God Talk

Pruned or ruined?

Our natural inclination is to run away from being pruned, but without being pruned, we will be ruined. In this episode of God Talk, we will talk about how to embrace the season of being pruned by God.

The Promised Land - (“Many Parts-One Story” Week 6 of 11)

As the series has unfolded we see the nation of Israel develop from a promise to Abraham that he would become a great nation, to his descendants becoming just that, but held in captivity. Enter Moses, the great prophet that leads the nation out of Egypt, headed for the land they were promised as an inheritance, but it was Joshua, Moses’ successor who actually brought them in. Despite God being with them, it was not without trouble time and time again. Today we study the story, but also learn an important lesson: when God promises He will be with us He is NOT promising all trouble will vanish! 
Scriptures Today:  Joshua 1:1-6, 5:1, 5:13-15, 23:6-8, 24:14-15 // 1 John 5:3 // Luke 11:28// 1 Samuel 15:22 // Romans 7:19-25
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The Exodus - (“Many Parts-One Story” Week 5 of 11)

Last week we looked at the promise God made to Abraham that his descendants would be like the sand of the sea, and this week we look at how his son’s sons, driven by famine to the foreign land of Egypt, amid twists, turns, and hard circumstances, had still become a mighty nation. As His chosen people, God heard the cries of their oppression and miraculously brought them out of the land of Egypt and set them on a course for the Promised Land. Because of their disobedience, this exodus last 40 years, but eventually established them in the land God had given them. Buckle your seat belts, because this part of the story covers about 450 years of history!
Scriptures Today: Numbers 13:27-32, 14:10-20 // Exodus 32:11-14 // 1 John 2:1 // Ezekiel 18:20
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Naked and Afraid

Some of you may be a fan of the TV show, naked and afraid, but the original episode of naked and afraid, took place in the garden of Eden and the final episode will take place on judgment day. Join us, as we explore what it means to be naked and afraid before God on this episode of God Talk.

Call of Abraham - (“Many Parts-One Story” Week 4 of 11)

God started the Story with perfect creation, then Adam and Eve disobeyed God and sinned and messed it up, then all men became grievously sinful so God wiped all of them out with a flood except Noah and his family. And now we arrive at a pivotal point in the story: After the flood it doesn’t take long for man’s sinfulness to rear its head, so God calls the one righteous man on the earth who follows Him, tests him and he shows himself faithful, so God makes him the father of His chosen people and promises that his offspring will be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. Today we will look at what God asked Abraham to do to prove that he was truly worthy of the promise God was about to make him. Wow! This is some story!!
Scriptures Today: Genesis 12:1-5 // Hebrews 11:1 // James 1:2-3
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Giving your way out of debt

Money and debt are a huge problem for our society and creates a huge amount of stress in our lives and in our relationships. What is the Bible’s view on debt and how do we get out of it? Is it really possible to give your way out of debt? These are the topics we will explore on this week’s episode of God Talk.

The Flood - (“Many Parts-One Story” Week 3 of 11)

We’ve all seen, or may have even experienced heavy flooding, but when someone says “The Flood,” everyone knows the event referred to is the most destructive event that has ever or will ever take place on the face of the earth. No event even comes close to the magnitude of a worldwide flood! How could it? That is what we will be talking about today, but the focus will be more on the reason for the flood rather than the flood itself. In a word, the answer is judgement; God’s judgment meted out on man for his rampant wickedness. 
But Noah was one man who sought to please and obey God, and God used him to build the ark that would be what spared his life, the lives of his family, and all the creatures of the earth. You do not want to miss this sermon!  
Scriptures Today:  Genesis 6: 5-8, 6:9-22, 9:12-16 // Matthew 24:36-41 // 2 peter 3:3-10
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Super Bowl and God controversy

If you watched the Super Bowl this past Sunday, you’ve probably heard some controversy surrounding a commercial that was aired during it. It was a commercial of people washing each other’s feet because they claim that’s what Jesus has told us to do. Is it a good commercial is it a bad one? That is what we’re covering on this weeks episode of God Talk.

The Fall (“Many Parts-One Story” Week 2 of 11)

We opened our series with the biblical account of God’s creation of heaven and earth, and man, and in this episode turn to the account of man exercising his God-given free will. Theologians describe Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God’s explicit instruction to eat everything but the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil as “The Fall.” It’s a term used to convey Adam & Eve’s transformation from a perfectly holy state to a fallen state overshadowed by sin after listening to Satan and disobeying God. God stated what He had created was “Very Good,” but when man sinned it became “Not Good.” And every man and woman thereafter, including you and me, are innately sinful as a result of that one act of disobedience. Join us for the full story.

Genesis (“Many Parts-One Story” Week 1 of 11)

The Bible is made up of thousands of different stories, but when studying it we tend to choose individual passages without a big-picture context, and never fully grasp the main story. The series we are launching today is intended to highlight the Bible’s “one story” using many of the individual “parts” that comprise it. And there is no better place to start than at the beginning in the book of Genesis; the name of which means “beginnings.” In the first few chapters God gives us a front row seat and shows us how He put our unfathomable physical universe together! So buckle your seat belt as we open scripture and watch God at work! This series will give us an awesome look at the Bible from 35,000 feet! 
Scriptures Today:  2 peter 3:8 // Job 38:4-7 // Revelation 5:11-14 // Psalm 8:3-5 // Genesis 1:1-31 // Genesis 2:8-9 // John 1:1-3, 14
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