Sermons About Eve
Community is...
God commits to make a people for Himself. This is His plan, to redeem a “people,” not just individuals. We’re not saved to be isolated individuals. This church, His people, our community, is what Christ died for and it is what we are saved into. The story of the Bible is the story of God fulfilling His promise to be our God as His people. So how do we do community? We do this by calling you into a messy community life where you “devote” yourself to learning the Gospel in fellowship with one another. This is not clean and tidy, but messy and disorganized at times. It isn’t a program to be attended, a curriculum to be mastered, but instead a life to be lived as the Gospel comes and regularly breathes new life into our wandering hearts.
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What Is The Root Problem of the Human Will?
Our society feels that people are fundamentally good and honest and if people do something wrong it is the result of poor parenting, poor role models, or other environmental factors. I believe the Bible teaches us that the corruption of the human will began in Adam. God delivered us from death and corruption through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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The Aftershock in Our Lives
It is easier to see and feel the impact of sin collectively when we see the news, but many times it is easy to admit our own brokenness. Many times we are willing to admit that the world is messed up but unwilling to admit our own lives are messed up. So we begin a masquerade to cover the brokenness and hide our pain. We do different things to impress different people and sometimes even in an attempt to impress God. We are afraid to admit our own brokenness because it would mean we are needy. We are ashamed to admit our own brokenness because it makes us feel dirty; but the reality is that only when we admit our brokenness can we find healing and can God through Jesus Christ put our lives back together again.
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The Impact On Humanity
Sin's effect can be easily seen collectively as a large mass of humanity. It is easy to see sins effect there isn't it? Suicide bombers, war, greed, disease, divorce, murder, etc. Why do all these things happen? If God is in control then why doesn't He stop all of this stuff? If God is good then why does He allow pain and suffering? Just like an earthquake Adam's original sin became the epicenter of an event that will be felt until Christ comes back and defeats sin once and for all. In reality Adam's sin became a chain reaction that set off quakes every since then in each of us. The reality is that each of us are epicenters of this violent event and the effects of that are seen collectively as the tremors ring out around us.
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The Impact on Creation
When we watch or read the news and hear about all of the natural disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. we sometimes wonder why. Why does God allow these things to happen. Sometimes we even blame God for their occurrence. Is there any other explanation? Why do they many times seem to be more and more frequent and even more severe? Is it all natural causes? How God lost control? Are they God's judgment on wicked people? When sin entered into God's creation here on earth it was like dropping a very large rock in the middle of a small pond. Adam, the point of impact, was not the only one affected; but the ripples began being felt throughout all creation including nature.
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The Biblical Roles of Men and Women-Part 3
Pastor Todd continues to talk about the Biblical roles of Men and Women, with a focus on women this week.
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The Epicenter
Why is our world all messed up? Why are there all these natural disasters? Why is there war? Why is there disease? Why do I sometimes feel lost and hopeless? Why? All of these questions will be talked about during this series. Once sin entered into God's creation here on earth in Eden everything became broken. The creation was broken. God's image in us was broken. Our relationship with God was broken. We are each born broken. Is there any hope? Can anyone fix this brokenness? Sin originated in eternity past before creation when Satan rebelled against God, but sin had no effect on earth or mankind until Genesis 3. Sin's epicenter is the moment that man believed Satan's lie that God was against him and not for him.
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The Biblical Role of Men and Women - Part 2
Pastor Todd continues to cover the Biblical roles of Men and Women
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The Biblical Roles of Men and Women
Pastor Todd Cyphers explains the Biblical roles of men and women according to Genesis 1-3
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