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Sent
December 3rd to December 31st
When we think about Christmas and the Bible, we naturally think of Matthew’s account of the virgin birth and the
visit of the Magi or Luke’s account of Gabriel’s visit to Mary and of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. We think of the
decree going out from Caesar Augustus, of Joseph and Mary going up from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and of Mary giving
birth to Jesus in a manger. We think of the shepherds in the field, of the heavenly host announcing peace on earth
to those of good will and of the shepherds finding the baby in the manger. This is what Christmas is all about,
isn’t it? Well, yes, this is what Christmas is all about. And yet, there is more.
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Stand
October 1st to November 26th
When it comes to the Bible there are not many outside of Jesus that
seem to get this in and of thing. However, there is one shinning example,
Daniel and his companions. They were living captive in a pagan land.
However, they managed to not only live godly, actually successfully impacted
the culture around them. Here is the ironic thing; thet never held a rally, never
signed a petition, and never voted to put the leader in place that would make his
life easier. So how did they do it? Simple they took a Stand.
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WHOA!
Augusts 13th to September 24th
The Pharisees thought they had this living thing all figured out. They had disected and analyzed every thing God
said and passed laws to guilt and even force people to live for God. But now there is a new sherrif (Sherrif Jesus)
in town and he says... WHOA! His message is you have it all wrong. In Matthew 23 he proceeds to take their
righteousness apart piece by piece indentifing it as worldly.
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The Big Blue Marble
July 2nd to August 6th
I used to watch this TV show as a kid called "The Big Blue Marble". It's features were to introduce kids to customs
and cultures from all around the worl thus helping them understand how to relate to them. What a theme for a sermon
series! God's "culture" is foriegn to the worldview. So how do we as Christians relate God's worldview to them?
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A Lot to Learn About Life
May7th to June 18th
If I was going to pick one Bible person that struggled with the in/of equation it would be Lot. Ironically the
Bible called him a righteous man. So even in his "righteousness" he had major struggles. That makes him an relevent
study in our quest to understand "In" not "Of" We are going to look at his life to see what went wrong and try to understand
what made him righteous
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Celebrate
March 5th to April 23rd
In Leviticus 23 God gives one day (to be done every week) and seven celebrations for the Isarelites to do through
out the year. His goal was to give Israel moments to stop and focus on Him. Each celebration also pointed toward
the coming Messiah and His kingdom. How does this tie to our theme for the year? Simple if you are going to live
in but not of you have to take moments to focus on God, what he has done, is doing and will do.
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Chasing the Wind
January 8th to February 26th
If we are going to understand the concept of IN not Of then we have better get a really smart teacher.
Fortunately a very wise man wrote a book on the topic. His name was Solomon. Unfortunately the book from the
wise man was written after he spent a life time chasing the the wind. Thus the goal is not to do what Solomon did,
but instead to learn from his life full of mistakes and regrets.
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Kingdom Kids
5th Sundays: January 29th, April 30th, July 30th and October 29th
5th Sundays are Kid Sundays at Parkview Christian Church. These are Sundays where there is no children's church
our children stay with us for the entire worship. In 2023 we are going to take a different approach. This is a
sermon series designe for kids because its's about kids. We are going to take a look at four kids that changed
their world by how they lived.
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