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No Religious Expectations

January 28, 2014 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 3 of 4 in the Foc|US: Vision for Life

Light the Way.

God has given us a vision to build a community of faith, who follow Jesus and tend to the mission of God: Light the Way, Learn the Truth, Love the Life.

This week Pastor John, asks is the church a Country Club or Hospital.  As he teaches from Luke 6, we uncover one of Jesus stiffest enemies, RELIGION.  As a church family, one of our values is to eliminate religious expectations and encourage grace in Jesus Christ.

No Religious Expectations

  • The title, “Christian,” has come to describe either a religion or a product, that marketing executives are trying to sell.  Christ did not come to start a religion or a business.  Therefore, Eagle LifeChurch is not marketing a religion.   Our goal is to shine the spotlight on Jesus Christ, who initiated a relational, incarnation, movement of grace and servant love.
  • Study it! Matthew 23; Mark 7:1-23; Mark 12:38-20 & Luke 20:45-47; Matthew 6:1-18; Hebrews 4:14-5:1

Listen to Light the Way | No Religious Expectations
January 26, 2014 | Pastor John Wilkie
Luke 6:1-19; Matthew 23

https://eaglelifechurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-26-FocUS-Light-the-Way-No-Religious-Expectations.mp3

Foc|US: Vision for Life

Without direction, which way will you go?  Without a plan, how do you know what to do?

In this 10-week series, you will learn the Mission, Vision, and Values of Eagle LifeChurch and how this plan will give purpose to each of our lives.

God has a plan for His Church and it includes you.  Join us on the journey!

Filed Under: Topical, Vision & Values, Foc|US: Vision for Life, Sermon Series Tagged With: Welcome, Expectation, Vision, Religion, Hypocrisy, Social Club, Hospital, Values, Luke 6, Matthew 23, Pharisee, Scribes

Expectation

December 9, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 4 of 7 in the That Christmas Feeling

Don’t you love the feeling of Christmas?

Cheer, wonder, excitement, generosity.

This year, our whole church, will be taking a journey through the feelings of the First Christmas through the Eyes of those who were there.  Our children will be having their own special experience at LifeKids, in Professor Playtime’s Christmas Shop of Wonders.

Listen to That Christmas Feeling | Expecting Comfort & Freedom
December 8, 2013 | Pastor Brad Murphy
Luke 2:21-35, John 14-15, Matthew 23:37

https://eaglelifechurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-08-That-Christmas-Feeling-Expectation1.mp3

Expecting Comfort and Freedom

Christmas is a time of expectation.

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
in hopes that St. Nickolas soon would be there.
-Clement Clarke Moore, Twas the Night Before Christmas

 

Some look forward to the giving of gifts.  Others long for that moment when the whole family gathers around the table for diner.  Still others agonize that it the first Christmas without a loved one.

As we continue the series, That Christmas Feeling, we look at the expectation of Simeon and Anna.  Two often overlooked characters at the the first Christmas.  These two were used by God to confirm and testify to the deity of the Christ.  The Apostle Luke recorded their eye witness accounts:

This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.
Luke 2:34-35

Through the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the thoughts of hearts are revealed.

This Christmas, will you be one who falls away, or will you be lifted up through the encouragement to Expect Comfort and Freedom?

Filed Under: That Christmas Feeling, Sermon Series Tagged With: Comfort, Christmas, Holiday, salvation, Jesus, Hope, Luke 2, Freedom, Rapture, Second Coming, Simeon, Anna, Expectation, Anticipation

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