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Chapters (00:00:00) - Welcome and introduction(00:01:34) - A question for kids: meeting someone important(00:03:15) - Reading Exodus 19(00:07:09) - Context: God delivers His people to dwell with them(00:08:57) - Sermon structure overview(00:09:37) - Point 1: God saves us to be His holy people(00:10:44) - God's faithfulness in bringing Israel to Sinai(00:13:19) - Grace before command, salvation before obedience(00:14:48) - Salvation is about knowing God Himself(00:16:43) - Obedience flows from being God's treasured possession(00:18:20) - Chosen not for merit but for God's love(00:20:36) - Holy people called to represent God(00:21:44) - A kingdom of priests for the nations(00:24:55) - Point 2: God prepares us for His holy presence(00:26:45) - Consecration and boundaries before the mountain(00:28:25) - Our culture's casualness about God's holiness(00:30:55) - The problem of unclean hearts(00:32:04) - Trying and failing to earn holiness(00:32:53) - Point 3: God brings us into His holy presence(00:34:26) - Thunder, fire, and Israel's trembling(00:35:35) - The need for a mediator(00:36:58) - Jesus as the greater mediator(00:38:06) - The gospel: Jesus does what we cannot(00:39:05) - Sinai versus Mount Zion in Hebrews(00:41:37) - Confidence without casualness before God(00:43:03) - Draw near to God despite fear of not being enough(00:45:17) - Fearing God more when confidence lacks reverence(00:46:36) - Coming near through Christ, reverently and confidently(00:46:56) - God's ultimate goal: dwelling with His people forever(00:48:35) - Closing exhortation and prayer

Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction: The Fruit of the Spirit as One Fruit(00:02:13) - The World's Search for Joy: GQ's Happiness Project(00:05:22) - World's Answer #1: Escaping Suffering for Pleasure(00:06:54) - World's Answer #2: Finding Joy Within Yourself(00:08:21) - The Burden of Finding Joy Without Christ(00:10:25) - A Christian Definition of Joy(00:11:57) - Jesus as the Embodiment of Joy: Group Discussion(00:13:57) - Biblical Evidence of Christ's Joy(00:18:54) - Why Christ's Joy Matters for Us(00:21:47) - Christ as the Source of Our Joy: Luke 10 and the Seventy(00:23:41) - False Joy vs True Rejoicing in Salvation(00:26:22) - God's Redemptive Plan Brings Jesus Joy(00:27:46) - Ephesians 1: Adopted, Redeemed, Sealed(00:33:28) - The Permanence of God's Redemptive Plan(00:34:50) - What Disrupts Our Communion and Joy(00:38:59) - Marks of a Joyful Life: Meditate, Marvel, Model(00:40:25) - Confess and Kill Sin(00:41:34) - Meditate on Christ and Remember the Gospel(00:44:03) - Trust God in Trials and Eternal Perspective(00:45:28) - Closing: All Sufficient Merit and Final Encouragement

Chapters (00:00:02) - Introduction: What You Wear Reveals Who You Are(00:01:36) - Reading Colossians 3:5-11(00:02:47) - Context and Background from Colossians(00:03:35) - Who You Were: Putting Sin to Death(00:05:57) - Kill or Be Killed: Taking Sin Seriously(00:07:35) - Freedom from Sin's Past Tense(00:08:34) - Warning and Invitation to Repent(00:09:47) - Who You Are: Putting on the New Self(00:10:34) - The Old Clothes Illustration(00:12:00) - Wearing Christ's Righteousness(00:12:54) - Renewed in Knowledge of God(00:14:15) - Unity in the New Creation(00:15:45) - Closing Challenge: What Are You Wearing?

Chapters (00:00:01) - Introduction to the Fruit of the Spirit Series(00:02:41) - Christ as the Diamond: Reflecting His Light(00:04:15) - Defining Peace: Worldly vs. Christian(00:06:45) - The Gospel Foundation of True Peace(00:10:23) - Peace in Christ's Prophecy: Isaiah's Prince of Peace(00:14:26) - Peace in Christ's Preaching: The Sinful Woman(00:20:19) - Peace in Christ's Practice: Calming the Storm(00:25:21) - Peace in Christ's Promise: The Upper Room Discourse(00:31:58) - Peace with God: Justification and Rest(00:35:32) - Peace with Others: Unity in the Church(00:39:07) - Peace Amid Tribulation and the World's Rejection(00:41:08) - It Is Well: Horatio Spafford's Testimony of Peace

Chapters (00:00:01) - Opening humor: crickets, frogs, and roosters(00:00:48) - If you knew the future, how would you live?(00:01:11) - Story: POWs on Borneo and the news of salvation(00:03:27) - Introducing Philippians 1:18b-26(00:03:50) - Context: Paul's imprisonment and the Philippians' letter(00:05:17) - Reading the passage(00:06:54) - Main idea: Future certain with Christ, live for Christ(00:07:48) - Paul's confidence in deliverance/salvation(00:08:49) - Deliverance as final salvation, not just release(00:11:56) - Means of salvation: prayer and the Spirit(00:13:24) - The power and importance of prayer(00:13:53) - Two ditches: fatalism and subjectivism about prayer(00:15:38) - Prayer changes things - a call to pray more(00:17:12) - We need each other: rejecting spiritual autonomy(00:19:17) - Praying for courage to honor Christ, not just relief(00:21:37) - Live today for Christ - motivation section begins(00:22:49) - To live is Christ - finishing the sentence(00:25:01) - To die is gain - rethinking death(00:26:36) - Illustration: the cruise ship departure and arrival(00:28:31) - Heaven is about Christ, not just comfort(00:30:05) - Gospel appeal: hope for those without Christ(00:31:53) - Life versus more life - Paul's win-win outlook(00:33:22) - Living fearlessly: the story of John G. Paton(00:35:48) - Application: prizing others' well-being over self(00:36:28) - Progress and joy in the faith(00:39:38) - How decisions should weigh the good of others(00:43:04) - Closing: returning to the POW story and conclusion

Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the Fruit of the Spirit Class(00:01:58) - The Diamond Metaphor: Christ as the Facets of the Fruit(00:04:30) - Defining Love: Greek Nuances vs. Worldly Definitions(00:08:56) - A Spirit-Given Definition of Love(00:10:32) - Christ's Life as an Exposition of Love(00:12:47) - Loving to the End: John 13 and the Upper Room(00:15:38) - Greater Love: Laying Down His Life for Friends and Enemies(00:18:07) - Meditating on Christ's Words from the Cross(00:23:17) - It Is Finished: Love Fulfilled and Completed(00:24:27) - Paul's Testimony and Hymns of Christ's Love(00:26:48) - Loving God: Delight, Joy, and Comprehensive Devotion(00:31:01) - The Risk of Love: C.S. Lewis and the Call to Trust Christ(00:34:26) - Loving Others: Free, Sacrificial, Merciful Action(00:37:13) - Loving the Church and Neighbor(00:39:02) - 1 Corinthians 13 Unpacked: What Love Looks Like(00:42:06) - Closing Liturgy: A Love Story for Little Ones

Chapters (00:00:00) - The office cricket prank(00:01:57) - From prank to persecution: framing the question(00:03:17) - Introducing Philippians 1:12-18(00:03:37) - Background: Paul's letter and the Philippian church(00:05:01) - Reading the text(00:06:12) - Adversity and hope in Paul's imprisonment(00:07:34) - Sermon thesis: gospel adversity into advancement(00:09:01) - Longing for updates: the church's concern for Paul(00:11:12) - Paul's focus: the gospel, not himself(00:11:50) - Paul's harrowing journey to Rome(00:14:07) - The Imperial Guard as a captive audience(00:16:25) - Paul as God's Trojan horse(00:18:00) - God never wastes suffering: Perpetua and Bunyan(00:20:17) - What is central to your aspirations?(00:23:01) - Explaining the gospel(00:25:18) - Gospel advancement inside the church(00:27:04) - Boldness inspired by suffering(00:28:40) - Jim Elliot and the Huaorani martyrdom(00:30:08) - Envy and rivalry within the church(00:33:55) - When envy replaces love(00:34:27) - A personal confession of envy(00:35:31) - Confronting envy in ourselves(00:37:00) - Called and put here for the gospel(00:38:55) - Paul's remarkable restraint and joy(00:43:42) - Closing: God turns evil into good

Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the New Class: Fruit of the Spirit(00:02:12) - Rethinking the Fruit of the Spirit as Christlikeness(00:05:27) - The Diamond Metaphor: Beholding Christ's Character(00:07:57) - Galatians 5: Walking by the Spirit vs the Flesh(00:10:36) - Works of the Flesh Explained(00:13:03) - Fruit of the Spirit: Singular Unity and Divine Source(00:17:02) - Understanding 'Of the Spirit' and Giving God Glory(00:20:10) - Old Testament Paint: Isaiah's Prophecies on the Spirit(00:24:18) - The Fruitless Vineyard of Israel (Isaiah 5)(00:28:15) - The Fruitful Vine: Messiah in Isaiah 11(00:33:40) - Jesus as the True Vine (John 15)(00:35:33) - From Womb to Tomb to Throne: The Spirit's Work in Christ(00:39:20) - The Gift of the Spirit and Our Union with Christ(00:40:54) - Application: Beholding Christ to Be Transformed

Chapters (00:00:00) - Philippians 1, Moral Update(00:01:52) - Paul's Prayers for His Companions(00:03:19) - The Letters of Paul to the Saints(00:08:23) - Paul writes to the saints in Philippi(00:12:14) - The Genius of the Partnership(00:15:16) - Partnership and Fellowship in Philippians(00:20:29) - The Glue of the Partnership(00:23:05) - What Does Paul Prays With Joy in His Letter to the Philipp(00:28:39) - Paul's Love for the Philippians 1(00:34:12) - Philippians 4:7- Perseverance of the Saints(00:34:52) - The Goal of the Partnership with the Philippians(00:38:47) - What Does Paul Not Pray For?

Chapters (00:00:02) - Who Will Take Care of You?(00:01:31) - The Psalm(00:12:51) - The Lord is my Shepherd(00:14:54) - Jesus' Shepherding Voice(00:16:50) - The Lord is my Shepherd(00:23:33) - Don't Be Anxious About Your Physical Needs(00:33:35) - How to See God's Love for You(00:36:52) - The Love of the Shepherd(00:38:37) - First Corinthians 2: To Understand What God Has Given Us

Chapters (00:00:00) - The Modern Missionary Movement(00:00:53) - The History of Missions(00:08:33) - William Carey(00:17:44) - Kerry Carey's Challenge to Go to India(00:25:31) - 200 years since Carrie and the missionaries planted in India(00:26:38) - A Little More About Kerry Carey(00:30:04) - The Story of Adoniram Judson(00:36:36) - Adam and the Haystack Prayer Meeting(00:46:07) - The First Burmese Convert to Christianity(00:55:10) - Giveaway! Ann A Missionary Life for Burma(00:56:13) - The Importance of Prayer in Missions(01:01:13) - A message about our Scent Workers

Chapters (00:00:01) - Melodic Line(00:05:36) - The Art of the Bible(00:12:28) - Literature and Music: The Music Principles(00:15:30) - Melodic Line Principle of the Bible(00:17:04) - Tools for Uncovering the Melodic Line(00:20:20) - Read the Bible: The Top 10(00:23:33) - John 1:1-4 The Purpose Statement(00:24:54) - Hemiletical Ideas in Our Melodic Line(00:27:28) - The Tools of Reading the Book of John(00:29:32) - John 1:1-14(00:32:32) - Romans 1:1:5 and 16:25, 27(00:35:19) - A Purpose Statement in the Book of Romans(00:36:23) - Second Timothy and the Book of Jude(00:36:59) - 2 Timothy 3:16(00:40:30) - 2nd Timothy 2:22(00:46:46) - Paul on Repeating and Reminding in the Bible