For the next few weeks I want to talk about the story of a man named Mephibosheth, a man born into royalty, thrust into disability, hidden in fear and shame all the while never knowing that his Father had provided for his redemption before he was even born. Mephibosheth’s story is dramatic, it is filled...
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Acts 9:10-19 “Fear and the Refugee Crisis”
Today I want to take a little bit of a break from our conversations about the Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit and I want to talk to you about one of my biblical heroes and by doing so I hope that I can use his example to address our current cultural climate....
Acts 1:4-5 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit “Baptized”
When John the Baptist, filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother’s womb, came as the forerunner of the Messiah, preaching and baptizing unto repentance he promised that the One who came after him would “baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire”. Today I want to try to tackle the question, “what does...
Luke 7:18-35 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit “When the Spirit Leads Us To Questions”
It would not be a true account of John the Baptist’s life if we did not take the time to talk about his last interaction with Jesus. Last week we saw John as the great baptizer, “the voice calling in the wilderness: ‘make straight the way of the LORD”, filled with the Holy Spirit from...
John 3:27-30 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit: “Filled for Friendship”
Over the past few weeks we have been talking about the first family in the New Testament that was filled with the Holy Spirit: John the Baptist and his mother and father, Elizabeth and Zacharias. What we have seen is that since the Holy Spirit is a person He desires to live in relationship with...
Luke 1:67-80 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit “Faithfulness in the Midst of Barren Places”
Last week we began talking about the first people filled with the Holy Spirit. Usually, when we want to see the first outpouring or the first infilling of the Holy Spirit we turn right to Acts 2 and read about the Day of Pentecost and when the Holy Spirit descended upon the 120 people gathered...
Luke 1:39-45 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit “The First Family Filled”
We have been talking about the Holy Spirit for months now. We have seen His person, that the Holy Spirit is God, that He is “another helper”, exactly like Jesus in every way; that His purpose is to glorify Jesus, to listen to Jesus’ voice, to remind us of Jesus’ words, to convict the world...
A Recap From the Philippines: “Always”
This past Sunday Abie shared about his recent trip to General Santos, Philippines. While there Abie taught for a week at The Church Planter’s Institute on the topic of the Father heart of God. This message is a few of the details of Abie’s trip, some stories from his students and some things he learned...
God’s Faithfulness
Last week Melissa Kulynych shared about God’s faithfulness. Below is an introduction to her sermon. We often focus on the circumstances around us and become consumed by what is going on in our lives. We frequently overlook all of the times that we have seen and experienced God doing what He has promised day after...
Revelation 5:1-10 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit: “Redemption for Men”
If we are honest we have to admit that we have a tendency to look more at the external than the eternal. We like evidence that we can see, touch, count and display; we are often suspect of anything that we can’t readily and easily measure. In II Corinthians 4:18 the Apostle Paul told us...