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Five things happened for the children of Israel as Moses yielded to God. The Israelites were spared from death, they were delivered from slavery, they were given a new beginning, and they were given a new hope! The fifth thing that happened was the utter destruction of the power of Pharoah. In the same way, in Christ, we have been delivered from the power and effect of Sin. What God did by type in the Old Testament He has done indeed in Christ.

Pedro Basilio from Ayutla Christian Fellowship in Mexico gives a teaching on humility. Rather than simply a feeling of being inferior, true humility is: 1) what God desires of every nation, 2) the result of being yoked together with and taught by Jesus, 3) being willing to learn, 4) daily taking up your cross, 5) placing others higher than yourself, 6) following without question, and 7) the only way God can dwell in a human heart.

From Hebrews 11 and 12, Billy gives a call to run the full course which the Father has set before us.

1 Cor 10:6-7, Ex 19:3-8

Following the pattern of God's design for the Church.

Dan explains the idea of Glory as it is found in scripture, particularly in the Old Testament. He then shows how the ultimate embodiment of Glory is not what is typically exalted by men, but the crucified Christ. He alone is worthy of glory who is himself the Glory of God.

Isaiah 6:3, Ex 40:34-35, 1 Cor 1:26-2:5, Phil 2:5, Matt 27:27-54

Stephen teaches on how the idea of Sabbath rest calls for an understanding of God as Provider. The ability to rest for a day depends on one's trust in the provision of God.

Ex 16

Matt explains the idea of lordship, how it is mostly lost on independent Americans, and how anyone who considers himself a Christian needs a right perspective on Jesus as Lord.

Phil 2:9, Psalm 24:1-2, Col 1:15-20, John 20:29, 2 Tim 2:4.

Tom lays a scriptural foundation for the discipline of tithing, focusing not on tithing as such, but as it reveals God's heart for the way his people live in relation to him and to each other.

Ex 16:2-6, Deut 8:3/7/16, Gen 14:14-20, Num 18:21, Deut 14:22-23/28-29, Deut 26:1-10, Mal 3:6-10, Matt 23:23, Eph 5:18/25, Gal 4.

Building off of his tithing message, Tom teaches on what the Bible says about aspects of managing money beyond tithing. God calls us to be good stewards of everything he entrusts us with, and shows how to be what he calls us to be.

Chad gives the second advent sermon of the season.

Billy teaches on the Shepherds from Luke's nativity account. He begins with some contextual information on Luke's gospel in general, highlighting Luke's desire to write an "orderly account" so that persecuted Christians would know that their suffering and potential martyrdom were not in vain. He then challenges the church with a question: is your relationship with God something that would render you a fool if proven false, or is it of no consequence, an "add-on" to an already comfortable life? Following this is his exposition of the Shepherd's story. 

An overview of worship in the grand scheme of God's purpose in the earth. Mankind was created, in large part, for the purpose of worshiping God. God has placed in everyone a way to properly response to his presence, and this is called worship. Problems arise when this response gets directed at other things, resulting in idolatry. True worship involves approaching God saying, "Lord if you will," rather than "Lord, did we not..."

Every worship "experience" should result in a commissioning to do God's will. The greatest scriptural encounters with God result in the mightiest works in the Kingdom of God. We are called to live lives of worship, where everything that we do is flavored with a heart of worship.

In the life of David, we get a portrait of a true worshiper, a man "after God's heart." In this teaching, we look at the very dark period in the nation of Israel during the transition from Judges to Kings to set a context for our study of David's life as a worshiper. We look at the story of Hannah and the call of Samuel, the treatment of the Ark of the Covenant by both Israel and the pagan nations, and the reasons for Saul's rejection.

Church leaders share thoughts from leaders retreat.

Here we focus on young David, being taken from his place in as a shepherd and anointed by Samuel, to his defeat of Goliath. The faith David had to oppose Goliath is something we should all seek, and is cultivated by contantly renewing our minds by the truth of who God is. Miracles are a matter of course for those who know the LORD of hosts. 

An introduction to a study on Psalms by Tom Vogel. How we should read Psalms and their poetic aspect.

A reading and examination of Psalm 1. Psalm 1 is meant to be an introduction to the book of Psalms and it is known as the editorial Psalm because it was the editor who put together the compilation of Psalms as we know it today that put the psalm in its location in the book.

An analysis of Psalm 24 from Dan Sheffler. What it means to have clean hands and a pure heart, that the Lord established the earth on the waters, and interpretations of the ancient gates in the latter part of the Psalm.

A sermon on the genre of Psalms, focusing on Psalm 100, which is a hymn. The purpose of this Psalm is to call people to worship and remind them of why God is deserving of worship. The relation between the genre of the Psalm and the content of the Psalm is focused on.

Stephen Henderson presents a sermon on Psalm 73. This Psalm was written by Asaph who was a Levite in the temple of the Lord. Asaph begins this Psalm by declaring that the Lord is good and telling of how he almost stumbled. 

This recording starts in the middle of a reading of Psalm 73.

A sermon on Psalm 37 from Billy Henderson. This is a Psalm of David written when he was an old man and includes wisdom from his life on how to live righteously.

A sermon on Psalm 32. This sermon talks about Psalm 32 and David's affair with Bathsheba to talk about repentance and the ways in which we act that could cause us to deceive ourselves to beleive we have nothing to repent of.

Attached you will find a PDF of notes typed by Dan Sheffler.

Billy follows up Matt's sermon on Psalm 32 with a sermon on Psalm 51, which also came out of David's sin with Bathsheba. Billy calls the church to act more like Nathan and be able to confront a brother with his sin so that he will be able to see it.

Ben Hughes gives a sermon on Psalm 119 and explains that the Psalm explains how to get into the word of God.

A sermon on Psalm 23 from Tom Vogel who goes in depth into the analogy of people as sheep in relationship to God, our Shepherd. This explanation of how we are like sheep gives us insight into our relationship with God and his character. 

A sermon on Psalm 25 delivered by Dan Sheffler. 

The basic idea is that this guy is a sinner and he knows it. He has seen the product of his own self-guidance and where it gets him. But he also fears the Lord and in humility knows that the LORD's ways are good and right. From this standpoint he has two great hopes. One is that the character and nature of God is such as to have mercy and forgive. The second is that God will not stop at a merely judicial forgiveness but is also such as to teach the sinner his very own ways. Because of this the Psalmist can hope in a deep inner transformation. He is not left to his own devices, but the very best Father and the very best Teacher will guide and instruct him until he becomes more like them.

Sermon notes are attached.

A sermon on Psalm 45, the marriage Psalm. Ben encourages us to be like John and have our joy be complete when the groom is with the bride. Parallels are drawn between Psalm 45, Song of Solomon, and the marriage feast in Revelation.

A sermon on Psalm 63 and commentary on the commandment in the New Testament to love the Lord your God.  

 A sermon on Psalm 133.  This sermon focuses on brothers living in unity and how to love each other.

 Matt gives a sermon on Psalm 96 and challengs the church to tell of the Lord's salvation day to day.  He takes Psalm 96 in the terms of evangelism and encourages the curch to declare God's glory, works, and salvation.

(See attachment for notes.)

 A sermon on evangelism and the paradox of how we are told both to love the world and not to love the world.

 A sermon on Psalm 16 in which Ben and the importance of taking refuge in God and realizing that you have no good apart from him.  

 The first part in a series on the gospel. Ben talks about how the Kingdom is different from what the Jews were expecting, the nature of the kingdom, and how it was Christ on the cross that brought the Kingdom. The primary text is Matt. 13.

 The Gospel presented with a view toward teleology and eschatology, which are one's aim and end in life, and how through Christ the end of our lives is corrected to be in line with what God intended.

Dan Hamel explains how Jesus as Lord and as Savior fit together and only by personally recognizing Jesus as these as opposed to knowing them mentally do you begin to have faith in him.

 Ben talks about Mark 1:15 and how the gospel was proclaimed by Jesus and John the Baptist.  It was not a message centered around personal salvation, but that the  Kingdom of God was at hand.  This was significant because it means that now is the time to repent and believe.

 Billy preaches starting out of John 3:16 on how the message was presented to Nocidemus when it was said by Jesus.  That it was a message to set him free from the bondage of self centeredness and to tell him that he did not need to see signs and miracles, but he needed to desire to serve God to be set free.

 Billy reviews the sermon from the previous week and follows up with 1 Corinthians 1:18 to draw out how Kingdom life is not understod by those who do not live in it.  Then continues to 1 John were which explains how to tell if you have been born again into the Kingdom.

Billy preaches on how Christ in you is the hope of glory.  Christ having the annointing as saviour and abiding in the body is a means of how Christ operates in the world today.  Christ as lord provides a way the world is meant to be and Christ as saviour can return the world to the form of his kingdom.

 Tom preaches on how God has always had the desire since creation to dwell with his people.  From the garden with Adam and Eve, to the tabernacle, and the church today.  Tom then speaks about what the church is, how it is comprised, and how each member has specific giftings to give to the body which are given to them from God to build his place of dwelling which is the church.

See notes in PDF below.

See notes in PDF below.

Chad begins the series on the Old Testament  with Gen 1-12.  He begins by drawing parallels between the beginning described in Genesis and the City in Revalations.  The consequences of the fall are displayed in Gen 3-11 and Abraham is called in chp. 12.

See notes in PDF below.

 Chad continues the Story of Isreal by examining Abraham's life and how God acted in relationship with Abraham and how God acts in those same ways to develop our character to the state that he desires.

 Gen. ch 25-36.  In this part of the Old Testament Tom focuses on convenant; what covenant is and the covenants that God had made with man so far throughout the story.

 The importance of the story of Israel and how we are connected to it is presented as Moses delivering the people of Israel from Egpyt is examined.

Ending Exodus Billy explains the tabernacle and how the tabernacle in layout and contents shows aspects of both God's character and your life as a Christian.

 Billy Henderson preaches on Leviticus and how the law tells of God's holiness and how we are to love others.

 Chris More covers the end of Leviticus and shows from scripture how we are to be God's nation of priests.

 Walter shares his testimony and some of the most formative scriptures in his life to show how we are to proclaim God's word and go make disciples.  Translated by Rodney Johnson.

 Billy gives a sermon on 1 Cor. 10 and the reading in Numbers for this week in this sermon, the importance of knowing the old testament, and how Caleb was of a different spirit despite the nation of Israel following after their own desires.