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Essentials: The Person of Christ

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Sorry, No Audio this week, I am glad I did type a lot out though so hopefully you can get the gist.   We continue to look at our affirmation of faith this week. As we go through this I hope that God is speaking to you as we look at these core beliefs of our faith. Today we are going to look at the person of Christ. The basic question I want to answer for us is this: Who is Jesus Christ? Last week we saw that he is one of the persons of the Trinity, and that He … Continue reading Essentials: The Person of Christ

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Essentials: God (The Trinity)

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Essentials: God Essentials, God (audio file for download) We continue our study of the essentials of the Christian faith. Last week we looked that the authority and trustworthiness of scripture. This week we are looking at who God is. Primarily we will talk about the trinity. As described in this text. Now if you have been around church for any part of your life, you have heard of this essential belief. Now, as I said last week these are not meant to be full in depth study of the essentials, with all the differing beliefs outlined and explained. I want to … Continue reading Essentials: God (The Trinity)

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Essentials: God’s Word

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Essentials- God’s Word (audio file for Download)   Today begins a new series for us. We will be looking at the basics of the Christian Faith. Somewhat of a Christianity 101. My hope is this, that those who have not been Christians for long, or if you are new to Emmaus and thinking about joining you will know the basics of what we and the majority of “orthodox” Christians believe, and if you have been a believer for a while that you will be impassioned and amazed once again at the awesome gift of new life in Christ. That God will … Continue reading Essentials: God’s Word

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Doubting Thomas or Authentic Jesus?

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Doubting Thomas (Audio File for Download) (This is one message where the notes are not nearly as in depth as the audio. I will say that we had a glitch halfway through the message and had to switch microphones. You may notice the change in sound.) I have been preparing to begin the message series about basics of the Christian Faith, using the Ephesians passage that we read every week as the basis. I was going to begin the series this morning, but I have changed plan. We are going to defer for one week. This is for two reasons. 1. … Continue reading Doubting Thomas or Authentic Jesus?

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Nehemiah Recap

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Nehemiah recap (audio file for download) This is the 12th and final week of our study of Nehemiah. What a great book it is too! So much to learn from Nehemiah and what he and his people went through. What I am going to do today is recap the book as I typically do at the end of a book study. The first week we study a new book I like to do an introduction, and the last week a recap. So now that we have read it all and looked at a lot of the content, I would say that … Continue reading Nehemiah Recap

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Nehemiah 13 “Jerusalem Drift”

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Nehemiah 13 jerusalem drift (Audio file for download) The big picture of this book is that just as the walls of Jerusalem were broken down, all of us have broken walls that need to be rebuilt. Just as God sent Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of His city, He sent Christ to rebuild the walls of our lives. We have been looking at healthy walls as representative of a healthy city, and for us a healthy person. A broken wall can be any area of struggle, or sin that God needs to rebuild in your life. An impossible situation that you … Continue reading Nehemiah 13 “Jerusalem Drift”

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Nehemiah 12:27-43 “The Dedication of the Wall”

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Nehemiah 12 _Dedication of The Wall (Audio file for download) Two weeks of Nehemiah left including a wrap up. Then we will look at our affirmation of faith, followed by a series on the foundations of the Christian faith. This week the dedication of the wall.Two things to think about before we get started. 1. Where is a current example of God’s power in your life? Not years ago, not when you were a kid, where have you seen Him move recently? 2. How do you respond to that? So what happens in the rebuilding of the wall is that the … Continue reading Nehemiah 12:27-43 “The Dedication of the Wall”

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Nehemiah 10 Conviction Leads to Commitment

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These may be the most sparse notes I have preached from in a while. Nehemiah 10  A covenant. So far we have seen how God is using Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, restoring the dignity to His people and returning the people back to their home. Last week we looked at how he gathered them together to hear his word. We saw what happens when God’s word goes out and does what it does, there is a response. Now what happens today is the next event in that progression. The people make a covenant with God now that … Continue reading Nehemiah 10 Conviction Leads to Commitment

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Nehemiah 7:5-9:38 “Now What?”

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nehemiah 7-9 the people gather (Audio File for download) Last week we ended the sermon with a point that I didn’t really flesh out, that God is going to keep working on you… Now the question becomes, how does he keep working on you? How does he show you areas of your life that need repair? What is the primary context for our spiritual growth? We are going to look at what happened in Jerusalem after the wall was completed. Three chapters worth of action. I am not going to read it all, but I will read some of it so … Continue reading Nehemiah 7:5-9:38 “Now What?”

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Nehemiah 5 “Nehemiah Stops Oppression”

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Nehemiah 5  Stopping Oppression (audio link for download) Last week: three sources of opposition: the world the flesh and the devil. Did anyone encounter any opposition this week from those sources where you were able to realize it, and apply scripture to the situation? This week the passage is in between the two chapters on opposition and addresses an opposition of sorts that comes from within the walls. You see, as Nehemiah is building the wall life is still having to go on for the inhabitants of the city, and they a sacrificing a lot to be a part of the … Continue reading Nehemiah 5 “Nehemiah Stops Oppression”