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Pastor Elwart — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:05:23 +0000

Date Passage Title

07/11/10 AM Mark 8:1-10 The Gentiles are Fed

07/04/10 AM Mark 7:24-37 Ministry to the Gentiles

06/27/10 AM Mark 7:1-23 The Self-Righteous are Confronted

06/20/10 AM Mark 6:45-56 Nature Submits to Christ

06/13/10 AM Mark 6:30-44 The Hungry are Fed

06/06/10 AM Mark 6:14-29 His Servant is Murdered

05/30/10 AM Mark 6:1-13 Yet Christ is Rejected

05/23/10 AM Mark 5:35-43 The Dead are Raised

05/16/10 AM Mark 5:21-34 The Sick are Healed

05/09/10 AM Mark 5:1-20 The Day the Price of Pork Went up

05/02/10 AM Mark 4:35-41 The Sea is Calmed

04/25/10 AM Mark 4:21-34 The Word is Preached

04/18/10 AM Mark 4:1-20 Parable of the Soils

04/11/10 AM Mark 3:7-35 Radical Ministry

04/04/10 AM 1 Corinthians 15:17-19 The Significance of the Resurrection

03/28/10 AM Mark 3:1-6 Crushing a Religious System

03/21/10 AM Mark 2:23-28 Authority in Teaching

03/14/10 AM Mark 2:18-22 Redeeming the Time

03/07/10 AM Mark 2:13-17 The Scandal of an Innocent Dinner

02/28/10 AM Mark 2:1-12 Authority to Forgive Sins

02/21/10 AM Mark 1:40-45 Authority over Uncleanness

02/14/10 AM Mark 1:35-39 Jesus’ Method for Changing Lives

02/07/10 AM Mark 1:29-34 Authority over Sickness

01/31/10 AM Mark 1:21-28 Authority over Evil Spirits

01/24/10 AM Mark 1:14-20 A Basic Message and a Powerful Call

01/17/10 AM Mark 1:2-13 Roll Out the Red Carpet

01/10/10 AM Mark 1:1 Introduction to Mark

01/03/10 AM 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Primacy of the Church

12/27/09 AM 2 Timothy 3:14-17 2010 Discovery

12/20/09 AM Matthew 1:18-25 Anticipation of a Baby and Bride

12/13/09 AM Joshua 24:14-28 Proper Response to God’s Works

12/06/09 AM Joshua 24:1-13, 29-33 History in a Nutshell

11/29/09 AM Romans 8:28 What God Calls Good (D Smith)

11/22/09 AM Joshua 23 Don’t Forget to Remember

11/15/09 AM Joshua 22 Commitment to Service

11/08/09 AM Rom 10:14-15 Only Hope for Sinful Culture (P Johnson)

11/01/09 AM Joshua 12-21 Receiving the Promise

10/25/09 AM Joshua 11 God’s Power Over Armies

10/18/09 AM John 11:1-45 From Hostility and Grief to Joy and Belief

10/11/09 AM Joshua 10 God’s Power over Creation

10/04/09 AM Joshua 9 The Danger of Complacency

09/27/09 AM Joshua 8 Victory in the Hiding

09/20/09 AM Joshua 7:16-26 The High Cost of Low Choices

09/13/09 AM Joshua 7:1-15 Hidden Treasure or Deceptive Pleasure?

09/06/09 AM Joshua 6 The Walls Came Tumblin’ Down

08/30/09 AM Joshua 5 Consecration before Blessing

08/23/09 AM Joshua 4 Moving Forward by Looking Back

08/16/09 AM 2 Thes 3:1-3 God’s Power through Prayer (A Perez)

08/09/09 AM Joshua 3 Across a River without a Bridge

08/02/09 AM Joshua 2:15-24 Promise of Deliverance

07/26/09 AM Joshua 2:1-14 When Lying Seems to Work

07/19/09 AM Joshua 1:10-18 Resolved to Conquer

07/12/09 AM Joshua 1:1-9 Success God’s Way

07/05/09 AM Joshua Summary God’s blessing through obedience

06/07/09 AM Deuteronomy 8:1-10 God’s demand for obedience

01/25/09 AM Matthew 18:21-35 The Fogiven will Forgive

Date Passage Title

07/04/10 PM Nahum 1 The Pledge of God’s Wrath

06/27/10 PM Micah 6-7 God, the Justifier

06/20/10 PM Micah 3-5 God, the Just

06/13/10 PM Micah 1-2 God, the Judge

06/06/10 PM Hosea 11:12-14:9 The Sentence is Given

05/30/10 PM Hosea 9:1-11:11 The Verdict is Read

05/23/10 PM James 1 Temptation (Pastor Joey McNally)

05/16/10 PM Hosea 5-8 The Prosecutor Makes His Case

05/09/10 PM Hosea 3-4 Opening Testimony

05/02/10 PM Hosea 1-2 Opening Statement by the Prosecution

04/25/10 PM Amos 7-9 God’s Wrath on the Unfaithful

04/11/10 PM Amos 3-6 Prepare to Meet your God

04/04/10 PM Amos 2:4-16 God’s Judgment on His Chosen Ones

03/28/10 PM Amos 1:1-2:3 God’s Judgment on Gentile Nations

03/21/10 PM Jonah 4 Rebuked by God

03/14/10 PM Jonah 3 Sent by God

03/07/10 PM Jonah 2 Rescued by God

02/28/10 PM Jonah 1 The Ironies of Jonah’s Flight from God

02/21/10 PM Joel 3 Vindication of God’s Chosen Ones

02/14/10 PM Joel 2 Foreshadow of Final Judgment

02/07/10 PM Joel 1 God’s Judgment through Catastrophe

01/31/10 PM Obadiah God Opposes the Proud

01/24/10 PM Deuteronomy 18:14-22 Introduction to Minor Prophets

01/17/10 PM 1 Chronicles 15 Obedience Trumps Passion

01/10/10 PM 2 Timothy 4:1-5 Primacy of Preaching

01/03/10 PM 1 Corinthians 9 Primacy of the Gospel

12/27/09 PM Psalm 119:97-104 Honey for the Soul

12/20/09 PM Matthew 2:1-12 Reverence for the King

12/13/09 PM 1 John 5:18-21 Final Spiritual Pulse Check

12/06/09 PM 1 John 5:13-17 Confidence in Prayer

11/29/09 PM Eccl 7:15-18 Life: Contrary to Expectations (Winnberg)

11/22/09 PM 1 John 5:5-12 Test of Faith

11/15/09 PM 1 John 5:1-4 True Love Obeys God

11/08/09 PM Panel Discussion with Pearson Johnson and Dan Cuthbertson

11/07/09 PM Rom 1:16-17 Our Confidence in Dark Places (P Johnson)

11/01/09 PM 1 John 4:7-21 True Love is in the Genes

10/25/09 PM 1 Thes 5:12-13 God’s Will for the Church (D Doran)

10/11/09 PM 1 John 4:1-6 Discernment 101

10/04/09 PM 1 John 3:14-24 External Love is Internal Assurance

09/27/09 PM 1 John 3:11-13 The Love that the World Hates

09/20/09 PM 1 John 3:4-10 Warning Against Sinfulness

09/13/09 PM 1 John 2:28-3:3 The Beauty of Abiding in Christ

09/06/09 PM 1 John 2:18-27 The Subtle Attack of the Enemy

08/30/09 PM 1 John 2:12-17 The Love that God Hates

08/23/09 PM 1 John 2:7-11 The Love that God Loves

08/16/09 PM 1 John 2:3-6 Litmus Test for Discipleship

08/09/09 PM 1 John 2:1-2 A Right Standing before God

08/02/09 PM VBS Closing Exercise God’s Desire for your Life

07/26/09 PM 1 John 1:5-10 The Proof of Salvation

07/19/09 PM Acts 6:1-7 Centrality of the Word of God

07/12/09 PM 1 John 1:1-4 The Joy of Knowing Christ

07/05/09 PM 1 John Summary Checking your Spiritual Pulse

06/07/09 PM Matthew 20:1-16 Grace is not fair!

01/25/09 PM Judges 7 Step Aside and Let God be Glorified

Spiritual Success 2010 (July – Sep)

Pastor Elwart — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:25:58 +0000

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Spiritual Success 2010 (Apr – Jun)

Pastor Elwart — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:27:40 +0000

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Spiritual Success 2010 (Jan – Mar)

Pastor Elwart — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:44:22 +0000

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Spiritual Success (Completed Classes)

Pastor Elwart — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:37:33 +0000

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Spiritual Success for Adults

Pastor Elwart — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:38:54 +0000

In Joshua 1:9, God promises to His people, “You will have success” if you keep My Word (click here for a sermon on this passage). Are you looking for success in life? What is success to you? Is it a high-paying job? Is it popularity among your peers? Is it a clean bill of health?

Many people think that God’s promise of success is a guarantee of health and prosperity. But Paul is a good example of a faithful man of God who did not receive health and prosperity (from an earthly perspective). Paul says in 1 Cor 12:23-27, I was imprisoned, ”beaten times without number, often in danger of death. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. ²⁶ I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; ²⁷ I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.”

That doesn’t sound like success at all. But Paul, much like Jesus Christ, did not live a cozy, comfortable, or even popular life. Jesus and Paul received scorn, reproach, beatings, and all sorts of other dangers. And yet the Scriptures tell us that no one has lived a more successful life in the eyes of God than Jesus Christ. He did what He came to do. He came to die for sinners.

So when we think of success from God’s perspective we should think of doing what God desires for us (in other words, the will of the Father). Jesus repeated that phrase, “the will of the Father,” several times while He was here on the earth. In John 6:38, He says, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me” (see also John 4:34). God’s goal for us is the same goal that He had for Christ: that we do what He desires. So it makes sense that spiritual success is simply doing God’s will. When God promises success, He promises grace for us to do what He desires. That is true spiritual success.

With that in mind, our plan during the Sunday School hour is to instruct believers regarding the whole counsel of God, so that they are equipped to do the work of the ministry (Eph 4:11-12). This purposeful discipleship process will take about 5 years to complete, and it is broken down into 5 major categories.

The first category that we will study is called “The Fundamentals of Christianity.” We will be working through topics like Membership, Evangelism basics, Life as a believer, and making wise choices.

The second category is called, “Biblical Overview,” where we will learn how to study the Bible and also look at each book of the Bible from a bird’s eye view.

The third category is called, “Correlating God’s Truth,” where we will systematically study through the doctrines of Scripture as well as the history of the local church.

The fourth category is called, “Christian Life,” where we will get a better understanding of how to be a godly parent, how to be develop spiritual disciplines, and how to live within the body of Christ, among other topics.

The last category is called, “Christian Growth,” where we discuss topics like Missions, Spreading the Gospel, and Defending the Faith.

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We hope that you will join us as we do our part to cultivate growth in godliness.

Sermons by Date (RSS Test)

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Spiritual Success 2010 (July – Sep)

Spiritual Success 2010 (Apr – Jun)

Spiritual Success 2010 (Jan – Mar)

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Spiritual Success for Adults

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