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The Throne Room and the Scroll

Revelation 4-5
In this text, we are presented with a glorious, awe-inspiring, and central vision of the very throne room of God. By implication, we are also confronted with a heart-rending problem, as we see the contrast between how it is in heaven, vs. how it is on earth. Yet the text does not leave us there, but displays the glorious answer, central to history, of how the Lord brings about every last one of His purposes, in the answer that informs the whole book of Revelation, and is meant to drive us again and again to awestruck adoration and worship.

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Were You There?

Isaiah 52:13-53:12, et al.
The old song asks, were you there when they crucified the Lord? While this question serves as a powerful, evocative call to consider the facts of the crucifixion, it serves moreover to call us to consider the question in deeper ways. Looking into the matter, we see that the answer is “yes”, in at least one deeply foundational way for us all, and for some, two yet more powerful, glorious, and humbling ways.

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Transformation by the Spirit of God

Acts 2
On Easter morning, we remember Christ risen from the dead. As we celebrate his victory over the grave, we must also stop and answer the question, “What does that mean for the church?” In Acts 2, God provides the answer: total transformation of both the church and the city in which they lived.

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When Revival Comes

Acts 2
Special guest Dr. Donald Whitney shares what happens when revival comes. When we see what the early church experienced through the Holy Spirit’s incredible power and presence at Pentecost, we are reminded that God can and has shown his power through revival throughout the generations. As we see what God did then, so we should long for and pray for God to do it again in our generation.

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Gospel Change

Various Texts
For different reasons, we don’t like change. But there is a change that is good. It comes about as God works upon our souls to transform us into the likeness of his Son. As he does this in one life after another, the church as a whole will be transformed. That’s because the church isn’t an institution; it’s the people of God. For example, not only will I have a distaste for pride in my own life, but also I’ll begin to humbly serve others in the church. As God transforms one, two, or three of the people in a church, then the whole church begins to change. God works this transformation within the Body by his Spirit through his Word.

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God’s Glory

1 Timothy 1:12-17
Paul said that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” We are all sinners and He came into the world to save us, we have done nothing that he won’t forgive us for, all we have to do is ask, then He will receive the glory for saving us. In all things that we do, God should receive the glory.

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