Messages
Sundays at Calvary
Vitals - Generosity Part 1
Dave Riddle - 08/11/19
Key Passage: Romans 8:32
Definition: Showing a readiness to give more of something than is strictly necessary or expected.
Scripture: At the core, it’s all about God
Jesus: Perfect example of generosity
He gave willingly
John 10:18
He gave joyfully
John 15:13
He gave purposefully
1 Peter 3:18
He gave sacrificially
Ephesians 5:25
Philippians 2:5-8
Vitals - Authenticity Part 2
Dave Riddle - 08/11/19
Key Passage: Romans 12:9
Key Aspects of a “Being Real” Culture
Honesty
Simplicity
Clarity
Sincerity
Humility
God’s Grace & Power
Four Areas to Consider
Identity
Emotional Health
Spiritual Failure
Convictions
Vitals - Authenticity Part 1
Dave Riddle - 08/04/19
Key Passage: 1 John 1:5-10. 2:1-2
Honesty
Simplicity
Clarity
Sincerity
Humility
God’s Grace & Power
We know who we are
We know what we’ve done
We know the necessity of confession
We know Jesus
Advocate
Holy
Answer
Vitals - Marriage & Family Part 2
Dave Riddle - 07/28/19
Key Verse: Ephesians 6:4
Vitals - Marriage & Family Part 1
Dave Riddle - 07/21/19
Key Passage: Ephesians 5:25-33
Vitals - Spiritual Formation Pt. 2
Dave Riddle - 07/14/19
Key Verses: Philippians 3:10, Galatians 4:19
ginōskō (Greek: γινώσκω) - to know by experience, in contract to an intellectual or intuitive type of knowledge.
it’s one thing to know what sunburn is, it’s another thing completely to ‘experience’ sunburn.
symmorphizō (Greek: συμμορφίζω) - to receive the same form as; to be conformed to.
Luke 6:40 - ...everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
We are being transformed, not by our own power, but by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual Practices & Rhythms
Not obligations, but invitations!
Study
Philippians 4:8 - “...dwell on these things”
Repetition, conversation, reflection
Meditation
Psalm 63:6 HCSB): When I think of You as I lie on my bed, I meditate on You during the night watches
On scripture, on the works of God, on the things we see happening around us.
Prayer
“Prayer catapults us onto the frontier of the spiritual life. Of all the spiritual disciplines, prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the father.” -R. Foster ‘Celebration of Discipline’
Fasting
Luke 4:1-2 - Jesus fasted.
“More than any other discipline fasting reveals the things that control us.” - R. Foster ‘Celebration of Discipline’
Matthew 6:16 - not a requirement, but it does appear to be an expectation. “when you fast”
Solitude
Mark 1:35
Solitude =/= loneliness
Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation and despair.” - Bonhoeffer ‘Life Together’
Simplicity
“The central point for the discipline of simplicity is to seek the kingdom of God and righteousness of his kingdom first and then everything necessary will come in it’s proper order.” - R. Foster ‘Celebration of Discipline’
Submission
To God, to the cross, to scripture, to our family, our neighbors, to the needs of others, to the body of Christ.
Service
John 13:15 - "For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you. "
Vitals - Spiritual Formation Pt. 1
Dave Riddle - 07/07/19
Key Passage: Galatians 4:12-20
A deeply personal word to the Galatian believers.
A Family on Mission - Out (Our World)
Dave Riddle - 06/30/19
Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38
A Quick Review
One Calling
Help people follow Jesus together
Two Commandments
Love God, Love Others
Mark 12:28-31
Three Dimensions
Up, In, Out
Living on Mission like Jesus
He went.
Matthew 9:35 - “Jesus continued going...”
Teaching
didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.
Gospelling
kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.
Healing
Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.
He Noticed.
Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”
He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.
He felt.
Compassion
Matthew 9:36
splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)
He Explained
Matthew 9:37
The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few
Our Response
We Embody Jesus
Luke 6:40
We want to be like Him.
We Proclaim
Acts 1:8
Witnesses for Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit
Two Outcomes
Redemption
Ephesians 1:7
Restoration
We can make a difference in a world of chaos.
The most important thing to remember is how desperately God loves you.
The world is full of individuals that God loves individually.
Do we see the world through God’s eyes or do we see faceless/nameless masses?
A Family on Mission – In (Our Family)
Dave Riddle – 6/23/19
A Family on Mission - Up (Our Father)
Dave Riddle - 06/16/19
Key Passage: Acts 13:22
The most important thing
Mark 12:28-30
Captured by the concept of worship
Romans 12:1
A rhythmic response to God’s self-revelation
1 John 4:19 - “we love because He first loved us...”
A matter of our hearts
Mark 7:6
—-—-—-
David
1 Samuel 16:7
“...the Lord looks at the heart”
Acts 12:22
“...a man after my own heart”
We are called to align our hearts with God’s heart.
Allow God to be first
Philippians 3:7-14
Make God the object and pursuit of your life.
Rely on God’s power
1 Samuel 17
Romans 8:11 - the same power that raised Jesus from the dead now lives in you!
Rest in His authority
Live in full transparency
Psalm 139 - you have searched me and know me.
Two Outcomes
We are loved
The creator of the universe loves you!
1 John 3:1 - his love is so great that we are called His children!
Called to live in obedience!
John 14:15 - if we love God we will desire to keep His commands.
A Family on Mission - God’s Household
Dave Riddle - 06/09/19
Key Passages: 1 Timothy 3:15, Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 6:40
Our mission: Helping People Follow Jesus Together!
A family on mission!
1 Timothy 3:15 - ... I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Household = oikos (Greek: οἶκος) - an inhabited house, a physical dwelling place. Also, the inhabitants of a house, all the persons forming one family - a household.
In the New Testament: the family of God: Where God has made his home. Us!
Matthew 28:18-20 - Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Disciples = mathēteuō (Greek: μαθητεύω) - to be a disciple of another, or to make someone a disciple.
mathetes (Greek: μαθητής) - pupil/leaner/student - a disciple. In the New Testament, a disciple is one who not only learns, but accepts and adverse to the instruction given to them, making it their personal everyday way of living .
Luke 6:40 - A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
we are called to become like Jesus and help others become like Him too!
Three-Dimensional Discipleship
Up (Father)
Reconnect with our Father God through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.
In (Family)
We are connected. We can’t do this apart from our brothers and sisters. United in Christ.
Out (World)
Salt and light, ambassadors and witnesses to the world! We exist to reach out into the world to see them become like Jesus too!
Be Bold
Phil Woodman - 06/02/19
Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:10-17
Steps to a bold life that impacts the world for Jesus.
Bold Trust
You have followed my teaching
2 Timothy 3:10
Continue on in it
2 Timothy 3:14-15
Consistent Choices
Conduct - manner of life
2 Timothy 3:10
Living sacrifice
Romans 12:1-2
Transformed, not conformed
Embrace our Purpose
Testify to the gospel of God’s grace
Acts 20:24
Expect Opposition
“All who want to live a godly life will be persecuted”
2 Timothy 3:11-13
Dave Riddle – 05/26/19
Key Passage: Romans 11:33-36
Romans 11 - A Redemption Mystery
Dave Riddle - 05/19/19
Key Passage: Romans 11:25-32
“This mystery”
Romans 11:25
Greek word mysterion (μυστήριον); a secret hidden in the past but now revealed.
Three Connected Truths
Israel
Romans 11:25
“A partial hardening has come upon Israel...”
Gentiles
Romans 11:25
“...until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.”
Fullness = plērōma (πλήρωμα)
Israel
Romans 11:26
“...all Israel will be saved,”
“Israel” - who is Paul referring to?
The church?
The ethnic/national Israel (The descendants of Abraham)?
Not Israel as a whole, but Israel as a community?
Those who put their faith in the Christ.
The Redeemer
Romans 11:26b-27
A salvation from sin through faith in Jesus.
Two Concluding Statements
God’s election remains
Romans 11:28-29
They are still God’s chosen people.
He keeps his covenant with the patriarchs.
God shows Mercy to the disobedient
Romans 11:30-32
A universal act of disobedience is met with divine mercy!
All of us are candidates for the lavish love of God.
Romans 11 - God of Grafting
Dave Riddle - 05/12/19
Key Passage: Romans 11:17-24
The Allegory of the Olive Tree
A Warning to Gentile Believers
Don’t be Arrogant
Romans 11:20-21
Don’t be Puffed with Pride
Romans 11:18
Through Faith Alone
Romans 11:20
A Promise to Jewish Unbelievers
Those cut off can be grafted in again
Romans 11:23
By Faith!
Romans 11:20
Key word: persist/remain
Romans 11:22-23
epimenō (Greek: ἐπιμένω) - to stay at or with, to tarry still, still to abide, to continue, remain. of tarrying in a place. to persevere.
Colossians 1:21-23
Romans 11 - Chain of Blessing
Dave Riddle - 05/05/19
Key Passage: Romans 11:11-16
Link 1: Israel’s Loss Leads to the Gentiles’ Gain
Romans 11:11
Acts 13:46
Repeated in Ephesus, Corinth, and Rome
Link 2: Gentile salvation makes Israel jealous
Romans 11:11
Romans 11:13
Link 3: Israeli restoration brings a worldwide blessing
Romans 11:15
Paul’s Commentary on His Ministry
Romans 11:13
I want you to understand how important my job is!
Paul wants to stir up Envy
Romans 11:14
New life for some
Romans 11:14
In Conclusion
An escalated restatement...
Romans 11:15
...including two simple metaphors.
Romans 11:16
A batch of dough
A tree and its branches
Romans 11 - Always a Trace
Dave Riddle - 04/28/19
Key Passage: Romans 11:1-10
Question: Is God Done with Israel!?
Answer 1: No, He is faithful!
A theological answer.
Romans 11:2a
Foreknew: to have knowledge before hand: of those whom God elected to salvation.
As humans we frequently break promises, but God is faithful.
It is outside his character to be unfaithful.
Answer 2: Look at me.
An anecdotal answer
Romans 11:1c
Even someone as bad as Paul was not beyond the reach of God.
Answer 3: Check out history
A historical answer
Romans 11:2b
1 Kings 18 and 19
The seven thousand
And so, today...
A remnant, chosen by grace
Romans 11:5
Not by the law, but by grace through Jesus.
The remainder, hardened
Romans 11:7-10
A combination of human responsibility and divine sovereignty.
See the example of pharaoh (covered in Romans 9 - Divine Decisions Pt. 2 on 10/28/18)
He Set His Face - The Last Enemy
Dave Riddle - 04/21/19
Key Passage: Matthew 28:1-10, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 42-45
Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He resolutely set His face towards Jerusalem.
Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.
Victory Over Death’s Defeat
1 Corinthians 15:3
Victory Over Sin’s Domination
1 Corinthians 15:3
It Displays the Power to Make a Comeback
1 Corinthians 15:4
1 Corinthians 15:43
It Shows the Reach of God’s Grace
1 Corinthians 15:45
He Set His Face - Four Cries
Dave Riddle - 04/14/19
Key Passage: Luke 19:28-44
Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He resolutely set His face towards Jerusalem.
Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.
Jesus’ Disciples:
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Luke 19:38
Psalm 118:26
Luke 2:14
We’ve been redeemed, and that is something worth celebrating!
The Pharisees:
Teacher, rebuke your disciples!
Luke 19:39
Rebuke (Greek: epitimaō / ἐπιτιμάω) - to tax with fault: to chide, reprove, rebuke or censure severely. To admonish or charge sharply.
The Rocks
Would cry out in praise!
Luke 19:40
“Cry out” (Greek: krazō / κράζω) - to "croak" (as a raven) or scream. To call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat): cry (out).
Jesus:
Cries over Jerusalem
Luke 19:41
“He wept for it” (Greek: klaiō / κλαίω) - weeping as the sign of pain and grief
Matthew 23:37 - “how often I have wanted to gather your children together... but you wouldn’t let me”
Luke 19:44b - “you did not recognize the time when God visited you”.
He Set His Face - Light of the World
Dave Riddle - 04/07/19
Key Passage: John 9:1-38
Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He set His face resolutely towards Jerusalem.
Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.
A Four-Part Testimony
“The Man Called Jesus”
Luke 9:8-12
The simple story of what Jesus did in his life.
He’s a Prophet
Luke 9:13-23
Man From God
Luke 9:24-34
The healed man is growing in his understanding of Jesus. First His name, then His role, and now where He comes from.
Son of Man
Luke 9:35-38
“I believe Lord!”
