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Giving Up Our Rights for Others

Dennis McCallum
1 Corinthians 9:1-22

This teaching covers giving up your rights to be able to reach others for Christ. It is common that being a Christian puts us at odds with our culture. How can we reach people who are very different than us? Where is it important to draw lines to remain faithful to Christ? This teaching helps cover these questions.

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Love and Freedom

Dennis McCallum
Romans 14:1-14

How can a topic about whether or not to eat meat sacrificed to idols apply to our lives today? The answer is absolutely! People often take moral gray areas and make them into black and white issues. What bothers one person's conscience doesn't always bother another person. How do we navigate those moral gray areas? This teaching helps guide through a very interesting topic.

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Taking Your Stand with God

Conrad Hilario
Isaiah 43:2-5

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon constructs an enormous golden statue and commands his entire empire to worship it under the penalty of death. Daniel's companions, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, faithfully refuse to worship the statue and are thrown into a fiery furnace. Miraculously, God rescues them and the astonished King Nebuchadnezzar commands his empire to worship God alone. In the face of persecution, Christians today must count the cost of following God and consider whether or not we value Him above all else, even our very lives.

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Subverting the System

Conrad Hilario
Jeremiah 29:10-14

The prophet Daniel writes his book to the nation of Israel for the purpose of demonstrating the mighty power of prayer, restoring God's splendor, and providing hope through predictive prophecy. In chapter one, we see Daniel enter King Nebuchadnezzar's service. Instead of giving in to pressure to completely conform to Babylonian culture, Daniel maintains his devotion to the Lord while also faithfully serving the king. We can look to Daniel as an example of obedience to God in the heart of a culture hostile toward Him.

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Avoiding Indoctrination

Dennis McCallum
Daniel 1:1-20

Daniel and his friends have been displaced from their home by the Babylonians. In hopes of turning Daniel and his friends into Babylonians, the indoctrination begins. Daniel and his friends are faced with tough decisions when they are asked to go against their own God.

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How to Thrive in Babylon

James Rochford
Daniel 1:1-21

Daniel refuses to conform to the Babylonian culture around him, despite an uncertain future. God empowered Daniel's firm commitment to His will and causes Daniel to outlast the massive empire around him.

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Bright Lights in a Dark Culture

Ryan Lowery
Daniel 1:1-20

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon besieged Jerusalem and demanded the best of the Jewish boys to be trained in Babylonian culture. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were among the boys to be assimilated. Although they each had a name change, they requested to continue obeying God's Law by not partaking of the king's assigned meals. They obtained permission to follow their dietary laws and ended up healthier than the rest. The boys choose to be a light in another culture by being like the Babylonian culture when they could but choosing to be separate where it counts.

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Stephen's Defense

Dennis McCallum
Acts 6:7-7:60

Stephen is brought before the Sanhedrin and gives a history lesson, stating God rejects sacred space, has worked and is working outside of Israel, and still decries His people as stiff-necked, unwilling to change, and murderers of His Messiah.

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God Takes Jacob to the Mat

Jim Leffel
Hebrews 12:6-13

The life of Jacob and his interactions with God are examined.\r\nAt each major point in his life, Jacob had to decide if he was going to obey God or not. Jacob seems to fight God at every turn, relying more on himself and on the plan he has for his own life, rather than on God's. These passages follow Jacob as he flees his homeland to find a wife and as he returns and confronts his brother after years of separation. Believers wrestle with God in similar ways and can learn personal applications from Jacob's life.\r\n

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