Sermons About Providence
The Mismatch at Michmash
How do we respond when we feel like we are in the middle of a mismatch? Where is God when we feel overwhelmed and without resource, strength and wisdom for our current situation? The battle at Michmash shows us God's role in life's mismatches.
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Deism & the Founding Fathers
The belief in a Creator-God who is not personal and does not react with his creation was quite fashionable around the time of the War for Independence—but not nearly so fashionable as we have been told. Many historians claim that the Founding Fathers were not Christians, but Deists. Deists believed in a “God” who created all things but does not intervene in the workings of His creation.
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All Christians Self Prune
All true Christians- who are ultimately pruned by God- see themselves as pruning instruments in the Lord's hands- 24/7.
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The Spirit and Your Suffering
What surprising and exciting adventures wait for those who live missionally under the reign of a sovereign King!
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All Things!
Now we look at the metaphysics of the Bible. In this often neglected passage of Scripture, the apostle Paul sets forth six different levels in which the supremacy of Christ brings itself to bear. We see that He is the creating Lord, providential Lord, covenantal Lord, invading Lord, incarnate Lord, and restoring Lord. The upshot of all this is that we do not simply have the right to think whatever we want to about these six different realms of reality. Nor does anything “stick out,” since the Lordship of His worldview covers “all things.”
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God Motivates People
God acts through people to bring about His purposes, kings and those who profess to be His people. Ultimately working to bring about the birth of Christ and the Salvation which He accomplished.
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Taking Risks for the City
God's plan for the city invites us to risk for the city. Jesus left comfort and security to save us. He works in us so we will take risks to bring the blessings of the gospel to people in the city.
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A Reformed-Charismatic Approach to Prayer
Prayer is communion with God, and God desires that we approach him as confident seekers when we pray. We are to be confident in God's presence because we come in the name of Jesus Christ, our mediator and advocate. We are confident to make requests of him because we are not simply allowed but <i>welcomed</i> to make requests; we should pray with the expectation that God's spirit will move and intervene. And we are to pray with confidence in God's sovereignty, knowing that not only is he in complete control of all things, but he is good and wise and loving.
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The Sufficiency of the Gospel: Counter-Culture Contentment
The grace of contentment is learned as we: * Embrace God's Providence * Redefine Our Needs * Reevaluate our Circumstances * Find Our Strength in Christ
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