Sermons About Lydia
Why Someone Believes
Once you get your theology of circumcision right, even it becomes a missional factor. God is the one who raises the spiritually dead.
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Washington's Spymaster
The role of espionage was crucial during the War for Independence. Spying was made even more irresistible with both sides speaking the same language. When spy Nathan Hale was captured and hung by the British, George Washington was highly motivated to centralize intelligence operations. An American commander, Benjamin Tallmadge, became Washington’s chief of intelligence. Tallmadge ran a network of spies using cipher codes, invisible ink, double agents, and disinformation.
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Ministry in Philippi
Believers are called to faithfully share the love of Christ to all people.
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A Multitude of Kisses!
Let us pour into others. Get real about what you can't do. Get on with what you can do. Get ready to see God move.
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Three Individuals, Three Scenarios, Three Conversions / One Savior, One Gospel, One Response
Lydia, a slave girl, and a Roman jailer hear the gospel and are saved.
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Lydia: Mission Support
Like Lydia, God works through us to support His mission of reconciliation through Christ in the world
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Philippians 1:1-2 - A Captive Joy
We normally think that Philippians is all about joy, and that is of course a major theme when it flashes forth 16 times. But it is sparked by the deeper themes of Paul’s letter. Philippians calls us to a particular kind of joy - a joy that was experience by Paul in Roman captivity facing a capital charge while his leadership was being contested. In this sermon we will look at acts 16 and see the journey Paul took to get to Philippi with his companions (Luke, Timothy, and Silas) including the Macedonia call by the Spirit of God. Secondly we will look at Paul's reception by 3 different people in Acts 16 when he arrives at Philippi. Finally, we will look at the occasion for this letter late in Paul's imprisonment at Rom (probably after 62 AD). My desire and prayer is that you will see the servant heart of Paul in fellowship with the Philippians Christians was based on making Christ the center of the letter and the motivation of His joy.
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Acts 16 : Kites in a Hurricane
Whether we realize it or not we are all in the midst of a hurricane – not a hurricane that is destructive, but one that is transformational. I am talking about – God's worldwide renewal movement.Hurricanes are not safe. The winds from a hurricane are unpredictable and sometimes it blows us like little kites in a direction we do not want to go. Here in Acts 16 we see Paul and his companions follow the lead of the hurricane and allow their plans and strategies to be modified when the wind blows them in a new direction. If we to do the same – we will never cease to be blown away by what God will accomplish through us!
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