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Showing posts with label Heaven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heaven. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Beginning of Wisdom (Torah Club) lesson #42-43: Afterlife uncertainty and more mysticism

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Lesson 42-43, page 13 "God has ordered things so that 'man will not discover anything' about his fate in the next life.  We are...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Sermon Video: Seated at the Table with Jesus - Ephesians 2:6-7

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We don't deserve to be there, but that's not something that God worries about.  Instead, God chose to bless us, all of us who believ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Sermon Video: Christ arose, we too will be raised - 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

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Of the many blessings and joys that the resurrection of Jesus from the dead brings to those who believe in him, one that we will all need so...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Sermon Video: All Creation awaits the Redemption of God's people, Romans 818-25

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We, as God's people redeemed by Jesus, are already saved, but not have not yet been fully transformed into what we will become (Christ-l...
Monday, August 8, 2022

Sermon Video: Nobody is Good Enough for God - Romans 3:9-20

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Before offering hope in the subsequent verses, the Apostle Paul emphasizes the conclusion that ON OUR OWN nobody is good enough for God.  Al...
Sunday, September 5, 2021

Sermon Video: Resurrection - The God of the Living, Mark 12:18-27

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What will Heaven be like? Much of our own assumptions and cultural baggage enters into our typical answer, but as Jesus revealed to the Sad...
Sunday, May 30, 2021

Sermon Video: How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God - Mark 10:17-31

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  "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" This is, indeed, THE question for all of humanity. Asked of Jesus, he responds by co...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Sermon Video: Pluck out your eye? Mark 9:42-48

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 Utilizing brutally stark imagery, Jesus seeks to impress upon his disciples the seriousness of the things that people do (or fail to do) th...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Sermon Video: Heaven: Only Jesus look-alikes allowed - 1 Corinthians 15:44b-50

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Having established our upcoming transformation at the resurrection, the Apostle Paul now focuses on the differences between our earthly begi...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Sermon Video: When the dead are raised to new life - 1 Corinthians 15:35-44a

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Having striven to establish confidence at the church in Corinth regarding the reality of Jesus' resurrection, and the certainty of our f...
Monday, July 30, 2018

Sermon Video: Set your hearts on things above - Colossians 3:1-4

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Having refuted legalism and asceticism as being illegitimate paths to piety for disciples of Jesus Christ, Paul turns his focus upon the app...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Mt Everest vs. Space: Why we can never reach God on our own.

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When trying to explain why our own righteousness, that is the morally upright things that we do, can never be sufficient to please the holy ...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Sermon Video: Who will enter the Kingdom of God? - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

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Writing to a church struggling with maintaining Christian morality, Paul reminds the people of the church at Corinth that, "the wicked ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Are good people in Heaven?

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Short answer: No Heaven doesn't contain "good" people, it contains forgiven people. God is holy, God is perfect, and only ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Sermon Video: The Rich Man and Lazarus - Luke 16:19-31

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In his ongoing effort to explain the deficiencies of the religion of the religious authorities, Jesus tells his last parable in the Gospel o...
Monday, June 1, 2015

Sermon Video: "while we wait for the blessed hope" - Titus 2:13-14

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What impact does the knowledge that a Christian has of how the story ends have upon his or her life?  In Titus 2:13-14, Paul continues with ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

The importance of heaven: a life lesson from Everybody Loves Raymond

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In an episode of the excellent sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond , Ray's brother Robert is faced with a moral dilemma because he for once ...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Sermon Video: "to live is Christ, to die is gain" - Philippians 1:19-26

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How can anyone live without fearing death?  What purpose or meaning to life can make even the worst misfortune bearable?  For Paul, the answ...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Sermon Video - "You are blessed" - Luke 6:20-23

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In his customary unexpected wisdom, Jesus explains the reality that those who are poor, hungry, or sorrowful will be blessed in the Kingdom ...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Some hurts can't be healed

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"The realm of Sauron is ended!"  said Gandalf, "The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest."  I just reread that portion of...