Posts with the category “upside-down-kingdom-mission-message-matthew-3-7”

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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 9 | Calling The King | Matthew 6:5-18
March 9th, 2025
Prayer includes petitions for provision, forgiveness, and protection. We need daily bread, a posture of forgiveness as we have been forgiven, and protection from the evils of the world and those which...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 8 | Engaging Enemies | Matthew 5:38-6:4
March 4th, 2025
There are different and higher expectations for citizens of the kingdom when compared to citizens of the world. This may be the most challenging teaching from the Sermon on the Mount because it change...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 7 | Upside Down Marriage | Matthew 5:31-37
March 4th, 2025
As Disciples of Jesus, we understand the Christian faith is rooted in the biblical principal “covenant”: an unchangeable, legal agreement between God and man that clearly defines the requirements, pro...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 6 | Radical Renewal | Matthew 5:21-30
March 4th, 2025
Jesus preached the kingdom of heaven is a revolution, not of radical rebellion, but of radical obedience. While Jesus teaches His disciples Kingdom Ethics, He makes it clear that obedience is more tha...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 5 | Preserving & Proclaiming the Kingdom | Matthew 5:13-20
February 9th, 2025
From internal heart disposition to external engagement Jesus teaches His disciples what the impact of living out kingdom character will be in the world. Jesus’ disciples are not retreating from a brok...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 4 | Message on the Mount | Matthew 5:1-12
February 2nd, 2025
What begins in chapter 5, and continues through chapter 7, is a compilation of Jesus’s essential teaching for His disciples. Yet this is more than a legalist manifesto or utopian ideal to be pursued. ...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 3 | Mission Launch | Matthew 4:12-25:11
January 26th, 2025
After his Baptism and Temptation in the Wilderness, Jesus spent additional time in solitude before launching his public ministry and mission. Jesus’ mission of light and life would face great oppositi...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 2 | Kingdom Coronation & Conflict | Matthew 3:13-4:11
January 21st, 2025
Around the age of 30 Jesus begins His public ministry by coming to His cousin John the Baptizer. John has been preaching “repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand” The kingdom of heaven is at hand beca...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Week 1 | Preparing for the King | Matthew 3:1-12
January 12th, 2025
Before a king arrives, a herald is sent to announce the kingdom and the king. In Malachi, God promises He will send a messenger who will proclaim the great and awesome day of the Lord’s arrive. Before...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich
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Upside Down Kingdom: Mission & Message | Matthew 3-7 | Introduction
January 11th, 2025
The way we think about our lives and our world needs to change. We live believing we are the kings of our little kingdoms, and the world and everyone in it is created to serve us. Challenges arrive wh...  Read More
by Pastor Christopher Rich