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Thanksgiving Rest

God created us with a need for rest, which the curse and our culture have magnified, and we should use Thanksgiving as a chance to receive God’s gift of rest.

Genesis 1:31-2:3

November 24, 2024

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Transformed by Trinity

Trinity makes salvation possible and Trinity makes salvation sweet. Only with a God of Trinity can we be freely welcomed in together as brothers and sisters to share the joy of God and cry together, “Abba Father!”

Genesis 1:1-3; John 1:1-3

April 28, 2024

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Freedom: Embracing Feasting and Fasting

True freedom is found in a proper relationship with food, neither despising nor idolizing it, but rather rejoicing in it as God’s good gift which points to our ultimate need for God Himself.

Genesis 1:29-30; Genesis 2:15-17

March 12, 2021

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Embracing the Limits of Body and Soul

True freedom is found in recognizing humanity as including both body and soul, and embracing the inherent identity and limits of both.

Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 2:7

February 28, 2021

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The Key to Human Freedom

The key to human freedom is recognizing and embracing our inherent nature as we were created by God, including both the God-given dignity and limits of that nature.

Genesis 1:26-31

February 18, 2021

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The Covenant of Creation – Part 3

God’s covenant of creation calls us to obey Him as our covenant Lord, embracing the limitations He built into us at creation, including receiving and celebrating the gift of Sabbath rest.

Genesis 1:26–2:3; Genesis 2:15-17

January 26, 2020

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The Covenant of Creation – Part 2

In creation, God entered into a covenant with humanity as the image of God, calling us to worshipful obedience through proper relationships with creation, other humans, and God Himself.

Genesis 1:26–28; Genesis 2:18–24

January 19, 2020

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The Covenant of Creation – Part 1

In creation, God entered into a covenant with humanity as the image of God, calling us to worshipful obedience through proper relationships with creation, other humans, and God Himself.

Genesis 1:26–2:3; Genesis 2:15–17

January 12, 2020

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Called To Be God’s Instruments In the World

God has called us to be His instruments in this fallen world, allowing Him to work through us to bring blessing in every realm of life and every corner of creation.

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:4-7; 2:15; 3:14-19

September 23, 2012

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Creation, Culture, and the Curse

Humans were created to cultivate culture by ruling and developing God’s creation, but the fall caused significant changes in creation and necessitated redemption.

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-17; 3:14-20

October 3, 2010

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The Spirit of Creation and Redemption

The Spirit was active in both our creation and redemption, and in His ongoing work in our lives He is restoring God’s original intent for creation and our place within it.

Genesis 1:1-2; Deuteronomy 32:9-12

September 14, 2008

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God’s Call for Mankind

As the image of God, mankind is called to form and to fill the world, thus developing creation to display God’s glory.

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:4-7; 2:15

April 1, 2007

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Man: The Image of God

Man, the uniquely physical-spiritual being, is the image of God and crown of creation.

Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7

March 25, 2007

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God’s Creative Work

God created everything that exists — including the heavenly and earthly realm, and the spiritual and physical aspects of the universe.

Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16

March 11, 2007

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The Purposes of Marriage

Marriage must be centered on God, and its true purposes are found in fulfilling our call to display God’s image in all the earth.

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:18-24

January 22, 2006

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Christ – Ruler Over God’s Creation

Christ is the fulfillment of humanity’s call to rule over God’s creation, and He calls His people to exercise that rule in every area of life and creation.

Genesis 1:26-28

September 5, 2004

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Christ – The Image of God

Christ is the fulfillment of humanity’s call to bear the image of God, and He is forming that image in His people.

Genesis 1:26-28

August 29, 2004

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