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The Nature of the Human Race

Dennis McCallum
Genesis 2:15-25

Two more characteristics of humans are described: 1) unity and diversity, and 2) being shameless, uninhibited, and free. These ideas relate to the way people view sex, marriage, peace, and anxiety. Because of the choice to eat from the tree in the garden, the previously healthy versions of these have been distorted. The tree of knowledge of good and evil represented autonomy and self rule, while the tree of life represented union with God, which can be regained in Christ.

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Genesis 1:26-26, Genesis 2:15-25Gen 1:26-26,Gen 2:15-25 Gen 1:26-26, Gen 2:15-25By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 01/31/2004Two more char...

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The Implications of Creation

Dennis McCallum
Genesis 1:26-27

The creation presented in Genesis 1 has some implications, including that humans are created in the image of God. This means life has meaning, morality, dignity, freedom, and spirituality. If we believe that humans are meaningful, significant, free, and moral beings, we have to admit that this is incompatible without intelligent design.

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Genesis 1:26-27Gen 1:26-27 Gen 1:26-27By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 01/17/2004The creation presented in Genesis 1 has some implicatio...

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Spirits and the Material World

Jim Leffel
Ephesians 6:10-12

Humans live in a spiritually divided world. Satan was a created being who led a rebellion against God and now rules Earth. Because of this rule, spiritual warfare is a forced circumstance of our world. Fortunately, we know the outcome of this war. We don't need to live in fear because God is in control. Still, believers need to be aware that Satan takes people more seriously than they take themselves and wants to impose his will on them.

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Ephesians 6:10-12Eph 6:10-12 Eph 6:10-12By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 12/07/2003Humans live in a spiritually divided world. Satan was a cr...

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Being Different

Dennis McCallum
1 Peter 1:13-22

Peter urges Christians to ready their minds for action. The life of action Christians are called to includes refraining from being conformed to a self-serving life that the world system promotes. Instead, Christians are to live different than the world by living a self-sacrificial life of love. This radical way of living is possible because God has first loved us.

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1 Peter 1:13-221 Pet 1:13-22 1Pet 1:13-22By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 08/24/2003Peter urges Christians to ready their minds for acti...

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Heart of the Christian Walk

Jim Leffel
Ephesians 5:1-14

The heart of the Christian walk is imitating God. Christians live their lives trying to relate to others the way God relates to them. They live "in the light" and demonstrate the gospel by the way they live. They are a contrast to the world, not partakers of it. The text pleads for consistency in Christian living for the sake of its witness.

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Ephesians 5:1-14Eph 5:1-14 Eph 5:1-14By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 07/26/2003The heart of the Christian walk is imitating God. Christians ...

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Walk as Light

Jim Leffel
Ephesians 5:3-14

God has rescued humans through Christ's death. Once we have a relationship with Him, He calls us to live our lives by walking in light as a demonstration to those in darkness. This looks like demonstrating the gospel in our daily lives and witnessing by contrast, not judgment. The text recognizes the struggle involved in trying to live this way.

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Ephesians 5:3-14Eph 5:3-14 Eph 5:3-14By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 06/08/2003God has rescued humans through Christ's death. Once we have a...

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Being Renewed

Jim Leffel
Ephesians 4:17-24

Ephesians emphasizes that lifestyle flows out of identity. The gentiles are described to have a darkened understanding, leading to a chaotic lifestyle. The prescription is a renewed understanding of the human condition, their culpable ignorance (which causes deep conflict and eventual callousness within), sensuality, and greed. All of these are ingrained habits that believers need the Spirit to transform. This new awareness leads believers to value a different way of living.

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Ephesians 4:17-24Eph 4:17-24 Eph 4:17-24By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 05/18/2003Ephesians emphasizes that lifestyle flows out of identity....

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The Whore of Babylon

Gary DeLashmutt
Revelation 18

This prophecy introduces us to another evil character in the End Times, the "Whore of Babylon", that is used to describe the judgment that God will carry out on the earth. She embodies the spiritual adultery of Israel and the apostate Church's worship of idols as history comes to a close. Also described as "Babylon the Great", she represents fallen humanity's determination to construct a society without a need for God by accumulating material wealth, comforts, and technology. Don't be deceived by the appeal of Babylon; turn to Jesus Christ, who is the source of true fulfillment!

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The Course of This World

Jim Leffel
Ephesians 2:1-9

The world we live in is fallen, a distorted version of what God originally intended. People are held in bondage, evil reigns, but God offers total help for our total need. We can come to Him in faith, turning from bondage to freedom!

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Ephesians 2:1-9Eph 2:1-9 Eph 2:1-9By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 02/02/2003The world we live in is fallen, a distorted version of what God ...

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