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Why do some Christians celebrate Halloween and other Christians do not? What is the history behind the holiday as we celebrate it today in America? Should Christians avoid the festivities completely? Learn more with an historical look of the holiday as it morphed into the Halloween we know today and Paul's advice as to how to be the light in the darkness.

Now You Know Luke 23.34 Pastor Oesterwind Introduction: We can travel to many places in the world and see great poverty. Many countries lack sanitary conditions, and even drinking water is rife with disease. Some people live in holes and call them houses. They find food in garbage. What is very disturbing…

Supernatural Woman Proverbs 31.10-31 Pastor Oesterwind We pay tribute to motherhood in many ways today – dinners, cards, breakfast in bed, jewelry; all of these are wonderful ways to express our gratitude. If, however, we are simply trying to assuage guilt for neglect, indifference, presumption, and…

The Joy and Meaning of Christmas December 12, 2010 Prep: · 135 (Homesickness), Christmas packet Scripture reading: Luke 2:1-20 Sarah Dunn Intro · That’s got to be the classic Christmas passage – how many people thing of “Charlie Brown Christmas” when they hear it? Prayer · Traditions and holidays are…

H-old fast (1Th 5:21; Heb 10:23). A-ssemble (Heb 10:25). P-ress on (Phil 3:13-14). P-ray (1Thess 5:17. 1 Tim 2:1-2; ). Y-ield not to temptation (Jas 1:12-13; Rom 6:16). N-eglect not (Heb 2:3). E-xamine yourself (2 Cor 13:5). W-alk worthy (Eph 4:1. 1Thess 2:1-2). Y-ield yourself to God (Rom 6:13). E-nvy…

A Tale of Three Tables Sunday, May 9, 2010 Luke 14:12-24 Subject: Open your heart Theme: Open your heart to friends and strangers Proposition: INTRO: We have just celebrated what is typically called the “Lord’s Supper” or the “Lord’s Table.” It was a meal Jesus shared with his disciples the night before…

KEYS TO BEING THANKFUL IN OUR LIVES Colossians 3: 12-17 A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York the day before Thanksgiving and says,"I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough. "Pop, what are you talking about?" the son…

Hallowed Opportunity October 28, 2007 · Art’s gentleness and compassion · Scott’s wisdom and thoroughness · Micah’s passion and insight Bibleman Q: What was your favorite Halloween costume? Mine was when I dressed up as Bibleman. That was five years ago. Bible man is a rather cheesy, overly commercial…

THE FULFILLMENT OF THE SPRING FEASTS Three times in Lev. 23:1-4 God emphasizes that these are my appointed Feasts. God claims ownership of them. This is one of the most overlooked points regarding the Feasts. They are neither Old Testament Feasts, nor are they the Feasts of Israel or Jewish Feasts. God…

LEVITICUS 23 FEASTS OF THE LORD There is not a nation anywhere, even among the most primitive of people, that doesn't have its unique days of special celebration. Worldwide, tens of thousands of holidays are observed annually. However, God instituted only seven holidays. These seven holidays are discussed…

THE FEAST OF FIRST FRUITS The Third Feast occurs on the second day of the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread. It is called the “Feast of First Fruits.” Passover occurs on the fourteenth of Nisan (April 2nd); the first day of the “Feast of Unleavened Bread” occurs on the fifteenth (April 3rd); and “First…