God Talk

The fields are ripe and ready to be harvested.

Rather than being frustrated by where society is headed, it is important that the church sees an opportunity to harvest unbelievers for Christ.

Viper Bite (“Stranger Things” Week 14)

This is the last installment of the Stranger Things message series and is far more about God’s faithfulness when we trust His guidance than it is about being bitten by a viper. Paul is a prisoner traveling by ship to Rome to stand trial before Caesar. A storm arises, and the ship is destroyed as it runs aground on an island. The islanders were kind and built a fire that drove the viper out, and to the amazement of everyone, it bit Paul’s hand, and he shook it off but suffered no ill effects. Paul wasn’t the least bit distracted by an incident that would have normally been his demise. And that is really the point in this episode: when we trust God to do what He promises, we can be at peace no matter what the circumstances of life!
 
Scriptures Today: Acts 27:21-26 | 28:1-6 // 1 Corinthians 13:16 // Joshua 1:9 // 2 Timothy 1:7 // Mathew 24:37 // Romans 14:8 / 12:2
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God

Churches have gone off the rails. They are making God in their own image. Listen to this church as they recite the SPARKLE CREED to their nonbinary god

Paul Raises the Dead (“Stranger Things” Week 13)

This episode of the Stranger Things message series is probably one of the strangest, and arguably the most remarkable. Paul’s zeal to teach God’s word a final time before leaving town the following day causes him to preach until well after midnight. A young boy, asleep in a third-floor window, falls to his death. But Paul certainly felt a sense of responsibility for it and throws himself on top of the young man, and the young man’s life was restored. This story is for anyone who might have come to church more than a little sleepy!
Scriptures Today: Acts 20:7-12
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Spiral of Silence

There is always great pressure to say nothing. But we must be willing to speak especially when no one else is.

Paul and Silas in Prison (“Stranger Things” Week 12)

Paul and Silas were working as missionaries in Macedonia when they encountered a fortune-telling slave girl. Paul cast out the spirit within her causing her master to bring Paul and Silas to the authorities for loss of income from her services. They were thrown in prison, and through uncanny events, the jailer and all those around him come to faith in Christ. It is an amazing story of how God works using unexpected events to save souls.
Scriptures Today: Acts 16:17–34
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Paul and the Macedonian Man (“Stranger Things” Week 11)

Working through the Book of Acts, we’re finally making the major shift from Peter to Paul, with a phenomenal story: the Holy Spirit stops Paul from going elsewhere to share the Gospel, TWICE. This has implications then and now, so let’s dive in and see how this applies to our lives!
Scriptures Today: Acts 16:6-10 // Proverbs 3:5-6 // James 1:5 // Psalm 119:105 // John 16:13 // 1 John 2:15 // Romans 12:2 // Proverbs 13:20 // Acts 7:51 // Job 33:14 
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Pride Politics and Putin

The world has become very complicated and dangerous. Where will it all lead?

Peter’s Escape from Prison (“Stranger Things” Week 10)

Here’s the story: Peter has been put in a high-security prison by Herod the King and is inevitably going to be tried and put to death the next day. He is also chained to two cell guards to make escape impossible. But God has other plans for Peter and sends an angel who miraculously appears, touches Peter’s chains and they fall off, and leads him out of the heavily guarded prison without anyone noticing! It’s a story of God accomplishing His purposes amid what seems like hopeless circumstances!
Scriptures Today: Acts 12:1-23 // Hebrews 2:6-7,  1:14 // Psalm 91:11 
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The “unholy days” are upon us

June is no holiday or “holy day”, though for some people it is. God help us.