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Six Sins Of Suburbia: Consumerism Nov 27, 2022

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In this message, pastor Bogdan concludes the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. God’s people were disobedient to God’s purposes in order to fulfill their own desires. How often do we neglect the things of God in the pursuit of more for ourselves? God has always called his people to live counterculturally when culture is in opposition to his purposes. Like the people of Haggai’s time, we are faced with choices as to whether we put our resources toward his purposes or our own.
Even if you don’t get everything you’ve ever wanted in life (and you won’t), you get God and that is enough. The believer should prioritize generosity over fulfilling their every material desire.

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Christmas 2022: The Fulfillment Of Old Testament Prophecy Nov 27, 2022

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In this message, John Stanley begins the Christmas Sermon Series Season by preaching on the fact that Christmas Fulfills Old Testament Prophecy. In the gospel of Matthew, several Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled in our Christmas story! This wonderful evidence of supernatural intervention, by God, is a boost to our faith.

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If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Six Sins Of Suburbia: Convenience Nov 20, 2022

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In this message, pastor Bogdan continues the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. Choosing the path of life means we must be willing to relinquish the default to convenience. Jesus calls his disciples to action, even when the journey is hard. In this text, Jesus describes Two Gates, Two Ways, Two Groups, and Two Destinations. As you listen to this message, think about the following: Are you taking the narrow gate or the wide gate?
Are you taking the natural path or the narrow path? Are you with a group where there are many or few? Where will your final destination be? What is it that makes you so sure of the answers you gave? Will you be among the few or the many? Let Jesus direct you along the narrow way that leads to eternal life!

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Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Six Sins Of Suburbia: Comparison Nov 13, 2022

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In this message, pastor Bogdan continues the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. Comparison is the enemy of contentment. Jesus sets up the story with two well-known types of people: a religious insider and a religious outsider. We don’t have the details of who this parable is focused on. This is important since our tendency is often to fill in gaps such as these and to do so in ways that ensure others, not us, are indicted by Jesus’ words.
When we become too focused on everyone else, we lose the ability to clearly see ourselves, our needs, and our potential. Our righteousness comes from God, not from thinking we are better than someone else. You don’t have to try to justify yourself because Jesus already did that for you. What type of dispositions or commitments exist currently in your heart that generate practices, perceptions, and attitudes that are set in opposition to the Kingdom of God? Make a conscious decision today to surrender to God all of your self-justification efforts and rest in His finished work for you.

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Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Six Sins Of Suburbia: Complacency Nov 06, 2022

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In this message, pastor Bogdan continues the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. Complacency is a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, or condition. Complacency has a way of leading us to neglect what is important in favor of serving ourselves. We neglect our relationship with God and our God-given responsibility to others. We inadvertently become blind to the people and places God desires us to minister to with his gospel of love. The intentional and daily practice of lamenting over the state of your spiritual condition, namely the sins you’ve committed but also the grace of Christ that you have been offered, is the antidote to complacency.

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Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Six Sins Of Suburbia: Control Oct 30, 2022

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Last week we talked about the Suburban Sin of Comfort. This week we will be talking about the Sin of Control which is closely related. A big idea of the Bible is to expose the fact that we are not in fact in control but rather are controlled. So the question is what are you controlled by?

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Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Six Sins Of Suburbia: Comfort Oct 23, 2022

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This brand new, six-week sermon series will examine the six deadly sins of Suburbia by looking at six common temptations facing the modern Western Christian. Temptations like comfort, convenience, control, complacency, comparison, consumerism, and conceit knock on our door daily. What will we choose: the way of Christ or the way of self?

In this first sermon in this new sermon series, Pastor Bogdan talks about the sin of comfort. Will you choose the way of comfort or the way of Christ? Avoid growing too comfortable in your faith. Instead, make choices and ask questions that challenge your status quo. Where is it in your life that you have become too comfortable, at the expense of neglecting the high call of discipleship that Christ demands? Suffering always precedes glory. There must be a crucifixion before there can be a resurrection. Discipleship is doing what is right, no matter how uncomfortable, and no matter how great the dangers are.

Follow Pastor Kipko on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kipko

Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Ordination Sunday Oct 16, 2022

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In this message, Pastor Victor Chayasirisobhon, 1st Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention, President of the California Southern Baptist Convention, Director of Missions of the Orange County Southern Baptist Association, and Pastor at First Southern Baptist Church of Anaheim, joins Forward Church for our Ordination Sunday.
He shared an encouraging message from Joshua 1 that inspired and motivated the church to "arise," and "be courageous," for the task at hand, namely to continue helping people find hope in Jesus.

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Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

Baptism Sunday Oct 09, 2022

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To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

It's Time To Grow Up Oct 02, 2022

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In this message, pastor Bogdan delivers the final message in the series entitled: What Is The Church? It's time to grow up. It really is. The Bible teaches us that as we grow up, we are no longer children. What do children do? They are tossed to and fro. What do adults do? They remain stable, not being tossed to and fro. As it is normal for a child to develop in all areas of life, so too the child of God must not only grow but grow up in the Lord.

As believers, we are to leave the former infant lifestyle with constant fits and starts and we must mature into Christ who is the head. By submitting to the Lord and to leaders in the local church, we grow up spiritually and are then able to help others do the same. The Bible calls us to be childlike in our faith but to leave our childish ways behind and continue growing in the Lord.

Follow Pastor Kipko on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kipko

Watch all sermons from Forward Church on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kipko
To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: admin@forward.fm

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!