Sermons About Difference
Becoming a Person of Burden
Throughout October and November we will be studying the book of Nehemiah in a series called "Nehemiah: Becoming a Person of ______." This series will look at different characteristics exemplified by Nehemiah as he rebuilt Jerusalem's walls following the Israelites' Babylonian Exile. This week Dave Robinson teaches about becoming a person of burden. Before Nehemiah acted, he allowed God to burden him with a need: the destroyed walls and burned gates of Jerusalem. Studying Nehemiah's example, Dave asks: "what makes you weep and pound the table?" or, "what burden or problem is yours to help solve?"
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Jesus, What Difference Can You Really Make In My Life?
Dinner with Jesus - Week 5 October 5, 2008 Jesus, What Difference Can You Really Make In My Life? Mark 10:17-22 Jesus and the Young Gun - This man had it all - young, rich, powerful - but he wasn't satisfied. Something More - Looking for meaning and purpose, that 'something more' is a relationship with Jesus Christ. Good Isn't Good Enough - God doesn't want you to try harder - He wants you to turn to Him by asking Him to forgive you and to lead your life! Letting Go - The man was so close to forgiveness, to a new life – but he wasn’t willing to let go of what he loved the most and follow Jesus. Knowing Jesus - There is another story in the Bible about another young man. Like the first one, he was young, powerful, brilliant, aggressive. He was on the road to success in every way until he came face to face with Jesus. But instead of holding on to his life, this young man left everything to follow Jesus. The apostle Paul - God changed him and then he used him to change the world! Philippians 3:7-9 Cardboard Testimony - Don’t leave here the way you came! You can be changed. You can be forgiven. You can know God in a real, personal way. Not by trying harder – but by turning to Jesus and asking him to forgive you and lead your life right now!
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Standing in the Gap
Over the next 4 weeks we are going to talk about the call to transform our culture through missional living. "Missional" seems to be the latest "buzz-word" in the evangelical world; it describes a life that is lived "on mission". It is a concept that fits well with Jesus teaching that we are to be agents of change in our world. Jesus used metaphors of salt and light and yeast. Paul called us to be ambassadors. How should Kelowna be different because we were here? To begin this series, we begin by looking at the incredible power God has entrusted to His people, and the expression of that power through our prayers. We have been given authority to bind and loose on earth in the name of Jesus. Do we have any idea of the power given to us? Key Passage: Ezekial 22:30
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Dealing with diferences in thought and practice
a look at how the early church delt with diferences of thought and practice, and how we should be striving today to stand up for the important things yet in the smaller things have a generous orthodoxy
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