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Episodes
Grace & Truth: Truth and Trust
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - Temptations are always temptations to trust in something far less than what God offers.
TEXT - Luke 4:1-30
1. Who do you trust when called?
• Luke 3:21-22
2. Who do you trust when tempted?
• Luke 4:1-13
• Deuteronomy 6 & 8
3. Who do you trust when challenged?
• Luke 4:14-30
Next Step: When called.
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life throug...
Grace & Truth: Hearing the Word
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - God’s word establishes all things.
TEXT - Nehemiah 8:1-12
1. God’s Word establishes reality,
• Genesis 1:1-3
• Nehemiah 8:1-6
2. God’s Word establishes truth.
• Psalm 33:4
• Proverbs 30:5
• John 17:17
3. God’s Word establishes hope.
• Nehemiah 8:7-12
• 2 Timothy 3:16
NEXT STEPS
1. Read your Bible.
2. Do what your Bible tells you.
3. Rejoice! ...
Grace & Truth: Prophetic Songs
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - Singing prophetic songs shapes our lives.
TEXT - Zechariah 4:6
1. Hum a prophetic tune.
Not by might.
Not by power.
But by my Spirit.
2. Sing prophetic lyrics.
God will confront evil.
God will restore goodness.
3. Dance a prophetic jig.
God sees.
God cares.
God works.
NEXT STEPS
1. Speak the truth in love. (Grace and truth.)
2. Be bold.
GO DEEPER: The Day ...
Grace & Truth: God Reigns Above All!
Pastor Steve Poole
TEXT - Daniel 4:28-37
TRUTH - God’s sovereignty and kingdom > man’s sovereignty and kingdom
“...for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; …all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay ...
Grace & Truth: A new heart and spirit
Pastor Steve Poole
TEXT: Ezekiel 36:22-36
GRACE: God will save, restore, forgive, bless and establish His people.
TRUTH: God restores and blesses His people to bring glory to His name.
LEV & RUAKH
“...Character, personality, will, mind are modern terms which all reflect something of the meaning of ‘heart’...” (Banwell)
“...ruakh is used to talk about humans, it describes their breath and c...
Grace & Truth: Don’t miss it!
Pastor Kent Landhuis
Today's message will mention this sermon audio from Tim Keller: "God Our Lover"
THEME - Use Biblical prophecy to focus on what matters most.
TEXT - Ezekiel 16
1. Ezekiel’s weird, misunderstood mission.
Ezekiel 1.
A vision of God.
2. Ezekiel’s weird, disregarded visions.
Act 1 - Ezekiel 16:1-14.
Act 2 - Ezekiel 16:15-59.
Act 3 - Ezekiel 16:60-63.
3. Ezekiel’s weird, overlook...
Grace & Truth: It’s over… or is it?
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - Surrender leads to freedom.
TEXT - Jeremiah 52
1. What scares you?
Jeremiah 52:1-11.
Fear and the loss of control.
2. How do you respond to fear? (Loss of control?)
Jeremiah 52:12-30.
Anxiety or surrender?
3. How does surrender conquer fear?
Jeremiah 52:31-34
Fear or trust?
Lamentations 3:22-23
Lamentations 5:19-22
NEXT STEPS
1. Surrender th...
Grace & Truth: Listen to the Living God
Pastor Steve Poole
TEXT - Jeremiah 35:12-16
TRUTH - Listening to God’s voice is difficult in such noisy world.
GRACE - Hearing Jesus leads to new and eternal life!
NEXT STEPS
1. Believe in Jesus Christ for new and eternal life.
2. Reflect and discuss: What voices are you listening to instead of God?
3. Reflect and discuss: How am I not obeying Go...
Grace & Truth: Complaint, Lament, & Repentance
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - God is near, God is listening, and God cares.
TEXT - Jeremiah 12:1-5
1. Why do the wicked prosper?
Jeremiah 12:1-4
Is God watching?
2. Why do God’s people suffer?
Jeremiah 15:5-21
Does God care?
3. Why me?
Jeremiah 20:7-18
Do I matter?
4. God is near, God is listening, and God cares.
Jeremiah 12:5
Complain
Lament
Repent
NEXT STEPS ...
Grace & Truth: Threat and Response
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - We are finite, God is infinite.
TEXT - 2 Chronicles 32:1-23.
1. “I can do it myself.” (Verses 1-8)
a. Fight.
b. Flight.
c. Freeze.
d. Faint. (Flop)
2. TRUTH: “You can’t do it yourself.” (Verses 9-19)
a. You are weak.
b. Nobody can do it.
c. The enemy is cruel, cunning, well-equipped, and determined.
d. 2 Kings 19:15-19
3. GRACE: “I am weak, but God i...
Grace & Truth: Isaiah 46
Pastor Steve Poole
THEME – Is your god a burden?
TRUTH - Worshipping anything but the one true God burdens us and leaves us in bondage.
GRACE - God carries those whom he chooses to salvation and gives them His righteousness.
NEXT STEPS
1. Receive deliverance and salvation in the name of Jesus.
2. Spend some time this week in prayer and reflection asking God to reveal any idols in your heart and root th...
Grace & Truth: An Object Lesson
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEM - God’s love and mercy are more powerful than sin.
TEXT - Hosea 1-3.
1. The object lesson: adultery and restoration. (Hosea1-3)
a. Hosea and Gomer
i. Marriage.
o Jezreel
o Lo Ruhamah
o Lo Ammi
ii. Adultery
iii. Restoration
b. God and Israel.
i. Covenant at Mt. Sinai (Marriage)
ii. Idolatry = Adultery
iii. Covenant Crisis
o End the covenant?
o R...
Grace & Truth: Before and After
Kent Landhuis
THEME - The old can (and will) be made new.
TEXT - Isaiah 9:1-5.
“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned." (v. 2)
BEFORE: Obadiah 10 - Because of the violence against your brother, Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.
AFTER: Obadiah 17a - But on Mount Zion will be deliv...
Grace & Truth: Prophets, Priests, and Kings
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - We want (need) a perfect prophet, priest, and king.
TEXT - 2 Chronicles 25:2: “He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.”
1. The disappointing legacy of the kings.
A. The king's job description.
· Honor God.
· Maintain covenant faithfulness.
· Protect the people.
B. Bad kings.
· Omri: But Omri did evil in the e...
Grace & Truth: What About Evil?
Kent Landhuis
THEME - God forgives the wicked but…
TEXT - 1 Kings 21
1. What about evil?
* 1 Kings 21:1-16
* Tune in next week.
2. What about consequences?
* 1 Kings 21:17-26
* The dogs will lick your blood.
3. What about forgiveness?
* 1 Kings 21:27-29
* Remorse and repentance - stay tuned.
* "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess ou...
Grace & Truth: Proverbs 30
Pastor Steve Poole
TEXT – Proverbs 30:1-16 NLT
TRUTH
* The envious heart is never satisfied.
* People who don’t earn what they have never learn its value.
GRACE
* Our righteousness doesn’t come from applying wisdom to our lives, but it comes from God through faith in Jesus. ~ Philippians 3:9
NEXT STEPS
1. Receive the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus.
2. Contemplate Philippians 3 to mor...
Grace & Truth: Blessing
Kent Landhuis
THEME - We Bless God.
TEXT - Psalms 134, 146-150
1. Bless your heart.
* Bless when you don’t feel like blessing.
2. Blessed by God to bless one another.
* We are blessed to be a blessing.
* Genesis 12:1-3
3. Bless God.
* Psalm 134
* Psalms 100-101
* Psalms 103-104
* Psalms 146-150
NEXT STEPS
1. Praise God. (In a new way?)
2. Bless your neighbors. (In an unexpected way?)
3. Psalm 148
GO DEEPE...
Grace & Truth: A Strong Tower
Kent Landhuis
THEME - God is trustworthy.
TEXT - Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
NAMES OF GOD
Adonai – “Master Over All” (Deuteronomy 3:24)
El Bethel – “The God of the House of God” (Genesis 35:7)
El Elohe Yisrael – “The Mighty God of Israel” (Genesis 33:20)
El Elyon – “The Most High God” (Daniel 3:26)
El Emunah – “The Faithful God” (De...
Grace & Truth: Chosen
Peter Mutabazi
THEME - God uses us to show compassion and bring justice.
TEXT - Psalm 72:12 - "For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help."
1. We are the kind of people who love others.
2. We are the kind of people who show compassion.
3. We are the kind of people who bring justice.
NEXT STEP:
Sign up to be chosen.
CHOSEN
My friend Curt went on a mission trip to...
Grace & Truth: A Home for God
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - We long to be with God, and God longs to be with us.
TEXT - Psalm 122
1. Build a better home for God.
1 Chronicles 22:1-5
1 Chronicles 23:25-26
2. Build a better home for God’s people.
Psalm 122
Psalm 84:1-10
Psalm 27:4
James 4:8
3. Build a better home for everyone.
Psalm 132:13-14
Revelation 21:1-4
NEXT STEPS:
1. Take the World Vision Challenge.
2. Pray about makin...
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