Fatal Core of a Fatal Crash

This Week at Philadelphia (August 20, 2011)

A motorcyclist races down a crowded Colorado Springs street at an unbelievable speed.  Something obscures his attention and he slams into the back of a pickup stopped at a stop light.  He's dead.  On the ground, on the scene.  Gone.

Why?  It was so unnecessary.  We will likely never hear the real reason; not from the media, or even from the family of the deceased.  But there is a reason.  There was a fatal core in the sad heart of this man that led to the choices he made on Thursday - choices that ended his life.

What may be even more shocking, however, is that the answer to the "why?" of how his life ended, may be very near to the answer to the "why?" in our own life.

• Why the pain?
• The suffering?
• The conflict?
• The confusion in my own life?

This week at Philadelphia we start a new sermon series entitled:  "Exposing the Fatal Core".  The details we cover in the next few weeks will be a powerful step in exposing the vulnerabilities in our own lives that could have eternally fatal consequences.

And with the power of Christ as a foundation, we'll discover a most powerful hope in a lifetime of victory over the Fatal Core that stalks us!

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Judgment Day

Harold Camping predicted the world would end today, May 21, 2011.  He's led a lot of people astray and some of his followers are now facing financial disaster.

What does the Bible say about the End of the World?  What are the real issues?  What is the key to understanding the secrets of this fairly important event?

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A Place at the Table

Sermonette for Philadelphia's Spring Celebration of the Lord's Supper

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Royal Immanence

The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton this week was a world wide event.  We really do love royalty, don't we.  We secretly wonder what their life would be like.  We're drawn to the bigness and the pomp and ceremony because it looks and feels so transcendent - so beyond what we will ever be able to experience.   And, truthfully, I didn't get an invitation to the wedding.  Nor did anyone I know; none of my family and not one of my friends got invited. 

But the royalty of Jesus Christ is different.  Very different.  While His existence is truly transcendent, His presence is so immanent.

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The Cross and the Resurrection

Easter weekend celebration of the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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No Guts, No Glory

It's true in skiing/snowboarding, and it's true in the Christian life.  If you want Jesus to be the King of your glory, you'd better let Him be the LORD of your life.  This week we take a look at the lesson of Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.

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Always Growing

"We desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end."

 Rain falls.  Brown grass spouts green shoots.  Trees show buds.  Daffodils poke up through the earth.  In response to rain, warmth and sunshine the life of Spring is revealed.

How's your "Christianity" doing?  Is it "shooting", budding, poking life through the rough circumstances of your existence?  If it's not, then it's not Christianity.  No really.  If it's not working for you, then it's not the real thing.

Because the real thing works.  Period.

We're exploring Hebrews 6 at Philadelphia this morning on our way to understanding diligence in "Always Growing"

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