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This sermon is based on Titus 3:4-7. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A





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To have a favorite or not to have a favorite, that is the question. Okay, “Hamlet” is loaded with possible favorite quotes, and it is hard to pick just one. But if I had to, it would be when Polonius interrupts Hamlet in the library and asks, “What do you read, my lord?” And Hamlet replies, “Words, words, words.” Now, Polonius is an accomplice of the evil king and Hamlet is feigning insanity, so we can’t take everything that is said here at face value. In fact, we all know that something is rotten in the library. Besides, if Hamlet didn’t believe in the power of words, he would never have uttered a single soliloquy. No, methinks the lad doth protest too much here. See, words matter. They are not just ink on a page. Words have meaning and history and emotion and hopes and truth built into them. And that is especially true about many of the words in the New Testament. And that is why it is important to go back every once in a while and look at some of those words that we know are important, to make sure we have a good grasp of their full depth and significance and feeling. “What’s the Good Word?” is not just another summer series. What’s salvation? What’s righteousness? What’s faith? What’s religion? That is the question!

This sermon begins our new series and is based on Titus 3:4-7. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A





SERIES OVERVIEW:



To have a favorite or not to have a favorite, that is the question. Okay, “Hamlet” is loaded with possible favorite quotes, and it is hard to pick just one. But if I had to, it would be when Polonius interrupts Hamlet in the library and asks, “What do you read, my lord?” And Hamlet replies, “Words, words, words.” Now, Polonius is an accomplice of the evil king and Hamlet is feigning insanity, so we can’t take everything that is said here at face value. In fact, we all know that something is rotten in the library. Besides, if Hamlet didn’t believe in the power of words, he would never have uttered a single soliloquy. No, methinks the lad doth protest too much here. See, words matter. They are not just ink on a page. Words have meaning and history and emotion and hopes and truth built into them. And that is especially true about many of the words in the New Testament. And that is why it is important to go back every once in a while and look at some of those words that we know are important, to make sure we have a good grasp of their full depth and significance and feeling. “What’s the Good Word?” is not just another summer series. What’s salvation? What’s righteousness? What’s faith? What’s religion? That is the question!

This sermon is our annual consideration of the fact that our true citizenship is in Christ's Kingdom, even as we celebrate Independence Day as a country. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A





 

This sermon is based on Ephesians 6:10-17. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A





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____: If ___ ___ hear ____ ___ the ________, you're going to be  ___ ___ ___ ____ .  You ___ also ___ ___ feel ___ out. You ____ also ____ ____ aids.  I said: “Listen: If you only hear half of the conversation, you’re going to be at a real disadvantage.  You are also going to feel left out. You might also need hearing aids.” But that is what happens whenever we read the letters in the New Testament. We are only hearing half the conversation! And that is not good because you can then misread (mishear?) what the author is trying to communicate. Bottom line: Without knowing the background, you are going to be at a real disadvantage. You may even need reading aids! For instance, take the book of Ephesians.



Did you know that the central theme of the book is that Jesus is better than Artemis! What? Who? How? Now, if you knew the background, you would know! Join us, not for a dry study of one more of Paul’s letters, but for an impassioned appeal to win the hearts of God’s people in Ephesus. Trust me, it’s Better than Art.

This sermon is based on Ephesians 6:18. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A





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____: If ___ ___ hear ____ ___ the ________, you're going to be  ___ ___ ___ ____ .  You ___ also ___ ___ feel ___ out. You ____ also ____ ____ aids.  I said: “Listen: If you only hear half of the conversation, you’re going to be at a real disadvantage.  You are also going to feel left out. You might also need hearing aids.” But that is what happens whenever we read the letters in the New Testament. We are only hearing half the conversation! And that is not good because you can then misread (mishear?) what the author is trying to communicate. Bottom line: Without knowing the background, you are going to be at a real disadvantage. You may even need reading aids! For instance, take the book of Ephesians.



Did you know that the central theme of the book is that Jesus is better than Artemis! What? Who? How? Now, if you knew the background, you would know! Join us, not for a dry study of one more of Paul’s letters, but for an impassioned appeal to win the hearts of God’s people in Ephesus. Trust me, it’s Better than Art.

This sermon is based on Ephesians 6:10-20. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A





SERIES OVERVIEW:



____: If ___ ___ hear ____ ___ the ________, you're going to be  ___ ___ ___ ____ .  You ___ also ___ ___ feel ___ out. You ____ also ____ ____ aids.  I said: “Listen: If you only hear half of the conversation, you’re going to be at a real disadvantage.  You are also going to feel left out. You might also need hearing aids.” But that is what happens whenever we read the letters in the New Testament. We are only hearing half the conversation! And that is not good because you can then misread (mishear?) what the author is trying to communicate. Bottom line: Without knowing the background, you are going to be at a real disadvantage. You may even need reading aids! For instance, take the book of Ephesians.



Did you know that the central theme of the book is that Jesus is better than Artemis! What? Who? How? Now, if you knew the background, you would know! Join us, not for a dry study of one more of Paul’s letters, but for an impassioned appeal to win the hearts of God’s people in Ephesus. Trust me, it’s Better than Art.