Sermons About Culture
Blessed is the Nation...
In this week's message, we reflect on the values upon which the country of Canada was founded. And in light of current events in our country, we would do good to pause and think about how it is that we have strayed so far from our biblical foundations as a nation. But beyond the usual discussion about the issues facing our culture, may we be reminded of our primary responsibility as Christians: the call to fervent prayer. Key Passages: Psalm 72:8, Psalm 144:15, Psalm 33, and Isaiah 1-6
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The Glory of God in the Gospel of God, Reading the Cultural Texts Around Us
How does the gospel best move into a culture? Is it through power and influence, or is it through an informed band of believers living out their life on every level of human culture? How can we be involved with culture and engage it intelligently, without falling into the mechanisms and world systems that ultimately destroy it? How does the gospel story intersect the human one? Only by reading the culture, can we answer that question.
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Jesus Brings the Message to Us
We believe that the message of the gospel is for all people. In today's message, we will see Jesus breaking religious traditions in order to interact with those different from his own ethnicity and culture. Join us in studying how "Jesus Brings the Message to Us" in Mark 7:24-8:10.
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Christ in Culture
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We the Church: Engage Culture
Often times there appears to be a gap between church and culture, our 'spiritual' life and our 'real' life, but this isn't how it's meant to be. God is Lord over all things, the ruler and maker of all creation.
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The Glory of God in the Gospel of God, How Has the Culture Shaped the Gospel?
We are called to be ambassadors of the Gospel of Christ to the culture by using the culture to illustrate it as Paul did to the Gentiles but we should not let the culture shape God's Gospel or our theology. The worldviews and philosophies within a culture often shape us without us knowing it. God gives Adam and Eve a clear story, yet they chose to believe in another “Has God said…?” (Genesis 3:1). It is this restructuring toward our own desire to be god that shapes the gospel we preach.
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Raising G-rated Kids in an X-rated World
Because of the culture we're in, raising kids in today's world is not easy. But there is help found in God's word for parents. First, be an example and instill belief and values in them. Second, be there to teach them. Make spending time with your family a priority. Third, love them not just with words, but your actions. Love includes providing discipline and boundaries.
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Our Family Album
Central to all human relationships is the foundation of mutual respect and honour. This "valuing" from one person to another may be seen no more clearly than in the relationship between the generations. When parents bless and honour their children, and when children in turn show reverence and respect toward, not only their parents, but ALL older people, it lays the foundation for a society where strong relationships are the norm. Rip respect and honour from the culture, and chaos and anarchy soon reign. Who would have thought that disobedience to parents could carry such far-reaching effects ... but as goes the family, so goes the culture... Key Passage: Leviticus 19:32
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Changed - Counter Culture
Listen as Pastor Brad continues the "Changed" series discussing the book of Philemon. This week, Pastor Brad talks about Paul's radical request to Philemon that he stand in stark opposition to the cultural norms of Rome and accept his runaway slave back as a brother.
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Christ in Culture
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Remember to Live
The people of Israel were about to move out of the desert and into a land that lacked nothing, according to the Moses. The only thing that could spoil it all for them was if they forgot the Lord in the process. Things are the same today as they were then. No matter what we possess or what our surroundings look like, life is pretty empty without the presence of God in the midst of it all. It's easy to forget the Lord when our hearts and minds are captured by our wealth. Listen as we look at one way we can help ensure that we remember the Lord and in so doing, remember to truly live.
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Perfect Timing
When Esther's people were in trouble, she was told maybe she had been placed in her position for "such a time as this." In our trouble-filled world, we have been placed at this time at this place for a specific purpose. But are you still waiting on the world to change or will you decide to be a world changer for such a time as this?
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Finding God In Times Of Emotional Trauma & Confusion
Pastor gives us a guide to staying on the right track amidst some of the difficulties of life.
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Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?
Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries brings a Word concerning our relationship with Our Beloved Pastor George and he also shares a sermon on Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test? Podcast Legend: 00:00 – 38:15 – Worship 38:16 – 43:20 – Pastor George prays 43:21 – 44:48 – Cookie brings a Word 44:49 – 50:55 – Pastor George’s radio preview 50:56 – 52:47 – Various announcements 52:48 – 1:08:15 – Betty speaks then Cindi & Pastor pray with her 1:08:16 – 1:31:02 - Dick Dungan brings a Word concerning Our Beloved pastor George 1:30:03 – 1:53:30 – Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries shares on “Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?” 1:53:31 – 2:03:42 – Closing Worship & Benediction
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What Are You Waiting For?
No one likes to wait. Especially for things we really need or think we really want. Fortunately, in our culture, we don't have to wait too long for most things. As a result, we are addicted to instant gratification. Our expectations are high... higher than we think. Unfortunately, this has a negative affect on our experience with prayer, because often times, God's answer to us is... wait. However, if we become the kind of people who learn to actively wait on God, we will discover riches beyond our expectations as well.
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Redeeming Church
Our 12 parts series titled Redemption: 'Saving the world from church' is an attempt to address those issues that consistently cause Christians trouble as they try to like Jesus in culture. The series will seek to repair the damage caused by legalism as well as reform our understandings of what it means to be a gospel-centered Christian living in the world. Although the series will feel “practical”, at the core of all of these things is a deep rooted understanding of how we live out the gospel in our “real” life.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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Freedom of Worship
Who, how, and if we worship is our business. Right? This is certainly a common assumption. But is it true? Listen in as we look at Judges 19 to see that every "personal" worship choice we make has public consequences.
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Why Worry?
Will I trust my heavenly Father to take care of me? OR will I take matters into my own hands? Balancing my responsibility to work hard, give generously, save regularly, and spend wisely with an absolute confidence that God is my provider is a difficult balance for all of us to maintain. It is so easy to begin to believe that we have to look after ourselves, and to become consumed with "having enough." Jesus challenges us to put our trust in Him alone and to give up the useless habit of worry…easy to say ... hard to live out! Key Passage: Matthew 6:19-34
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Sorry
People in our culture show favoritism all the time, but followers of Jesus must never show favoritism. Favoritism doesn't show God's heart for people and it doesn't reflect his word. We need to constantly challenge ourselves and how we treat people different from us.
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Be the Change
Lion Chasers create, rather than criticize. They work just as hard at producing good as they do denouncing evil. They are part of the solution. Lion Chasers bring about change by being the change.
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The “X” Factor - Musings on Contextualizing the Gospel in a Postmodern Society
Kaleo Church has at the very core of its being a radical vision for our city: Gospel Transformation. We want to see our city saturated with the love of Jesus Christ, because we strongly contend that it is only through and by the grace of God that:
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Particular Love
Jesus stepped off His throne in Heaven to be born in a smelly barn in Bethlehem to later leave Judea to go into Samaria to save one lost woman at a well. We call this story 'The woman at the well'. I call it Particular Love. If you are a believer in Jesus, he came to you personally and powerfully and rescued you. We love Him BECAUSE He FIRST loved us.
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Facade
A.W. Tozer, in his book, The Pursuit of God shared this prayer: "Lord, I would trust You completely; I would be altogether Yours; I would exalt You above all. I desire that I may feel no sense of possessing anything outside of You. I want constantly to be aware of Your overshadowing Presence and to hear Your speaking Voice. I long to live in restful sincerity of heart. I want to live so fully in the Spirit that all my thought may be as sweet incense ascending to You and every act of my life may be an act of worship. Therefore I pray in the words of Your great servant of old, ‘I beseech You so for to cleanse the intent of mine heart with the unspeakable gift of Your grace, that I may perfectly love You and worthily praise You.’ And all this I confi dently believe You will grant me through the merits of Jesus Christ Your Son. Amen." Key Passage: Matthew 5:33-37
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Streets of St. Louis
When you walk the streets of St. Louis you're walking in a very real city. Once the Gateway to the West and the 4th largest city in America, now you walk the streets and you see that she's weary. Jesus come again, to these streets, at this time, to these streets.
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A Warning Label (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)
Paul contrasts divine wisdom with human wisdom. Divine wisdom is distinct from, cannot be reconciled with, and is ultimately opposed to human wisdom. Divine wisdom has a divine origin rather than a human origin: it is revealed by the Holy Spirit and not discerned by man's efforts. Divine wisdom is rooted in and revealed in the gospel and the cross. The cross provokes us to humility and gratitude.
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City
This message in the "Christ. Community. City. Renewal." series looks at God's perspective on the city. God has ordained that large urban cities exists and therefore loves them. He loves them for their beauty creating activity that impresses upon the human heart a sense of God. He also loves cities due to the number of people who reside in them.
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Setting A Course: The Mission and Vision of Austin Journey Church
A look at the Mission and Vision of Austin Journey Church, with insights from the approach of the apostle Paul in the Areopagus in Athens.
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Salt and Light
In the eyes of the world, Jesus was a fool. He did not abide by the rules of the day; the people he associated with were shunned by society; his Sermon on the Mount reads like a primer on being left behind, stepped on and ignored. Being a ‘Christian’ is not some magical process by which we are automatically transformed into better people. We must train to become who God wants us to be. We are sinful, faulted beings. Our system fi les are corrupted and we need to reset our systems to the defaults that Christ has demonstrated for us. It begins with the reshaping of our minds ‒ how we think ‒ what we believe ‒ what we know to be true, and then beginning to live out that truth in practical ways in our daily lives. Key Passage: Matthew 5: 1-16
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The State of the Church
Looking back at 2007 and sharing vision for 2008. The sermon followed a retrospective video which can be seen here - http://anakin-redeemed.livejournal.com/13517.html
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Are You Under the Influence?
Most of us have a rather strange view of how demons operate, taking our cues from the movies. In truth, demons rarely come tearing into our lives in some frightening or absurd way. Rather, they simply work to influence us. If they can exert the right influence on us, possession isn't even necessary. Avoiding demonic influence requires awareness and a rock solid spiritual and thought life. Key Verses: Lu 8:27ff, Lu 9:38ff, Matt 4:24, Gen 3:1, Eph 2:1-2, Prov 4:23, 2Cor 10:4-5, Ro 12:1-2
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First to Worship
How do you respond when your enemies fall in worship before the Lord? That question might sound like a hypothetical debate for us today, but for the original readers of Matthew’s gospel account they had to face it head on. The very first people to engage in formal worship of the newborn king were from “the east.” We might call them the “Babylonian worship team.” The enemies and oppressors of the Jews were on their face in worship. Wow! What a paradigm shift! Key Passages: Matthew 2:1 & Isaiah 49:6
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The Gospel and Culture
Culture is the pattern of human thought, belief and activities. Paul, when dealing with Epicurians and Stoics in Athens, gives us examples of interacting with the culture that we can learn from.
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Free or Bound to Our Culture?
God gives us the freedom to observe, to think, and to interpret events in any way we choose. Unfortunately, many of our interpretations and choices are based not on our own analysis, but on generational and cultural values. But, what do we do when these values clash with the truth of God’s word? Key Verses: Josh 24:11-18, Jer 44: 1-6, 15-18, Jer 44:24-28, John 14:6, John 7:16-17
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The Call of Jesus to Transform Culture
What does it look like to be in the world and not of the world? What are the messages that we in America are communicating to the culture around us about the nature of the Church and the God whom we serve? Tonight, we will be looking at some of these questions as we answer the call of Jesus to influence culture.
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Shift Shock - Becoming the 21st Century Church
The changes are all around us. In order for believers to continue to have influence for the cause of Christ, the church must make some major shifts to remain effective and continue to operate under the power of God.
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Supporting a Culture of Generosity
Aaron Story shares how to develop, maintain and support a culture of Generosity, from the book of Acts.
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Soul Prosperity
We need to live in God’s righteousness, peace and joy on the inside all the time, not just cry out to God for it when we are in a crisis. Our soul is prospering when we are walking in step with Holy Spirit.
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Creating a Culture of Extreme Generosity
Pastor Dan Pride speaks about how to create a culture that demonstrates extreme generosity, using the example of the Apostles from the book of Acts.
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Acts 29 Quarterly-Session Two: Exegeting Culture
Session Two from the Acts 29 Quarterly held at The Journey in Saint Louis, MO. August 14, 2007.
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The Lord of the Rings
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? How do we choose what is good in this world? Kent looks at The Lord of the Rings and the story of Daniel for a couple great examples of choosing good instead of evil.
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Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? Star Wars is one of the best movies of all times and Pastor Kent Bertrand ponders it's similarities to the story of King Saul of the Bible.
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Living Upside Right in a Upside Down World
In our world we often associate greatness with such things as fame, fortune and influence. The icons and heros of our culture - those whom we esteem and look up to are often athletes, actors and artists. The kingdom of God is radically different for in Matthew chapter 18, Jesus turns our understanding of greatness on its head. In Jesus' mind we are greatest when we humble ourselves like that of a helpless little child. How countercultural! How subversive! Yet, how true for us today! Key Passage: Matthew 18:1-9
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Amazing Grace
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? Pastor David studies the inspiring, true story of the man who penciled one of the most famous hymns in history - Amazing Grace.
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Spiderman
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? Pastor Duane delves into the Biblical truths of Spiderman. "With great power comes great responsibility."
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Spiderman
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? Pastor Duane delves into the Biblical truths of Spiderman. "With great power comes great responsibility."
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