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Dr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesBeing WheatIn Jesus' well-known parable about the wheat and the weeds, we frequently get confused about who we are in the story. Are we the landowner? The workers? The reapers? Or, maybe, something else...? 2024-11-2508 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesThe Mystery of FaithWhy is it that some believe and some do not, even when they have heard the same message and seen the same examples of faith? It's a mystery, but it's a mystery worth examining! 2024-11-2010 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesThe HumblingIt is one of the best known books of the Bible, the book of Job. But we don't often know what to make of it. Maybe because we don't WANT to know. I encourage you to read the first 3 chapters, and then chapters 29-42. The quotes I offer from some of these chapters come from The Message translation of the Bible, and I offer my recommendation to try this translation on for size. You can find it www.biblegateway.com. 2024-11-1510 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesThe Time of Our LivesYou may know what time it is right now, but do you know whose time it is? Based on the beautiful words of Ecclesiastes 3, we are challenged to examine our futile attempts to be the lord of our own lives.Eccl. 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;2024-11-1208 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesSeeing and BelievingOne of my favorite stories in the Bible is the story in Mark 10 about Blind Bartimaeus, who ends up seeing more than anybody else! 2024-10-3108 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesBeing a Part of Something GreaterIt is time to take another look at the teachings of the Apostle Paul because he has gotten a much-undeserved reputation as someone who, well, doesn't need to be listened to! In his masterpiece of Christian theology, The Letter to the Romans, he gives us some hard advice about what it means to live as followers of Christ. In order to better reflect on the words of this episode, here's what Paul says:Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and a...2024-10-2909 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesThe Greatest of These Is LoveBelieve it or not, the apostle Paul did not write the well-known 13th chapter of First Corinthians for weddings! It is intended for Christians who are looking to deepen the way they live out their faith - like you and me. 2024-10-1911 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesThe Lost WordThe English language is a living thing. We add words to it, and lose words that fall out of use. There's one word in the Bible that we have almost completely lost, and it is one of the most important words when it comes to living out our relationship with God and with one another. 2024-10-1113 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesWhat Faith Can (and Cannot) DoWalking on water: whose power enabled Peter to do that? Living our faith: whose power enables us to do that? 2024-10-0215 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesWhat We Can Do That God CannotWe say that God is omnipotent, all-powerful. But there are things that God cannot do; in fact, there are things we can do that God cannot! 2024-09-2614 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesWhat Does It Mean to Say the Bible is the Inspired Word of God?That phrase is tossed around a lot, but what does it exactly mean? This is what it means to me. 2024-09-2418 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesLiving in the CloudThe Book of Hebrews isn't really a book. It's a sermon, and one of the most masterful sermons ever written. It's a sermon about faith, and what it looks like when faith is put into action. 2024-09-1918 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesFaith Makes You HungryIt's quite an amazing process: faith happens mostly in the heart, but it seeks to feed the brain with understanding, which then strengthens the faith, which then makes the brain hungry to know more... 2024-09-1610 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesHow's Your Garden?In the last episode we heard Paul scold the Galatians for thinking that anything but the grace of God saves us. As he ends his letter, he also warns that this doesn't mean we can do what we want because our works do not save us - or keep us from being saved. After all, he says, you can't plant radishes and expect to sow tomatoes! 2024-09-1212 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesSet Free to be FreeOne of the great ironies of too many of us followers of Christ is how often we use our freedom to lose our freedom. 2024-09-0915 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesWhy Does God Love You?Here's a hint: it's not about you. 2024-09-0514 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesGospel MathWhen the Apostle Paul writes to the church in Galatia, he is more than a little upset. Why? It's in the math, the Gospel math, that is. 2024-09-0218 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesCome Over to Macedonia, Part 2This message is the second of two that are based on the 16th chapter of the Book of Acts, in which the Apostle Paul is told by the Holy Spirit to "Come over to Macedonia and help us." Be sure to listen to both to find out exactly where Macedonia is! 2024-08-2912 minDr. Ken's Sermons & StudiesCome Over to Macedonia, Part 1This message is the first of two based on the 16th chapter of the Book of Acts, when Paul hears the voice of the Holy Spirit saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." Be sure to listen to both so that you have the full answer to the question, "Where is Macedonia?" 2024-08-2616 min