Testing Your Salvation

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #29
Title: “Testing Your Salvation”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 13:5-7
Date: 12-4-16 Sun. AM

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What Bothers You? – Part 1

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #28
Title: “What Bothers You? – Part 1”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 12:12-19
Date: 11-27-16 Sun. AM

Description: Many things can bother us in life, but these things show us our priorities. Paul was concerned about the false teachers that were deceiving the people. Things about these false teachers that bothered Paul include unfaithfulness, self-centeredness, dishonesty, irreverence, and ignorance.

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Signs of an Apostle

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #27
Title: “Signs of an Apostle”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 12:11-12
Date: 11-20-16 Sun. AM

Description: Paul continues in his defense of his apostleship and attack upon the false apostles who were deceiving the Corinthian believers. They taught that Paul was inferior to the original twelve apostles. The church has always been confused over the role of the 12 apostles and whether or not the office of apostle exists today.

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God’s Purpose in Pain

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #26
Title: “God’s Purpose in Pain”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 12:5-11
Date: 11-13-16 Sun. AM

Description: Why is pain a gift from God? What is God’s purpose behind suffering, persecutions and hardship in the name of Jesus? Pastor Ken gives 5 reasons that pain is a gift from God.

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A Real Trip to Heaven

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #25
Title: “A Real Trip to Heaven”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 12:1-10
Date: 11-6-16 Sun. AM

Description: Pastor Ken talks about the apostle Paul’s real trip to heaven and the three gracious gifts that God gave to Paul. There is much talk about people who have died and said they were transported to heaven, but the apostle Paul gives a humble and truthful glimpse of his experience.

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Playing Hurt

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #24
Title: “Playing Hurt”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 11:22-30
Date: 10-30-16 Sun. AM

Description: The sports world is full of athletes who played hurt and overcome great odds and obstacles. Christians need to learn to “play hurt” in the Christian life. It is amazing how easy it is for Christians to give up and quit. The Apostle Paul suffered much for Christ during his ministry. He did not want to boast of his sufferings, but the Corinthian believers’ acceptance of the false apostles made it impossible for him not to do so.

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Angel of Light

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #23
Title: “Angel of Light”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 11:12-15,20
Date: 10-16-16 Sun. AM

Description: Paul shows a sharp contrast between himself and false apostles. There are several marks of a true apostle, and there are marks of a false apostle.

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Spiritual Warfare

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #20
Title: “Spiritual Warfare”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 10:1-5
Date: 9-18-16 Sun. PM

Description: For a Christian, there is continual battle between the flesh and the spirit. Though we have the Holy Spirit within us, we still live within our flesh.

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Sowing and Reaping

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #19
Title: “Sowing and Reaping”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 9:6-11
Date: 9-18-16 Sun. AM

Description: Following his sermons about grace giving, Pastor Ken talks about the sowing and reaping. Giving is a form of worship for Christians, and is part of our way of life. There are three principles of sowing and reaping that Pastor Ken talks about in this sermon.

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The Grace of Giving – Part 2

Speaker: Pastor Ken Burgess
Series: Encouragement in Troubling Times #18
Title: “The Grace of Giving – Part 2”
Scripture: 2 Cor. 8:10-24
Date: 8-28-16 Sun. AM

Description: Paul wrote to the Corinthian church about giving. One of the major ministries of Paul was taking up a special “relief offering” for the poor Christians in Judea. Unfortunately, the Christians at Corinth were not doing their part in financial relief of the poor. Paul taught them that giving was an act of grace!

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