Messages Posted in December 2024

The Silent Years

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis

Scripture Text: Isaiah 40:1-8

400 years go by between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament. We call these years the "silent years" because no prophets arose during this time nor were any inspired Scriptures written during this time.  However, God was not really silent.  He was working "under the hood" to get things ready for Jesus.  In this message we explore what happened during these forgotten years.

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There and Back Again

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis

Scripture Text: Jeremiah 29:1-14

You've heard the phrase "absence makes the heart grow fonder"?  In the message we'll see the significance of that phrase as it relates to the closing chapters of the Old Testament drama and how it all sets the stage for Book Two of the Trilogy!

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Four Good Kings

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis

Scripture Text: 2 Chronicles 20:5-15

Four Kings beats a Full House!  Pretty good poker hand in this message as we look at the lives of FOUR GOOD KINGS of the southern Kingdom of Judah and what we can learn from their stories.

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The Widow and the General

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis

Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 8:4-22

The most powerful king followed by civil war and the emergence of two kingdoms.  That happens and then it just gets confusing.  In this message we make sense of the period of the kings of Israel and Judah and discover an Advent season romance embedded right in the heart of ancient Israel's story.

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Absalom the Usurper

Through the Bible Series

Series: Trilogy - Book One - Diagnosis

Scripture Text: 2 Samuel 18:19-33

In this message we begin the season of Advent.  We will light the Prophecy Candle in expectation and hope of the coming of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of David.  And we will also look at the tragic life of another "son of David" (Absalom) and how David's "father-fail" set the stage for a Descendant of his to accomplish what David could not bring himself to do.

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