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December 28, 2014 - Advent: Touch
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Having now experienced Christmas we have all known some of the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the season, but what about touches? Did Jesus show up this Christmas? Did you?
December 21, 2014 - Advent: Taste
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we prepare for Christmas we will all experience the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the season, but what will your Christmas taste like this year? Will we feed others like Jesus did?
December 14, 2014 - Advent: Smell
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we prepare for Christmas we will all experience the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the season, but what will Christmas smell like this year? Will anyone smell like Jesus?
December 7, 2014 - Advent: Hear
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we prepare for Christmas we will all experience the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the season, but what will we hear this Christmas? Will anyone sound like Jesus?
November 30, 2014 - Advent: See
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we prepare for Christmas we will all experience the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the season, but what will we see? Will anyone look like Jesus?
November 23, 2014 - The Gospel Means GO: Send Me
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Jesus taught His disciples that His Truth is long-awaited revelation. If God showed you something awesome and wanted others to know what would you say? Hear Isaiah respond to the call of God: Send Me!
November 16, 2014 - The Gospel Means GO: Those People
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Jesus taught us to love our enemies, a teaching that very few of us obey. But what if that was your call? Today we consider the call of Jonah as we ask what it would take to reach Those People.
November 9, 2014 - The Gospel Means GO: Listening for God
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Jesus tells us while we do not know the exact time for events, we will have power when the Holy Spirit is over us. Today we learn from the call of Samuel the great importance of Listening For God!
November 2, 2014 - The Gospel Means GO: Promised Land
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Part of following Jesus means being sent by Jesus. Today we examine the background, call, and obedience of Abram as God called his family in a radical way to be sent into a promised--yet unknown--land. (Audio not available due to technical difficulties. Sorry!)
October 26, 2014 - Idol Time
Dan Baker |
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God makes it clear we are to honor and celebrate nothing more than Him. Yet over time we easily slip into idolatry. Why does this happen? And what can we do to guard against it?
October 19, 2014 - #known for passion
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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At the end of Psalm 139 David laments the broken state of this world and cries out to God for justice and resolution. As you follow Jesus are you #known for passion about the broken world and perfection of God?
October 12, 2014 - #known in glory
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Today we hear from the Psalmist that not only are we #known by God, but God has made Himself #known in glory to us, and this is the most precious gift we can ever have!
October 5, 2014 - intimately #known
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we continue our new series we hear the incredible level of intimacy in which we are #known by Jesus: how He created us, knows our story, and calls us out.
September 28, 2014 - #known to Run
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Today we look at three pictures of what it looks like to respond to sin in our lives, and how at a very basic level we are #known to Run.
September 21, 2014 - #known by God
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Today we start a new sermon series based on Psalm 139. Listen as we explore all the implications of what it means to be #known by God. (No audio due to technical problems. Sorry!)
September 14, 2014 - Change Required: We Must Change
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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In our second week considering the Change Required in our life, we hear the reality that We Must Change to enter the Kingdom of God.
September 7, 2014 - Change Required: We Have Changed
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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For many of us change is a bad word, but the truth is we learn from Scripture that all of us have changed, and sometimes not for the better.
August 31, 2014 - LEADERSHIP: The Holy Spirit and Us
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Today we conclude our series on Leadership at Family Bible Church as we wrestle with the reality that God reveals Himself through His People, and how we must take this seriously as a church.
August 24, 2014 - LEADERSHIP: From Amongst Yourselves
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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In the second week in our series on Leadership at Family Bible Church we explore the biblical model for qualified leaders (elders) who are servants and submissive to one another out of reverence for Jesus.
August 17, 2014 - LEADERSHIP: Jesus Is The Boss
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we start a new series on the leadership model we follow at Family Bible Church one thing over-rides all others: that Jesus is the Boss. (No audio due to technical problems. Sorry.)
August 10, 2014 - Philippians: Satisfied
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we wrap up our series in Philippians we learn the great mystery that guarantees success as we follow Jesus: to be fully satisfied in Him. (No audio due to technical problems. Sorry!)
August 3, 2014 - Philippians: United
Lance Carpenter |
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Today we learn the attitude, mindset, perspective and action plan required to be successful as individuals, families, churches, and in the community. (No audio due to technical problems. Sorry!)
July 27, 2014 - Philippians: Imperfect
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Do you see yourself as a citizen of Heaven? This is how Paul describes those who believe in Jesus. And as we know we are not perfect, we must apply the promise of salvation to our daily lives. (No audio due to technical problems. Sorry!)
July 20, 2014 - Philippians: Righteous
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What does it take to be righteous? The Bible says it clearly: Jesus. Philippians challenges us to lean into the grace of Jesus and cast out any self-righteous garbage in our life!
July 13, 2014 - Discipleship: The Disciple's Diet
Lance Carpenter |
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Leadership Team member Lance Carpenter shares a second week on the model for discipleship and how it is an indicator of someone maturing in Christ. (No audio due to technical difficulties. Sorry!)
July 6, 2014 - Discipleship
Rick Scoggins |
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Leadership Team member Rick Scoggins shares from the Bible about the importance of discipleship in the life of any and every Christian. (No audio available due to technical problems. Sorry!)
June 29, 2014 - Philippians: Present
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we celebrated Delayed Dads Day at the park we heard how important simply being present through learning about Bro Fro and Tim, and how each of us can do it! (No audio available. Sorry!)
June 22, 2014 - Philippians: Work
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What part of our salvation are we responsible for? Today we learn that we are to cling to Jesus alone as we offer all that we have for His glory in this life.
June 15, 2014 - Philippians: Humble
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What is the position we are all called to aspire to in this life together? The world gives us many answers, but we see one clearly in the Bible: we are called to be humble.
June 8, 2014 - Philippians: Worthy
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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How do you live your life as a Christian? God calls His people to live a life worthy of the Gospel, which is impossible to do without Jesus Himself.
June 1, 2014 - Philippians: Same Team
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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One of the problems we may encounter in following Jesus is that some of the people also following Jesus seem to be in the way. The Bible tells us we do not need to worry though because if we are following Jesus then we are all on the Same Team.
May 25, 2014 - Philippians: Holy People
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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In Philippians 1:3-11 Paul makes the case that God is doing a truly miraculous work in us: making us Holy People. (No audio due to technical problems. Sorry!)
May 18, 2014 - Philippians: Serve
Pastor Bill Dempsey and Isaac Barber |
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As we start a new series studying the letter to the Philippians we recognize that God works powerfully in times of transition. To this end God surprised us with a message of what it looks like to use our gifts to serve and what it means to worship God fully.
May 11, 2014 - Honor Your Mothers (Day)
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We have all been told we should honor our mothers, and today we see in Scripture that when we do this we honor God Himself.
April 27, 2014 - RISE: Flying High
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we continue to consider the power and reality of Easter we remember the promise of Jesus upon His resurrection: that we would be clothed in His power. The reality of the Holy Spirit in our lives allows us to not just live our life, but to Fly High we RISE in Christ!
April 20, 2014 - RISE: Grave Stones Roll
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we celebrate Easter we realize one profound Truth: just when we think it is all over the love of God breaks through and makes Grave Stones Roll! (No audio due to technical difficulties. Sorry!)
April 13, 2014 - RISE: Tough Stuff
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What tough stuff are you dealing with in your life? As we approach Easter we see Jesus demonstrate His way of dealing with hardships as He fixed His eyes on Jerusalem to bear the sins of the world.
April 6, 2014 - 1 Mission
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Often when we think about the prayer Jesus prayed for the Church we think of the place we go on Sunday. Scripture records a different priority for the people of God than where we go on Sunday, but what we do every day: our 1 Mission in the world.
March 30, 2014 - 1 Team
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We know that Jesus is making for Himself one nation from all the earth which we call His Church, but we also see in scripture the reality that we are all called to local groups of believers to grow in our faith. If we are to function well we need to realize that we all form 1 Team.
March 16, 2014 - 1 Marriage
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Jesus has given His followers some very specific instructions on marriage, and if we are not careful we will think it is all about us. Today we hear that marriage is actually all about Him...and everyone who knows Him will be included.
March 9, 2014 - 1: Life
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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The Bible tells us that as believers in Jesus Christ we are dead to sin but alive in Christ. Today we learn that it is God makes Himself known so we might live our one true life!
February 23, 2014 - 1: God
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we continue in our series titled 1, we realize that any 1-ness we experience is rooted in the 1-ness of God. Hear this people of God: the LORD our God the LORD is one!
February 16, 2014 - 1: Jesus Incredible Prayer
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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Have you ever prayed the Lords Prayer? Many of us where taught to pray certain words that Jesus taught, but what was His own heart? Today as we begin a new series called 1, we learn about the Incredible Prayer of Jesus.
February 9, 2014 - The Sovereignty of God
Rick Scoggins |
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Have you ever wondered how people come to faith and are saved? What about tribes and people written of in the First Testament? Today we learn that grace and salvation are rooted directly in God and His Sovereignty demonstrated through Jesus the Christ.
February 2, 2014 - Ambassadors for Christ
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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What kind of advertising would you use to run a successful organization? Today we hear the Bibical plan for promoting and extending the Kingdom of God--sending each of us who believe in Jesus into the world to become Ambassadors for Christ.
January 26, 2014 - More Than Enough: Faithful Ministry
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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How do we measure the success or failure of our work in this life? Especially recognizing that God has entrusted us with more than enough to do all that He has called us to do, we look at the marks of a faithful ministry.
January 19, 2014 - More Than Enough: Sowing and Reaping
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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As we recognize that in Christ we have been given more than we need we consider the Biblical model for generosity which is rooted in agriculture: that of sowing and reaping. Stick around for the ending though...we might all just be surprised!
January 12, 2014 - More Than Enough: Generousity
Pastor Bill Dempsey |
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We can often look at our life with a sense of all that we do not have, but the Bible tells us that in Christ we have more than enough for all He is calling us to do. Not only do we have more than enough, but so much that we can always be generous toward others! (No audio due to technical difficulties. Sorry!)