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×Sunday Worship February 16th, 2025 “Who Cares?” Nehemiah 9:32-38 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Undeniable Guilt Unparalleled Grace Reflection Questions: When have you been undeniably guilty, and you were suffering the consequences of your bad decision(s); and nevertheless – you still wanted someone to ‘let not your hardship(s) seem little’? Have you ever received empathy from a person you wronged!? …What was that like? Psalm 56:8 says that God keeps count of your tossings; and He puts your tears in His bottle, and writes them down in His book. How do you feel about this? Hebrews 4:15 says that we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. How do you feel about this? Romans 8:28 and Genesis 50:20 say that God works all things together for good, and that what people mean for evil, God will use it for good. How do you feel about this? Philippians 2:12-13 tells us to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in us, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. How do you feel about this? The post Who Cares? appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship February 9th, 2025 “Life On Whose Terms” Nehemiah 9:22-31 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Gifts Risks Strange Salvation Reflection Questions: When was a time you actually did life on God’s terms? What are the specific indicators that suggest someone is doing life on God’s terms? How do you feel about being dependent on gifts? How do you feel about being a charity case? How do you feel about being needy (like a child)? How do you feel about risks? When you imaginatively inhabit the stories of Scripture, how do you honestly feel about the sundry, significant, and shocking risks God takes? Nehemiah reflects on the fact that throughout history God has given His people saviors. As you survey the sundry stories of salvation what stands out to you about the saviors (e.g. Esther, David, Samson, Gideon, etc.)? Does anything strike you as strange? What do you suppose all these strange episodes of salvation are forcing us to acquire a taste for? The post Life On Whose Terms appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship February 2nd, 2025 “Love The Church” Matthew 16: 13-20 Rev. Brandon Hawkes Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Because the Church Has The Truth Because the Church Has The Keys Because The Church Alone Can Last Reflection Questions: When you think of the current era we live in, what do you tend to think the big thing happening is? How does that impact the way you live? Do you think your view of church authority is too high or too low? Name a time you submitted to the elders of your church? What is one way you could practically love your church today? Go for it. The post Love The Church appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship January 26th, 2025 “The One & Only” Nehemiah 9:6-21 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: The Company He Keeps His Compassion He’s Committed Reflection Questions: What are 3 things you tend to take for granted, and how does the simple act of pausing to acknowledge God’s creation and continual upholding of those things force you to be in awe? When you consider the people God chooses to pursue, which characters strike you as ‘especially odd choices’? (see Hebrews 11 for a rundown of characters). What is one account of God’s jealous love and robust compassion that staggers you? When was a time you were really bad (grumbling, complaining, nasty, selfish, mean, etc.), and nevertheless someone stood by you and loved you and remained committed to you? The post The One & Only appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship January 19th, 2025 “Godly Grief” Nehemiah 9:1-5 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Not Penance Unique Freedom longing Reflection Questions: How does the tyranny of penance linger in your life? When was a time you embraced the unique and emphatic freedom of admitting that you were wrong/wretched/villainous? (see 1Tim.1:15; Rom.7:24)? When was a time when you experienced godly grief? What spiritual disciplines (e.g. fasting, wearing sackcloth, putting dirt on your head, etc.) might you make use of to cultivate healthy longing? (check out the first paragraph or two of 2 Corinthians 5, and Matthew 9:15b). What books, films, or songs have especially helped you long for a better country (see Hebrews 11:16)? The post Godly Grief appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship January 12th, 2025 “Child Again” Nehemiah 8:13-18 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Delight Digging Dependence Reflection Questions: When was the last time you felt like a child again? When was a time that you learned something vital from a child? As you survey God’s handiwork and storytelling …what is especially striking to you? What do you find to be remarkably creative, playful, and/or festive about God ways and workmanship? What do you have an insatiable and voracious appetite for? What’s something you dive into every chance you get? What’s something you dig down deep into because it’s your delight, and because you feel desperately dependent on it? Do you find the Bible to be rich, riveting, and radically relevant to your everyday life? Why or why not? How do you feel about the fact that God has designed you to experience delight VIA desperate dependence upon Him/His Word? The post Child Again appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship January 5th, 2025 “The Joy Mandate” Nehemiah 8:9-12 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Good Grief Prevailing Joy Reflection Questions: When was a time you were truly convicted about YOUR sin? When have you genuinely felt guilty and grieved because of YOUR sin? Why is guilt and grief about YOUR sin so vital? Why is it crucial to let go of guilt and grief after it has been thoroughly utilized? When was a time you experienced the eclipsing and supplanting power of forgiveness and joy? How do the specific and substantial characteristics of God’s joy cause you to enter and enjoy it more thoroughly? (characteristics of God’s joy: forgiveness [Luke 7:47], fellowship [Luke 15:32], foreordained [Romans 8:28], future [Revelation 21:3-4]). The post The Joy Mandate appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship December 29th, 2024 “Esteeming The Word” Nehemiah 8:1-8 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Why Are You There? What Are You Focusing On? Incarnation & Giving The Sense Reflection Questions: What’s been your experience with church as a status-seeking society? Have you ever experienced Bible study as a performance (as opposed to an opportunity to be mystified by God’s scandalous mercy)? Do you think that there are some folks who attend church (or Bible study) for disingenuous, or duty-oriented, reasons? At church, or at Bible study, what are you most keenly focused on? When was a time someone showed up in your ordinary/“cheap seats” life and gave you the sense of what God was really cooking up? The post Esteeming The Word appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship December 22nd, 2024 “SHARING!” Luke 2:8-20 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Who God Shares The Moment With Why The Shepherds Are Excited The Excitement Is Contagious! Reflection Questions: Do you imagine God as Someone(s) who gets excited? Or do you picture God as dour and austere? Read Zephaniah 3:14-20 and Nehemiah 8:9-12 and force yourself to fixate on this fundamental festive facet of God’s personality. How do you feel about the fact that God says that leaders should be followed in a way that makes them glad and joyful? (see Heb.13:17; 2 Cor. 2:1-2). Who do you joyfully listen to (even when they tell you that you’re wrong, and their leadership seems perilous and foolish)? Who is someone that Jesus hangs out with, and you have a problem with the fact that Jesus is hanging out with that person? (see Jonah 4 and Luke 15:30, 19:7). When have you felt verklempt with joy because God expressly chose to come hang out the ordinary and the odd? How have you recently reveled in the fact that God is excited to call you out of hiding and expose everything shameful you’ve ever done, and in so doing – envelope you in His joy and grant you freedom? (See John 4:29) The post SHARING! appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
Sunday Worship December 15th, 2024 “He’s Where!?” Isaiah 11:1-9 Rev. Tyler Dirks Sermon Audio Sermon Outline: Where God Shows Up The Trend The Mountaintop Reflection Questions: What is something that doesn’t seem impressive, but God has called you to be impressed with it? (i.e. when and where have to you chosen to be excited about the stuff that God gets excited about?) What trends do you subscribe to? What are you chronically committed to? …What are God’s trends/chronic commitments (as you survey Scripture… what’s typical for God)? What is your pinnacle picture of WINNING!? …How does the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth fit with your preferred paradigm of winning? The post He’s Where!? appeared first on East Charlotte Pres .…
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