Ironwood Church

It was great to have Josh Watt back at Ironwood on Sunday! Josh helped us see how the story of Jacob and Esau teaches us what it looks like to live by faith.00:00 - Introduction02:16 - How do we live by faith?04:33 - BIRTHRIGHT | Jacob + Esau15:22 - BLESSING | Rebekah + Jacob27:40 - INSCRUTABLE GOD | Isaac + Rebekah + Jacob + Esau**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

The lenses of gratitude, grief, and growth are helpful tools for us to use when evaluating the generational patterns in our families. In Genesis 24 through 26, we see the story of how, both for good and for bad, Isaac is like his father Abraham.00:00 - Introduction03:40 - Big picture plot04:36 - Three major takeaways05:52 - Imitate your parents: gratitude09:50 - Don’t imitate your parents: grief & fear16:18 - Improve on your parents: growth**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

The story of Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah shows us how we cannot allow good things to become ultimate things. Yet, the story points past itself to the true and greater Isaac - Jesus, the fully innocent son who's wiling to be sacrificed in submission to The Father.**MORE IN THIS SERIES***https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPYr0nMpCrXGtMFrhrBCFQaaSsdNssgJo**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

Seth helps us look at an uncomfortable series of stories in Genesis 18 and 19. Ultimately, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah teaches us three things: 1) Hospitality and generosity are important. 2) sin is contagious, and 3) mercy is how you get out.00:00 - Introduction04:19 - The Plot20:22 - Hospitality and generosity are not minor in God’s economy.24:23 - Sin is contagious; it is easier to take a person out of sodom than to take sodom out of the person.31:56 - Mercy is how you get out.**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

The story of Hagar and Ishmael forces us to consider weighty and unspeakably difficultyrealities; but these realities are not that far from each one of us. God sees, cares for, and blesses those who have been overlooked, disregarded, andpresumed on by other people.00:00 - Introduction00:39 - Where we are going in the next few weeks04:48 - Themes in today’s story27:43 - Key Takeaways**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

Father Abraham had many sons… so let’s just praise the Lord! We’re grateful we got to have guest preacher Adam Bailie with us this past Sunday unpacking Genesis 15.00:00 - Introduction of Adam Bailie10:28 - The Big Idea11:16 - Every Christian possesses God’s promises as privilege (1-5).20:17 - Every Christian possesses God’s redemption as reality (6)25:13 - Every Christian possesses God’s covenant as confidence (7-21)32:32 - Learning to Live - 3 points**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

The story of Abraham’s journey in the wilderness shows us how we all leave a mixed legacy, confronts our instincts to run to Egypt for safety, and reveals how the altar that lord provides better than the ones we build for ourselves.00:09 - Where we're going / Where we've been01:18 - Today’s story is a wilderness story04:47 - The Plot24:56 - What do we learn?**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

Peter’s transformation shows us that the resurrection of Jesus is both true and useful. We can have courage and conviction because the good news is not merely a fairy tale.”00:00 - Introduction03:00 - Peter’s transformation shows us that the resurrection of Jesus is both true and useful.08:05 - How and why Peter changed11:06 - When you truly believe Jesus rose from the dead**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

You don’t have to go to GCU to find your purpose, you can just go to Genesis 12:1-3. Seth shows us the three steps we must take if, like Abram, we want to live lives that are a blessing.00:00 - Introduction04:17 - What makes for a good life?07:35 - Life is not primarily a journey towards pleasure, power, or possessions, but is actually a search for purpose.08:51 - What makes a good life? Be a blessing.24:08 - How to be a blessing**HOW TO FIND US*** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YouTube CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@IronwoodChurchAZFACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/

The tower of Babel helps us make sense of the love/hate relationship we have with technology; Seth helps us see how we image God in the development of technologies, but how we often use that tech in ways that are destructive and rebellious.00:00 - Introduction01:03 - Summary of Genesis so far02:29 - Reminder: The rebellion stories are both a record and a warning07:18 - New Technology10:49 - Old Temptations16:01 - New Temptations24:34 - Same God**HOW TO FIND US*** FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ironwoodchurchaz/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ironwood.church/WEBSITE https://www.ironwoodchurch.org/