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	Title	Date	Speaker
	A Great Fish	Jul 25, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Jonah 1:17-2:10 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: July 25, 2010 Series: We Are Jonah At the end of chapter one, Jonah has been tossed overboard and thrown into the raging sea. He descends to the depths. Sinking. Drowning. Dying. Jonah has been brought the end of himself. He cannot save himself. And in his helpless and hopeless state, he cries out to the Lord. He remembers God. And God saves him! The Lord appoints a great fish to play the part of a submarine for His prophet. And from there, Jonah offers a prayer of thanksgiving and praise to the God who brought him up from the pit and gave him new life.
	A Great Storm	Jul 18, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Jonah 1:1-16 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: July 18, 2010 Series: We Are Jonah The story of Jonah begins with a man who runs from God. Fortunately, that's not where the story ends. In God's great mercy, God pursues Jonah. He chases after him, though He does so in a ferocious fashion. God hurls a great storm at Jonah's ship and will not stop until Jonah is hurled into sea. Yet what appears as condemnation is actually God's mercy. Jonah hides but God seeks. Jonah runs but fortunately God pursues.
	A Great Sinner	Jul 11, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: July 11, 2010 Series: We Are Jonah The story of Jonah begins with Missio Dei - the mission of God. The merciful heart of God longs to save the sinful city of Nineveh. Nineveh was renown for it's wickedness. Yet God is renown for His mercy. And so God calls Jonah to be His missionary and deliver his message of mercy. Only, Jonah runs. He flees from the presence of the Lord and heads in the opposite direction. We are Jonah - for we too run from God in our sin. Today we consider why we run and consider our idols and the sin beneath the sin.
	A Great Gospel	Jul 4, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Jonah 1:1-2 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: July 4, 2010 Series: We Are Jonah Perhaps you’ve heard the story before. A man swallowed by a whale who lives to tell the tale. But here’s the thing. There is so much more to the book of Jonah. In fact, Jonah is not a story about a great fish at all. The whale is just a prop in the narrative. It’s actually a story about a great God. A gracious God who relentlessly pursues rebels. A sovereign God who rules over everything for His glory and our good. A missional God who, unlike Jonah, loves the city. A merciful God who pardons the prophet and the pagans. A patient God who seeks the self-righteous religious and the sinful irreligious alike. In entering Jonah’s story, we get a better look at God’s heart and ours as well. That’s because this story is our story. We are Jonah.
	Biblical Manhood	Jun 20, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Genesis 1-3 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: June 20, 2010 Series: Specials On Fathers Day, we turn our attention to address the men. What does it mean to be a man? Today we turn to the wisdom of God in the Scriptures to cast a vision for Biblical manhood and masculinity. Men and women were created in the image of God and reflect the unity and diversity of the Godhead. Like our God, we were made equal but different, and that is very good.
	Mission: Doubt Night	Jun 13, 2010	Siby Varghese
Audio Download Speaker: Siby Varghese Date: June 13, 2010 Series: Specials What is truth? Is there meaning to life? Is there a God? These are questions that plague many in our city. Today, Siby Varghese shares how he can sympathize with skeptics, atheists, agnostics, and more because these questions plagued him too. Together we’ll listen as Siby shares his own spiritual journey and how he discovered meaning in Jesus. His own quest for truth has given him a burden for engaging others in their spiritual journey. Through Doubt Night, Siby is leading a dialogue in our city about matters of life, faith, doubt, truth, meaning, and more.
	Mission: Bombay Teen Challenge	Jun 6, 2010	Jim Varghese
Audio Download Speaker: Jim Varghese Date: June 6, 2010 Series: Specials Throughout June, we'll be highlighting some of the missional works that God is doing in and through Seven Mile Road. Today, we hear from Jim Varghese and the work of Bombay Teen Challenge. Since 1990, BTC has worked to rescue and rehabilitate destitute and desperate people living on the streets and in the red light district of Mumbai. Their work includes fighting against human trafficking and stopping sexual slavery. Today we’ll hear some stories from BTC and listen as Jim Varghese shares how the Lord called his family to get involved and how we might do the same.
	Crucified With Christ	May 30, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 30, 2010 Series: Christ Crucified We conclude our series on the cross of Christ by considering the truth that when Jesus died, we died with Him. Jesus died so that we might live. But Jesus also died so that we might die. The Apostle Paul declares, "I have been crucified with Christ." Jesus invites those who would come after Him to take up their cross and follow Him. The way of Jesus is the way of death. But gloriously, it is also the way to resurrection and new life.
	Christ Crucified For Our Forgiveness	May 23, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 23, 2010 Series: Christ Crucified Jesus died for the forgiveness of sins. If that's true, how are we to respond? Jesus says that one way forgiven people need to respond is by being forgiving people. Those who have been forgiven a great debt to their king must be willing to forgive the lesser debts owed to them. Jesus tells a story about two debtors to call his disciples to be forgiving even as they were forgiven.
	Christ Crucified For Our Adoption	May 16, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Galatians 4:1-7 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 16, 2010 Series: Christ Crucified This week we consider the glorious doctrine of our adoption as sons through Christ crucified. It is one thing to cleanse someone from their filth, or to pay their debt, or set them free, or even to declare them innocent. And while God does all these things for us through the cross of Jesus, it is still more precious to be brought home as the children of God. Through Christ, we now have a new Father, a new Brother, and a new family.
	Biblical Womanhood	May 9, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Genesis 1-3 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 9, 2010 Series: Specials What does it mean to be a woman? Today we turn to the wisdom of God in the Scriptures to cast a vision for Biblical womanhood and femininity. Men and women were created in the image of God and reflect the unity and diversity of the Godhead. Like our God, we were made equal but different, and that is very good.
	Christ Crucified For Our Justification	May 2, 2010	Ajay Thomas
Audio Download Scripture: Romans 3:23-24 Speaker: Ajay Thomas Date: May 2, 2010 Series: Christ Crucified When we stand before a Holy God, the Judge of all the world, only one word could describe us: “Guilty.” We have disobeyed God’s commands and broken His law. Like a guilty criminal before a Judge, we stand before God and the evidence of our sin clearly condemns us. Yet through the Cross of Christ, the most incredible transaction occurs. The guilt and penalty of our sin is placed upon Jesus. He dies the death we should have died. Then, if that were not stunning enough, by faith, the righteousness of Jesus’ sinless perfection is transferred to us! God declares us “Not Guilty.” In fact, He sees us through the shed blood of Christ and declares us righteous. What a marvelous exchange!

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