2/17/2019 Just Judges: Calling All Leaders; Male & Female Judges 4 & 5
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- God can use anyone willing
- We fall faster than we rise
- True leaders relay God’s commands
- Not for your glory
- “Good leaders pass the credit and take the blame.”
- “It is amazing what you can accomplish when you do not care who gets the credit.” Harry Truman
- Prepare for God to surprise you
- Let God confuse/panic your enemies
- Never ask anyone to lie for you
2/10/2019 Just Judges: Lack of Leadership Judges 2 & 3
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- When the leaders worshiped God, the people worshiped God
- It’s easy to worship God when things are good
- No God, no protection
- Don’t march out without God
- Plans with no God are no good
- Leaders are only helpful if we listen to them
- STOP: lusting after more
- God feels sorry for suffering
- New judge: new mercy
- Repetitive sin is of the devil
- Bad pattern: We Sin -> We Suffer -> We cry to God -> God Saves us -> We Rest -> We Sin etc……
2/3/2019 Just Judges: Failure to Finish Judges 1
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- 1. We are NOT Judges
- a. We are witnesses
- 2. Ask God for leader
- 3. History: His-story
- 4. Don’t cut corners with God
- 5. Eliminate, not try to control
- 6. Tear down anything else that dominates your attention
- 7. Obedience is easier than:
- a. Weeping
- b. Sacrificing
1/27/2019 Back to Basics: Care for the Lost
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Search like you lost them
- Find them for God, not you
- Who are the lost?
- Don’t know they are lost
- Know they are lost
- No one is good but God
- God seeks the lost
- Be lean sheep
- Jesus came for the lost
- The church is not a country club for the righteous
- Who is your ONE?
- ___________________________________________________________________
- Care for the lost: listen
- The power of good questions
1/20/2019 Back to Basics: Care for Prisoners
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Liberty / release to prisoners
- God knows prison ministry
- Remember prisoners
- Visit prisoners, visit Jesus
- Prisoner visitation
- Care for prisoner: listen
- Pray for prisoners
- Post-prison support
1/13/2019 Back to Basics: Care for Poor
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Always a need
- Lend to the Lord
- Give to lack nothing
- If you hear, God hears
- Kingdom care
- Feed poor, feed Jesus
- Give if asked
- Care for poor: listen
1/6/2019 Back to Basics: Care for Children
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- 1st step: CHANGE
- 2nd step: “become like children”
- Innocent
- Trusting
- Obedient
- Humble
- 3rd step: welcome
- Opportunities:
- Children’s Ministry
- Good News Club @ Sunrise Elementary School
- Casa de Fe mission trip Oct. 10-25, 2019
- Listen
12/30/2018 Tunnels of Life
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
12/23/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, Revelation 22
Come, Lord Jesus, Come!
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
12/16/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, Revelation 21 All Things New
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Questions to ponder:
- Color of new sky?
- Will it rain?
- Jerusalem matters
- God the Builder
- God @ Home w/ us
- No more:
- Death
- Mourning
- Crying
- Pain
- “All things new”
- Not: new things
- Only God can do this
- Nothing to hide
- All nations under God
- Always open
12/9/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, The Pits, Revelation 20
By Chris Zuniga from Casa De Fe Orphanage in Shell, Ecuador
12/2/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, White Horse Warrior, Revelation 19
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- God is the only truly just judge
- Let God avenge
- Jesus the worship leader
- God taking the reins
- Marriage of the Lamb
- You are FORGIVEN
- Don’t worship angels
- We get to be prophets!
- Jesus: Faithful & True
- Jesus forever marked by His sacrifice
- Sharp sword: His Word
11/25/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, Justice and Grace, Revelation 18
By Elder Ben Atchley
11/18/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, Beauty and the Beast, Revelation 17
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
11/11/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, The Wrath of God, Revelation 15 & 16
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
11/4/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, The Harvest, Revelation 14
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Jesus, Lamb King
- Obedience still matters
- Where do you need to follow the Lamb??
- _________________________________
- Are you bright for God?
- Everyone suffers when you cheat on God
- Endurance help:
- Water stops
- Bring nourishment w/ you
- Encouragers
- Stretch
- Don’t try to grow alone
- Wrath of God: not God’s emotional response
10/28/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, The Beasts, Revelation 13
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- “The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing
the world that he did not exist.” Charles Baudelaire
- Single / double fulfillment
- The devil can NOT bring back to life
- Only God can!
- Speak small, love & do big
- Our truth combats enemy lies
- Evil makes good look good
- God knows the heart
- Called to endurance & faith
10/21/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, War in Heaven, Revelation 12
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
10/14/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, Revelation 10 & 11: Sweet and Sour
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- OK not knowing?
- Cooperate with God
- Can be uncomfortable
- Nothing more rewarding
- Sweet à bitter
- May have to say things for God that some people don’t want to hear
- Nothing stopping God’s message
- People can be incredibly depraved
- Some lost
- Most saved
- Value of the Earth
- God keeping His Word
10/7/2018 In the End: A New Beginning, Revelation 8 & 9: Are you ready?
By Pastor Roro Eustache from Haitian Christian Outreach
9/30/2018 In the End: A New Beginning Revelation 6 & 7: Seals
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
9/23/2018 In the End: A New Beginning Revelation 4 & 5
Worship and the Word
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Say yes to God
- Throne a political statement
- No vision problems with God
- Casting crowns
- Worship is contagious
- God: Creator & Sustainer
- Blessed to open Bible
- Reminder: we are NOT worthy
- Your greatest testimony may be what you give up
- Worship about God, not us
9/16/2018 In the End; A New Beginning Revelation 2 & 3
A message to the Churches: Conquer by Endurance
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- God’s race is not won quickly
- Don’t abandon agape love
- Don’t wait for 3rd chance!!!
- Hate the works, not the worker
- Never stop trying to get better
- Church can’t condone sin
- Be a pillar
- There has never been a perfect church
- About persistence, not perfection
- What is worse than discipline?
- Abandonment
9/9/2018 In the End: A New Beginning Revelation 1 Alpha and Omega
By: Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Singular, not plural
- Apocalypse: uncovering, disclosing, revealing
- Jesus: Ruler of kings
- Christian Kingdom
- Yes, you, a priest
- Jesus is God
- Almighty: this is no weak Jesus
- Jesus’ eyes of fire:
- Burn to core
- Refine what they see
- Warm what they contact
9/2/2018 Rest
By: Pastor Scott Hinsche
- God set example of rest
- Even land should rest
- Rhythm of work & rest
- No rest, no rhythm
- Especially when busy
- Rest may require solitude
- Sometimes, the most important thing you can do is: nothing
- Responsible for rest of those near you
- Rest requires trust
- Not resting = disobedience
- “He makes me lie down in green pastures.” (Psa 23:2)
- You must give Jesus your heavy burdens
- __________________________________________________
8/26/2018 Shalom: OK with God When All is NOT OK
By: Pastor Scott Hinshce
- Disciples follow Jesus
- Fear inversely correlated w/ faith
- “leaving the crowd behind”
- If your boat is filling with water, you have a choice:
- Watch the water
- Watch the Lord
- He may want you to sleep through the storm, too…
- great storm à great calm
- All because of Jesus
- Your fear reveals your faith
- Let Jesus use your lows to take you higher
- Life is not safe
- Just because you’re uncomfortable doesn’t mean Jesus isn’t with you
- Shalom: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
- Peace yes, but not necessarily a lack of conflict
6/17/2018 Bound by Truth Fueled by Love
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- 2 Main Themes of Bible:
- Love
- Justice
- Don’t choose sides!
- Must walk both love & justice
- Love 1st & justice foundation
- Love hears & justice saves
- Lord delights in love & justice
- Love & justice required
- New Testament: The other cheek of love & justice
- Need both love & truth
- Can’t define love w/o truth
- Can’t spread truth w/o love
- Without justice, no need Jesus
- DO LOVE
6/10/2018 Galatians 6 – Relationship
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Work well with others
- Restore gently
- NOT: ignore loudly
- Reap what you sow
- When in doubt, do what benefits most
- See all things as new in Christ
- God can handle your wrestling
6/3/2018 Galatians 5 – Legalism, License and Liberty
By Youth Pastor Hunter Hoover
5/20/2018 Galatians 3 – Law and Spirit
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Give your self for your creation
- Let Spirit finish God’s work in you
- Not right works but right belief
- You are in whom you believe
- Promise before law
- We have laws because people got hurt
- Law is not bad
- It leads us to the cross
5/13/2018 Galatians – Rebuke: Galatians 2
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Don’t run without grace
- Point out problems in private (Mat. 18:15)
- Saved by Jesus regardless of background
- Freedom in Christ
- Freedom from others
- Know your audience
- You à _____________________
- Recognized by grace
- Hypocrisy hinders the gospel
- Hypocrisy hurts the church
- Justified by faith
5/6/2018 Galatians – Defense of Divinity – Galatians:1
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Apostle: one sent
- Are you sent by God / other??
- Church not limited to building
- No other gospel
- Adding to gospel ruins it
- Who are you trying to please?
- People
- Christ
- For whom are you zealous?
- Christ
- Traditions of ancestors
- Be careful with whom you confer
- Do we have room for former persecutors??
- Are we a church for unchurched people??
4/29/2018 Seasons – Winter John 10:22-39
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Some people just won’t listen
- So, stop talking & start living…
- Hearers follow
- Ask: How can God use this?
- Winter witness: perhaps the most powerful
4/22/2018 Seasons – Fall Jeremiah 8:18-9:24
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Cry out for each other
- Choose wisely: bad choices in Spring make for bad results in harvest
- Necessity of breaks
- Necessity of truth
- To love God is to know God
- Testing > giving up
- Sometimes, God’s stated judgment is an UNLESS…
- OK to cry
- Boast in understanding/knowing the Lord
4/15/2018 Seasons – Summer Exodus 16
By Scott Bradley of 5Rock Ranch
4/8/2018 Seasons – Spring Mathew 13:1-23
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Parables are both light & heavy
- Sowing time
- Careful where you sow
- Path
- Rocky ground
- Thorns
- Good soil
- Careful where you sow
- Take time to listen / review
- Everyone loves a good story
- Are those around you looking more like Christ or staying the same?
- When in Spring
- Be intentional
- “Don’t peak in high school”
- Avoid thorns
- Stay rooted in the Word
- Tell “your” story
4/1/2018 Resurrection Sunday!
The Day God & Jesus fooled the Evil One & Death (Mark 16)
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Stress less, pray more
- Have to seek Jesus
- Ask God to raise you
- Fear inhibits our witness
- Show them Jesus!!
- Long-suffering of Jesus
- Help make a fool of Satan
- Proclaim the good news
- The Lord will:
- Work with us
- Confirm message w/ signs
- The Lord will:
3/25/2018 Jews for Jesus-A call to share the Gospel with All Romans 1:16-17
By Yoel Ben David from Jews for Jesus
3/18/2018 In the Beginning-The Promised Son-Genesis 17,18,20,21,22
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- If you want someone to stay, serve them
- Don’t see as world sees
- Careful with even your internal feelings about God
- “Is anything beyond YHWH?” (Gen. 18:14)
- Don’t let fear make you lie
- God keeps His promises
- Even when we don’t
- God does the unbelievable
- God gave up His Son for ours
3/11/2018 In the Beginning-The Other-Genesis 16
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Be careful blaming God
- It may not have happened YET, but God may be up to something…
- Don’t panic
- Waiting on God is not easy, but it is better than trying to go around Him
- Be careful calling for God’s justice
- Passive can be bad for marriage
- God keeps His promises
- God hearkens to the cries of the hurting
- God sees you
- Jesus came for the other (Luke 5:31-32)
- How are we calling the sick sinner?
3/4/2018 In the Beginning-Abram-Genesis 12-15
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Test of faith
- Blessed to bless others
- A lie is never OK
- Fear makes us do awful things
- Don’t wait to trust in God
- Justified by faith
- God’s justice can take time
- God of the not quite yet
2/25/2018 In the Beginning- The Great Scattering- Genesis 10-11
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Don’t settle with God
- Don’t absorb differences
- Don’t build / make for ourselves
- Don’t build ourselves up
- Not about our name: make a name for God
- God does not want us to do it alone
- God is not cruel; He is a perfect parent
- If confused à need God
- God scatters so He leads
- Not about building up, but spreading out
- Scatter, seek diversity
2/18/2018 In the Beginning- A Covenant and a Covering- Genesis 9
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Bear fruit: God wants us productive
- We don’t have the right to take away God’s image
- God of 2nd chances
- Reclaim the Rainbow
- Scatter: God doesn’t do cliques
- Confront sin/mistake directly
- Love covers
- A lesson in service
- Those who serve each other dwell well with each other
2/11/2018 In the Beginning-Genesis 7 & 8-The Deluge
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- God is with you!!!
- Don’t delay when God calls
- All about obedience
- Not about who Noah was
- Not about how Noah felt
- Seek protection before the rain
- Waiting on God can be uncomfortable
- What door is God closing for you?
- ___________________________
- Waiting builds patience
- God/Noah allowed time for growth
- Noah was careful
- Noah waited on God
2/4/2018- In the Beginning-Genesis 6- Standing Out
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Things go bad fast!!
- Don’t forget the spiritual realm
- God did not want us hurting each other
- Human evil pains God’s inmost being
- Why Noah?
- Righteous
- Wholehearted
- Walked w/ God
- Covenant: agreement unbroken by God
- Do all the God commanded
1/21/2018- In the Beginning-Genesis 4- Brotherhood
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Childbirth helps relate to YHWH
- 1st & best: God doesn’t want your leftovers
- Give in secret
- Don’t get momentum the wrong direction
- God is not as concerned about the ripeness of your fruit as He is about the ripeness of your heart
- Rule over sin, not your brother/sister
- We are keepers of our brothers and sisters
- Murder usurps the authority of God
- Alienation from God fear of men
1/21/2018 – In the Beginning – Genesis 3 – Disobedience
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Do NOT discount evil!
- Cannot stretch the truth
- Sin begins with a lie
- May God govern our desire
- What are you covering up?
- __________________________________
- What are you covering up with?
- __________________________________
- Blame game
- Other
- God
- Self
- Responsibility game
- Self
- God / Satan
- Other
- Wise up:
- God’s Word
- God’s character
- Need for others
- Sin has consequences
1/14/2018 – In the Beginning – Creation 2.0 – Genesis 2:4b-25
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Purpose: till the soil
- God formed us
- We are human when we begin to breathe
- We were created for pleasure
- Earth: work it & watch it
- Take care of it
- Enjoy it
- Guard it
- Tree of knowing of good & evil
- Given a choice
- “It is not good for the human to be alone.” (Gen. 2:18)
- Leave & cling
- Naked & unashamed
1/7/2018 – In the Beginning – Creation – Genesis 1-2:4a
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- God spoke into Creation
- God’s creation is self-replicating
- Obedience of the Earth
- Are we reviewing everything we do and say to ensure that it is good?
- Do we let God set the rhythm of our lives?
- YOU are recessed lighting
- So, shine!!
- God creates in community
- Creation care
- We are most like God when with opposite sex
- Work finished, rest begins
- Cease: active stopping
- What are you creating?
12/31/17 – Outside Consultant: Don’t Go It Alone – Exodus 18
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
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“Christmas Steps” – The Birth of Jesus – Luke 2:1-20
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
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“Christmas Steps” – The Birth Of John – Luke 1:57-80
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Neighbors & relatives: Do they know what the Lord has done for you?
- God makes us part of larger family
- Obedience à witness
- Pondered: heard in the heart
- Redeemed: made a ransom
- God kept His Word; so should we
- Act of forgiveness: sending away, liberation, deliverance from captivity
- NEVER TO RETURN!
“Christmas Steps” – The Prophecy of Jesus – Luke 1:26-56
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Virgin (“parthenon”): from strength
- Sex = knowledge
- Don’t fear unexpected
- Gotta be flexible with God
- Grace: an undeserved gift
- Pray your impossibility
- ________________________________
- The witness of shared experience: share your story
- Blessed to believe
- God uses the humble
- Danger of pride
“Christmas Steps” – The Prophecy of John – Luke 1:5-25
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Don’t give up: God’s “late” may be right on time
- God stirring things up can be a good thing
- Gotta talk to God for Him to hear you
- John: YHWH has been gracious / shown favor
- “Great in the sight of the Lord”
- Trust does not imply full understanding
- God shines when we can’t
- Doubt God at your own risk
- Voice of doubt muted
“Vision”
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Vision: place of seeing, what is seen, light, window
- Let God be your eyes
- Genesis 15 vision
- “Do not be afraid” (1)
- From God, not us
- “Look toward heaven”
- Believe à righteousness
- Do something
- Sleep on it
- Acts 9:10-19 vision
- Often to: disciples / followers
- But not always…
- “Get up and go” (11)
- May send you to nonbelievers
- Follow the vision instructions
- May change someone (and you)
- “Was that a vision from God?”
- Not always easy to discern
- From or consistent w/ God’s Word
- Lasting / memorable
- Stirring
- Jesus is the lens
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (7 of 7) – 3 John – Hospitality
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- The world gets hospitality wrong
- Wrong: about ME
- Right: about YOU
- There is false love
- Faithfulness to the truth
- Welcome STRANGERS
- Church hospitality: greeters
- Hospitality without complaint
- Vulnerability of hospitality
- Don’t put yourself first
- Fellowship welcomes others
- Face to face
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (6 of 7) – 2 John – Truth and Love
By Assoc. Pastor Roger Younger
- Truth defines love
- The Mission of the Church:
discipling - Truth & Love are
inseparable - You must have balance
- Do you love Christ?
- Do you obey Christ?
- Love IS the discipline
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (5 of 7) – 1 John 5 – Live, Love & Conquer
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
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- Love by obedience
- God’s law à God’s love
- Must believe in something beyond this world
- Spirit is proof that God still cares
- The Big 3 that testify:
- Spirit: voice of God
- Water: cleansing by God
- Blood: sacrifice of God
- Jesus is not life insurance; Jesus is life assurance
- When we sin, we acknowledge Satan has power over the world
- “keep yourselves from idols” (21)
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (4 of 7) – 1 John 4 – Testing the Spirit
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Don’t believe everything you hear/read
- Listeners wanted
- Jesus is divisive
- Agape love: undeserved
- NOT: “chemistry”
- 1st love
- God’s love as source
- God’s love as God seen
- Don’t need to worry yourself if you give yourself for others
- No fear in love
- No love in fear
- No pride in love
- Love is planted in humility
- Cannot love God & hate His children
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (3 of 7) – 1 John 3 – Children of God
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (2 of 7) – 1 John 2 – Live the Truth
By Elder Ben Atchley
- You cannot abide until you have been redeemed.
- There are two kinds of forgiveness
- The first has to do with your position in Christ.
- The second has to do with your relationship with Christ.
- Keeping short accounts:
- With God
- With others
- With ourselves
- Walking in the light
- Walking in the world
- Walking in the truth
- Walking the walk
Abide – Study of John’s Letters (1 of 7) – 1 John 1 – Test for Fellowship
By Pastor Scott Hinsche
- Abide:
- Bear patiently
- Endure without yielding
- Wait for
- Accept without objection
- Remain stable or fixed in a state
- Continue in a place
- Fellowship of sharing gospel
- Jesus @ center of relationships
- Joy from faith of others
- Joy of your Master
- Joy fulfilled later…
- We start in the dark
- Shine light in the dark
- Hypocrisy: Say in light but walk in dark
- Truth:
- We are sinners
- We make mistakes
- We are forgiven
- Perfectionism is a problem
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