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Jesus' ministry is initiated with John's baptism.

Four hundred years between the Old and New Testaments pass with little unfolding in God's upper story. There is still much happening in the lower story, but the Jews have to be patient and wait for God. Waiting is hard...but sometimes our wait is just as God planned it!

We talked about rebuilding the temple and this week will be about not only rebuiling the walls around the city, but of the rebuilding process of the people themselves. Everything in the Old Testament is leading to something bigger: a coming Messiah.

Have you ever stopped to think about how you arrrived where you are today? Or, looking back at the decisions that led you to this point in your life? If you have stopped to reflect on your life that way, the story of Esther will resonate with you.

What is your priority? The Israelites lost their priority through the years and God used other nations to help them find it again. WE are God's priority and He sent His son to die for us because He loves us. Shouldn't we make God our priority?

In God's story everything that happened points to God's desire to be with us, even the destruction of Jerusalem and the fall of the kingdom. So often, we forget that God is right here. Don't get so focused on what is in front of you that you lose sight of God.

This is the begining of the end for the nation of Israel. Their desire for sin and their lack of desire for God led them to this point.

After the Kingdom was torn in two, God's messengers did their best to intervene. But the people continually chose to chase after false gods.

Questions submitted by the congregation are answered. Questions include: How do Christians show the love of Jesus to homosexuals? and Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?

Aaron Moffo encourages us to return to the wonder of Christmas.

After Solomon, the kingdom of Israel was divided by kings who left a terrible legacy for the people of God.

Solomon had it all. Unfoturnately, he also had a great fall.

Looks can be deceiving; God isn't impressed by outward appearance. His desire is to be with us. God chose David to lead Israel because David was a man after God's own heart. This is the kind of king God wanted. Not one that looked the part, one who desired what God desired.

Where there is no leadership chaos ensues. Society has come to live by the motto, "Do what is right in your own eyes." That's what was happening in Israel. It was chaotic, they wanted to be like everyone else, they wanted a king. It started with...

Many people consider the book of Ruth as the most beautiful short story ever written. Ruth is an outsider in the land of Judah, just as our sin makes us outsiders. But God, in His great love for us, sent Jesus to invite us to be insiders. Hear how in this lesson.

Chapter 8 of "The Story" is about God's desire to be with us; it is also about Judges. In this story, you feel like you are on a roller coaster: up and down, good and bad, follow God and go on your own... Are you in this cycle? Are you doing whatever you see fit to do or are you trusting God?

Facing their fears the Israelites prepare to go into the Promised Land.

How many like travel? The Israelites traveled but not the journey they expected. Because of their sins, God took them on a journey to the Promised Land that would help them grow in Him. Their journey ended as will ours, and then there is the Promised Land.

People desire to be free from restrictions but God established laws for the Hebrew people. But why?

Discussing the tremendous weight of delivering the Hebrew people out of slavery.

The main purpose of "The Story" is God's desire to be with us. He loves us and wants to be at one with us but we keep messing that up. The Bible is God's unfolding plan to be with us. His Upper Story connecting with our Lower Story. The story of Joseph is one such story.

Sometimes it's hard to keep yourself from being the main character.

Understanding the main point of The Story: God desires to be with us!

What will you do when everything around you is calling you to go against what you believe?

God has made each of us to make an impact in our world for His Kingdom; that can be a scary thing. But we are called to face our fears as it relates to being the person God called us to be by trusting in Him.

Have you ever faced the impossible? Have you ever thought that there was something staring you in the face that there is no way you can overcome it? Sometimes we think things are impossible only to find out they're not.

This "Courageous" series is all about facing the Lions in your life. Those things that would battle against you and keep you from being who God has called you to be. This is all about having courage when you feel like you can't; when you can't go any further, do any more or stand any longer.

Peter tells us that something bigger than all of us and all the sin and all of our problems in going to happen. And, this is good news for all of us! Jesus. Is. Coming.

In the Be on Guard series, Peter is saying "Watch out" to those Christians in the 1st century and he is telilng us that today as well. But watch out for what? What is it that we must "watch out" for? What must we "Be on Guard"?