February 14 – For Others – Ministry

Third in a four-part series on the Holy Spirit as our Helper, this message considers how the Spirit helps us to minister to others.  Utilizing Acts 1:8 as the basis for the message, Ken weaves in the subjective (you shall receive power) benefit and objective (and be my witnesses) responsibility of the baptism of the Holy Spirit for believers.  Ken presents three things that those who met in the upper room may have done as they await the arrival of the Spirit:  wrestle through “be my witnesses (embracing the cost); redefine community (the Holy Spirit would change everything) and finally, pray for the promise (ask and ask and pray and ask for the Holy Spirit to come). 

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February 7 – For Us – Life Teacher

This second message in the Helper series addressed the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers.  Jesus speaks of “another” Helper (John 14:16), the Spirit of truth, that will teach us all things pertaining to our Christian life.  In the same way that Jesus came to “help” us out of our former life by means of salvation, the Holy Spirit gives us a new life (born again of the Spirit) and then helps us life that life successfully. 

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January 31 – For the World – The Global Conscience

This is the first of a 4 part series on the Holy Spirit as our “Helper”.  Ken begins with the broadest role of the Spirit; to reveal to our world what is right and wrong and the consequences of each (John 16:2-11) .  Before the law, people “did what was right in their own eyes” (Judges 17:6).  As a result, God brought the law so that they would know what was right and wrong.  Jesus declared to His disciples that it was to their advantage that He would depart, for in His stead He would send a Helper, that would reveal to them what is right and wrong.  He would be, in a sense, the global conscience. 

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January 17 – UNITY

The third and final message on the intentions of God series touches upon unity.  In this message, Ken presents a New Testament church paradigm that understands the church in the context of the larger community.  He considers Paul’s view which saw the church in Corinth, Thessalonica, etc.  as one church in that city, even though it was made up of possibly hundreds of house churches.  In Ephesians 4:1-3 the Apostle Paul calls for unity among the churches of Ephesus.  From this foundation, Ken presents a fresh understanding of what it means to be the church in West Seattle. 

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January 10 – WORKS

This message is the second in a 3 part series on the intentions of God.  In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus revealed to His disciples His intent to have His light and life shine through them to accomplish a divine work in the lives of others.  Employing “light” and “lamp” as metaphors, Jesus speaks of placing the “church” in strategic places so as to maximize the effectiveness of that light to a dark world.   As such, His second intention for the church is to infuse it with life and place it in a dark place so that the light of God will bring life. 

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January 3 – GLORY
This sermon is the first in a three part series of sermons on God’s “Intentions” for 2010.  In contrast to resolutions that we make (the things we hope to change) that often do not get realized, these are what God intends to accomplish in our lives.  In fact, these three things have been His ongoing intentions for the church since its inception.  This message considers God intention to bring us our full glory, what Ken calls the “best version of ourselves”.  The key text is Ephesians 5:25-27

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