Rescuing Churches in Danger 2
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
John was dealing with the dangerous heresies that came from Greek ways of thinking. He was dealing with the false religion of Docetism that said Christ Jesus was not really human and with the beginnings of the false religion of Gnosticism. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? What was His relationship with God? What was his nature? Was He the eternal Son of God, God in the flesh? Was he fully human?
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Rescuing Churches in Danger 1
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
The words written by John in his first letter are a warning and a sober reminder that we are in a spiritual battle. It raged during the life of Christ. It raged in the first century as his apostles took his message to the world. It has raged throughout church history, and it rages in the times in which we live.
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The Promises of Christmas 3
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
Some of you may look at your life and think, “What a mess.” And you know what? It probably is! But I have good news for you. God has made promises to get you out of it!
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The Promises of Christmas 2
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
There are many dark, tragic places in this world – stories we hear that frighten us, news reports of troubled places. Many ask, “Where is God in the midst of the suffering?” And the answer is, “he is right there.”
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The Promises of Christmas 1
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
God chose Bethlehem to drive home this point. In his eyes there is no little position, no little ministry, no little person, and no little place. It is all important to him.
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The Humility of Christmas 3 - Simple Shepherds
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
Ordinary Mary, Just Joseph, and Simple Shepherds. This is the humility of Christmas. Don’t you find it amazing that God used humble, simple people to advance his purposes? I believe God did this to show His power and to turn the values of the world upside down.
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The Humility of Christmas 2 - Just Joseph
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
Life is composed mostly of daily, ordinary routines. God uses the daily, ordinary, routines, and sometimes troublesome events in the world like a Roman census and like a crazed ruler such as Herod to accomplish his will.
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The Humility of Christmas 1 - Ordinary Mary
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
After centuries of church history, apocryphal writings, and questionable theology about Mary, we need to get back to the simplicity of who Mary was. Sometimes I like to call her ordinary Mary.
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Who Was That Baby in the Manger 5
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
That baby in the manger was the most glorious and perfect expression of God. He was God, and he was the most beloved person in the universe and before the universe.
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Who Was That Baby in the Manger 4
Jonathan Williams with Word of God, Speak
The greatness of Jesus is not that the lowly Baby in the manger was exalted. It is not that he went form a place of lowness to highness. No, the greatness of Jesus is that he went from a place of highness to lowness!
info_outlineJohn was dealing with the dangerous heresies that came from Greek ways of thinking. He was dealing with the false religion of Docetism that said Christ Jesus was not really human and with the beginnings of the false religion of Gnosticism. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? What was His relationship with God? What was his nature? Was He the eternal Son of God, God in the flesh? Was he fully human?