Sermon Series

I Will Bless You | Haggai 2:10-19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykdLtwTDm98&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSQiPB_Mpiw-lAVgDG7ZQdXp&index=5 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, “Thus says the LORD of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or …

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Biblical Worship

2 Reasons for Worship (Psalm 19)

The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.Day to day pours out speech,and night to night reveals knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words,whose voice is not heard.Their voice goes out through all the earth,and their words to the end of the world.In them he has set a tent …

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A City Without Walls | Proverbs 25:28

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. Proverbs 25:28 ESV Walls were, in many ways, the strength and hope of a city. Should a neighboring city-state attack, everyone would flee behind the city's walls for safety. By walls, a city became a fortress, a stronghold and refuge. With …

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I Will Shake All Nations | Haggai 2:1-9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZaorsYbEwM&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSQiPB_Mpiw-lAVgDG7ZQdXp&index=4 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and …

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Biblical Worship

A Life of Worship | Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by steams of …

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Only One Thing Is Necessary

The following quotation comes from Martin Luther's treatise On Christian Liberty (pp. 5-7): One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ, as Christ says, John 11[:25], "I am the resurrection and the life; he who …

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I Am with You | Haggai 1:12-15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6xD4zkpWtk&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSQiPB_Mpiw-lAVgDG7ZQdXp&index=3&pp=iAQB In our study of Haggai, we’ve seen that the first eleven verses form the primary message of the book. After fifteen years of not rebuilding the temple, the LORD sent Haggai the prophet with a message for the people to continue building God’s house. In the oracle, God called the people of Judah to …

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The Gospel Transforms...

Our View of Community | Colossians 4:7-18

Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, …

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These People: the big harm of “small” sins

The overall tone of Haggai 1:2-11 is communicated via the first two words of God’s message: these people. They imply strain, tension, a fractured relationship. If the LORD so desired, He could have called them my people, as He often does through the Scriptures. Yet He distanced Himself instead, calling them these people. It reminds …

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Consider Your Ways | Haggai 1:2-11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LxsTzmn-Us&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSQiPB_Mpiw-lAVgDG7ZQdXp&index=3 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.” Then the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in …

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