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  • The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 11

    The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 11
    2026/04/28

    Matthew's writings continue to show and tell us who Jesus. This week we see Jesus as the Rock, the firm foundation. We finish exploring the Sermon on the Mount and begin working through Chapter 8, where we see Jesus has authority!
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  • The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 10

    The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 10
    2026/04/27

    In this section of Scripture, Jesus addresses common issues that all of us deal with.
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  • Questions - Week 24: Is the Shroud of Turin Genuine?

    Questions - Week 24: Is the Shroud of Turin Genuine?
    2026/04/26
    The Shroud of Turin is a relic housed in the cathedral in Turin Italy and claimed to be the burial cloth of Christ. The Gospels give us some details: Matthew 27:59-60 ESV "And Joseph (of Arimathea) took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away." Mark 15:46 ESV "And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking Him (Jesus) down, wrapped Him in the linen shroud and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb."Luke 23:53 ESV "Then he (Joseph) took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid Him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid." John 19:40 ESV "So they (Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus) took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of Jews." Shroud of Turin A linen shroud approximately 14 feet long, 3 1/2 feet wide. Pastor shares a picture of the shroud. It's very hard to discern what shows on the shroud. But on May 28, 1898 Secondo Pia (1855 - 1941) received permission to take a picture of the shroud. The photographic negative ended up being an image of a man's brutalized face. He said "I think I may have been the first person in centuries to see the face of Jesus!"In the following years many others have used developing technologies in photography to take photos of the shroud.Pastor shares his pictures and how it shows the person has been crucified and brutally whipped with over 300 lacerations. Many people have asked the last 100+ years if this is indeed Jesus. Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP) a group came to examine and test the Shroud 1978 - 40 U.S. scientists, multiple institutions and laboratories.Went to Turin Italy - 5 days, 122 hours, to study the shroud, fully expected to find a forgeryTests- large variety of tests and equipmentAnd in the following years 1978-1981 they spent an additional 100,000 - 150,000 hours of intensive study on the results of their testing. And made their final report in 1981. 1981 STURP Report Findings Image is on the top surface of linen fibers. The image is only .2 - .7 microns - that's several hundred times thinner than a human hair)Identity - it is the image of a scourged and crucified man. Approx 5' 11" tall around 178 lbs. Origin - No evidence of paint of pigmentBloodstains were found of hemoglobin + serum albumin - which is evidence of a person having been horrifically tortured.3D data - used a VP8 Image Analyzer (developed for the space program) and discovered that what is recorded on the shroud had 3 dimensional properties.Mechanism - how was it produced - unknown For an insider's view of the study "Report on the Shroud of Turin" published in 1983 by John Herbert Heller. (A member of the Shroud team). The book caused many questions to start emerging. Pastor shares an article "On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ" from the JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association from March 21, 1986, Volume 256 and the impact that article had on him. Pastor goes further into the continued testing over the years. Here are the latest results: 2013 - (FTIR) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy indicated the Shroud was 2,000 years old2013 - Raman Spectroscopy also reported the Shroud to be 2,000 years old2022 - (WAXS) Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering was used and it showed the Shroud to be 2,000 years old. Research continues: Physicist Paolo di Lazaro and team at ENEA Labs, after 5 years and hundred of failed attempts to reproduce an image like the shroud, concluded that to make the imprint on the Shroud it would take 34 trillion watts of radiant energy for 1/40 billionths of a second. (An energy level greater than all the energy plants in the world combined) Final Observations: 2000 year old Linen ShroudCrown of ThornsAbrasions on shoulders from carrying CrossbeamNailed to the cross, not tiedHas a side wound, no broken bonesRushed burial - as body was not washedBrief entombment Could this be the burial shroud of Jesus? Pastor shares an interesting quote from the book by Heller and then shares that he believes it is certainly possible that this is the burial shroud of Jesus! Now What? Learn about God at https://www.awakeusnow.com EVERYTHING we offer is FREE. Check out this video series from our website: https://www.awakeusnow.com/whats-the-answer Join us Sundays https://www.awakeusnow.com/sunday-service
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  • Daniel: When Kingdoms Collide (2) - Mixed, Not Melted

    Daniel: When Kingdoms Collide (2) - Mixed, Not Melted
    2026/04/25

    God calls His people not to blend in to society, but to stand out, to reflect the mercy and goodness of God, so that He may be exalted through all the nations!
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  • The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 9

    The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 9
    2026/04/24

    Prayer is an amazing gift from God! We have His plea to talk with Him. Genuine prayer; not showy prayer, but rather simply experiencing the presence of our Living God, the Father. Other topics covered are Jesus' teaching on fasting and possessions. Based on Matthew 6:5-24.
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  • The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 8

    The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 8
    2026/04/23

    Pastor points out the Old Testament's words, "Thus says the LORD," and compares them to the words of Jesus in the New Testament that say, "But I tell you." What does this tell us about who Jesus is? Pastor explores the "But I tell yous" as found in Matthew chapter 5 and we learn what Jesus calls us to. That call is to a changed heart, which can only happen when we come to faith in Jesus. God's call is personal! He wants to change each one of us by the shed blood of Jesus, the Son of God.
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  • The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 7

    The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 7
    2026/04/22

    In Week 7, we hear more of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Jesus calls us salt and light. What does He mean when He uses these words to describe how we are to be? As historians have looked at world history, more and more of them are coming to the realization Christianity changed everything. Jesus has had a greater impact on the human condition than anyone in all of history. What Jesus produces in people, changes them!
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  • Dig Deeper - Week 11: Two Pictures of the Messiah

    Dig Deeper - Week 11: Two Pictures of the Messiah
    2026/04/21

    We will look at the two pictures of the Messiah found in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).

    2 Pictures of Messiah

    • Reigning King
    • Humble Substitute

    This double picture is what led some of the great Hebrew rabbis to suggest there might be two Messiahs that would come at different times and in different manners. And that then became the dominant tradition:

    • Messiah will raise the dead
    • Messiah will be victorious
    • Messiah will reign in Jerusalem
    • Messiah will bring peace

    If we look at the New Testament the early followers of Jesus believed this same thing about the Messiah. However, when we go back to the pictures of Messiah in the Old Testament we don't simply see the reigning King we also see the Humble Substitute.

    The eyewitnesses of Jesus raised and alive, is why those believers in Jesus as Messiah changed the world - for the first time they put together that Jesus was both a Reigning King and a Humble Substitute.

    They said "There is ONE Messiah but He comes 2 times!"

    The resurrection of Jesus puts these 2 Old Testament pictures of the Messiah together into ONE Messiah

    • New Testament:
      • Messiah was raised from death
      • Messiah was victorious
      • Messiah will return in victory
      • Messiah will reign in Jerusalem
      • Messiah will bring lasting peace

    The Messiah is Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace! He is the King of Kings, He is the Prince of Peace and He IS coming back!

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