God Talk

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.

Peter’s Vision (“Stranger Things” Week 9)

For 2100 years, Peter, as a Jew, had been told, you are different, you are better, you are set apart from all other nations. Jesus promised a day would come…after they received the Holy Spirit…that the disciples were to take the gospel outside Jerusalem…all the way to the ends of the earth. But it can’t be easy to break what Jews had believed for over two centuries, so in Peter’s case, Jesus does it with a vision of a sheet being let down from heaven. Join us as we look at what was in the sheet, and how the vision prepared Peter to spread the gospel to the world!
Scriptures Today: Acts 10:9-16 // Acts 10:25-26 // Acts 10:44-48 // Matthew 7:21-23 // Acts 10:25-26
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If you don’t have anything nice to say…

What is going right in society right now? It’s time for us to start living like Christians and letting every aspect of our life be influenced by our faith. Only when we live out our faith daily will we see the problems in modern society begin to trend back into a more positive direction.

The Conversion of Paul (“Stranger Things” Week 8)

From Saul to Paul. From enemy to evangelist. From comfortable to hardworking. We often think of Saul as a misinformed but devoted God-follower, but Jesus Himself had firm words against the Pharisees, decrying them as evil. The supernatural appearance of Jesus to Paul completely turned his life around, and the same God is changing lives today. Join us as we dive into understanding who Saul was, and what a stark difference should be noticeable Before Christ and After Christ in our own lives!
Scriptures Today: Acts 6:8 // Acts 9:1-19 // Matthew 12:34 // John 8:44 // Matthew 23:15 // Romans 6:6, 11-14
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Time to redefine Christianity

Just because a church or denomination calls themselves Christian does not make them Christian. We are in need another Reformation in order to clarify what is Christian and what is not.

Philip and the Ethiopian (“Stranger Things” Week 7)

We commonly attribute the spreading of the Gospel to the Gentiles to Paul, and it’s true that he did the vast majority of that work (and suffered greatly along the way). However, there’s an interesting story about a non-Jew heading home from Jerusalem, struggling to understand the words of Isaiah, and that’s where Philip is guided by the Holy Spirit to intervene and lead to belief in Christ. Join us for this interesting story and all of its implications in our lives today.
Scriptures Today: Acts 8:26-39 // John 14:26 // Deuteronomy 23:1 // Isaiah 56:3-5
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Philip, Samaria, and the Sorcerer’s Prone (“Stranger Things” Week 6)

If we’ve learned anything from the Marvel movies recently, it’s that people getting caught up in their own power never really ends well, as there’s something more powerful coming to right their wrongs. Of course, to Marvel, it’s usually something banal like the power of friendship that defeats evil in a humorous way. In Scripture, however, it’s always God, and He’s always right, and it’s always at least a little bit amusing to see power-tripping prideful smarmy know-it-alls try to face off against the Lord of Creation. This week, we’re talking about a sorcerer named Simon who messed up so badly, the early church named a heresy after him: Simony. The lessons from then are still applicable now, so let’s open up and learn today!
Scriptures Today: Acts 8:9-23 (Simon’s story) // Acts 8:4-8 (Philip’s story) // Matthew 13:47-50 (Jesus explains the kingdom of God like a fishing net) // 2 Timothy 3:1-2, Proverbs 6:16-17, 1 Corinthians 1:28-29 (the Lord is *not a fan* of selfish pride)
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Time to evangelize the Christians

It is time to save the “Christians” and if they won’t convert then we need to excommunicate them.