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Jesus: The Suffering Servant of God Dec 14, 2003

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In this message, Rich deals with a passage from the gospel according to Mark. In this passage, Jesus challenges the disciples to recognize who he really is. Through this, Rich introduces the idea of the Incarnation by asking, "Why did Jesus have...

Jesus: The Fulfillment of the Jewish Hope Dec 07, 2003

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Rich begins an advent series where we look at three different pictures of Jesus that we find in the gospels. He begins with Matthew's story of Jesus as the fulfillment of the Jewish hope...the messiah. Rich tells his own story of growing up...

The Reluctant Leader (Audio) Nov 23, 2003

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Many of us struggle with the call of leadership that God has placed on our lives. But at some point or other, every single human being faces a choice of continuing to step out with God, or to hang back in reluctance and fear. God calls us into...

Hospitality: The Neglected Key to Christian Community (Audio) Nov 09, 2003

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Hospitality is usually a measure of how well you can entertain others, like Martha Stewart, but this is not what God has created hospitality to be. In this message we learn why hospitality is historically and culturally important. Rich then teaches...

Four Things You Probably Won't Get Directly from God (Audio) Nov 02, 2003

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We often think that God can fill all our needs, and He does, but sometimes he uses community. The number 1 reason Christians fall away or stay stagnant is individualism. In a world immersed in individualism, God uses a radically different means to...

Why Church is Good for Us (And Good for the World) (Audio) Oct 26, 2003

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Starting with the book by Robert Putnam titled, Bowling Alone, Rich talks about how community has become less and less important to our culture. Back in the 1960's nearly 8% of American men and 5% of American women belonged to a bowling league...

Building a Missional Community in a World of Despair (Audio) Oct 12, 2003

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Rich continues his series by addressing Christian missions. Missions need to be evaluated in light of two worldviews, religious fanaticism on the one hand, and religious pluralism on the other. Rich answers questions in this sermon such as: What are...

Building a Community of Refuge in a World of Despair (Audio) Oct 05, 2003

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The world around us is full of despair. Many Christians have pulled out of society and closed themselves away from the rest of the world in order to protect themselves. Jesus does not pray that we would be taken out of the world, but protected from...

Building a Community of Life in a World of Despair (Audio) Sep 28, 2003

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People often move to a city based on the quality of life. The quality of life is a concern of Jesus as he prays for his church. He prays that we would become a community with such an attractive quality of life that people in the world are drawn in and...

Building a Community of Prayer in a World of Despair (Audio) Sep 21, 2003

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In John 17, we have the longest recorded prayer of Jesus. The world is in a desperate place today with the culture quickly spiraling downward. Jesus' prayer points to the beginning point in thinking of God: as a father. In this message, Rich...

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