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Date: 05/19/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 3:1-5

Description:  In this sermon we take a step back from the text and view some of the central tenets of the narrative.  We look at 3 great things that it teaches us:

1. The Greatness of our Sin
2. The Greatness of God’s Grace
3. The Greatness of God’s Mission

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Date: 05/12/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Exodus 2:1-10

Description: Mothers put in so many hours for so many years that they must at times wonder when they will get their wages. Today we’ll look at the mother of Moses and perhaps realize that she indeed got a great return on her 3 year investment which prepared her child to become a great leader.

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Date: 05/05/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 33

Description: Millions of people carry around a pain that is hidden inside. It’s the pain of a guilty conscience. Some trespass, recent or long ago, just won’t go away and refuses to heal. Forgiveness is one of the most wonderful aspects of Christianity. This lesson from the Book of Genesis is a clear picture of the healing of a terrible divide between two brothers.

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Date: 04/28/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 2 Cor 11:24 and John 19:16-30

Description: Pain and punishment go together. We try to avoid both. The Apostle Paul experienced more than his share of both. Punishment is deserved in most cases — but the Bible tells of the pain that Jesus endured, though innocent, for the sin of you and me.

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Date: 04/21/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 3:1-2

Description:  The second section of the book of Jonah (chapters 3-4) begins in much the same fashion as the first section.  In the first 2 verses we glean three important things about the way God extends His grace toward sinners.  We see how God extended His grace toward Jonah and how He continues to extend His grace toward sinners today.

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Date: 04/14/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:17 – 2:10

Description:  Jonah cries out to God in desperation in the belly of the fish that God has sent to swallow him.  Jonah’s prayer reveals that he did indeed know the one true God, but it also reveals that his heart was unrepentant.

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Date: 04/07/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Cor 15:12-19

Description: As Christians, the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death is absolutely essential to our salvation — our forgiveness of sin. His resurrection shows the validation of God the Father that indeed, “It is finished” — God’s redemptive plan complete.

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Date: 03/31/2013, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Key Text: Luke 24 and Zechariah 3:1-10

Description:  Easter Sunday, the resurrection of Christ, solves the problem of tension that existed among the Old Testaments prophets concerning the coming of the Messiah.  The prophets prophesied that the coming Messiah would be a suffering servant who would be scourged, smitten, beaten, and pierced and yet he would also be a conquering king.  How could these two apparent contradictions in description possibly be?  The answer is found in Easter.

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Date: 03/31/2013, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Lou Bond, brother in Christ

Key Text: Luke 24

Description: Join us for our Resurrection Sunday Sunrise Service with brother in Christ, Lou Bond.

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Date: 03/24/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Selected Texts: Genesis 17, 35, 46, 49 / Rev 19 / 2 Sam 5, 7 / Mark 11

Description:  Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, and there is perhaps no greater day to focus on Christ’s kingly office.  God gave Abraham a royal grant and prophecy that He would make a people for Himself and establish a Kingdom and righteous King for His people.  This covenantal promise was fulfilled in the life of David and found its ultimate fulfillment in the person and work of Christ.

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Date: 03/17/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 2 Peter 1:1-11

Description: There are some things that humans do well.  God, on the other hand, does all things perfectly.  Sanctification leading to glorification is one of the most exciting studies in the Bible.   Let’s find out together what Christians can expect both today and in the future.

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Date: 03/10/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Romans 8:29-30

Description: Marvel of marvels! Christ Jesus loves you and I. The Bible teaches that He, in His great love for sinners, draws us with velvet ‘chains of love’ into an eternal saving relationship with our God and Heavenly Father.

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Date: 03/03/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Luke 6:38

Description: God does not need your money, and there is no life in legalism.   If we cannot be spontaneous and give from a cheerful heart, then God would be pleased if we give nothing at all.

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Date: 02/17/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:11-16

Description:  Jonah gives the pagan sailors a false impression of God and continues in his flight from God — even seeking his own death before repenting and obeying God’s command to go to his enemies. But God pursues Jonah with a storm. We find out in this passage that God is also pursuing the pagan sailors, and Jonah’s rebellion is what God uses to display His grace and mercy to them.

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Date: 02/10/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:4-10

Description:  Jonah is on the run and running hard away from God. God calls him to Nineveh, and he heads in the opposite direction towards Tarshish. God pursues Jonah with a violent storm to wake Jonah from His sinful slumber. The storm shows us two things about God’s pursuit of man. The first is that it is great and the second is that it is gracious.

Jonah is on a ship with pagans representing many nations all serving the idols of their land. Jonah represents one type of person who flees in the path of the Pharisee while the pagan sailors represent another type of person who flees in the path of the Prodigal. In this story we see God pursuing both Pharisees and Prodigals, which is good news for us.

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Date: 02/03/2013

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 3

Description: God, the Master Builder, is a perfectionist. He entrusted man with the care of a garden of abundance. God’s one request gave man a chance to submit himself to his loving Creator, but, in fact, the future of all humanity took a terrible turn.

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Date: 01/09/2000

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Soteriology (intro)

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2000 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen embarks upon a series in Soteriology which is the study of why salvation is necessary and how it is accomplished. In this introduction sermon to the series he talks about the importance of doctrine.

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Date: 01/20/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:1-6

Description: Jonah is on the run and running hard away from God. God calls him to Nineveh, and he heads in the opposite direction knowing that his rebellion may lead to his death and even the death of others. Consumed in his hatred for the Assyrians, he rises up against God and then starts on a steady downward flight with an end that will cost him more than he was willing to spend.

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Date: 01/13/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:1-3

Description: Jonah is a storied presentation of the gospel and juxtaposes the way and heart of man and the way and heart of God.  Man flees and God pursues.  Man flees in one of two ways: by obedience (as the Pharisee) or in disobedience (as the Prodigal).  God pursues both Pharisees and Prodigals with His message of salvation in the good news of Christ.

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Date: 01/06/2013

Preacher: Tony Freitas, missionary

Key Text: Luke 14:16-21

Description: Ten years, one ambitious vision: 100 million people touched with the gospel around the world. Those are the marching orders of Reach Global, the international arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America, which exists to multiply healthy churches among all people for the glory of God.

Today we are joined by Scandia Bible Church supported Reach Global Missionary, Tony Freitas — a man, together with his family, called by God to faithfully serve the people of Tanzania, Africa.  They are living, as Tony says,

“…a life of serving the poorest of the poor. It’s a tough life but there is nothing that I could possibly imagine to be more fulfilling than serving the Lord! I am not a formal pastor and have not been to seminary, yet God has clearly called our family to serve Him in Africa to use the gifts that he has given each of us. As 1 Peter 4:10 states, ‘Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms.’”

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Date: 01/25/1998

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Letters to the 7 Churches

Key Text: Revelation 3:14-22

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1998 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen wraps up his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches.  In this final sermon of the series he examines the letter to Laodicea.

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Date: 12/30/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Key Text: Psalm 1

Description: Psalm 1 is the “preface” psalm to the entire book of Psalms. We see here the blessings of God pronounced upon His people and the curses of God upon the wicked. It draws its theme from the blessings and curses of the covenant of Sinai outlined in Deuteronomy 28-31 and we see its echo in the New Testament in what is commonly called the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount.

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Date: 12/23/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Luke 2: 8-10

Description: Thousands of very nice people consider themselves Christians. When we examine Scripture carefully we find that there is much more to being a Christian than just praying and going to church.

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Date: 12/16/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Isaiah 9:6-7

Description: The Prophet Isaiah sets forth both the foundation and the high water mark of Christianity in this beautifully written Prophecy penned some 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.

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Date: 12/09/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Key Text: Genesis 3:1-21

Description: Christmas is preeminently about God’s promise of a coming Savior who would rescue man from the curse of the fall. God’s mercy and grace is always seen in His works and in His interactions with man.  In the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve shook their fists to Heaven as they rebelled against God and God cursed them according to the covenant agreement.  No sooner had the curse been said God also proclaimed the Gospel of a coming Savior.

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Date: 11/25/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Psalm 103:1-4

Description: Some day in glory we may just look back and marvel that we were not more thankful for all of God’s wonderful blessings. King David spoke in this Psalm of the redeemer “who satisfies your years with good things.”

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Date: 11/18/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Nahum

Description: The Prophet Nahum is given a spectacular vision, an overwhelming vision of the future judgement and destruction of one of the oldest cites of the world: Nineveh. This is a unique and exciting little book.

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Date: 01/18/1998

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Letters to the 7 Churches

Key Text: Revelation 3:7-13

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1998 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues with his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches.  In this sermon he examines the letter to Philiadelphia.

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Date: 11/11/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:17b

Description: We look at the sixth and final piece of the Armor of God and the only piece that is both defensive and offensive in nature. We also look at Isaiah 59 and see how this armor, which belongs to Christ, has passed the test and not found wanting.

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Date: 11/04/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:17a

Description: We look at the fifth piece of the Armor of God and the last of the defensive pieces (the last is offensive). This piece truly represents the last piece of our defense, where we must look beyond the temporal battle and fix our eyes upon Jesus and the most sure hope of glory, knowing that this battle will have an end and the end is known and victorious.

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Date: 10/27/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Daniel 10

Description: The elderly prophet Daniel has the opportunity to return to Judah after 70 years in captivity. The problem is that not many want to return with him. He is met and encouraged by a spectacular vision, an overwhelming vision of the future. This is a unique and exciting portion of Scripture.

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Date: 10/21/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 33:14

Description: Our Lord had such respect for the Old Testament writings. They contain wonderful stories that show us the Heart of God in His dealing with mankind. This section in Genesis that we will focus on today gives us a precious look at the tenderness of the Lord in leading us, His children.

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Date: 10/14/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:15

Description: Paul has divided the whole Armor of God into two categories. We study the first piece of armor in the second category which is the shield of faith. We learn what faith is and how to wield it and why and how it protects us. We also learn how even our faith is nothing but the trust that we place upon the person and work of Christ.

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Date: 10/07/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:15

Description: Although it may sound strange to read about peace when we are being equipped for war, it is not strange at all. War and peace are always two sides of the same coin, and when you are at war with one party it usually means that you have established peace with another.  We are warring against the devil because we have experienced peace with God.  We need to remind ourselves of this peace with God: that Christ has purchased and firmly planted our feet into it so that we will be able to stand firm.

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Date: 01/11/1998

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Letters to the 7 Churches

Key Text: Revelation 3:1-6

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1998 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues with his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches.  In this sermon he examines the letter to Sardis.

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Date: 09/30/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Kings 18

Description: Israel had wandered away from Jehovah God, and they were worshiping false gods.  Elijah, a bold and brave Prophet, is used of God to point the people back to Himself.

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Date: 09/23/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Mark 4:35ff

Description: Storms will come and go in our lives. Jesus’ intent at such times is to have us find refuge in His promises.

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Date: 09/16/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:14b

Description: The enemy is a slanderer and a liar. In our passage today, Paul shows us how Christ’s righteousness is as a shield about the sinner and protects us from the enemy’s lies and enables us to stand in the spiritual battle that we are engaged in.

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Date: 09/09/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:14a

Description: In our Key Text today, Paul gives us the first of six pieces of armor.  It is this first piece, described as the “Armor of God,” which he commands us to put on so that we will be able to stand firm against the attacks of the enemy.

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Date: 09/02/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Hebrews 6:19

Description: Nearly all of the Bible can be read and understood at face value.  But there are some sections that can be confusing and misleading if not approached properly.  One such section we’ll look at today is the 6th chapter of the Book of Hebrews.

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Date: 01/04/1998

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Letters to the 7 Churches

Key Text: Revelation 2:18-29

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1998 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues with his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches.  In this sermon he examines the letter to Thyatira.

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Date: 08/26/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:15

Description: Each day of our lives we are exposed to unsaved people. If we are not ready to share Christ it won’t happen. The answer is simple: be ready.

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Date: 08/19/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:12-13

Description: Paul describes our enemy and who it is we do not battle against and who we do battle against.

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Date: 12/21/1997

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Letters to the 7 Churches

Key Text: Revelation 2:12-17

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1997 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues with his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches.  In this sermon he examines the letter to Pergamum.

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Date: 08/12/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:10-11

Description: There is so much confusion over the concept of Spiritual Warfare.  Much of it stems from not understanding our position as believers in Christ and not understanding all that Christ has accomplished on our behalf. We need to remember that we fight from a position of victory and the battle has been won.

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Date: 08/05/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 5:8

Description: The Bible is very clear about who is behind every bad thing that happens to individuals or families, or even nations. God’s Holy Word is the only absolute source of information on this topic and God has much to say about it.

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Date: 07/29/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 1:15-16 

Description: We speak of the world spiraling down into depravity but in reality that’s where it has always been. God has an absolute standard of holiness. That call for holiness in our lives is clear in Scripture.

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Date: 12/14/1997

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Letters to the 7 Churches

Key Text: Revelation 2:8-11

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1997 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues with his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches.  In this sermon he examines the letter to Symrna.

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Date: 07/22/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:5-9

Description: The single most prevalent description in the Bible of the Christian’s relationship with Christ is the slave/master relationship. If that is the case, why don’t we notice it when we are reading Scripture and what does that view of our Christian status declare about how we should then live?

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Date: 07/15/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:4

Description: Paul provides parents with two commands:  The first is negative as he tells parents what they are not to do.  The second is positive as Paul instructs Christian parents on their responsibilities and duties before the Lord.

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