In Isaiah 1:2-9, we find a particular message broken into two parts. The first part is the Lord presenting His case against His children. The second part is a plea for them to turn back. God’s Children Rebel Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared […]
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Before we wade all the way into the depth of Isaiah, we need to prepare ourselves. To do that, we’re just going to look at Isaiah 1:1 and see a few things that will help us dive into the book next week. This first verse says, “The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which
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We’ve studied 1 Corinthians every summer for the past three years, and one thing we can all agree on is that the Corinthian church was a messed up church. They had so many problems all happening at the same time. They were very confused and troubled. Yet, God still loved them very much. In 1
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Throughout our study of 1 Corinthians, we’ve thought a lot about what it means to be the church. Mainly, we’ve focused on being a church, a local church – but today’s passage reminds us that we’re also a part of the church, all the Christians around the world. We are part of something much bigger
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The Corinthian Christians doubted the resurrection. They didn’t think that those who trust and follow Jesus will be raised from the dead when He returns to new, eternal life with transformed bodies. Paul addressed some of this in 1 Corinthians 15:35-49, and today we’ll read verses 50-58 to see the rest of his argument and
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The resurrection of the dead is usually a topic for funerals – but it’s good to think about it just on a regular Sunday. Why? Because the resurrection of the dead is a reality. In Christ, we are promised a bodily resurrection from death. So we need to look at it in concrete terms, asking
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