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Jesus Brings the Kingdom

by Wes Bridel on March 10, 2010

in Calling

When Jesus came, He entered a highly religious society.  This was not a time like the one where people half thought about God’s Law and spent most of their time visiting temples to other gods.  This was a society who knew their theology better than anyone.  They knew God’s ways better than He did!
They had [...]

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Jesus Challenged: Part 1 (Mt 12)

by Wes Bridel on March 25, 2009

in Matthew

Matthew 12
Yesterday, we discussed Jesus’ teaching that Kingdom life is actually quite simple and is a life of peace. In this whole chapter, scenarios were presented one after another in which some core values and ways of the Kingdom were challenged by religious, unenlightened minds. These men adhered to the traditions of man [...]

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Does God want us to have religion? (Mt 6:1-18)

by Wes Bridel on February 16, 2009

in Matthew

Matthew 6:1-18
On Friday, Jesus was teaching us how we will interact in the world when we have been transformed by the Holy Spirit. Today, we’ll begin to discuss how He tells us to accomplish this with an overview of the religious life of His day (which is not so different from what is common [...]

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