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Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Paul left Titus in Crete to finish the work of shaping young churches so that they would hold fast to the truth and live a transformed life.
OUTLINE:
1. Its Context
2. Its Content
• Beliefs
• Behavior
• Blessed Hope
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The International Theological Commentary: The Pastoral Epistles by Gerald Bray; World Biblical Commentary: Pastoral Epistles by William Mounce; ESV Expository Commentary: Titus by Denny Burk
Pastor Mike Meyers
BIG IDEA: The LORD has come personally in Jesus and is with His people forever. Behold Him. Draw Near. Go Tell.
OUTLINE:
1. Behold Him - Read your Bible. Meditate on it. Preach the gospel to yourself.
2. Draw Near - Pray. Go to Jesus. Start with the ACTS method: Adore, Confess, Thank, Supplicate (make requests).
3. Go Tell - Depend on the Holy Spirit to grow in obedience. Share the gospel in your home, at work, with neighbors. Come to church and invite others. Support our missions' efforts to reach the nations.
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: The promised Ruler has established peace with God and will one day bring that peace to fullness forever when he comes again.
OUTLINE:
1. Our Pining for Peace
2. His Promise of Peace
3. The Prince of Peace
Resources: ESV Study Bible; Things Unseen: A Systematic Introduction to the Christian Faith and Reformed Theology by J. Gresham Machen; The Book of Isaiah (Commentary) by Edward J. Young; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jesus Christ is our Everlasting Father in his unending kingship and faithful care.
OUTLINE:
1. His Kingly Reign
2. His Fatherly Heart
3. His Everlasting Care
Resources: ESV Study Bible; The Book of Isaiah: A Commentary by Edward J. Young; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas; Names For The Messiah: An Advent Study by Walter Brueggeman; The Shorter Catechism Illustrated From Church History & Biography ed. John Whitecross; Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund; His Name—the Everlasting Father (sermon) by Charles Spurgeon
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Our promised Messiah is truly divine and mighty to save.
OUTLINE:
1. Jesus Is Our Promised Messiah
2. Jesus Is Our Divine Deliverer
3. Jesus Is Our Mighty Champion
Resources: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas; The Book of Isaiah: A Commentary by Edward Young; Creeds, Confessions, & CatechismsL A Readers Edition ed. Chad Van Dixhoorn
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God’s rule over all transforms our lives and secures his promises.
OUTLINE:
1. Providence & the Good Plans of God
2. Providence & the Godliness of His People
3. Providence & the Guarantee of His Promises
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Mystery of Providence by John Flavel; Providence by John Piper; Systematic Theology by Stephen Wellum; To the Judicious and Impartial Reader by James Renihan; What the Joseph Story Is Really About (TGC) by Samuel Emadi
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: To live and die well, we must remember that…
OUTLINE:
1. Death Will Certainly Come
2. Death Is Not All That Will Come
3. Death Has Been Overcome
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: The Beginnings of God’s Plan of Salvation by Richard P Belcher Jr; The Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry; Limping With God: Jacob & the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship by Chad Bird; Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness by Bobbie Jamieson
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: Jacob’s blessings spoken over his sons reminds us that our choices carry weight, we are blessed by belonging to God’s beloved, and that our hope rests in Judah’s Son who brings salvation.
OUTLINE:
Our Character & its Consequences
Our Belonging & the Blessing
Our Salvation & the Son
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: The Beginnings of God’s Plan of Salvation by Richard P Belcher Jr; The Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson
Pastor Brian Drake
BIG IDEA: We should live every day by faith in God’s Promised Future Inheritance because it is…
OUTLINE:
Of Surpassing Worth
Received Not Earned
Divinely Secured
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis to Deuteronomy by Matthew Henry; Genesis by Derek Kidner, Genesis by Richard P Belcher Jr; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by H.C. Leupold; Genesis by John Calvin; New City Catechism Devotional by Colin Hansen
Pastor Garrison Greene
BIG IDEA: God’s people are blessed and a blessing in exile, even as they long for the land to come.
OUTLINE:
Blessing (vs. 13-26)
Blessed (vs. 27-28)
Burial (vs. 29-31)
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; An Expositional Commentary: Genesis by James Montgomery Boice; God At Work: Your Christian Vocation In All Of Life by Gene Edward Veith Jr; The Valley of Vision ed. Arthur Bennet