August 01 - Sermon

From June 27th Sunday Service, Pastor John teaches from 1 John.

On Billy and Dragons, Orthodoxy & Orthopraxy

So what is the church? What is she supposed to do? Instead of Discernment Sunday, today was "Teaching Sunday." We learned the church is the family of God, the Temple of the Holy Spirit and the Body of Christ (Colossians 1:15-20; Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Corinthians 12:17; John 3:16; Acts 1:8).

Teaching Sunday

POWER SUITS! SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! DISCERNMENT SUNDAY! ALL THAT AND MORE INCLUDED IN OUR FIRST SERMON ON HER - A SERIES ON THE CHURCH. THE INVITATION IS TO BE, BELONG, BECOME AND THEN DO IN 2020. AND ALONG THE WAY WE WILL WORK TO DISCERN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR DAILY LIVES TOGETHER (EPHESIANS 1:22-23; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27; ECCLESIASTES 3:1; ACTS 1:1; 15:28)

Discernment Sunday

THIS WEEK WE FINISHED UP OUR LET US SERIES IN HEBREWS 10. PASTOR JOHN REMINDED US THAT WE ARE DESIGNED TO WALK WITH GOD AND OTHERS. AND AS WE WALK TOGETHER, WE PERSEVERE TOGETHER (HEBREWS 10:19-25; PHILIPPIANS  2:1-3).

LET US CONSIDER

HAPPY 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, NORMANDY! THIS WEEK WE HAD DR. STEVEN GOVENDER PREACH AND SHARE SOME OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE LIFE OD A CHURCH AND GIVE HOPE FOR WHAT IS TO COME HERE AT NORMANDY.

NORMANDY'S 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

THIS WEEK WE LOOKED AT THE WHY BEHIND OUR SERMON SERIES ON “LET US”. OFTEN TIMES WE LOOK TO THE CHURCH TO BE OUR SOURCE OF LIFE. HOWEVER, FOR THE BELIEVER, CHRIST IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF OUR LIGHT. THEREFORE, LET US…(EPHESIANS 5:25-33; ACTS 5:12-17; HEBREWS 10:19-25).

FIRST THINGS PT. II

THIS WEEK WE ARE REMINDED THAT PART OF THE REASONS WHY CHRIST MADE A WAY FOR US WAS IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT LIVE OUT THE “FIRST THINGS” - LOVING GOD AND OTHERS              (HEBREWS 10:19-21).

FIRST THINGS

ONE OF THE SURPRISING GIFTS ADVENT BRINGS TO US IS THAT OF EACH OTHER. DURING ADVENT WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO LIVE INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE TOGETHER (LUKE 2:15-18; HEBREWS 10:19-35).

THE GIFT OF EACH OTHER

THIS WEEK, MARK HEGER CONTINUED OUR ADVENT SERIES WITH THE GIFT OF INCARNATION. TAPPING INTO HIS “INNER NERD”, MARK EXPLAINS HOW THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS MIGHT NOT BE AS UNUSUAL OF AN OCCURRENCE AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT. OUR RESPONSE TO THE GIFT OF INCARNATION SHOULD BE MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CELEBRATION OF JESUS’ BIRTH, BUT RATHER, CELEBRATING HIS ENTIRE LIFE!

THE BODY, THE BLOOD, AND THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

ADVENT MEANS “APPEARING” OR “COMING”. IT IS A TIME FOR BELIEVERS TO LIVE INTO GOD’S STORY AND IT OFTEN CATCHES US BY SURPRISE (MUCH LIKE IT DID WITH MARY AND THE SHEPHERDS!). THIS WEEK WE LOOK AT THE GIFT OF FULFILLMENT. THROUGH CHRIST’S BIRTH, GOD FULFILLED SEVERAL PROMISES WHICH GIVES US THE HOPE THAT HE WILL DO THE SAME FOR US (LUKE 1:26-38).

THE GIFT OF FULFILLMENT

THIS WEEK WE FINISH THE STORY OF LAZARUS. WE LEARNED THAT JESUS’ RESURRECTION LIFE IS MEANT TO BE LIVED RIGHT NOW IN OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES. WE LIVE THE RESURRECTION LIFE BY FOLLOWING JESUS, BELIEVING IN HIM AND OBEYING HIS COMMANDS TOGETHER.

LAZARUS PT. III

WE ARE TWO WEEKS INTO THE STORY OF JESUS AND LAZARUS. THROUGHOUT THE BOOK OF JOHN WE SEE THE CALL OF THE GOSPEL IS TO LIFE AND TO LIVE HIS ETERNAL LIFE. BUT IN THE KINGDOM, WE LIVE BY DYING, AND AT TIMES CHRIST LEADS US TO THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH TO GIVE US “NEW GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING” (JOHN 11:17-37).

LAZARUS PT. II

THIS WEEK WE LOOKED AT ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF JESUS - RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD. WHEN CHRIST DELAYS IN ANSWERING US, IT IS TO GIVE US “NEW GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING.” CHRIST WANTS TO MEET US IN THE MIDST OF OUR DESPAIR AND UNMET EXPECTATIONS (JOHN 11:16, 24-25).

LAZARUS PT. I

THE FIRST RULE OF SHAME IS THAT YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT SHAME. THIS WEEK, WE LOOKED AT WHAT CHRIST DOES WITH SHAME IN THE STORY OF THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY. THE GOOD NEWS IS CHRIST TAKES THE BRUNT OF OUR SHAME IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT BE WITH HIM, LEAVE OUR SHAME AND ENTER INTO OUR IDENTITY AND VOCATION (JOHN 3:16-17; JOHN 8:1-11; ROMANS 8:1-2;                  ROMANS 8:31-34).

THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY

THIS WEEK THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP REMINDED US THAT WE MAKE SENSE OF OUR LIVES IN STORIES. PASTOR JOHN ENCOURAGED US TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR THOUGHTS, BECAUSE UNDERNEATH THOSE THOUGHTS ARE A STORY WE ARE TELLING OURSELVES ABOUT GOD AND OURSELVES. THE STORIES WE TELL DEFINE US. THE GOOD NEWS IS CHRIST’S STORY FOR US IS THAT HE LEAVES THE 99 SHEEP TO FIND THE 1 LOST SHEEP (PSALM 23:1-4; LUKE 15:1-7).

LEAVING THE 99

WHAT WE THINK ABOUT GOD AND THE STORIES WE TELL ABOUT GOD AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO BE WITH GOD. SO WE REMINDED OURSELVES OF WHO GOD IS BY LOOKING AT THE PRODIGAL SON (LUKE 15:1-3 & 11-24).

THE FATHERHEART OF GOD

THIS SUNDAY, MARK HEGER TAUGHT US WHY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS IS SO MUCH MORE INTIMATE THAN WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. USING JOHN 14, WE WITNESS JESUS USING “MARRIAGE PROPOSAL” LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS HIS GREAT LOVE FOR THE DISCIPLES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC, MARK ALSO WROTE A BLOG BACK IN 2015 FOR                        YOUR READING PLEASURE.

The Body, The Blood, and The Bride of Christ

WE FINISHED UP HAGGAI AND LOOKED AT THE COGNITIVE DISSIDENCE THAT OFTEN COMES IN LIFE. WE SEE THE PROMISES OF GOD AND OFTEN TIMES IT DOESN’T LINE UP WITH OUR CURRENT REALITY. YET CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO BE HOPE FILLED. PART OF HOW WE DO THAT IS BY TELLING OURSELVES A DIFFERENT STORY ( HAGGAI 2:20-23; HEBREWS 10:35-39; ROMANS 15:13).

HAGGAI IV

WE HELD A MEETING TO UPDATE OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY ON THE WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON IN OUR CHURCH IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, WHERE WE ARE AT CURRENTLY, AND WHERE WE HOPE TO SEE OUR CHURCH GO.

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