2/18/2024 Worship Service & Sermon - True Spirituality and Spiritual Fruit - Mark 11:11-25

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2/18/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Matt Lambert
Speaker: David Royes
Scripture: Mark 11:11-25
Title: True Spirituality and Spiritual Fruit

Notes:

1. A Parable of empty religion
A. A lens for what Jesus is about to do
B. How false religion works

2. An explanation of authentic spirituality
A. Genuine belief in God's power
B. Dependence on God in prayer
C. The forgiveness of your Father in Heaven

3. Hope for true change
A. Christ was sacrificed for our sins

#Mark #spiritualfruit

2/11/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: King Jeroboam's Rival Religion - 1 Kings 12:25-33

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2/11/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Dawson Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 12:25-33
Title: King Jeroboam's Rival Religion

Notes:

1. How Jeroboam strengthened his new country
A. He strengthened two key cities
B. He revamped worship in Israel

2. How Jeroboam founded a new religion
A. How they would worship
B. Where they would worship
C. Who would lead them in worship
D. When they would worship
E. Why do these things matter?

3. Today's false religion
A. "Spiritual but not religious"
B. Progressive Christianity
C. All the above is self-invented religion

#Jeroboam #Rehoboam #David #Bethel #worship

2/4/2024 Worship Service and Sermon

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2/4/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Mike Culbert
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 11:26-12:24
Title: Jeroboam's Revolt: Israel Is Split

Notes:

1. Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim
A. Ephraim's early promise
B. Tensions with other tribes
C. Crown given to David of the tribe of Judah
D. Jeroboam put over labor force of Ephraim and Manasseh

2. Ahijah's Prophecy to Jeroboam

3. Result of the Prophecy
A. Jeroboam revolts, fails, and flees
B. The prophecy is fulfilled

4. Lessons
A. Your spiritual condition affects those around you and those who come after you
B. God is sovereign over national calamities
C. God's determination to save His people can never be stopped

#Jeroboam #Rehoboam #David

1/28/24 Worship Service &. Sermon: Our Unity is His Priority - John 17:20-23

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1/28/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus
Speaker: Matt Carter
Scripture: John 17:20-23
Title: Our Unity is His Priority

My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Notes:

1. Who is Jesus praying for?
A. Jesus is praying for those who will believe
B. What did Jesus want for us?

2. In what sense is Jesus in the Father, and vice versa?
A. The Word was with God and the Word was God
B. The Father was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Christ

3. Why does Jesus pray so fervently about our unity in Him?
A. Unity in such a diverse group of people testifies that Jesus is in our midst
B. Unity in the midst of diversity is messy and costly

Benediction: May you be found hidden in Christ and in God the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit living in you. And may the unity that comes from having been hidden there well up in expressions of love for God and for the diverse body of believers around you. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

#John #unity

1/21/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: God will build a house for David - 1 Kings 11:9-13, 2 Samuel 7:1-17

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1/21/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Matt Griffith
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 11:9-13, 2 Samuel 7:1-17
Title: God will build a house for David

Notes:

1. Human reason can lead godly leaders down the wrong path

2. God is surprisingly humble
A. God has gladly gone without a temple for a long time
B. In this sense, God is not like other "gods"

3. God is kind and full of grace
A. He reminds David of His past grace and kindness
B. He promises David future grace and kindness
C. He promises David a dynasty
D. Why is God kind to David and his dynasty?

4. God promises that David's dynasty will be unending
A. Death will not annul this promise
B. Sin cannot destroy the promise
C. Time will not exhaust the promise

1/14/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Solomon’s Fall, God’s Verdict - 1 Kings 11

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

Worship Leader: Tyler Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 11
Title: Solomon's Fall, God's Verdict

Notes:

1. Introducing Solomon's sin
A. His drift into idolatry
B. Young Solomon wouldn't have dreamed of following other gods
C. How he started with other gods

2. God became angry with Solomon

3. God's discipline of Solomon
A. Discipline via Hadad of Edom
B. Discipline via Rezon of Aram
C. Discipline via Jeroboam

4. Lessons
A. Drifting is deceitful because it happens gradually
B. Drifting has a domino effect
C. It matters who we are close to
D. Where there is repentance, mercy trumps sin and discipline

Benediction: To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen

#Solomon #drifting #discipline

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

12/31/23 Worship Service: Stewardship Failure - Malachi 3:6-12

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12/31/23 Worship Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Dave Stoltzfus
Speaker: Wendell Stoltzfus
Scripture: Malachi 3:6-12
Title: Stewardship Failure

Notes:

1. Introduction

2. Robbing God
A. Admonition
B. Extortion
C. Condemnation

3. Returning to God
A. Exhortation
B. Declaration
C. Protection
D. Reputation

4. Practical Applications

#Malachi #tithing

12/24/2023 Christmas Eve Worship Service & Sermon: Christ’s Poverty, Our Wealth - 2 Corinthians 8:9

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12/24/2023 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Mike Culbert
Speaker: Steve Estes, Senior Pastor
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:9
Title: Christ's Poverty, Our Wealth

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

Notes:

1. Jesus Christ was rich
A. Rich in possessions
B. Rich in the ability to create yet more
C. Rich in honor
D. Rich in love

2. Jesus Christ became poor
A. Born into poverty
B. Lived as a human
C. Had no place to lay His head
D. Endured frustration and sorrow

3. The result of Christ's poverty is our wealth in heaven
A. You're rich in possessions

4. Applications
A. For non-Christians
B. For Christians