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After Darkness, Light
Genesis Church - Sermons - October 29, 2023 22:50 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhere do we find hope in our world? It’s not hard to look around and find things fairly bleak in the world. It can seem that the world is random, chaotic, and cruel. The tone of Micah’s message changes quickly in Chapter 4. While judgment on Israel is coming, this is not the end of their story....
God’s Plan and Promise for Suffering Saints
Genesis Church - Sermons - October 23, 2023 02:55 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe whole world has just gone through a time of trials and suffering. God never promised the church to keep us from suffering. The tough reality is that God guarantees that we will face various trials. The good news is that God has a profound plan for the trials He permits in our life and part of...
Indictment: Oppression
Genesis Church - Sermons - October 15, 2023 21:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe phrase goes, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” In Micah’s day, the illusion of peace and prosperity hid the fact that the leaders were the primary perpetrators of the injustices taking place in the land. Rulers used their position to protect their own power and wealth and the prophe...
Indictment: Injustice
Genesis Church - Sermons - October 09, 2023 02:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsGod’s love and grace should produce people who are generous, gracious, and deeply care for others. Instead, God’s people were involved in the worst types of injustices, showing no concern for human life, and mistreating the poor, immigrants, women, and children. Those in power will do anything t...
Indictment: Idolatry
Genesis Church - Sermons - October 02, 2023 02:05 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMicah’s message begins with a major warning for His people Israel, predicting coming destruction at the hands of the Assyrian Empire. This was ultimately God’s sovereign judgment on His people who were drenched in idolatry. Micah builds Jehovah’s case to show the people’s guilt and deserved just...
Mr. ADA
Genesis Church - Sermons - September 25, 2023 02:23 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMicah stands in a long line of prophets, those sent with the Word of the Lord in their mouths and on their pens. They functioned as God’s prosecutors, indicting the nation for their failure to remain faithful to the covenant, while reminding them that God is holy and will be faithful to His promi...
True Religion
Genesis Church - Sermons - September 17, 2023 19:34 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs a church, we are setting aside today to emphasize the importance of foster care and adoption. Jesus’ brother, James, wrote a letter to early Christians and his words are striking. The clearest evidence of true religion shaped by the Gospel is the way the faith community cares for the marginali...
Mission
Genesis Church - Sermons - September 10, 2023 21:25 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe like to say that the Gospel comes with an engine. The Gospel saves individuals, but then places them in a community of people and then sends them on a mission. And, not just any mission—we are invited into the Missio Dei, the mission of God. Our Community Groups are so much more than a place ...
The Gospel
Genesis Church - Sermons - August 27, 2023 20:55 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome to Genesis Church and Baptism Sunday! Today we start a 3-week series, Pillars, where we will see that God’s purpose for us has always been tied to three key pillars: the Gospel, Community, and Mission. Many of us grew up believing that the Gospel, the message about Jesus’ death and resur...
How Can A Loving God Send People to Hell?
Genesis Church - Sermons - August 21, 2023 02:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe close our Confronting Christianity series with a doozy. How could a loving God send people to hell? Philosopher and Theologian Peter Kreft has said, “Of all the doctrines of Christianity, hell is the most difficult to defend, the most burdensome to bear, and the first to be abandoned.” Hell ...
How Can You Take the Bible Literally?
Genesis Church - Sermons - August 13, 2023 22:31 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday Elder John Parke will lead us in a study of Psalm 19 and how that scripture can help us answer the question “How can we take the bible literally”? We will look at the composition of the Christian bible, the various human authors and literary styles. Our text today will testify to the power...
Hasn’t Science Disproved Christianity?
Genesis Church - Sermons - August 08, 2023 22:16 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHasn’t science disproved Christianity? The vast majority of our current academic community and culture would answer that question with a resounding YES! So, we need to understand the difference between “science” and “scientism”. When we do, we will see that through the ages, sinful man has found...
Isn’t Christianity Homophobic?
Genesis Church - Sermons - July 30, 2023 21:22 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsChristians are painted many ways in our culture, as we’ve learned over the course of this sermon series, and one of the loudest accusations is that “Christianity is Homophobic.” Certainly, mass attention goes toward the loudest of groups such as Westboro Baptist Church, a cult who yells obscene a...
Doesn’t the Bible Condone Slavery?
Genesis Church - Sermons - July 23, 2023 21:18 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThere are many questions that people use to discredit The Bible and God Himself, often looking to the horrors historically present in our world. One such question is how The Bible, and ultimately God, responds to the notion of slavery. Does God forbid slavery in the Bible, or does He condone it? ...
How Could a Loving God Allow So Much Suffering?
Genesis Church - Sermons - July 16, 2023 21:16 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsFor many skeptics of the Christian faith, the question of suffering and evil is seen as a trump card disproving the existence of God. If God is good, and God is all powerful, how can this God allow so much purposeless suffering and evil in the world? Of course, those raising this question come at...
Doesn’t Christianity Hinder Morality And Cause Violence?
Genesis Church - Sermons - July 10, 2023 02:49 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday we will look at two questions from the book Confronting Christianity that address similar issues. Doesn’t Christianity hinder morality? And, doesn’t Christianity and religion cause violence? Be careful not to answer these questions to hastily. The truth is that religion is the cause of muc...
Faith That Perseveres
Genesis Church - Sermons - July 02, 2023 05:02 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOur guest speaker today is Ramon Rivera. Ramon’s wife, Diamond, and their two children, Scarlett and Levi, are joining us as special guests today. The Riveras live in Chicago where Ramon serves as a Pastoral Resident at Renewal Church. The Riveras are considering planting a church out of Renewal ...
Doesn’t Christianity Denigrate Women?
Genesis Church - Sermons - June 26, 2023 04:58 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis morning we continue our Confronting Christianity series, wrestling with the questions our culture is asking about the Christian faith, as discussed in Rebecca McLaughlin’s book. We will wade into a difficult cultural question this morning—one that has led to many leaving the church. Doesn’t ...
Doesn’t Christianity Crush Diversity?
Genesis Church - Sermons - June 19, 2023 04:54 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTake a look around at the folks attending this morning. Notice anything unusual? Probably not. The vast majority of us are Caucasian. Most of the churches in Eureka and the surrounding area are majority Caucasian. Does that indicate that Christianity is primarily a “white man’s” religion? Or, ins...
Aren’t We Better Off Without Religion?
Genesis Church - Sermons - June 12, 2023 04:51 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn a recent opinion article in our local newspaper, the writer shared from her experience reasons for leaving the church and pursuing a different path for feeling close to God or the universe. She is not alone in her sentiments, as millions of people are leaving Christianity, deconstructing their...
Jesus Is Exclusive/How can you Say there is One True Faith?
Genesis Church - Sermons - June 05, 2023 03:21 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe live in a pluralistic society, where people believe that the greatest doctrine is that there is no real truth or no exclusive path to God. People are fine with the idea of Jesus, but when Christians make the claim that Jesus is the only way, the culture says Christians are intolerant. Should w...
Coming
Genesis Church - Sermons - May 29, 2023 03:18 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe story of Jesus is not over. In one of his final prophetic discourses, Jesus promised that one day He would return and every eye will see Him. In His first appearance, Jesus came to earth as a simple Galilean peasant who lived the perfect life, died on the cross for us, and rose again. But th...
Alive
Genesis Church - Sermons - May 22, 2023 03:15 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhat significance could the death of a man 2000 years ago possibly hold for me? Why does the empty tomb even matter? Even if I do trust in Jesus and believe He did rise - what does that mean for me when I die? The resurrection of Jesus Christ is essential to Christianity. The apostle Paul tells ...
Perfect
Genesis Church - Sermons - May 15, 2023 03:12 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNobody’s perfect, right? We often use this sentiment to justify our failings to ourselves, those around us, and ultimately to God. And, of course, it is true—with one exception. As we continue our sermon series on the core Christian beliefs about Jesus, today we will see that Jesus is perfect. J...
The Prophet
Genesis Church - Sermons - May 07, 2023 19:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe prophets in the Old Testament are an interesting group of characters. They tended to be eccentric people who were generally disliked by kings and the people. This was primarily because their messages warned of judgment to a nation who turned from their God. Yet, what binds these people togeth...
High Priest
Genesis Church - Sermons - May 01, 2023 01:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday we will study from the book of Hebrews in order to gain better understanding of the significant role of the high priests for the Jewish people in the Old Testament and marvel at the way that Jesus has transformed that role by becoming the Great High Priest. Since Jesus has defeated death a...
King
Genesis Church - Sermons - April 24, 2023 01:40 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe central declaration of faith among early Christians was that, “Jesus is Lord.” In saying these words, followers of Jesus were being revolutionary—declaring faith in and allegiance to Jesus as the ultimate ruler and authority on earth and in their lives. Rome demanded people to see Caesar as t...
Messiah
Genesis Church - Sermons - April 17, 2023 01:39 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsExactly five days before He would die on the cross, and one week from His resurrection, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a colt. The crowd’s reaction and declarations are striking, as they lay palm branches on the road in front of Jesus and declare, “Hosanna to the Son of David.” In this moment th...
Sacrifice
Genesis Church - Sermons - April 10, 2023 01:31 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsResurrection Sunday is the wonderful reminder that the crucified Jesus is now alive. This is the greatest reversal and victory in history. But only because of what happened on the cross. Jesus was no mere rabbi who got caught up in a political riot and ended up dying for a cause. Something cosmic...
We are back! Is it the Oscars or the Academy Awards?
Gentlemen No Class - March 27, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhere have we been and what the hell happened - The Oscars 2023 rundown - movie recommendations - expectation updates for the podcast
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