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Intro: We are now into the New Year and another holiday season has come and gone. Maybe in your preparation for that season, some of the fathers in here had to assemble a playset, doll house, or some gift that you received. It is the right of passage for many fathers to labor into the wee hours of the…

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (A Foretaste of Heaven) In concluding a discussion on the church, it is fitting to remember that the church provides believers with a foretaste of heaven. Though imperfect, the church represents the one place where the activities of heaven are reflected…

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they…

So, I was getting to know a pastor once. We had lunch, talked about life and ministry. Then I invited him to jump in my car and drive around his town to pray for his ministry and for people’s hearts to change, for revival and repentance in the community. I started the car, started driving down the main…

“ Spiritual Maturity is, in a sense, the state of responsibility .” It was quoted like this “the state of being mentally and emotionally well-developed, and therefore responsible: I like the way former columnist Ann Landers put it: Landers wrote that people display maturity in patience, perseverance,…

Secular - The Title today is Serving Jesus, Even If We Fail. The Following story is about a judge who failed. A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense: “My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I…

Last week we covered the topic regarding sex and what the bible has to say about it. There is a lot more that could have been covered regarding sex, but we only covered what was necessary for our series. Today we will cover the topic of love. What is love? Woody Allen, a comedian, writer, and moviemaker…

Prayer of Adoration God of all time, help us enter the New Year quietly, thoughtful of who we are to ourselves and to others, mindful that our steps make an impact and our words carry power. May we walk gently. May we speak only after we have listened well. Creator of all life, help us enter the New…

The Eternal Son of God Jesus- born to his earthly mother and father, and laid in a manger (cradle) mystery of humility He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or…

It is a joy to be back with you today. Preaching God’s word. I have enjoyed our study on the Holy Spirit, and I have appreciated these few weeks off to refresh while learning from my brothers, who preached God’s word to us faithfully. We return now to our study of first Corinthians If you remember with…

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WHAT is the church to do: The church of Jesus Christ exists in and for the world. The local church is a strategic base from which Christians move out to the structures of society, providing the most significant arena through which disciple-making occurs. It is a community of true believers under the…

10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 22 And they came to Bethsaida.…

In John 13 we find Jesus sitting down to eat his last meal with his disciples. You'd think he'd be taking the opportunity to really relax and enjoy this time. But instead he jumps up and engages in the most demeaning task imaginable (for the time): washing his disciples' feet. Why? What was the point? Join Malcolm as he unpacks why and how this menial task informs one of the core priorities of Jesus' followers.

Message It was late in my high school years that I first began paying attention to something called “March Madness.” Yes, I discovered the famous college basketball tournament and began learning about one particular team, Duke University. I had never been into sports very much growing up. Sometimes my…

Intro: Review: Deviod of Love defined love of God talked about it being in his nature defined those who lack love from God as not belonging to God. This could be the focus of Paul’s rebuke to the Corinthians background behind Paul’s rebuke is the prioritizing worldly things above love, even in the church.…

Review: 1-3 rebuke from Paul about the lack of love with elevation of spiritual gifts 4: first three aspects of love: love long suffers, long suffers with kindness and love is content #4 Be Humble 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 (NASB95) 4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and…

Romans 8:4-27 We continue this morning in our study of the Great Life. God has promised us a life that is abundant, not just routine. Like living in the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey…the Spiritual life is a life full of promise and blessing. We have learned that there are three types…

If I speak human or angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give away all my possessions,…

Do you know what happens when you give a kid some sugar? Some kids have a worse reaction than others. I know some kids that are related to Dean and Nancy who are very susceptible to sugar. In fact, after a period of the grandparents continually feeding them sugar, the parents were very tempted to feed…

Morning 17 September 2023

TEXT: HABAKKUK There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : Habakkuk was written around 610-605 BC, meaning he prophesied around…

When Abraham failed to love his neighbors, it was because of his FEAR of DEATH. Fear of death made him SELFISH and SUSPICIOUS of his neighbors. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely…

When I was in high school, we lived on two acres in the middle of the woods in Northern Indiana. Now, I say “woods” very loosely. It is true that the land around us was wooded. However, across the street was a swamp. So, we didn’t go there. And the majority of our two acres was what we termed a “waste…

Ihmiset etsii elämässään sitä mikä ei ole parasta heille. Jos me tiedettäis mikä olisi meille parasta niin etsisimme sitä mikä on parasta. On vain yksi asia mikä on parasta meille ja pohditaan sitä yhdessä Sana jonka profeetta Jeremia puhui Baarukille. 5 Sinä pyydät itsellesi suuria! Älä pyydä; sillä…