Be The Church

  • September 14, 2020
  • BY Eric Morse
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Single Sermon Message from The Moody Church

What does it mean to be the church in the midst of a pandemic? How do we be the church when there’s not a church we can be? In our minds, particularly in the west, we often confuse people and place, or “ecclesia” (Greek) and “kirche” (German), when it comes to thinking about church.   … [Read More…] Be The Church

Psalm 111:1-10

  • September 13, 2020
  • BY Scott Lilly
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REMEMBER! Barton Bouchier: We see the stress here laid upon a whole heart, and the want of which is the great canker of all vital godliness. Men are ever attempting to unite what the word of God has declared to be incapable of union--the love of the world and of God--to give half their heart … [Read More...] Psalm 111:1-10

Sovereign Stories

  • September 8, 2020
  • BY Eric Morse
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Many of us are living through seasons of loss and unrest. And we’re asking: how could God possibly have a plan for all of this? Beginning this Sunday, we invite you to join us as we explore a God who provides redeeming mercies through the darkest times of our lives. We’ll see how we can trust Him and find comfort even though we may not understand the bigger picture of His plan.

If you read the Bible, you will find numerous stories where in God’s goodness despair is turned to deliverance, misery is turned to majesty, brokenness is turned to beauty, and grief is turned to glory. These stories are not here to stoke our wishful thinking. These stories show us, in compressed form, the redemption God … [Read More…] Sovereign Stories

Psalm 110:1-7

  • September 6, 2020
  • BY Scott Lilly
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SIT! Abraham Wright: What doctrine doth the Scripture afford more comfortable to a drooping soul than this, that God hath sworn his Son a priest for ever, to sanctify our persons, and purge our sins, and tender all our petitions to his Father? What sin is so heinous, for which such a priest cannot satisfy … [Read More...] Psalm 110:1-7

September 6, 2020

  • September 3, 2020
  • BY Pastor Philip Miller
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God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them. (John Piper)   Here at the end of the book of Ruth we discover that God is doing far more in this little family from Bethlehem than they could ever have imagined. From the dark days of tragedy, to … [Read More…] September 6, 2020

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Redeeming Love

  • August 31, 2020
  • BY Eric Morse
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Many of us are living through seasons of loss and unrest. And we’re asking: how could God possibly have a plan for all of this? Beginning this Sunday, we invite you to join us as we explore a God who provides redeeming mercies through the darkest times of our lives. We’ll see how we can trust Him and find comfort even though we may not understand the bigger picture of His plan.

The Bible is a masterpiece with a central message, from beginning to end, about Jesus and the redemption that He brings to humanity. And this is true of the Old Testament story of Ruth, as well, as it foreshadows the redeeming love of Jesus. As the story unfold, we see five aspects of Boaz’s redemption … [Read More…] Redeeming Love

Psalm 109:1-31

  • August 30, 2020
  • BY Scott Lilly
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HELP! Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The misery caused to a good man by slanderous reports no heart can imagine but that which is wounded by them; in all Satan’s armory there are no worse weapons than deceitful tongues.   Note: Scott mentions his lesson on Psalm 137. That audio can be found here.  Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/08/30204733/Psalm109.1-31_083020.mp3 … [Read More...] Psalm 109:1-31

Providence in Waiting

  • August 24, 2020
  • BY Eric Morse
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Many of us are living through seasons of loss and unrest. And we’re asking: how could God possibly have a plan for all of this? Beginning this Sunday, we invite you to join us as we explore a God who provides redeeming mercies through the darkest times of our lives. We’ll see how we can trust Him and find comfort even though we may not understand the bigger picture of His plan.

Sometimes doing the right thing is the last thing we want to do. Anyone can do the right thing when there’s no pressure. But doing the right thing when the pressure’s on, that takes character.   In this passage, we find four bold moves of obedience that change the trajectory of potentially tragic circumstances for … [Read More…] Providence in Waiting

Psalm 108:1-13

  • August 23, 2020
  • BY Scott Lilly
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AWAKE! David Dickson: He who would have God's help in any business, must quit confidence in man's help; and the seeing of the vanity of man's help must make the believer to trust the more unto, and expect the more confidently God's help.   Lesson Audio https://moodyaudiobucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/audios/2020/08/23222433/Psalm108.1-13_082320.mp3   Right Click / Save to download lesson … [Read More...] Psalm 108:1-13

Manipulating Grace

  • August 17, 2020
  • BY Eric Morse
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Many of us are living through seasons of loss and unrest. And we’re asking: how could God possibly have a plan for all of this? Beginning this Sunday, we invite you to join us as we explore a God who provides redeeming mercies through the darkest times of our lives. We’ll see how we can trust Him and find comfort even though we may not understand the bigger picture of His plan.

Hope is a beautiful thing. It gives us a reason to get up in the morning, to press through all the anguish and the sorrow of this life to something beyond, something bright, fresh, redeeming. Hope carries us through the darkness to the dawn.   Our story continues with Naomi having a sightline to redemptive … [Read More…] Manipulating Grace