Sermon
Notes

Brian Thiel

Weekly Schedule

Sunday
9:30am Bible Study
10:30am Worship

Wednesday
7pm Bible Study

Communion
is served
every Sunday
to any Christian
who chooses
to partake.

All of these sermon notes should be read as a memoir of one preacher's spiritual journey through the scriptures.  These are examples how Christians in this age can be guided those teachings to be loyal to our calling in Jesus Christ. 

For copyright reasons, the various versions of the Bible that were extensively used in the spoken sermons cannot be fully reproduced here, so you are encouraged to secure several different versions for your own reading.  One neat way to do that online is to use BibleGateway.com. I use it for nearly every sermon along with my various print versions.  Some versions are more suited to silent reading while others are better for reading aloud in public. That is just one of the reasons why we need different versions. 

Thanks for checking out these pages. I hope it stimulates you to always investigate the Word of God and that doing so will bring you a greater stimulation than it has me.  --BT

Jesus' Way Is Like No Other Way

This series during the first part of 2011 mostly follows John's gospel as he describes the personal encounters Jesus had with a variety of people.  All of those encounters are full of meaning for every Christian or anyone inquiring about Jesus' Way. Here are some examples (PDFs) you can download from the series.

• Leaving Everything Behind   
      Matthew (Levi) & Zacchaeus
• Are You Sure You Are Saved?  
      How to Tell and Not Leave any Big Questions Unanswered
• Jesus-Beyond Expectations 
      The crippled man at the pool for 4 decades

The apostle Paul and later the apostle John teach the churches of the Roman province of Asia (modern Turkey) when they were being accosted with false teachings in a time that was devoted to highly sensuous paganism. Those days were similar to the rampant immorality of our times, but the opposition to Christians was much worse then compared to what Americans have endured, so far... but Christians in other places in our times are experiencing intense opposition, severe persecution and some cases of martyrdom. Being a loyal Christian typically makes a person a heretic to the prevailing culture and sometimes a traitor to the rulers.  We all gotta' deal with it.

1. Protected by God - Ephesians 6:10-20
2. Lavished with God's Gifts - Ephesians 1:3-14
3. Knowing Christ Changes... US - Ephesians 1:15-23, 4:1-3
4. Togetherness Versus Correctness - Ephesians 2
5. Powerless Off the Grid -  Ephesians 3

1. Don't Put Too Much Stock in Circumstances
       Philippians 1:12-20, etc.
2. Appreciate Everything
       Philippians 1:3-9, 3:7-9, 4:11-13
3. Whose Are You? Slaves & Saints
       Philippians 1:1, 2:7, Isaiah 42:1, 53:12  
4. Choosing What NOT To Be
       Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 9:2-9, Joshua 24:14-27  

This series is about God's intentional intervention into human history and how it  affects all mankind. The series was first delivered during the Christmas 2009 and Easter 2010.  variations on this theme from later times have been and will be included, too.

1. An Ancient Plan
2. Centuries of Preparation
3. The Big Surprise
4. A Tragic Failure (Or An Unlikely Victory)
   All four of the above are combined in one large PDF file (444K).
       You can download the whole group here.
   
5. The Darkest Day in All History
       Palm Sunday 2010
6. No Bones About It
       Easter Sunday 2010
7. The Final, Enduring Victory: Life Without Fear
       Sunday After Easter 2010
8. Ancient Prophecy, Mysterious Sign
       Christmas 2010

During the first twelve Sundays of 2010 Brian's preaching was about many less known people of the Bible who are wonderful examples of faithful living and serve as great role models. The Bible does not glorify people, it tells the plain truth about all of them. However, there are elements of the lives of these people where they showed faith, courage, self-control, and other virtues that are important to know about for all of us today.  All these people can serve as realistic models for us, who also have our shortcomings and are not going to be rich, famous or powerful either!

From these titles, can you tell which Biblical person is the subject of the message?  Have your Bible handy to look up the Scripture texts, because that is the most important thing to for you to do... reading it for yourself in God's word.

1. The Glory of the Ordinary
2. Little Things Mean a Lot
3. A Woman Who Said, "I Will Go, NOW!"
4. The Fox Who Outfoxed the Fox
5. The Girl Who Wouldn't Go Home
6. A Family That Welcomed 'Outsiders'
7. Who Was Little Jimmie?
8. The Man Who Prepped His Cousin
9. Remembered for Her Wisdom Not Her Past
10. The Farmer Reformer
11. Truth Seekers Willing to Change
12. Friends for Life (and More)