Teaching
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Shipwrecked But Not WreckedPaul suffered a lot of challenges in his missionary journeys. As if being run out of numerous towns, being hated by his fellow Jews, and being put on trial weren’t enough, he also finds himself shipwrecked! But his circumstances do not dictate his attitude. He keeps his eye on the Prize.
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Foolishness to the Greeks; Stumbling Block to the JewsIn our text we are going to see the last extended speech of Paul in the book of Acts. And it is probably no surprise that he is going to testify to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He will explain the significant change that an encounter with Jesus has made on his life . . [...]
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Jesus Has a PlanOnce again, Paul is on trial. He’s been under house arrest for two years and the Jewish leadership jump on the first opportunity to continue their persecution. But Paul does not show bitterness. He speaks boldly of the truth, and maintains his innocence, taking every opportunity to speak of the Way. The result is the [...]
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Character in Crisis1/29/2012 on Acts 23:23-24:27 – Part of the ‘Solid Foundations’ series. Pastor Don takes us through a longer section of Acts today, looking at the character of Paul during the personal challenges of his various trials and house arrest in Rome. Paul is able to say that he has a clear conscience, that He’s only [...]
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Jesus In Our TroublesThe Apostle Paul seemed to have a knack for drawing negative attention. His life was one adventure after another, persecution to persecution, full of beatings, trials and misunderstandings. In today’s text, we see yet another episode where Paul represents Christ before men at some cost to his own well-being and security. And yet again, Jesus [...]
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Hallowed Be Your NameIn Bill’s first sermon as an Elder at ReCAST, he continued his previous series looking at the Lord’s Prayer, focusing especially on what it means to “hallow” or treat as holy God’s name.
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Jesus vs My JesusJesus doesn’t often fit into our molds. Sometimes we’re reading the Gospels and we think, “What? Really?” Like in this week’s passage, Jesus says he came not to bring peace, but a sword. Does that sound like your Jesus? In today’s challenging sermon, Pastor Don walks us through one of the harder sayings of Jesus, [...]
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ReCAST Turns 3
How did we celebrate our third birthday? We celebrated Jesus by shooting a video and interviewing some of the people who have been transformed by this ministry. And trying to catch Don being goofy…which wasn’t hard.