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Fearless: Risen (Matt. 28:1-20 Chris Altrock – April 16, 2017

Fearless: Risen (Matt. 28:1-20 Chris Altrock – April 16, 2017

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As the conclusion to our series called “Fearless,” a series that has taken us all the way through the gospel of Matthew, we are focusing on Matthew’s account of Jesus’ resurrection. It is found in Matt. 28. Please turn to that text in your Bible.

Many writers in the New Testament tell us about Jesus’ resurrection. What Matthew tells us about it is surprising. He reveals this: Jesus’ resurrection is intended to impact our life before death not just after death. Other writers in the New Testament will talk of how Jesus’ resurrection impacts our life after death, how, since Jesus was raised, we too will be raised, how, since Jesus defeated death, we too can defeat death. But that’s not what interests Matthew. And since we’ve been listening to Matthew since last December, we’ll let Matthew  tell us what’s important about the resurrection. And according to Matthew, the resurrection impacts our life before we die not just after we die.Fearless: Risen (Matt. 28:1-20 Chris Altrock – April 16, 2017

Fearless: King (Matt. 26:37) Chris Altrock – April 2, 2017

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A few weeks ago my family and I saw magician Criss Angel perform. In many respects he is the king of magic. According to his website and according to what he said at the show we saw, he’s been named “Magician of the Year” six times.[1] He was the youngest magician inducted into the International Magicians Society Hall of Fame. Criss was the first recipient of the Magician of the Decade, as well as the Magician of the Century.

It seems he was born a magician. He learned his first trick at age 7 when his Aunt Stella showed him a card trick.[2] Five years later, at the age of 12, he gave his first paid performance as a magician. The venue was a friend’s birthday party. He was paid $10. Today he makes millions and performs to massive crowds. You could say he was Fearless: King (Matt. 26:37) Chris Altrock – April 2, 2017

Fearless: Praying (Matt. 26:36-56) Chris Altrock – March 26, 2017

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Nobody Ever Taught Me How

In the movie “Gravity,” astronaut Matt Kowalski is in charge of the Space Shuttle Explorer. Its mission is to repair the Hubble Telescope. The repair will be done by specialist Ryan Stone. Mission Control aborts the mission, warning that a Russian missile has hit a satellite, causing a chain reaction and now there is a storm of debris charging toward the pair of astronauts. As a result of the debris strike, both Stone and Kowalski must make their way to the International Space Station. At one point Kowalski makes the decision to untether himself from Stone to prevent both of them from dying. Isolated and coming to grips with the fact that she too may die in space, Stone has the following conversation with God: 

“I’m gonna die, aren’t I God?… I’m really scared. Nobody will mourn for me; no one will pray for my soul. Will you mourn for me? Will you pray for me? Or is it too late? I mean, I’d pray for myself but I’ve never prayed in my life. Nobody ever taught me how. Nobody ever taught me how.”

We need prayer every day. But there are moments in our lives when things are at their worst, when things are at their darkest, when we need prayer like we’ve never needed it before. And how tragic it would be to reach one of those crisis moments and not really know how to pray.Fearless: Praying (Matt. 26:36-56) Chris Altrock – March 26, 2017