2008 Sermons
These are the sermons preached in 2008 in our Sunday morning worship service. They are in chronological order.
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A Righteous Man and the Sovereign God
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| Text: Job 1:1-12 | Date: 05/25/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: Neal Patel begins a series on the trials of life in the book of Job. | ||
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A Righteous Man and His Pain
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| Text: Job 1:13-3:26 | Date: 06/01/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: Walk with Job through his tremendous suffering and learn from his faith-filled response. | ||
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The Religion of Man
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| Text: Job 4:1-31:40 | Date: 06/08/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: A big picture view of the argument of Job’s three friends, who are a picture of common religious thinking. | ||
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The Righteousness of God
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| Text: Job 4:1-32:40 | Date: 06/15/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: In contrast to the easy answers of Job’s friends, we will look at Job’s righteous responses | ||
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When Right Is Wrong
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| Text: Job 32:1-6; 36:15-16, 21-24 | Date: 06/22/2008 | Speaker: Tim Wagner |
| Description: The mysterious speech of the surprising young man named Elihu. | ||
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The Sovereign God Speaks
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| Text: Job 38:1-18, 42:1-6 | Date: 06/29/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: Now that we have heard from Job and his friends, it is finally God’s turn to speak. Whose side will He take? | ||
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The Restoration of the Righteous Man
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| Text: Job 42:7-17 | Date: 07/06/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: We will look together at Job’s restoration and even see the Lord Jesus tucked away in this final chapter. | ||
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Politically Incorrect Religion
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| Text: Psalm 96:1-13 | Date: 07/13/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: We will celebrate the glory of the LORD among the nations from Psalm 96. | ||
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“In the beginning... God“
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| Text: Genesis 1:1 | Date: 07/27/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Genesis is the foundation for all the rest of the Scriptures. This week we will are camping out just on Gen 1:1 – what radical implications there are if we truly believe this! | ||
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The Caring Creator
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| Text: Genesis 1:2-25 | Date: 08/03/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: In these verses we see how our caring and loving God prepared a special place just for us. | ||
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The Glory of Man
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| Text: Genesis 1:26-2:3 | Date: 08/10/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Human life is not cheap – we are created in the image of God! What does that really mean? | ||
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Man: Up Close and Personal
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| Text: Genesis 2:4-25 | Date: 08/17/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Genesis 2 takes a zoom lens and focuses on this marvelous creation of man. We learn more about God's plan for us personally, and for our marriages! | ||
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The Fall of Our Lives
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| Text: Genesis 2:25-3:7 | Date: 08/24/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Everyone, it seems, thinks they know the sad story of Adam and Eve and the “apple.” But there is much, much more there than most people think. What an amazing commentary on the nature of temptation, sin, and the need to hold to God’s revealed word. There couldn’t be a more relevant passage to our lives today! | ||
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The Great Cover-Up
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| Text: Genesis 3:7-13 | Date: 08/31/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Our society thrives on playing the “blame game”; we’re all just victims of other people’s faults. As wise King Solomon said, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” | ||
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Paradise Lost… For Now
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| Text: Genesis 3:14-24 | Date: 09/07/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: As we continue in this divine drama for the ages, we see how God responds to the serpent, to the woman, and to the man. Though God’s curse now falls upon this planet, there yet is great hope. | ||
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Crouching Sin, Roaring Lion
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| Text: Genesis 4:1-16 | Date: 09/14/2008 | Speaker: Tim Wagner |
| Description: It doesn’t take long before we see the effects of sin begin to tear apart that original family. Jealousy, hatred, strife, and even murder are now a reality. | ||
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Life in the Big City
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| Text: Genesis 4:17-26 | Date: 09/21/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Is technological and cultural advancement necessarily a good thing? | ||
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“And He Was Not“
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| Text: Genesis 5:21-24 | Date: 09/28/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Even when evil and violence was proliferating over the earth through the likes of Lamech, there were bright spots. And there was none brighter than Enoch, whom God chose just to “take,” before Enoch even had to experience death. What was so special about Enoch? | ||
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God’s Tipping Point
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| Text: Genesis 6:1-8 | Date: 10/05/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: One of the most curious passages in Genesis (and the Bible, for that matter) is Gen 6:1-4. What’s going on here? As we take it in its larger context (Gen 6:1-8), we realize the basic message is quite straight-forward: it’s just another form of sin leading to God’s “tipping point.” | ||
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"But God Remembered Noah"
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| Text: Genesis 6:9-22 | Date: 10/12/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: As we take in the story of the Great Flood (Gen 6:9-9:17), we see in Noah what kind of person is saved out of a lost and corrupt world. | ||
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Satan's Soon Destruction
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| Text: Romans 16:20 | Date: 10/19/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
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The good news of our final victory.
Note: Click here to see the video clip shown during this sermon. |
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The Gospel According to Noah
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| Text: Genesis 6:9-9:17 | Date: 10/26/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Jesus taught that the whole of the Old Testament pointed to him. This sermon looks at the account of Noah and the flood and asks what parallels there might be between Noah and Jesus. | ||
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A Word from God Before the Election
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| Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 | Date: 11/02/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: On the Sunday before the election we need God’s perspective on our political situation! | ||
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A Fresh Start
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| Text: Genesis 9:18-29 | Date: 11/09/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: Even after the flood, sin and strife remain a part of life on the earth, but God’s blessing is also being worked out. | ||
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The Quest for a Name
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| Text: Genesis 11:1-9 | Date: 11/16/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Everyone seems to be out to make a name for himself. But the truth is: only God can make a name for us. That’s the lesson of the Tower of Babel. | ||
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Truly Thankful
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| Text: Romans 5:1-5 | Date: 11/23/2008 | Speaker: Jared Hendricks |
| Description: As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, how good it is to let God’s Word set the tone in our hearts. | ||
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“Father Abraham Had Many Sons”
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| Text: Genesis 11:27-12:9 | Date: 11/30/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: All of history changed with God’s calling of a single man, Abram. He’s the “father of our faith.” What does it mean for us to be a son/daughter of Abraham? | ||
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Sputtering Faith
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| Text: Genesis 12:10-13:4 | Date: 12/07/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: Though Abraham was a man of faith, he wasn’t a man of perfect faith. It sputtered from time to time… like ours. | ||
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“O, Come All Ye Faithful”
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| Text: Genesis 13:1-14:16 | Date: 12/14/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: After Abram is re-aligned in his relationship with the LORD, he once again becomes a great model of faith for us in the way he deals with some challenging situations pertaining to his nephew, Lot. | ||
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Our Great Priest-King
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| Text: Genesis 14:17-24 | Date: 12/21/2008 | Speaker: Gary Kirst |
| Description: After a heroic rescue operation Abram is met by two kings – one who turns out to be one of the most mysterious figures in the whole Bible. But yet, one who sheds much light on our Lord Jesus Christ. | ||
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Getting Established
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| Text: Psalm 90 | Date: 12/28/2008 | Speaker: Neal Patel |
| Description: Exploring the New Year’s challenge God has for us | ||
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