Kenwood Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio

Click to watchVessels of mercy strive for peace and building one another up. We keep a firm grip on the gospel and a loose grip on secondary issues.

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Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptWe encounter the paradox that in light of the mercies of God, we are to present our bodies as a "living sacrifice". We are renewed in body and mind. We are called to use our gifts. We will overcome evil with good.

They discuss the making of Bible-based movies and TV. There is also some discussion about artifacts and The Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. that Jerry is involved with.

Click to watchIn Romans 11, Paul compares the people of God to a loaf of bread and an olive tree. These two pictures help us see the church as one single family. Both Jew and gentile are saved by God's mercy.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThese chapters of Romans reveal the events of Holy Week are meant to be shared. All who receive grace are participate in mission.

Click to watch - Click to view ManuscriptEaster Sunday - Nothing can come between our God and us. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThis Holy Week we will see that it aims to conform us to the image of God's beloved Son. We will see that God has planned to save us through in Christ. Through Christ he calls us, justifies us, glorifies us.

A guided prayer walk with five stops for meditation and prayer hosted by Pastors David Palmer and Scott Burns. Please walk counter-clockwise in the Prayer Garden behind Kenwood Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio or pray from where you are. We hope this 11 minute walk will help focus you on the great sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ on Good Friday and his joyful resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Click to watchWe are set free in order to walk in newness of life. The Holy Spirit confirms our identity as children of God and we are adopted into His family.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThe gospel breaks destructive, sinful habits and realigns our lives toward righteousness.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptJustification by faith has roots back to Abraham.  Through faith in Christ we now move forward to share in God's renewed human family that has a vital purpose in the world.

Click to viewWe will find that the gospel reveals God’s righteousness at the cross of Christ. Here mercy is made known to all the world. God is seen to be righteous and just. At the same time, He is the justifier of all who have faith in Christ. John Stott called the ending of Romans 3 “the most important paragraph ever written in human language.”

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptHypocrisy is the biggest problem non-Christain's have with Christians. How do we handle our hypocrisy? Through the circumcision of our hearts through Jesus Christ. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptWe encounter the New Testament vision that the world i profoundly broken. How did this come about and what can we do about it?

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptWe hear Paul's full presentation of his ministry vision. A message grounded in his experienced reality that faith in Christ forms us into vessels of mercy as a community. We are shaped by grace in order to embrace our responsibility and mission toward the world. The letter ends with a moving portrait of a united worshiping church as the people of God. Romans is Paul’s longest, and for many, his most profound letter. At the same time, it is important to remember that Romans is a missionary support letter, read publicly in just over an hour, and intended to be understood by all.

Click to watch The habits we develop in work and play

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Click to watchPsalm 127 - Discover how to live with God in our relationships and patterns of devotional life. 

Click to watchWhat it means to live with God as our shepherd.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThe Psalms give voice to our habits ofcovenant relationship with God through the ordinary patterns of human life such as waking and sleeping, eating and conversing, working and playing. We will learn together in this series by reading Justin Earley’s insightful book: Habitsof the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms. 

Click to watchGod's salvation is revealed, our redemption has come.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThe fourth Sunday of Advent is the week of Love. We will see that God’s love for the world is revealed in the face of Jesus Christ.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThe third Sunday of Advent is the week of Joy. We will see that joy is found when we meet Jesus Christ.

Click to watchWe will explore the peace that is found when we dedicate ourselves in faith to God’s purpose in our lives.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThis Sunday marks the first Sunday of Advent. Advent means arrived. This is the Sunday of hope as we learn of the anticipation of the prophets in their hope for the Christ.

Click to watch“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah..."

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptJust as the Lord holds us accountable, so he treats the rest of theworld. Just as the Lord receives all who repent, so he restores the nations who turn in repentance. These chapters actually form a very hopeful ending to Jeremiah’s ministry. They confirm that the Lord is righteous in all of his ways. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscript God speaks in human language in Scripture. We see that and we hear it and we encounter it through the life in the prophetic ministry of Jeremiah. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptHe will renew our covenant relationship with him and provide forgiveness for our sins.  The promise of the new covenant is the most important passage in Jeremiah.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptGod's word instructs us to trust him and to interpret our lives within his unfolding plan. 

Click to watchJeremiah's preaching led to his own suffering. Yet, he remained faithful and his word from the Lord proved true.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptJeremiah visits a potter to watch him mold and rework clay. This is a striking image of how God can reshape us.

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptWe hear Jeremiah’s public preaching calling us to walk in God’s ways so that we might live. We encourage you to read Jeremiah chapters 11-17, especially 11:1-13 and prepare your heart for worship.

Click to watchJeremiah's powerful preaching depends upon his hidden life of prayer. It moves from grief to hope, sadness to glory, anger to confidence in God.

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Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThe Lord called Jeremiah as a young man to serve him as a prophet to the nations. His prophetic ministry lasted over forty decisive years. He lived through the most tumultuous time in Israel’s history and yet voices the most moving passages of hope in the Old Testament.

Click to watchFollowing Jesus means experiencing the love of God. Peter came to know that his discipleship journey meant that he was beloved in Christ. “Beloved” is one of our most precious and important Christian words.  

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptFollowing Jesus is patient for his return. Peter heard Jesus’ teaching that the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations and then the end will come. We live in patient expectation that Christ will return in visible glory for all the world to see. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptStay back from false teaching that provokes God’s judgement 

Click to watchPeter’s journey of discipleship brought him to a place of great confidence in God’s Word. He listened to Jesus’ preaching and interpretation of the Scriptures. He came to believe that God’s Word was completely trustworthy, that is was not of human origin but came directly from God. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptFollowing Jesus produces a fruitful life. Peter’s journey of discipleship produced profound changes in his character and conduct. 

Click to watchPeter stresses that leadership should be pursued not by compulsion but by God’s call. Leaders must act not for selfish gain but as eager givers. 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptPeter’s experience led him to the conviction that following Jesus means being self-controlled and sober-minded. We are called to keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.  

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptPeter’s experience over many decades led him to the conviction that we should be “prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and  respect” 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptIn his unswerving dedication to God, Jesus’ suffering defeats evil and becomes the source of salvation for all who believe. Peter experienced these very same dynamics in his own life of following of Jesus. 

Click to viewPeter describes those who come to Christ share the life of Christ. Peter, whom Jesus named the Rock, describes Christ as a chosen and precious stone. In him, we are built into a spiritual house for God and offer our lives in priestly service to our Redeemer and King. 

Click to watchWhat shapes our vision for growth? How do we recognize maturity? Peter likens maturity in faith to becoming obedient children. 

Click to viewPeter, we need the strong encouragement of God’s blessing in our lives. When we know that we are born again to a living hope, we are not easily discouraged. “Fire-tested faithful” 

Click to watch - Click to view manuscriptThis week we will hear God’s Word in a biographical sermon on Peter’s life and calling to follow Jesus. We see a man with boldness and willingness to follow as he leaves his nets or steps out on the waters.