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• THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS – A Forgiveness That Sets Us Free | Sermon from 4/14/2019

  
  

  During this season of lent, we have been talking about the forgiveness of Jesus, and all the different ways that forgiveness transforms our lives.  Forgiveness brings hope to relationships, it can bring real healing to our lives, it opens our eyes, and the eyes of our hearts, and it gives us all a second chance.  [...]

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• THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS – A Forgiveness that brings a Second Chance | Sermon from 4/7/2019

  
  

  1986 was my year of failure. I graduated from college with a degree in Telecommunications / TV production (that wasn’t the failure) but I had no work experience and no contacts, which meant I had no job. After a few months of being unemployed, I went to work with some friends at a summer camp, [...]

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• THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS – A Forgiveness That Restores | Sermon from 3/31/2019

  
  

  We have spent the past few weeks talking about the forgiveness of Jesus.  When Jesus offered people God’s grace and mercy, it completely changes their lives.  It was the forgiveness of Jesus that helped the lame to walk and the blind to see.  It was forgiveness of Jesus that released people from their sin, and [...]

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• A Forgiveness That Opens Our Eyes | Sermon from 3/24/2019

  
  

  During this season of Lent, these weeks leading up to Easter, we are looking at the forgiveness of Jesus and what it meant for people in Jesus’ day, and what it means for us today. In Jesus’ day, sin and sickness often went hand in hand, so stories of Jesus healing people would often have [...]

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• THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS – A Forgiveness That Heals | Sermon from 3/17/2019

  
  

  Scientific studies over the past several decades have proved what the Bible has tried to tell us for thousands of years, forgiveness and healing go hand in hand. Research papers from John’s Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic have said that forgiveness can lead to these physical health benefits: lower blood pressure, a stronger immune system, improved [...]

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• THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS – A Forgiving Father | Sermon from 3/10/2019

  
  

  The season of Lent is the 6 week period leading up to Easter, and in the life of the church, this has been a time for followers of Jesus to focus on a more disciplined life.  People often talk about giving things up, or starting new habits and practices, but this year we want to [...]

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• What Was I Thinking? – God IS Active | Sermon from 03.03.2019

  
  

  Author and theologian A.W. Tozer said, What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. What we think about God, and how we think about God is important. it shapes us and it shapes all of our relationships. What we think about God shapes our relationship with God, [...]

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• WHAT WAS I THINKING? God IS Holy – David Carter | Sermon from 2/24/2019

  
  

  Well, I have to tell you that I got an email earlier this week, and it turns out I’m gonna be retiring early… in just a few weeks… because I found out from a Nigerian prince that I won the lottery… Have you ever been tricked before? Have you been the victim of a hoax? [...]

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• What was I Thinking? – God IS Loving | Sermon 2.17.2019

  
  

  What we think about God is important because our thoughts shape our behavior. How we picture God not only shapes how we respond to God, but it also shapes how we interact with others. For example, if we think of God as harsh, we will resist God. Why come close to a God who only [...]

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• WHAT WAS I THINKING? – God IS Present | Sermon from 2/10/2019

  
  

  In the fall of 1986, a friend dropped me off in Studio City, CA, at the home of my mom’s cousins.  I had just graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Telecommunications, TV production, and I wanted to get a job in the TV industry, so Hollywood, or Studio City, was the place [...]

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