Becoming People of God’s Mission: A Royal Priesthood

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Trevor Ritland: The Golden Toad 34:01

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I think you could probably go back and track the stages of grief, probably that is what I went through. But I think if you do it right, you end up at acceptance. And that's where I ended up. And that's not to say that I've fully accepted the idea that the golden toad is extinct. Personally, I do still hold out hope that it could still be out there in those forests." - Trevor Ritland This conversation is with Trevor Ritland, who—along with his twin brother Kyle—authored The Golden Toad . The book chronicles their remarkable journey into Costa Rica’s cloud forest, once home to hundreds of brilliant golden toads that would emerge for just a few weeks each year—until, one day, they vanished without a trace. What began as a search for a lost species soon became something much more profound: a confrontation with ecological grief, a meditation on hope, and a powerful call to protect the natural world while we still can. Links: SpeciesUnite.com Kyle and Trevor: https://kyleandtrevor.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventureterm/ Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222249677-the-golden-toad Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Toad-Ecological-Mystery-Species/dp/163576996…

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar

The Bible tells us we are a kingdom of priests and a holy people. What does that mean?

Since the Reformation conversation about that has largely focused on the priesthood of all believers, but while that is a thing, it isn’t really what that phrase in Scripture (Exodus 19:6; 1 Pet. 2:9) is about. That phrase envisions a whole community of priests.

Why does God want a priesthood and what does that have to do with His mission? And why does He want a community to do it instead of a bunch of individuals? What does a community require that a collection of individuals doesn’t?

Join us this Sunday in worship as we seek answers to these questions in our continuing series: Becoming People of God’s Mission.

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Becoming People of God’s Mission: A Royal Priesthood

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar

The Bible tells us we are a kingdom of priests and a holy people. What does that mean?

Join us this Sunday in worship as we seek answers to these questions in our continuing series: Becoming People of God’s Mission.

Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240526.pdf

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On Earth as It is in Heaven 52:37

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Over 120 years ago, two brothers who hadn’t graduated from high school were trying to accomplish something without the funding that many other well-known and well-educated people were working to accomplish. A manned, powered, flying machine. And as you know, The two brothers, the Wright brothers, against all odds, were first to accomplish it. Their accomplishment would not have been possible if they hadn’t imagined it, if they hadn’t believed in it, and if they hadn’t continually renewed their commitment to the vision. After each failure. After each setback. This is a good reminder for the church. What God has set out to do in the world will require a similar commitment to the vision of the kingdom of God (life on earth as it is in heaven). We have to imagine it, believe in it, and continually renew our commitment to the vision. After each failure. After each setback. And that vision that we are to imagine is found in the story of Scripture. Join us in worship as we explore the story that unfolds as we look at the mountains of Scripture and their connection to the tabernacle, temple, and Law. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20241110.pdf…

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What is the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit? 52:50

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar “The church is not just a club of Christians who gather to express their praise and worship of God. Rather, the church is a called people, gathered to encounter and be shaped by God into a ‘peculiar people.’” (James K. A. Smith) This term “peculiar people” is often joked about and certainly far too often applies in the way the jokes imply. But what does it mean to be a peculiar people and what makes us such people? I offer that it is the “fellowship of the Holy Spirit” (2 Cor. 13:14). This week we will explore what it means to be a Spirit-formed community from 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 where Paul speaks of “the fellowship (koinonia) of the Spirit.” What is the koinonia of the Spirit? Why is it so transformative? Join us in worship this Sunday as we explore how this koinonia calls forth unity, encouragement, and love from each one of us toward the other in concrete actions and thoughts. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20241103.pdf…

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Guest Message – Pastor Appreciation Sunday 38:26

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Preacher: Aron Osborne

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Finishing the Mission Against All Odds 49:57

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar These last 3 weeks have been wearying for most of us. Houses flooded, roofs damaged, fences down, power out, food lost, waiting for gas for hours if you can find it. And then there’s the help you need and others need. The sense that you aren’t doing enough and can’t do anymore. For the believer, this can pile onto plenty of other things that feel like defeat. Is there any let up? Is there any victory? The last ACT in the book called Acts, which is a quarter of the book, makes our last few weeks (and even long term weariness) seem like a picnic. Paul has so many reasons he could be discouraged and yet he clings to the promise that He will arrive at the destination the Lord Jesus has for him. Join us in worship as we take a break from our series and allow the message of Acts 27-28 speak to our own circumstances and give us hope in the midst of what might otherwise be discouraging circumstances. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20241020.pdf…

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Family Matters 46:56

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Preacher: Ryan Carver Ephesians 4:1-6

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A Spirit-Enabled Community

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar I am a fan of impressionist paintings. Author Malcolm Gladwell explains how the impressionist painters became a movement. It “didn’t begin because one genius took up painting impressionistically and, like the Pied Piper, attracted a trail of followers. Instead, Pissarro and Degas enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts at the same time; then, Pissarro met Monet and, later, Cézanne at the Académie Suisse; Manet met Degas at the Louvre; Monet befriended Renoir at Charles Gleyre’s studio; and Renoir, in turn, met Pissarro and Cézanne; and soon enough everyone was hanging out at the Café Guerbois, trading ideas and egging each other on, and sharing and competing and dreaming, all together, until something radical and entirely new emerged.” (Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia) That may help us grasp how it is that the church is to bring the kingdom of God to manifest itself in communities all across the globe. When we gather, we each bring something to contribute, and in that sharing of our bits and pieces of the whole, encouraging one another, “something radical and entirely new” emerges. That “new” thing is the work of the Spirit, the Kingdom of God. Join us as we continue our series Becoming a Spirit-Formed Community as we examine the role of the Spirit’s empowering with various gifts in the life of the church. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240929.pdf…

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8th Day Living 47:15

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar A lot of the focus in modern discipleship is on the individual. There are exceptions, of course, but rarely is discipleship taught primarily as a community project. It’s a team sport, not like an aerobics class or a zoom class, but like a baseball team or a football team. In an aerobics class, it may serve me to be in a class for I might feel more motivated with the group. With baseball, or football, I simply cannot play it without the rest of the team. The church is like the latter and therefore discipleship (training for godliness or Christlikeness) must primarily be a group activity. “Practice the way you play.” The early church sometimes spoke of gathering on the 8 th day of the week. Of course, the last time I checked, there were only 7. But that is the point. What did that term signify for them? How does it inform the purpose of our gathering? How does our gathering inform the rest of our lives? Join us as we explore some of the symbolic and visual aspects woven into the church’s worship and how they impact the rest of our lives. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240922.pdf…

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Becoming a Spirit-Formed Community – 3 47:40

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Churches are much noisier than libraries, and for good reason. Libraries are filled with words but are absolutely silent. Churches have less words, to be sure, but are much noisier. And they should be. Since the beginning, the Church has held the spoken, sung, and heard Word as an essential part of its liturgy (public worship). A lot has changed since then, but maybe nothing more significant than the invention of the Gutenberg press. The transformation from a speaking and listening culture to a writing and reading culture has dramatically changed things. As Marshall McLuhan quipped, “The medium is the message.” If the medium is the voice, but it changes to a page, it affects the message. Join us in worship as we explore the significance and necessity of speaking and hearing God’s word in community. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240915.pdf…

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Becoming a Spirit-Formed Community – 2 48:31

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar We, the Church (and the church), are a royal priesthood and holy people. To be a priestly people, a holy people, our first obligation is to the God we serve. As a priestly people, our first obligation is our worship of God together. As a holy people, we must keep that worship pure. Worship of the Triune God is the primary difference between the church and any other organization (though there are surely many secondary and tertiary differences). Without this worship, the church would not be the church. To be the church is to be a worshipping community; who we are is defined by worship. God forms His people into His image in worship by His Spirit through the means he has given us. There are 3 things we must consider in examining and exploring our worship: tradition, liturgy, and charismata. Join us as we explore how our worship is central to our becoming a Spirit-formed community. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240908.pdf…

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Spirit-Formed and Truly Loved 44:19

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Preacher: Ryan Carver Text: 1 Cor. 13 Themes: Love vs. individualism and selfishness. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240901.pdf

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Putting the Royal in the Priesthood 56:40

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar All I wanna do is go the distance … so I’ll know I’m not just another bum from the neighborhood. Rocky Is the church of the Lord Jesus “just another bum from the neighborhood”? If we listen to the world we might think so. If we listen to believers at times we might think so. But it’s a lie; a lie which can only be overcome by an amazing truth about the church. Paul’s letter to Ephesians is a masterpiece concerning whom we, the church, are. I use church without the capital “C” because Paul wasn’t speaking about the church as some kind of universal, invisible community, he is speaking about the church that gathers. The one that has to bear with one another, forgive one another, and work hard to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. And what Paul says about the church would be outrageous if it weren’t true. In Ephesians he paints with royal brushstrokes. With seemingly every stroke of his brush, he points out our royal connections and calling. Join us in worship as we continue to explore what it means to be a royal priesthood and holy people in the message titled Putting the Royal in the Priesthood. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240825.pdf…

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Becoming a Merciful Church: Understanding What God Requires 46:40

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Have you ever heard (or even said, like me) “Justice is the act of giving people what they deserve, while mercy is the act of not giving people what they deserve.” There is some truth in those words, but it is not a full, Biblically informed definition of either justice or mercy. Since justice and mercy are at the heart of what God requires of us as human beings (Mic. 6:8), having a more Biblically informed understanding of these is vital. Most of us are very familiar with the notion of justice as what is due to someone, but less familiar with justice as what is due from someone. This Sunday we will continue our series Becoming a Merciful Church as we explore what is at the very heart of God’s call to us as human beings, especially as the new humanity being formed in Christ. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240818.pdf…

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Becoming a Merciful Church: Radical Generosity (2) 47:09

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Nearly anyone who has been the recipient of an inheritance (or should have been) can relate to the man who approached Jesus with the request, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Most people feel either slighted or justified in one way or another in such circumstances. That there are disputes over inheritances is no surprise. Jesus’ response to this man, however, likely surprises most of us. After his terse response that amounts to “What business of mine is this?” He immediately begins talking about greed—evidently both on the part of the brother who stole the inheritance and on the part of the brother who wants things set right . In truth, Jesus is talking about a much greater possession or inheritance which people are squandering in their pursuit of what they feel is right. He shows us all the way to this greater inheritance. And it is not just “going to heaven” when you die. Join us in worship as we continue our series Becoming a Merciful Church: Radical Generosity , exploring Luke 12:13-34. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240811.pdf…

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Becoming a Merciful Church: Radical Generosity 52:43

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar The book of Acts begins with Luke telling us that his first book ( Luke ) was about all that Jesus began to do and teach . The implication is clear: Acts is about what Jesus continued to do and teach through His Spirit empowered church. But what is it, exactly, that they did ? What did Jesus do? What did the early church do? We often focus 95% of our energy on what they taught (I made that statistic up!) The early chapters of Acts demonstrate the importance of what they did. And our text this Sunday, Acts 6:1-7, shows the impact of living out the radical generosity of Christ’s kingdom. Join us in worship as we begin the 3 rd component of our larger series A Royal Priesthood – A Holy People, Becoming a Merciful Church. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240804.pdf…

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Becoming Who God Made You To Be 53:41

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Preacher: Ryan Carver Text: Matthew 7:13-29 Themes: Spiritual formation, Holy Spirit, Community, Abiding with Jesus. Transformation. Following Jesus. Summary: We learn from Jesus in the sermon on the mount how we are to live and we see this played out through the rest of Matthew’s gospel. Jesus reveals and leads us in the way of life, forming a new humanity and we must follow His ways to experience the good life he promises. There is a way to live your life that is countercultural but it leads to life and transformation. What is the bedrock your building your life on? Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240728.pdf…

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Weapons of Resistance 39:52

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Preacher: Doug Hon Text: Acts 2:42-47; Exo. 20:3-6; 1 Pet. 2:8-10

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Becoming People of God’s Mission: Finding Our Common Ground 47:22

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Have you ever been in one of those moments when you wanted to have a spiritual conversation but the only way to bring it up was to awkwardly insert it in an abrupt fashion? Did you want to cringe and hide after that? What if there were a way to have those conversations without all that cringe? What if it left people feeling more loved and cared about? There are no secrets for making everyone receptive to the Gospel. But there are ways we can learn to listen to people and discern where they are already seeking answers for something the Gospel addresses. While there is no magic button for “winning souls” it is a great way to learn how to love our neighbors while representing King Jesus! Join us this Sunday as we gather for worship, exploring “Five Magnetic Points of Intersection” that everyone’s story has with the true story of the whole world. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240714.pdf…

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The King’s Missional Tactics 51:22

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Preacher: Samuel McNair Themes: Evangelism Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240707.pdf

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Becoming People of God’s Mission – In Whom Do You Trust? 54:40

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar We live in a fractured world. What can we offer them? Does the church offer a compelling alternative to what the world offers? If so, how so? If not, what needs to change? As Christians in America in 2024, how we live during this election year might say more about our faith than anything else. That might sound too strong (and maybe it is). However, if followers of Jesus cannot show a compelling alternative to the rancor and venom permeating America’s social conversation why should anyone listen to us? The mission of God doesn’t stop for election years and we don’t get time-off to follow another king. As a community of disciples, we must demonstrate that we have a higher allegiance—an allegiance to a king who achieved His rule through suffering and laying down his life. What does allegiance to this king look like? Join us as we explore the hope that we have and how that is relevant to being people of God’s mission. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240630.pdf…

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Becoming People of God’s Mission – Becoming a Prophetic People 1:01:19

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar To become a people of God’s mission, we must be a prophetic people. To be clear, I do not mean by that a people who prophesy (though that might be a legitimate use of the phrase). I mean a church that first sees clearly (the prophets were known as seers—see-ers ) the idols of our age and rid our own lives of those idols . The hardest idols to root out of our lives are those we have reimagined as Christian. Just as the Israelites in the wilderness made a golden calf and named it Yahweh, declaring it had brought them out of Egypt, so believers through the ages have renamed various idols as God or Christian. We must see these for what they are. The seductive nature of these idols combined with their ability to masquerade as Christian virtue require supernatural discernment. Join us as we explore the idols of our own making as well as the connection between idolatry and mission. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240623.pdf…

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Becoming People of God’s Mission – Redemption to Redemptive Living 52:44

منذ 1 year52:44

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar There is often a grave inconsistency in the lives of those who profess faith in the Lord Jesus. This is not unique to the Christian faith. It was certainly a significant factor in Israel’s community in the Old Testament. People today might call it hypocrisy, which indeed it is. Not hypocrisy in the traditional sense of the word— “professing to be one thing and living as another” —but a deeper hypocrisy. It might be described as “freely receiving an outrageous mercy and not proactively extending it to others.” So far (and I am almost finished), the word “hypocrisy” has not made it into my sermon. It probably won’t. However, we will be speaking about how God’s redemptive acts toward us must inform our lives. Redemption must lead to redemptive living. We will see how this is a pattern both in the Exodus and in the Cross of the Lord Jesus. Join us in worship as we continue discovering how we start becoming people of God’s mission. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240616.pdf…

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Becoming a People of God’s Mission: Mission in the Minutiae 41:11

منذ 1 year41:11

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Preacher: Zach McNabb Text: 1 Cor 10:23-33; Col 3:12-17 Headings: 1. Context Matters 2. Relationships Matter 3. Everything Matters

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Gospel Mercy 54:12

منذ 1 year54:12

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Preacher: Aron Osborne Text: James 1:27 Themes: Gospel Mercy as an essential of Being a People of God’s Mission

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Becoming People of God’s Mission: A Royal Priesthood 49:34

منذ 1 year49:34

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar The Bible tells us we are a kingdom of priests and a holy people. What does that mean? Since the Reformation conversation about that has largely focused on the priesthood of all believers, but while that is a thing, it isn’t really what that phrase in Scripture (Exodus 19:6; 1 Pet. 2:9) is about. That phrase envisions a whole community of priests. Why does God want a priesthood and what does that have to do with His mission? And why does He want a community to do it instead of a bunch of individuals? What does a community require that a collection of individuals doesn’t? Join us this Sunday in worship as we seek answers to these questions in our continuing series: Becoming People of God’s Mission. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240526.pdf…

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Becoming People of God’s Mission: The Spirit’s Necessity 45:27

منذ 1 year45:27

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday which is sadly one of the more neglected days on the church calendar. For some “Pentecost” is merely a reference to one particular strain of Christians that emphasize emotionalism (as described pejoratively by their detractors). It can bring to mind debates about supernatural gifts of the Spirit. But Pentecost is so much bigger than this. To grasp the significance of Pentecost we will explore the events of Acts 2 this Sunday setting out to answer 3 things. First, what was Pentecost before it was Pentecost ? (I.e. what was Jewish Pentecost in the 1 st century, before it became known as the Christian event on the church calendar?) Second, how does Pentecost help us understand Paul? And finally, how did Pentecost change everything? Join us in worship as we celebrate this momentous day in the history of God’s people. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240519.pdf…

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God’s Original and Restorative Mission of Life 43:46

منذ 1 year43:46

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Preacher: Pete Mishler Themes: Life and abortion Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240512.pdf

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Out of the Nations, For the Nations

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Do you know that Abraham had a great commission? He succeeded in accomplishing his part in it too. Abraham’s great commission has everything to do with why Jesus died on the cross. If our God is the one true God of all the world, then why did God single out Abraham and his descendants for a covenant? How would that lead to world-wide salvation? Is there a connection between Abraham’s election, his ethical living, and the mission to reach the world? Join us as we continue our series, “Becoming People of God’s Mission.” We will be exploring Abraham’s great commission and how it informs our own great commission. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240505.pdf…

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Becoming People of God’s Mission – What is God’s Mission? 48:34

منذ 1 year48:34

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar As a pastor, it’s not uncommon to be asked the question, “What is the church’s mission?” It’s a fair question but I am not sure if it is the right question. At least, I don’t think it is the right question for the church to be asking itself. The right question for the church to ask itself is, “What is God’s mission?” Once we find out what that is, we certainly ought to do everything we can by His grace to join right in. In fact, Genesis 1–2 tell us that we were made to be God’s representatives in His mission in the world. What is God’s original mission? What is God’s redemptive and restorative mission? How do the two relate? What is our role in them? Join us this Sunday as we begin a new series “Becoming People of God’s Mission” and explore the answers to those questions right from the start. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240428.pdf…

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Lord, teach us to pray! 40:07

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar What does it mean to be a praying church? How do we become one? What would a praying church pray for? We’ve spent 4 weeks focused on Becoming a Praying Church as an essential part of what it means to fulfill our calling as a royal priesthood and holy people. This Sunday we will explore what has been given to us as an essential tool for formation into a church becoming a praying church. Join us this Sunday as we explore 3 key ways the Lord’s Prayer shapes us into a people that are becoming a praying church that knows what it ought to be praying for. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240421.pdf…

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A Promise For Your Purpose 50:27

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Preacher: Ryan Carver Themes: God’s people are blessed. What does this mean and look like? We are to bless others. What does this mean and look like? The blessing of God as He involves us in His mission as we bless others we too are blessed. What does this look like over history and for us now? Texts: Gal 3:8-9. Gen 1:22, Gen 12:1-3, Ex 19:5-6, Acts 1:8…

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Becoming a Praying Church: Becoming an Interceding Church 50:04

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar The church is called to be a royal priesthood and holy people. Core to that calling is our calling to pray for one another, for the world, and for our enemies. In a word, intercession. This week, in our series Becoming a Praying Church , we are exploring intercession. We will look at what it is and why it is needed, we will see how Israel failed in her calling but also see excellent examples in our rich heritage of intercessors in both the Old and New Testaments. Finally, we will consider the church’s calling to intercede on behalf of the world. Join us in worship this Sunday as we explore what it means to be an interceding people, making all kinds of requests to God on behalf of all people (1 Tim. 2:1-6a). Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240407.pdf…

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Easter 2024: The Day the New Creation Began 45:49

منذ 1 year45:49

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar What is the meaning of the Resurrection? Each of the Gospel writers shares details that make us curious. It is not uncommon for people to talk about how the Resurrection means we will not die but go to heaven. However, it is interesting that none of the Gospel writers, seem to draw that meaning when the events happened. What was the significance of the Resurrection? Why can the first “Easter” rightly be called, “The Day the New Creation Began”? What does that mean for our worship? What does that mean for our lives? Why should it change everything? Join us this Easter in worship of the risen Lord as we explore John’s account of the Resurrection and how it answers those questions. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240331.pdf…

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The Insurrectionists Lair or the House of Prayer 51:02

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Palm Sunday opens what is traditionally called Holy Week. It shouldn’t be missed that there was not much “holy” going on that first “Holy Week.” The events we remember on Palm Sunday start that week, and the trial and crucifixion of Jesus complete it. These accounts challenge us to examine the idols in our own hearts and rid ourselves of them. We in the modern world have demystified the world so we no longer have any idols, right? Wrong! Idols are any human construct (“made by human hands”) that we trust in rather than God. By that definition, they are as numerous today as at any time. Join us as we examine our worship of Jesus our King to see if our outpost of the kingdom constitutes a house of prayer or an insurrectionists’ lair. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240324.pdf…

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Following Faith: Value & Vision 44:40

منذ 1 year44:40

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Preacher: Zach McNabb Text: Hebrews 11 & 12 Themes: The endurance of faith comes from having the proper vision of glory. Jesus endured the cross because of the joy set before Him. The people of Heb. 11 had the vision of the new Kingdom which was their hope, which empowered their faithful endurance. Selling all to buy the field joyfully because of the treasure.…

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Becoming a Praying Church (2) 42:38

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar In his book, Reversed Thunder , Eugene Peterson wrote: “While conflicts raged between good and evil, prayers went up from devout bands of first century Christians all over the Roman empire. Massive engines of persecution and scorn were ranged against them. They had neither weapons nor votes. They had little money and no prestige. Why didn’t they have mental breakdowns? Why didn’t they cut and run? They prayed. “It was in order to hear those prayers that there was silence in heaven [Rev. 8:1-3]. He mixed the prayers of the Christians with incense (which cleansed them from impurities) and combined them with fire (God’s Spirit) from the altar. Then he put it all in the censor and threw it over heaven’s ramparts. The censor, plummeting through the air, landed on earth. On impact there were ‘peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lighting, and an earthquake’ (Rev. 8:5). The prayers which had ascended, unremarked by the journalists of the day, returned with immense force—in George’s Herbert’s phrase, as ‘reversed thunder.’ Prayer reenters history with incalculable effects. Our earth is shaken daily by it.” Oh that we would see clearly the power unleashed through prayer in the world. May we become a praying church crying out, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Join us as we continue our series: A Royal Priesthood – A Holy People: Becoming a Praying Church. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240310.pdf…

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Becoming a Praying Church 54:23

منذ 1 year54:23

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar If what we have considered in our series Gospel Clarity is true (and, of course, I think it is), then it affects everything. Since everything the church does should grow out of the Gospel, then even slight adjustments to our understanding of the Gospel will affect everything from our mission to how we achieve it. How much more significant adjustments. We begin a new series this week. It grows out of the previous one. In fact, it will be a large series that will encompass a number of smaller series. The large series is “A Royal Priesthood – A Holy People.” The first miniseries within it is: “Becoming a Praying Church.” Just wait until you see how greater Gospel clarity transforms the meaning and motivation of prayer. We will begin this series on Becoming a Praying Church in the parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8). Join us in worship as we see the vital connection between the Gospel, our mission, and prayer. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240303.pdf…

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Following Faith 45:47

منذ 1 year45:47

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Speaker: Ryan Carver Text: CSB Version. Hebrews 11:1-12:3 (also 10:35-39 as an intro)

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Paul’s Clearest Gospel Summary 48:50

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar It’s not hard to find Christians today who might bemoan the fact that the church has lost a significant amount of its influence in culture today. We no longer have prayer in schools, people have to work on Sundays, and we no longer get to define marriage by Biblical standards. I cannot deny that there were benefits to such cultural dominance that is now long gone. What if I were to suggest to you, however, that this may be the best thing that has happened to the church. I know, many might screw up their faces looking at me in response, but there is actually a wonderful benefit to all of the above for the church. [If you have a hard time conceiving of that being the case, I need only remind you that the church often flourishes in times of persecution. If that can be true of persecution, certainly it can be true of a mere loss of cultural power.] You might wonder what any of this has to do with Gospel clarity. As we finish our series: Gospel Clarity: What is the Gospel? Why do we need it?, we are going to look at what might be Paul’s clearest Gospel summary (Rom. 1:1-7). Understanding the Gospel with clarity may help us understand why the church may well be in a great place for Gospel advance. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240218.pdf…

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The Gospel is a Story of Glory 52:53

منذ 1 year52:53

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Most sharks have to move to breath and therefore cannot stop moving forward. This is how they force water through their gills so they can get the oxygen they need. Humans are much the same way when it comes to glory. We were created to bear glory, God’s glory. In our rebellion against God, we’ve substituted our own glory, a weak substitute that is actually killing us slowly (like carbon monoxide seeping into a home). But we know we must keep moving toward glory. We need to be redirected to true glory. That is what the Gospel is all about, for the human problem is that because of sin, we lack the glory of God (Rom. 3:23 ). This week in our series, Gospel Clarity: What is the Gospel? Why do we need it? we will learn why the Gospel is all about glory. In fact, why Paul even calls it “the Gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.” Indeed it’s not just about the glory of Christ (kept only for Him), but about how Christ’s glory increases as He shares it with us. Join us in worshiping our risen and reigning King. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240211.pdf…

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Gospel Clarity: What is the Gospel? Why Do We Need It? (2) 47:20

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar “Our passion is to know that we are fulfilling the purpose for which we are here on earth.” — Os Guinness Deep down, I believe Guinness is right and the Gospel calls us to that very purpose and equips us so we are able to fulfill it. (All good Evangelicals will say, “Amen!” here. But if pressed to explain how, we may well be stuck.) Last week we began a series, Gospel Clarity: What is the Gospel? Why do we Need It? If we have a truncated Gospel we will likely not understand how it calls us to “the purpose for which we are here on earth” or equips us to fulfill it. Sadly, for many Christians, the Gospel is about the next life and has little or nothing to do with this life. If that is true of our Gospel, then it is, at best, a truncated Gospel, or Gospel-lite with half the spiritual calories. We began this series in Isaiah 52:7 exploring what the Gospel is and why that matters. We will pick up this week in what may be Paul’s earliest letter, 1 Thessalonians, and explore the Gospel that calls us “to walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory” (1 Thess. 2:12 ). Does your Gospel call you to walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory? If not, it should. If so, how so? Join us in worship as we explore Gospel Clarity. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240204.pdf…

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Gospel Clarity: What is the Gospel? Why Do We Need It? 53:30

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar The message of the Gospel is the most important message in all the world. Yet for most of us, if someone asks us, “What is the Gospel?” we have to pause, minimally, and often struggle to articulate it. When we finally do articulate it, we wonder if we got it right. Or worse, we think we have it right but wonder what relevance it has to the person we told. Have you ever read the sermons in the book of Acts and noticed how different the emphasis of those sermons seems compared to what might be emphasized in a Gospel sermon today? I have. Early in my preaching ministry it bothered me. It bothered me enough to really think about it. We’ve all heard that “gospel” means good news , but is it any good news? Is all good news the Gospel? Certainly not. For that matter, does gospel actually mean good news? I.e. Is etymology (the study of how a word was formed) meaning? This Sunday we begin a new series, Gospel Clarity: What is the Gospel and Why Do We Need It? We will begin this study looking at Isaiah 52:7, one of the most gospel saturated verses in the Bible. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240128.pdf…

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On Earth as it is in Heaven 44:04

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar The book of Revelation describes beasts, dragons, plagues, wrath, persecutions, and rewards. It is filled with visual stimuli such as blood, fire and even meteors as well as threats and promises. It finally comes to a glorious, surprising, and transforming end. Revelation 21-22 is not only about the future, it has a lot to do with the present, a present which is anchored in a sure future. The visions of John call us out of the earthly city, Babylon, the capitol city of the Beast, and call us to the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, the capital city of the Lamb. As believers we are called to live as citizens of the New Jerusalem now. We may live here, but we are to live here as if we are from there. Join us in worship as we finish our series in Revelation, seeking to understand the what and when of the New Jerusalem, and how John’s vision calls us to live today. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240121.pdf…

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The Why, Where, and What of the Millennium 43:37

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Preacher: Jerry Cisar Are you premillennial, postmillennial, or amillennial? I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we’ve gotten into chapter 19 of the book of Revelation and haven’t answered that question. Why? Because it is largely irrelevant in determining how we read the rest of the book. A whole lot of ink has been spilled on something that doesn’t really come into play until chapter 20. That said, we will have arrived at Revelation 20 tomorrow morning, and it will be necessary to explain the chapter. For that matter to explain what those terms in the first line of the email even mean. We will do this by exploring the text itself and the rest of the NT. We have 2 more messages, including this one, in our series in Revelation. And they surprisingly have more to do with “today” than you might suspect for texts about the millennium and the new heaven and the new earth. Join us in worship as we continue our exploration in Revelation. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240114.pdf…

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How To Wait 43:09

منذ 1 year43:09

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Preacher: Steven Brunson For quite some time, we have been hit with a barrage of unsettling news reports of the uncertainties with Israel, Gaza, Hamas and various warring factions. The interpretation of these events seem to abound including numerous conversations surrounding Jesus’ second coming. In looking for more complete understanding of these troubling events, we can seem to get fixated on the signs of His return and also on when His return will occur. Yet if we look at the teaching of Jesus in his end times teaching in Matthew 24 and 25, we see that Jesus focused His disciples on HOW to wait for his return rather than answering their question of when he will return. There is much to be gained here. Join us in worship as we explore what He told his disciples about how to wait in the parable of the bags of gold. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20240107.pdf…

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Pursuing Patience 46:12

منذ 2 years46:12

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Preacher: Ryan Carver Transitions and trials are some of the hardest times of life. How do we, as followers of Jesus, have hopeful endurance through such seemingly relentless difficulties and unknowns? By pursuing patience . Patience, which is a fruit of the Spirit, is something that is formed in us by God as He molds and shapes us to become more like Jesus. When we express patience, rooted in the love of God, we show off God for the world to see. Join us in worship as we look at Romans 8:18-39. Handout: https://gccc-recordings.s3.amazonaws.com/handouts/20231231.pdf…

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