Here We Go Again — September 28, 2025
Pastor Mike Mannes
Big Idea
Life is not a system. God opens the system at the critical time.
1) Build Not Walls
Stephen chose to do this, even in front of the Sanhedrin.
2) Entropy (Disorder in a Closed System)
Without outside action a system moves toward disorder — this is .
“The Spirit is willing, but the is weak.”
3) God Acts at the Critical Time
At Israel’s low point, God sent .
This world is not a system — God intervenes.
Jesus breathed, “Receive the Holy .”
4) Posture for Every Season
In the highest highs (Breath of life): stay .
In the lowest lows (Dust of the ground): stay .
5) Our Mission
We are for people.
We are for this .
There is no , only .
Key Verse
Acts 7:20
“It was at this critical time that Moses was born;”