Journey to the Cross: Genesis

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This sermon is the first in the Journey to the Cross series that will take us through to Good Friday. The long time evangelist, Rev. Billy Graham, passed away this week, and if there was one thing that Rev. Graham's life was all about, it was pointing people to the cross and bringing the cross in view of those who had not yet experienced it's power. In this teaching, we look at the foreshadowing of the crucifixion that begins all the way back in Genesis and are called to ask ourselves if we are living our lives in view of the cross. 

Journey to the Cross: Genesis
Josh Pavel

The Wisdom of God: Jesus

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The last in this Wisdom of God series, this sermon looks at the wisdom that is found and demonstrated in the life and teachings of Jesus himself. This sermon came the Sunday following the tragic shooting at a high school in Florida, and thus Pastor Josh spends some time reflecting on how the wisdom we find in Jesus impacts the broken and hurting world we find ourselves in, specifically in such horrific events as this. 

The Wisdom of God: Jesus
Josh Pavel

The Tragedy of Wisdom

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Having wisdom does not guarantee obedience, blessing, or God's favor. Solomon was given wisdom, discernment and wealth but in the end found it all to be meaningless when his heart turned away from the Lord and he stopped following God's ways. Late in his life, he looks back and realizes that his best chance for a happy and fulfilled life was to follow God's commands. The tragedy of Solomon is the tragedy of what could have been. But his writings give us direction to avoid the same folly. 

The Tragedy of Wisdom
Josh Pavel

The Wisdom of God - Ecclesiastes

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The lesson of Ecclesiastes is not that we should be depressed all the time because everything is meaningless, the lesson is that God has provided a way that we can enjoy life by putting things in their proper perspective. We must make the right choices and value the right things. King Solomon had spent time, money and energy on all the wrong things that do not satisfy and he writes to offer wisdom to avoid his error. 

The Wisdom of God - Ecclesiastes
Josh Pavel

The Wisdom of God in the Book of Job

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The wisdom of Job is the mystery of suffering in light of the sovereignty of God. God is sovereign over both the trouble and the blessings. If you've ever judged yourself and thought that you were experiencing trouble because you failed, if you've ever given counsel to someone in error like Job's friends did, or if you've received counsel that was errant and that left you dismayed and wondering where to turn, then we hope this lesson from Job's life will help you heal, forgive, and see your circumstances in light of God's sovereignty. 

The Wisdom of Job
Josh Pavel

The Wisdom of God - Intro

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Proverbs 9:10 says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Wisdom is more than just knowledge - it is the application of knowledge combined with obedience to God. Wisdom must by sought and cultivated not in the times of crisis and distress but in the day to day of life so that when we encounter the unexpected and difficult times, wisdom is at the ready. But we must start from a place of revering and respecting the Lord, or we will learn the wrong lessons and grow in fear or cynicism instead of wisdom. 

The Wisdom of God
Josh Pavel

The Magi: Seeking The God That Is Seeking Us

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What does it mean to be a seeker? It means that you are relentlessly looking for something. The Bible directs us to "seek the Lord while He can be found". The journey of the Magi to find the newborn King gives us an amazing illustration of persisting in our pursuit of Jesus and the surprising ways that He unexpectedly reveals Himself. 

The Magi: Seeking The God That Is Seeking Us
Josh Pavel

Advent Week 1: The Prophets

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In the first week of Advent, we celebrate hope, and specifically the hope that we've been given through prophecy and the prophets. Jesus himself fulfilled hundreds of prophecies about the Messiah. John the Baptist is the prophet of Advent who came to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, we prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus as the prophets have by embracing a message of hope and being confident in what the Lord has said He will do.

Advent Week 1: The Prophets
Josh Pavel

Malleable: Humility

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Continuing in the "Malleable" series, Pastor Josh Pavel teaches on humility and how it is essential to being formed and shaped in the image of Jesus. After digging into scripture to discover the meaning of what it is to be humble and what that looks like, this teaching is wrapped up with a very practical list of things we can begin to do right now to grow in humility.

Malleable: Humility
Josh Pavel
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