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  1. More Than a Clean Slate // A Life That Flourishes // Tim Lovell // April 05, 2026

    1D AGO

    More Than a Clean Slate // A Life That Flourishes // Tim Lovell // April 05, 2026

    More Than a Clean Slate: A Life That Flourishes   John 10:10 (NIV) “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”   Forgiveness Is the Beginning, Not the End   God Doesn’t Forgive You Just to Reset You—He Forgives You to Release You into Everything That Was Purposed for You.   Jesus Did Not Rise Just to Leave You Empty—He Rose to Fill You.   The Resurrection Is Not About Subtraction of Sin Only—It Is About the Addition of Life.   Here Is the New Reality: •     We Are Not Just Declared “Not Guilty” •     You Are Now Called a Child of God, Alive in Christ   •     We Are Not Just Set Free from the Power of Sin •     Our Life Has New Direction, Meaning and Power   •     We Are Not Just Given a Behavior Management Manual •     We Are Given a New Empowered Way of Living Differently Where We Grow in Love, Joy, Peace, Etc.   Receive More Than Forgiveness - Walk in the Newness of Life   Jesus Didn’t Walk Out of the Grave So We Could Stay the Same   The Cross Erases Our Past—But the Resurrection Rewrites Our Future

    39 min
  2. Good Friday // Tim Lovell & Kristen Miller // April 03, 2026

    1D AGO

    Good Friday // Tim Lovell & Kristen Miller // April 03, 2026

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    55 min
  3. From “In the Beginning” to Amen // The Slide Towards the Casual // Tim Lovell // March 29th, 2026

    MAR 30

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // The Slide Towards the Casual // Tim Lovell // March 29th, 2026

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // The Slide Towards the Casual   God is Holy, Not Ordinary   Isaiah 6:3 (ESV) “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts…”   Leviticus 10:3 (ESV) “Among those who are near me I will be sanctified…”   Proverbs 9:10 (KJV) “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”   God is Loving — But Deeply Worthy of Reverence   Casualness Can Lead to Spiritual Drift   Galatians 6:7-10 (NIV) “God is not mocked…don’t sow to self… be about what He is about.”   Romans 11:22 (ESV) “Note then the kindness and severity of God…”   The Balance   Irreverence Toward God has Serious Consequences   The Lord’s Presence - The Attack on Ai and the Defeat   Joshua 7:10-12 (NIV) “The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.’”   1 Samuel 4 (ESV) “By the time of Samuel the Ark had become an amulet and was used casually as a good omen or good luck charm and God let’s it be taken.”     The Lord’s Portion - Achan’s Sin   Joshua 7:1 (NIV) “But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel.”   The Lord’s Counsel - The Gibeonites   Joshua 9:14-15 (NIV) “The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.- it all looked right so they forgot to ask God for his counsel.”   James 1:5 (NLT) “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.”   The Lord’s Name - Commandment   Exodus 20:7 (NLT) “You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.”   The Lord’s Word - Every Word is God- Breathed and Useful   The Lord’s Church - His Body - His Representation

    54 min
  4. From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Idolatry - What’s the Big Deal? // Tim Lovell // March 22, 2026

    MAR 23

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Idolatry - What’s the Big Deal? // Tim Lovell // March 22, 2026

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Idolatry - What’s the Big Deal?     Deuteronomy 30:11-20 (NIV) “Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?’ Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?’ No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”   Half Heartedness Deuteronomy 16:21 (NLT) “You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the Lord your God.”   James 1:5-8 (NLT) “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.”   Idolatry Robs Us of Our True God Designed Humanity   Idolatry is Misplaced Identity, Trust and Dependance   Idolatry Reshapes Behavior             Romans 1:21-25 – 21 (NLT) “They knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.”   Modern Idolatry May Well be Good Things Turned to Ultimate Things   Idolatry May Be Just Hiding Inside Normal Life   Here are a few simple questions way identify modern idols are: 1.    What do I fear losing the most? 2.    What do I think I need to be okay? 3.    What do I organize my life around? 4.    What hinders my giving or generosity?   So, in everyday life, idolatry isn’t about statues—it’s about substitutes.    Therefore, we have to ask... is there anything that plays the role the Bible says belongs to God alone?

    54 min
  5. From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Love + Obey // Mark Davies // March 15, 2026

    MAR 16

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Love + Obey // Mark Davies // March 15, 2026

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Love + Obey   Note for online notes section only: Here in the first 12 chapters of the book of Deuteronomy, Moses reintroduces the law and the promises of God to the next generation who will be the ones to enter into the promised land. Moses reinforced the character of God and the importance of His covenant of love with His people, warning the Israelites to be faithful to the Lord, unlike their fathers who had rejected the Lord and His promises just 40 years prior.   Deuteronomy 5:1-21 (ESV) “And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the rules that I speak in your hearing today, and you shall learn them and be careful to do them. The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today. The LORD spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, while I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain.’ He said, ‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. You shall not murder. And you shall not commit adultery. And you shall not steal. And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’”         The Lord your God X 132    For your Good X 14   Fear the Lord X 8   Three Benefits of Obedience   We Reap the Fruit of His Righteous Life   Deuteronomy 6:3 (NKJV) “…that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD… promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.”   Proverbs 14:14 (ESV) “The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.”   John 14:15 (KJV) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”   We Announce What God is Like   Deuteronomy 4:5-10 (ESV) “See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today? “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children— how on the day that you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’”   We Have Confidence in Truth   Proverbs 14:12 (NKJV) “There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death.”   Psalm 119:160 (ESV) “The sum of your word is truth.”     Psalm 19:7 (ESV) “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”   Deuteronomy 7:6-8 (ESV) “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.”

    57 min
  6. From “In the Beginning” to Amen // How to Put on Your Socks // Paul Faust // March 08, 2026

    MAR 9

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // How to Put on Your Socks // Paul Faust // March 08, 2026

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // How to Put on Your Socks   1.    How do I think about my place with God? Numbers 6:22-26 (ESV) “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.’”   2.    How do we handle extenuating circumstances? Numbers 9:9-14 (ESV) “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord. In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.’”   3.    How do we handle insecurity? Numbers 12:1-2, 10, 15-16 (ESV) “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, ‘Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it… When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow… So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.  After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.’”   4.    How do we handle a husband’s jealousy? Numbers 5:27-28 (ESV) “And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people. But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.”

    49 min
  7. From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Leviticus…Real or Not? // Dave Runyon // March 01, 2026

    MAR 2

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Leviticus…Real or Not? // Dave Runyon // March 01, 2026

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Leviticus…Real or Not?   The Blue Dye Decree: No man shall dye his garment blue. Blue is a sacred color and reserved for garments of the High Priest. The Rash Quarantine: If you have a persistent skin rash or an "itch" that looks suspicious, you are legally required to go to the priest. He will lock you in a house for seven days to see if the rash gets better and then if you can return to society.   The Grape Law: If you are harvesting your vineyard and drop a grape, you are legally forbidden from picking it up. You must leave it for the poor and the alien.   The Grasshopper Rule: If a grasshopper or cricket falls or jumps into a pot you must break the pot because it will be considered unclean forever.    The Right Foot First Stipulation: When entering the Tabernacle, a man shall lead with his right foot; for the left is the side of weakness, and the right is the side of the Lord's strength.   The Standing Ovation Statute: You are commanded to stand up whenever an elderly person enters the room as a sign of respect and fear of God.   The Holy Kiss Directive: Always greet one another with a holy kiss.   The Mixed-Fiber Ban: You are prohibited from wearing clothing woven from two different types of thread.   Gleaning Leviticus 19:9-10 (NIV) “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the Lord your God.”                                          The Year of Jubilee – The Great Reset                                                           Leviticus 25:8-34   Leviticus 25:23-24 (NIV) “The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.”                                     Leviticus 25:35-36 (NIV) “If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.”                                     "The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling, what it means to live for Christ - to exist for others." -      Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Letters and Papers from Prison)    “At the first onset of the disease, unbelievers pushed the sufferers away and fled from their dearest, throwing them into roads before they were dead…they treated unburied corpses as dirt, hoping to avert the spread of the disease.” -      Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria, 260 AD   “But Christian doctrine provided a prescription for action. While many were running for their lives, Christians were risking their own, taking care of the sick and those in need. In short, the core values of Christianity, love and charity, were acted upon by the believers of the day.” -      Rodney Starck   Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”   John 10:10 (NIV) “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

    34 min
  8. From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Strategies of the Enemy (Exodus) // Tim Lovell // February 22, 2026

    FEB 23

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Strategies of the Enemy (Exodus) // Tim Lovell // February 22, 2026

    From “In the Beginning” to Amen // Strategies of the Enemy (Exodus)   There are Five Strategies I Want to Look at: (I’m sure there are others too)   1. Discouragement Discouraged by Circumstances Exodus 6:9 (NLT) “So Moses told the people of Israel what the LORD had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.”   Discouraged by the Enemy Exodus 13:17-18 (NLT) “When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”   Discouraged by One Another Numbers 32:7-9 (NIV) “Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them? This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land. After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them.”   Antidote: Encourage and Build Up Hebrews 3:13 (ESV) "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called 'Today,' so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.”   Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV) "...Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together... but encouraging one another.”   1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”               2. Distraction Antidote: Stay Focused Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT) “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.”   3. Disruption/Division Antidote: Walk in Unity 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NIV) “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.”   Philippians 2:2 (NIV) “Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”   Colossians 3:13-14 (NV) “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”   4. Deception Antidote: Hold Fast to Truth John 8:32 (NIV) “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”   John 17:17 (NIV) “Jesus said, ‘Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth’.”   Psalm 51:6 (ESV) “Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.”   5. Destruction Antidote: Choose Life Proverbs 14:2 (NIV) “There is a way that seems right to man, but the end of it is destruction.”   Acts 2:21 (NLT) “But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”   2 Samuel 22:2 (ESV) “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer."

    52 min
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