4/14/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: A Story of Three Dynasties - 1 Kings 16:8-28

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4/14/2024 Worship Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: 1 Kings 16:8-28
Title: A Story of Three Dynasties
Worship Leader: Randy Hepler
Speaker: Steve Estes

Notes:

1. Elah: The Carousing King
A. His degenerate reign
B. His sad end
C. A warning about the worship of pleasure
D. The double evil of pulling others into our own sins

2. Zimri: The Tough-Guy King
A .He ends Baasha's dynasty the same way it began
B. His dynasty ends in a blaze of defiance
C. The ultimate expression of self-determination

3. Four years of civil war

4. Omri: The Winner Who Was a Loser
A. Politically a winner
B. Spiritually a loser

#Elah #Zimri #Omri

1/7/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: Solomon’s Golden Reign - 1 Kings 3-10

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1/7/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Randy Helper
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 3-10
Title: Solomon's Golden Reign

Notes:

1. Solomon as a ruler of power and strength

2. Solomon as a ruler of wisdom
A. God appears to him at Gibeon
B. The two prostitutes
C. Wisdom in literature and natural sciences

3. Solomon as a ruler of wealth
A. Refinery at the Gulf of Aqaba
B. Overland trade routes
C. Sea-going trade
D. Result

4. Solomon as worthy

5. Solomon as a ruler of honor, glory, and praise

#solomon #1kings

10/8/23 Worship Service and Sermon: The Shape of Christ in the Quietly Faithful - Philippians 2:25-30

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10/8/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Philippians 2:25-30
Title: The Shape of Christ in the Quietly Faithful
Worship Leader: Randy Hepler
Speaker: Dr. Mark Garcia

I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need, for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men, for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

Notes:

1. Paul's relationship to the church in Philippi
A. Converts at the river and at the jail
B. Philippians want to help Paul while he is in Jerusalem

2. Philippian church sent a letter to Paul in prison
A. They are poor and have problems with dissenting members
B. "Keep Epaphroditus and send Timothy"

3. Paul's letter to a church in turmoil
A. "Epaphroditus is the pastor you need"
B. A servant's heart without celebrity

4. What "Epaphrodituses" are in our midst?

7/30/23 Worship Service and Sermon

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7/23/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Randy Helper
Speaker: Tyler Estes
Scripture: Romans 8:18-28
Title: Suffering and Safety in Christ

Notes:

1. The primary theme of Romans 8 is that those who are in Christ are safe

2. The suffering of Christians is not something to treat lightly
A. Our sufferings are sometimes the result of our sin
B. But our sufferings are sometimes the result of another's sin
C. And our sufferings are sometimes the result of vanity in a fallen world
D. The Bible draws a connection between our sufferings and the glory that we receive with Christ

3. Our sufferings are insignificant compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us at Christ's Second Coming

4. We are sustained in our sufferings by the hope of our salvation

5. We are also sustained in our sufferings by the intercession of the Holy Spirit

6. Applications

#Romans #suffering

2/20/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Cancer in the Church - Joshua 7

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2/20/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Randy Hepler
Speaker: Mark Estes
Title: Cancer in the Church
Scripture: Joshua 7

1. Sometimes a great victory is followed by a great defeat
a. Sin leads to defeat
b. Dissatisfaction leads to coveting
c. Decisive action is needed
d. Sin is a cancer-like threat

2. Unrepentant sin cannot be tolerated in the Christian life
a. Individually
b. Corporately
c. A word to the young

#sin #unrepentantsin #churchdiscipline