Sermons About Story
The Greatest Story
We are born into this world in the middle of a very important story. But unless we understand the story, we have no idea what's happening or why any of it really matters. One of the claims of the Christian faith is that it tells us the story that makes sense of life. It tells us how it all began, what's gone wrong, and how it can be made right.
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Psalm 121
When we come to God all our problems are solved… Right? When we embark on relationship with the Almighty, one thing we can absolutely count on is that all our problems, all our “issues†all the hard parts of life get solved, smoothed out… dealt with. And should we find pain or difficulty or suffering in our lives? That’s a sure sign that God has left us, has rejected us, is in fact punishing us…
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Will They Know that God is Real?
In week 2 of this sermon series, we take a step back and wrestle with the challenge of Psalm 40:3. Will people know that God is real by our worship? Will they know He is real by our stories? Through testimony and musical worship, we explore how these things are (and should continue to be) true of us. Enjoy this rare full-service of music, scripture and testimony.
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Little is Much
This week we start our summer series of messages based on the stories Jesus told about the kingdom of heaven. About a dozen of his stories began with the words "the kingdom of heaven is like." In trying to understand what our world would look like if the values of God's kingdom really took root - these stories are a good starting point. Today, we pick up the concept that the kingdom will not come in a radical, military or political takeover, but rather, through the small but powerful and pervasive infl uence of kingdom agents spread liberally throughout the existing structures of society. The revolutionary influence of the kingdom has been called by some "the quiet revolution" but it's power is incredible! "True evangelical faith cannot lie dormant. It clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those that harm it, it binds up that which is wounded, it has become all things to all people." (quote from Menno Simons, 1496-1561)
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The Story of God - Kingdom
The last part of the Story of God series. A look at both the resurrection of Jesus and the Kingdom of God that is "inbreaking" as we live this side of the completion of his Kingdom
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The Story of God - Exile
The Story of God series looks at Israel from the time of Saul to Jesus. We also look at a story from exile of Daniel, and how he lived in his host empire.
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The Story of God - Promise
Third part in the story of God series, this talk looks at the the promises given to Isreal and how we are to understand this part of the big story.
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The Story of God - The Fall
The next act of the story of God is the fall, when humans decided to live without God, to do things our own way...
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The Story of God - Creation
Introduction to a series of talks about Gods big Story, and about how our story can fit into Gods story. We look at the beginning, the account of creation from Gen1 and what it means to be created in Gods image.
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The Power of a Story
Stories - and the words used to tell them - are powerful! God has a story...learn to tell it well! YOU have a story...learn to tell it well! Send your 100 words (or less) before-and-after faith story to mystory@maplecitychapel.com by February 17.
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