Embrace – Equip – Apprentice
The third section of the Apostles’ Creed talks about the Holy Spirit. In this sermon, Pastor Ryan focuses on the Holy Spirit working in and through the church.
John 14:23-26 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 14:23-26 (CUVS)
Ephesians 4:3-6 (NLT) ; 以 弗 所 書 4:3-6 (CUVS)
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Do you ever wish you could just say to someone who is asking you to do something, “I don’t have time for this!” Well, maybe you can. The trick is to approach it like Nehemiah did, way back in the time of rebuilding the temple.
Romans 12:6-8 (NLT) ; 羅 馬 書 12:6-8 (CUVS)
Nehemiah 6:1-9 (NLT) ; 尼 希 米 記 6:1-9 (CUVS)
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The prophet Jeremiah asked, “Why have the people replaced God with false gods?” Pastor Ryan explores the concept of worshiping God (obeying, following, etc.) for what He has done, not for what we hope for or want Him to do for us.
Hebrews 13:5-9 (NLT) ; 希 伯 來 書 13:5-9 (CUVS)
Jeremiah 2:4-13 (NLT) ; 耶 利 米 書 2:4-13 (CUVS)
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Have you ever been to a church where you felt like you just didn’t belong? So did the Israelites at Mount Sinai. But now God meets us in a new way.
Revelation 21:22-27 (NLT) ; 啟 示 錄 21:22-27 (CUVS)
Hebrews 12:18-29 (NLT) ; 希 伯 來 書 12:18-29 (CUVS)
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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Prepared to Enter” explores how we should prepare ourselves for worship. What kind of character do we need to have if we want to “dwell in the house of the Lord”, or remain in the presence of the Holy One?
Colossians 1:21-23 (NLT) ; 歌 羅 西 書 1:21-23 (CUVS)
Psalm 15 (NLT) ; 詩 篇 15 (CUVS)
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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “The Dwelling Place of God” talks about our desire and need to experience the closeness of God’s presence in our worship, and how that was different in Old Testament times and now.
Hebrews 10:19-25 (NLT) ; 希 伯 來 書 10:19-25 (CUVS)
Psalm 84 (NLT) ; 詩 篇 84 (CUVS)
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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “What if Ascension Never Happened?” imagines what the Christian church would look like if Jesus decided to stay on Earth after his ascension rather than returning to his Father in heaven. Why was his leaving actually a good thing, and what did it accomplish for us?
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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Love Begins at Home” teaches that loving one another, within the family of God, is the first thing that must happen before anything beyond that can be fully and truly realized. Also, since our love for others comes from our love for and in Christ, we must fill ourselves with God’s love above all.
John 13:31-35 (NLT) / 約 翰 福 音 13:31-35 (CUVS)
1 John 4:15-21 (NLT) / 約 翰 一 書 4:15-21 (CUVS)
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The CBWC Heartland “Theology of the Ordinary” podcasts include a series by Ed Neufeld called “Not Improving On Our Instructions“. It deals with this topic of loving each other as Jesus’s primary instruction to the church.
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Pastor Ryan’s sermon series “The Flawed Yet Faithful” looks at a few of the people on the list of the “faithful” in chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews. Sometimes this list is called “The Heroes of the Faith”. Each of them was flawed but used by God in mighty ways. What can we learn from them so that God can also use us in spite of our flaws?
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