Jerusalem [Psalm 122:6]

June 2, 2013

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Date: 06/02/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Psalm 122:6

Description: The most important city in the world is Jerusalem. Its history past, present, and future is the history of mankind. Jesus was presented there as a child, and 30 years later concluded His ministry outside the walls on a cruel cross. It’s a rare day that the evening news does not mention Jerusalem.

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The God of the Crushed [Jonah 3:1-10]

May 26, 2013

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Date: 05/26/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 3:1-10

Description:  If the only section of Jonah we had was section three, it would be an entirely different book. But God has seen fit to preserve for us chapters 1, 2, and 4 and thereby display for us His amazing grace and mercy and His ability to use even weak and failing men to accomplish great things for His glory. God is the God of the Crushed. God uses the Crushed to Accomplish Great Things

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Jonah: Three Great Things [Jonah 3:1-5]

May 19, 2013

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Date: 05/19/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 3:1-5

Description:  In this sermon we take a step back from the text and view some of the central tenets of the narrative.  We look at 3 great things that it teaches us:

  1. The Greatness of our Sin
  2. The Greatness of God’s Grace
  3. The Greatness of God’s Mission

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A Mother’s Wages [Exodus 2:1-10]

May 12, 2013

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Date: 05/12/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Exodus 2:1-10

Description: Mothers put in so many hours for so many years that they must at times wonder when they will get their wages. Today we’ll look at the mother of Moses and perhaps realize that she indeed got a great return on her 3 year investment which prepared her child to become a great leader.

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Forgiveness [Genesis 33:1-20]

May 5, 2013

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Date: 05/05/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 33

Description: Millions of people carry around a pain that is hidden inside. It’s the pain of a guilty conscience. Some trespass, recent or long ago, just won’t go away and refuses to heal. Forgiveness is one of the most wonderful aspects of Christianity. This lesson from the Book of Genesis is a clear picture of the healing of a terrible divide between two brothers.

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40 Minus One [2 Corinthians 11:24; John 19:16-30]

April 28, 2013

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Date: 04/28/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 2 Cor 11:24 and John 19:16-30

Description: Pain and punishment go together. We try to avoid both. The Apostle Paul experienced more than his share of both. Punishment is deserved in most cases — but the Bible tells of the pain that Jesus endured, though innocent, for the sin of you and me.

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Operation Jonah [Jonah 3:1-2]

April 21, 2013

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Date: 04/21/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 3:1-2

Description:  The second section of the book of Jonah (chapters 3-4) begins in much the same fashion as the first section.  In the first 2 verses we glean three important things about the way God extends His grace toward sinners.  We see how God extended His grace toward Jonah and how He continues to extend His grace toward sinners today.

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Desperate Prayers and Hidden Idolatry [Jonah 1:17-2:10]

April 14, 2013

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Date: 04/14/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:17-2:10

Description:  Jonah cries out to God in desperation in the belly of the fish that God has sent to swallow him.  Jonah’s prayer reveals that he did indeed know the one true God, but it also reveals that his heart was unrepentant.

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If There Was No Easter [1 Corinthians 15:12-19]

April 7, 2013

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Date: 04/07/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Cor 15:12-19

Description: As Christians, the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death is absolutely essential to our salvation — our forgiveness of sin. His resurrection shows the validation of God the Father that indeed, “It is finished” — God’s redemptive plan complete.

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The Priest and the Filthy Robe [Luke 24 and Zechariah 3:1-10]

March 31, 2013

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Date: 03/31/2013, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Key Text: Luke 24 and Zechariah 3:1-10

Description:  Easter Sunday, the resurrection of Christ, solves the problem of tension that existed among the Old Testaments prophets concerning the coming of the Messiah.  The prophets prophesied that the coming Messiah would be a suffering servant who would be scourged, smitten, beaten, and pierced and yet he would also be a conquering king.  How could these two apparent contradictions in description possibly be?  The answer is found in Easter.

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Sunrise Service 2013: He is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! [Luke 24:1-53]

March 31, 2013

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Date: 03/31/2013, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Lou Bond, brother in Christ

Key Text: Luke 24

Description: Join us for our Resurrection Sunday Sunrise Service with brother in Christ, Lou Bond.

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I Will Establish the Throne of His Kingdom Forever!

March 24, 2013

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Date: 03/24/2013, Palm Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Selected Texts: Genesis 17, 35, 46, 49 / Rev 19 / 2 Sam 5, 7 / Mark 11

Description:  Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, and there is perhaps no greater day to focus on Christ’s kingly office.  God gave Abraham a royal grant and prophecy that He would make a people for Himself and establish a Kingdom and righteous King for His people.  This covenantal promise was fulfilled in the life of David and found its ultimate fulfillment in the person and work of Christ.

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A Perfect Recipe [2 Peter 1:1-11]

March 17, 2013

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Date: 03/17/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 2 Peter 1:1-11

Description: There are some things that humans do well.  God, on the other hand, does all things perfectly.  Sanctification leading to glorification is one of the most exciting studies in the Bible.   Let’s find out together what Christians can expect both today and in the future.

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Chains of Love [Romans 8:29-30]

March 10, 2013

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Date: 03/10/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Romans 8:29-30

Description: Marvel of marvels! Christ Jesus loves you and I. The Bible teaches that He, in His great love for sinners, draws us with velvet ‘chains of love’ into an eternal saving relationship with our God and Heavenly Father.

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Gold and Giving [Luke 6:38]

March 3, 2013

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Date: 03/03/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Luke 6:38

Description: God does not need your money, and there is no life in legalism.   If we cannot be spontaneous and give from a cheerful heart, then God would be pleased if we give nothing at all.

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God Hears and Rescues [Jonah 1:11-16]

February 17, 2013

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Date: 02/17/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:11-16

Description:  Jonah gives the pagan sailors a false impression of God and continues in his flight from God — even seeking his own death before repenting and obeying God’s command to go to his enemies. But God pursues Jonah with a storm. We find out in this passage that God is also pursuing the pagan sailors, and Jonah’s rebellion is what God uses to display His grace and mercy to them.

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God the Storm Chaser [Jonah 1:4-10]

February 10, 2013

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Date: 02/10/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:4-10

Description:  Jonah is on the run and running hard away from God. God calls him to Nineveh, and he heads in the opposite direction towards Tarshish. God pursues Jonah with a violent storm to wake Jonah from His sinful slumber. The storm shows us two things about God’s pursuit of man. The first is that it is great and the second is that it is gracious.

Jonah is on a ship with pagans representing many nations all serving the idols of their land. Jonah represents one type of person who flees in the path of the Pharisee while the pagan sailors represent another type of person who flees in the path of the Prodigal. In this story we see God pursuing both Pharisees and Prodigals, which is good news for us.

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Perfection Broken [Genesis 3:1-24]

February 3, 2013

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Date: 02/03/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 3

Description: God, the Master Builder, is a perfectionist. He entrusted man with the care of a garden of abundance. God’s one request gave man a chance to submit himself to his loving Creator, but, in fact, the future of all humanity took a terrible turn.

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Called to Serve Him in Africa — the Freitas Family [Luke 14:16-21]

January 6, 2013

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Date: 01/06/2013

Preacher: Tony Freitas, missionary

Key Text: Luke 14:16-21

Description: Ten years, one ambitious vision: 100 million people touched with the gospel around the world. Those are the marching orders of Reach Global, the international arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America, which exists to multiply healthy churches among all people for the glory of God.

Today we are joined by Scandia Bible Church supported Reach Global Missionary, Tony Freitas — a man, together with his family, called by God to faithfully serve the people of Tanzania, Africa.  They are living, as Tony says,

“…a life of serving the poorest of the poor. It’s a tough life but there is nothing that I could possibly imagine to be more fulfilling than serving the Lord! I am not a formal pastor and have not been to seminary, yet God has clearly called our family to serve Him in Africa to use the gifts that he has given each of us. As 1 Peter 4:10 states, ‘Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms.’”

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Christ the Lord [Luke 2:8-10]

December 20, 2012

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Date: 12/23/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Luke 2: 8-10

Description: Thousands of very nice people consider themselves Christians. When we examine Scripture carefully we find that there is much more to being a Christian than just praying and going to church.

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