Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Envy: Abstinence is not deliverance.

Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Anger: Abstinence is not deliverance.

Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Laziness: Abstinence is not deliverance.

Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Greed: Abstinence is not deliverance.

Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Gluttony: Abstinence is not deliverance.

Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Lust: Abstinence is not deliverance.

Transcript from the Sermon on the Taboo Series on Pride: Abstinence is not deliverance.

If we have bad Christology, it skews our entire thought and lens by which we read, interpret, and understand Scripture. In our corner of Christianity, we have struggled with bad Christology, and this has led us to minimizing, questioning, and debating Jesus’ nature, authority, role and many times leads to complete apostasy that somehow, we don’t need Jesus, or that Jesus’ work of the cross wasn’t sufficient.

The transcript from last week’s The Orphan Spirit Part 4 sermon by Pastor Chris.

The transcript from last week’s The Orphan Spirit Part 3 sermon by Pastor Chris.

The transcript from last week’s The Orphan Spirit Part 2 sermon by Pastor Chris.

The transcript from last week’s The Orphan Spirit Part 1 sermon by Pastor Chris.

The transcript from last week’s The Road to Gaza sermon by Pastor Brent.

Our Messiah teaches us to be faithful in the little things. I believe this applies here as well. If we are faithful to seek Him with all our heart, even with only the little we have, He will be faithful to reveal Himself to us in ever greater measure.

It’s a bit more involved than simply getting dunked under water. In the waters of baptism, you are entering into a story, taking on a new identity, dying to self that you might live to God. In this space, God transforms you, recreates you, fills you with His Spirit.

The apocalypses that took place during the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) revolutionized nations, religions, and shocked the entire world. They were times of celebration and freedom.

Jewish tradition points to the name of the month as symbolically appropriate — the letters of Elul form an acronym for the words in the verse Ani ledodi vedodi li–“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine” as written in the Song of Songs chapter 6 verse 3.