Episodes
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Consecration and Covenant
Passage: Exodus 24 Big Idea: God sets us apart for His purpose and presence through the bond of the blood 1) Consecrated for Conquest 2) Consecrated for Covenant 3) Consecrated for Communion
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Heartfelt Holiness
Passage: Exodus 20:1-21 Big Idea: God calls us away from grasping disordered desires to lives that flow from the satisfied certainty of His steadfast love 1) Keep and cultivate your heart 2) Discern and direct your desires 3) Receive the renewal of redemption
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Speak with Integrity
Passage: Exodus 20:1-16 Big Idea: Wield our words with wholehearted love for the truth and loyalty to all our neighbors 1) Say what's real 2) Speak from surrender 3) Hear the Faithful Witness
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Practice Generosity
Passage: Exodus 20:1-15 Big Idea: We grow from greedy grasping to generous giving because of the grace that gives us true glory 1) Work for just generosity 2) Work from contentment, not greed 3) Work out the grace you've received
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Pursue Sexual Integrity
Passage: Exodus 20:1-14 Big Idea: Honor God's celebration of covenant love with sacrificial faithfulness. 1) Celebrate God's covenant love 2) Guard your passions and promises 3) Seek integrity and intimacy
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Pursue Peace
Passage: Exodus 20:1-13 Big Idea: We protect life and pursue peace as those who live under the Prince of Paternity and Peace. 1) Preserve and prioritize life 2) Pursue peace in relationships 3) Practice the Peacemaker's pattern
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Respect God's Authorities
Passage: Exodus 20: 1-12 Big Idea: We submit to our superiors and show honor to all because it is a divinely decreed pathway to peaceful prosperity. 1) Acknowledge ordained authority 2) Relate with reverence and respect 3) Honor God's Household
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Receive God's Rest
Passage: Exodus 20-1:11 Big Idea: Receive and rehearse the eternal rest God redeemed us for through devotion to Him and delight in His good gifts. 1) Receive God's Rest 2) Reject false rest and false roles 3) Recognize where rest resides
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Don't Dishonor God's Name
Passage: Exodus 20: 1-7 Big Idea: Our way of life and word of mouth should reflect the weight of the Name we wear and bear. 1) Bear God's Name Appropriately 2) Beware Exploiting God's Name 3) Bow to the Name of Jesus
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No Graven Image
Passage: Exodus 20:1-6 Big Idea: Worship God in truth by heeding His word and honoring His image. 1) Worship God His Way 2) Worship God Wholeheartedly 3) Worship the True Image and Word
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No Other Gods
Passage: Exodus 20:1-3 Big Idea: Treasure and trust the Triune God of creation and covenant, and him alone 1) Worship God Alone 2) Worship with Affection and Allegiance -4 Needs: Security, Significance, Satisfaction, Sagacity 3) Worship God Accurately
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The Rhythm of Righteousness
Passage: Exodus 20:1-2 Big Idea: We practice righteousness as God’s royal priestly people, redeemed to receive and reflect his glory 1) The Story of Righteousness 2) The Scope of Righteousness 3) The Source of Righteousness
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A Priestly People
Passage: Exodus 19 Big Idea: God provides His people with a right representative, redeeming us to live in His presence as a priestly people. 1) Our Foundation: A Remembered Redemption 2) Our Function: A Priestly People 3) Our Fear: A Majestic Mediation
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Prepared for Witness and Wisdom
Passage: Exodus 18 Big Idea: God prepares us to practice our purpose as his people through the Pioneer of our salvation who goes before us in welcoming witness and wisdom. 1) Prepared for Witness 2) Prepared for Wisdom
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God's Covenant Faithfulness
Passage: Exodus 17 Big Idea: Though God's people grumble and doubt, the Lord graciously demonstrates His covenant faithfulness through His provision, His protection, and His abiding presence. 1. His provision 2. His protection 3. His presence
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Grace for our Grumbling
Passage: Exodus 16 Big Idea: Let God’s grace in the wilderness sort out your grumbling and train you to trust his ways and walk in his word. 1) Expect weakness 2) Evaluate complaints 3) Embrace grace 4) Enact faith
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The Song of the Saved
Passage: Exodus 15:1-21 Big Idea: Rescued saints respond to redemption with singing celebration 1) Sing because God's victory is mine 2) Sing because God's victory is mighty 3) Sing because God's victory is missional
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Yahweh is Salvation
Passage: Exodus 14 Big Idea: God overcomes our overwhelming opposition to declare that he is a dependable deliverer 1) Behold Our Suffocating Situation 2) Behold God's Saving Power 3) Believe the Sovereign Servant
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Saved for Sanctification
Passage: Exodus 13 Big Idea: God's saving sacrifice sanctifies us to live as his people, in his presence, on the path to the Promised Land 1) Set apart for God's possession 2) Set apart for God's purpose 3) Set apart for God's presence
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A Reminder of Redemption
Passage: Exodus 12:43-51 Big Idea: God commanded a covenant meal as a rhythmic reminder of redemptive reality 1) A New People is Formed 2) A New Age has Dawned 3) A New Freedom is Won
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Rescued by the Blood
Passage: Exodus 12:1-42 Big Idea: Receive the rescue of the blood of the Lamb that brings us home 1) Retribution 2) Substitution 3) Exaltation 4) Commemoration
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Glory in Salvation Through Judgment
Passage: Exodus 9 1) Yahweh judges his enemies... 2) ...that He might deliver His people... 3)...that He might display and donate His glory
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Yahweh the Divine Warrior
Passage: Exodus 8 Big Idea: Yahweh defeats the deceptive domination of darkness to free his exiles by his sovereign power 1) The cause of spiritual warfare 2) The capability of spiritual warfare 3) The commitment of spiritual warfare
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God's Sovereign Salvation
Passage: Exodus 7 Big Idea: God displays his sovereign supremacy as he saves his people through judgment. 1) God schemes salvation in sovereignty 2) God subverts competitors in sovereignty 3) God showcases supremacy in sovereignty
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What God Says in our Sorrow
Passage: Exodus 6 Big Idea: When we are slow to see the salvation our Savior swore, we need to hear him say: 1.) I am the Lord your God 2.) You are mine 3.) You are not theirs 4.) The inheritance is yours
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The Tyranny of Exile
Passage: Exodus 5 Big Idea: The dominance of exile highlights our plight, but doesn't hinder God's promise to save 1) The dominance of exile exposes our need 2) The dominance of exile entails our salvation
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Equipped for Mission
Passage: Exodus 4 Big Idea: God equips his servants with all they need to participate in his saving work. 1) Equipped with power 2) Equipped with partnership 3) Equipped with pardon
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God Introduces Himself
Passage: Exodus 3 Big Idea: God reveals his Person and his purpose when he draws near to save. 1) Behold the God of consecration and covenant 2) Behold the God who sees and saves 3) Behold the God who is and is with us
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The Redeemer We Require
Passage: Exodus 2 Big Idea: The God who Sees sends a Redeemer who joins us in exile to bring justice and goes before us in experiencing salvation. 1) God's Redeemer Incarnates 2) God's Redeemer Liberates 3) God's Redeemer Demonstrates
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Buoyant Blessing in Exile
Passage: Exodus 1 Big Idea: Yahweh's self-revealing redemption begins with promised blessing that perseveres in domination and death 1) Situating the Story of Redemption 2) Starting with the Buoyancy of Blessing
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The Resurrection of Hope
Passage: Luke 24:1-35 Jesus' resurrection means: 1) Hope is real 2) Hope is recovered 3) Hope is resolved
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The Pastoral Community
Passage: James 5:13-20 Big Idea: As we experience the power of prayer in every season and offer protection from deception, we wait and walk together on our way home. 1) Pray in gladness and gloom 2) Pray and confess with confidence in power 3) Pursue those deviating in deception
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Patience in Pain
Passage: James 5:7-13 Big Idea: Find flourishing in suffering by being patient in pain until the coming of Christ. 1) Fix your heart on the harvest 2) Watch your words in weariness 3) Lament and lean on God’s mercy
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Woes to the Wealthy
Title: Woes to the Wealthy Text: James 5:1-6 Big Idea: A worked-out faith turns from the misery of trusting riches and embraces the joy of generosity because of Christ’s generosity. Misery 1: Stockpiled Stuff that Corrodes and Convicts Misery 2: Dishonest Dealings that God Hears of and Hates…
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Humble Living
Passage: James 4:13-17 Big Idea: Plan and pursue lives of humble dependence on providence, rather than presuming on self-sufficiency. 1) The problem of self-presumption 2) The path of humble dependence
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Repenting from Disordered Desires
Passage: James 4:1-12 Big Idea: Our disordered desires wreck our relationships, but humble repentance moves us from ruin to restoration 1) Recognize the root of the wreckage 2) Return with humble allegiance 3) Return with weeping repentance
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Discerning True Wisdom
Passage: James 3:13-18 Big Idea: We must perceive and practice heavenly wisdom marked by meek righteousness that leads to peace. 1) Evaluating claims of wisdom 2) Exposing the source of false wisdom 3) Embodying the peace of true wisdom
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Taming the Tongue
Passage: James 3:1-12 1) The tongue stumbles us 2) The tongue steers us 3) The tongue sets on fire 4) The tongue switches up
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Wholehearted Faith Works
Passage: James 2:14-26 Big Idea: We live in obedience to Jesus because we have a wholehearted faith that demonstrates what it declares 1) The Paradox of Faith and Works 2) The Purpose of Faith and Works 3) The Practice of Faith and Works
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Responding to God's Goodness
Passage: Psalm 116 Big Idea: We respond to God’s gracious deliverance with loving gratitude and dependent devotion 1) Reflecting on God's Gracious Deliverance 2) Responding to God's Gracious Deliverance
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Show No Partiality
Passage: James 2:1-13 Big Idea: We put away partiality because God’s mercy has freed us from judging to love in light of the judgment to come. 1) Partiality puts us in the wrong seat 2) Partiality places us in the wrong story 3) Partiality prevents our liberty to love
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Wholehearted Hearers
Passage: James 1:19-27 Big Idea: We must restrain our mouths and our malice as we receive God’s word as wholehearted hearers 1) Prize worthy words 2) Prize wholehearted hearing 3) Prize real religion
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Perfecting Suffering
Passage: James 1:1-18 Big Idea: In light of the coming kingdom, pursue God’s purpose for affliction with dependent, devoted perseverance. 1) Assessing our trials in context 2) Assessing our temptations up close
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Becoming Welcoming Witnesses
Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 Big Idea: We subdue ourselves to serve as we enter the world of our neighbors to win them to Christ and receive our eternal reward. 1) Relinquish Your Rights 2) Rule Your Desires 3) Remember Your Reward
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The Heart of the Father
Passage: Luke 15:11-32 Big Idea: Encountering the grace of the Father’s welcome rescues us from the emptiness of self-centered living. 1) Running Away in Rebellion 2) Returning Home to the Father 3) Reluctance to Rejoice
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The Advent of Sonship
Passage: John 1:1-18 Big Idea: Because the Word was made flesh, we now know our Father and can live as beloved children. 1) Agnostic as Orphans 2) The Word Reveals the Father 3) Authorized for Adoption
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Re-storied by the Light
Passage: John 1:6-9 Big Idea: Because the light has come and is coming, we’ve been restored to our purpose to work, welcome, and worship as witnesses. 1) The Wrong Story 2) The Right Story 3) Our Restored Purpose
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Waiting on the Word
Passage: John 1:1-5 Big Idea: We suffer in silent spiritual darkness because of sin, but life-giving light has come through Jesus, the Word who is God. 1) The Soreness of God's Silence 2) The Person of God's Speech 3) The Life from God's
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Advent: Hope
Passage: Psalm 130 Big Idea: Though we flounder in this fallen world, hope in the fullness of future redemption because of the forgiveness we’ve already received. 1) Cry out in chaos 2) Remember Christ's forgiveness 3) Hope in God's promises
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Kingdom Life Together
Passage: Colossians 4:7-18 Big Idea: Prize the purpose and people of God as you pursue meaningful maturity in Christ. 1) Prioritize God's Purpose 2) Prioritize God's People 3) Prioritize Faithfulness
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