a "feel good" deception that is meant to prevent us from "gettin' on the boat, gettin' baptized, and gettin' on board. Our message today in the "How To" series challenges us to take seriously our task of #MYSEVEN2HEAVEN.
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Enoch was the first to be caught up to heaven because he walked faithfully with God as an example of what happens to those of us who walk faithfully with God today. Jude 14 gives us insight into what we can look forward to as we walk faithfully and what those who don't must face. As our culture trends to the dystopian, those who walk faithfully with God can still give hope to those who are lost in their own way, but we must be visual about our faith.
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A critical message for a critical time. As our culture seeks to cancel those that don't toe the line of political correctness, Christians now more than ever need to Call On the Name of the Lord. We can't allow "them" to steal from us the blessings God intends for those who acknowledge His existence, accept His calling on them, and advance His cause.
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We begin our summer series based upon the application of the principles discovered in our Luke3andMe sermon series. We start with learning how only Jesus can define and defend true freedom. In the current climate of man-made rules, regulations, and restrictions, and the vicious recriminations that accompany them, we need to know how to preserve our freedoms. Only Jesus can help us preserve them since He is the author and perfecter of them and only He can help us stop tyranny in its tracks while leading the way in freedom and justice for all.
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The final message in our Luke3andMe sermon series brings us to the point of the Christocentric Narrative of Humankind. Jesus is the fulfillment of all things and will fulfill all things when He returns again. He fulfills our Failed Created Purpose by making known to us the facts, the freedom, and the favor that God has given to us. In this world full of grumbling and complaining, Christ helps us fulfill our created purpose to give glory to God as we enjoy living in His glory in our lives.
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This installation in the Luke3andMe series is about the mom and dad of Jesus. They were entrusted with God's most precious Son and given simple instructions to raise Him in the training and instruction of the Lord. They were great examples for all parents as we are called to do the same with our kids and grandkids.
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The period between the New Testament account and Old Testament account is called the Intertestamental Period. This "In Between" period in which God's word was silent listed many in the genealogy of Jesus we know nothing about. But their actions provided for the perfect time and circumstances to which Jesus Christ would come. This message examines the similarities between our in between now and their in between then and the lessons we can learn from it. As they prepared for the first coming of the King, we prepare for the return of the King.
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After any period of punitive captivity, there is a process we can follow to speed the redemptive restoration of God. We observe that in the story of Zerubbabel as he leads the remnant back from captivity to Rebuild the Temple of God. If we realize it is time to rebuild, we must think clearly about God's participation in our blessings and curses, and let the Spirit of God fill us as we prioritize the rebuilding of His Temple in our lives. We are the temple of God now so we must rebuild what we have lost in our churches and spiritual lives during our pandemic captivity. The experience of Zeruabbabel teaches how.
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The Royal lineage of Jesus is traced to King David through both Solomon and his brother Nathan, but why? We answer that question today as we consider the good bad and ugly of royalty, and why we often reject those who seek to subjugate us today. If you listen carefully, you will find a mistake Preacher Mike makes in this message. Let him know if you catch it.
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King David established an earthly kingdom which would be fulfilled eternally by Christ Jesus. We battle today as we face our own giants, facilitate greatness, and foster God's glory in our eternal battle for the kingdom. We learn from Rey and Ben of Star Wars what David had to face which sets the example for us.
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The Moms of Jesus is a part of the Luke3andMe sermon series about the genealogy of Jesus. We talk about Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba and how God used their confusing, complicating, challenging, and compromising stories to tell the story of Jesus. In honor of Mother's Day, we talk about how these moms teach us to do the will of God especially when life challenges us.
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Ruth demonstrates for us that if we have faith and do the will of God, we will be repaid and richly rewarded by our own Guardian Redeemer. Ruth was the perfect picture of redemption reminding us that we all either need redemption or live in redemption. We continue our Luke3andMe series by looking at the life of the third woman mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus.
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As we continue our Luke3andMe sermon series, we come to Rahab who is mentioned in the Matthew version of Jesus' genealogy. Rahab was an interesting choice to be included in this list because Rahab was a prostitute. But God uses her to illustrate to us the power of transformation that takes place when we believe HIStory! We learn more about principles and patterns in this message and are cautioned to be on guard against the stories which seek to conform us to the pattern and principles of this world.
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The genealogy of Jesus had a few troublemakers in it. As we continue in the Luke3andMe sermon series, we consider Tamar who was one of those troublemakers. She had to make trouble for her father-in-law Judah because he didn't make the best decisions causing the lineage Jesus to be put in jeopardy. Find out how God used Tamar to hold Judah accountable to the "Purity of Agreement."
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We take a retrospective look back at our Luke3andMe series as we apply it to the Resurrection of Christ. Jesus is the center of all things so we miss out on so much when we don't look at life from that perspective. Jesus tasted death for us so that we can live without fear of it. In this day and age, this message is important hear so that we can overcome.
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Jacob blessed his sons together, but Judah received the best blessing as the future leader, protector, and victor of his people. He was the precursor to the Lion of Judah whom we get to be like, Jesus Christ. Today's message in the Luke3andMe Series helps us face the current pandemic we are all living through in triumph, not tragedy.
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Jacob has a name change and attitude change after wrestling with God. He had to learn to submit to the stronger and wiser God who had an incredible plan for him. We might struggle with our siblings, in-laws, or spouses, but we should always be guided by justification instead of judgment. This week's message in the Luke3andMe series on the genealogy of Jesus helps us understand and practice the difference by using the example of Jacob's life as our guide. We have included the worship time too, and mediation, for those unable to watch the streaming service.
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Imagine being the son of the great Abraham. Would Isaac be able to live up to the ideal promise that was given to his father and passed on to him by oath? Isaac did not live an ideal life but he did help us have an idea of what was ideal by pointing us to Christ. Join us as we journey through Genesis 22 - 26 and explore the less than ideal life of Isaac that points us toward the ideal life we have in Christ. This episode includes the worship time.
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Abraham is one of the most highly regarded persons in the history of mankind. 6 out of 10 people on the planet recognize him as the father of their religion even today. So why does Genesis record that he made the same kind of mistakes most of us do, but was still honored as a man of great faith? This message from the Luke3andMe series seeks to shed light on that matter. We have included the whole service for those who were not able to attend due to the Coronavirus concerns.
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What do you do when idolatry has completely overwhelmed the culture in which you live? Like Terah, father of Abraham, you might need to "Make A Move." Wickedness is epitomized in idolatry and God hates idolatry so much that when He gave us His top Ten Commandments, dealing with it was His first priority. This message in our Luke3andMe series on the Genealogy of Jesus challenges us to have the courage to Make A Move away from idolatry for the sake of our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
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We begin March with our 9th message in the Luke3andMe Genealogy of Jesus Series. This message is about Eber and Peleg because something cryptic about Peleg is said regarding his name. We learn that God actually has placed all the nations where He has wanted them, given them their specific languages, and even when He let them go their own way, never left them without the testimony of His existence. We all are without excuse when it comes to our accountability to our Creator as we learn from our study.
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Our 8th message in the Luke3andMe series of messages brings us to the major divide between the Jews and Gentiles. We explain how that divide was created and how Christ broke down that wall of hostility to teach us that no matter the difference between ourselves and others, racial, national, gender, hair color, age, in Christ we are one. We can only be united when we better understand the story of God and how He spread out all the nations at the Tower of Babel and why that should help us find greater unity today.
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We began our #MYSEVEN2HEAVEN Project in this Luke3andMe Sermon series message. The fundamental truth that righteousness is believing in the HIStory of God and walking faithfully with Him is opposed by wickedness which is rejecting God as our Creator and living selfishly. This truth is illustrated through the Great Flood and the family of Noah. Righteousness has its rewards and wickedness has its punishments and this is clearly demonstrated in the story of Noah.
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We continue our Luke3andMe Series of messages by looking at the Good Lamech and Evil Lamech in the family of Jesus. These two Old Testament cousins illustrate the duality with which all of us struggle that battles within us as described by Paul in Romans 7. Who can save me from this body of death? Only Christ Jesus can save us from our own internal struggle by encouraging us to live by the Spirit, not the flesh.
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Methuselah is the oldest person ever to live according to the bible. He lived nearly a millennium making him the first Millennial. We are connected to his life and death in two ways. His long life is evidence that God created us to live forever, and his death is evidence that sin messed up that plan. God's solution is to deal with sin through the sacrifice of Christ so that we can live forever again.
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This is the fourth message in the Luke3andMe series. We consider the enigmatic life of Enoch who "walked with God" and then was no more. We begin to see the principles and patterns that defined the line of Christ. They called on the name of the Lord (principle) and they walked faithfully with God (pattern). We find our connection with Enoch as we follow the same principle and pattern in our lives. Like Enoch, we too can become no more as we receive our reward from the Creator. We learned we are not determined by our DNA, but we are determined by our choices.
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The third message in our Luke3andMe series features the story of Seth whose brother Cain killed their brother Abel. Because of Cain's wickedness, God had to reboot the story through Seth. We learn that sometimes we need to reboot, restart, and refresh our own lives so God can reboot our stories.
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The second message in the Luke3andMe series, we investigate the issue of Creation vs. Evolution. The world doesn't know why they want to believe they come from anything but a loving Creator, but there are always alternatives to the Creation narrative being pushed. In this message, we learn we are Created in God's Image to reflect His Glory. This is our purpose and design and the only right way to live.
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Our first message in the Luke3andMe series helps us discover our connection through Christ to God by way of those in the Genealogy of Jesus. The common problem all people have is we are disconnected from our Creator God because of sin. The story of humankind illustrated by the family of Jesus covers the first 4000 years of human history and how God over and again kept alive a line of faithful believers to preserve the lineage of Christ. Better understanding their stories provides the context we need to preserve our connection to Christ and His Salvation in our time.
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