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Are You Satan?

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

Talk about swinging between the extremes. In one moment, Peter is honored by Jesus as he correctly identifies him as the Christ, and in the next moment, he's chastised for rejecting Jesus' self-declared purpose of going to the cross.

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who, what, when, where, why (NuageDeNuit - flickr)

From Who to What

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

Have you ever thought about the typical conversation that occurs when you meet someone new? If you're like most people, you have two basic questions. The first has a general, "Who are you?" tone to it. Typically, it involves some identifying marker like a name.

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182/265 - shhhh.... (malik williams - flickr)

I'm Jesus... shhhh!

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

Have you ever been told news of immense proportions only to be told that you can't tell anybody? Maybe it's that somebody is going to propose or that somebody else is going to have a child, whatever the case is ...

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Let's Rumble

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, The Two Towers, the Hornburg fortress at Helm's Deep would, according to myth, never fall while men defended it. Opposing armies could stand outside it's walls ...

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Zarko Drincic - Master Key (Zarko Drincic - flickr)

Opening Eternity

Thu, 08/21/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

Can that really be right? Can Peter and the other disciples really have the power to open the gates of eternity to people? The answer really depends on how you understand the process of people coming to faith.

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Pope Peter I?

Wed, 08/20/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

If languages other than English didn't matter when it came to the Bible, then this verse would never strike us as a foundation for the Church being built on the man Peter, after all, the pronouns "you" and "this" would indicate that the man and the rock ...

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Son of Man (Magritte) - (William WM - flickr)

The Son of Man?

Tue, 08/19/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

In Matthew 4:17, Jesus comes out of the desert, heads into Galilee, and begins his public ministry. He calls some disciples, miraculously heals people, teaches, calms a storm, and drives out demons. The whole time, he refers to himself the way most people would ...

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Un-Entitlement

Sat, 08/16/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you inserted people from today into biblical stories? For example, if you took say, one of the girls from MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" and placed her into the story of the Canaanite woman.

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1956 Ford Thunderbird Reborn (Fort Photo - flickr)

The Old "New" Way

Fri, 08/15/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

It's always interesting to hear people's responses when I ask the question, "Did Jesus come to start something new?" Most people will answer that question with the word, "Yes." and, if asked to explain, they'll say something to the effect of ...

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The Exorcist

Thu, 08/14/2008 - 07:00 — pastor joe

How should we handle the demon-oppression claim made by the Canaanite woman concerning her daughter? The natural impulse of our Western minds would be to assume that the woman simply lived in a time and place where ...

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Are You Satan?

From Who to What

I'm Jesus... shhhh!

Let's Rumble

Opening Eternity

Pope Peter I?

The Son of Man?

Un-Entitlement

The Old "New" Way

The Exorcist

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