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Today we want to look at the questions people are asking. When people come to us with a request, we often try to determine where their heart is coming from. Again this week we had a request to buy food for a lady and her son. Out of compassion, our church as a policy on how we deal with these requests.…

Genesis 46:1-7 Genesis 46:29-32 Genesis 47:27-31 Jacob and all his family travel to Egypt. Joseph speaks to pharaoh and obtains for them very good pasture land in Goshen. Being removed in the land of Goshen preserved the Hebrews from intermarrying with the Egyptians, and kept them from the pagan practices…

Death and Wisdom In the slightly over two years I have been here, I have preached through a few books of the bible. Galatians, Acts, John, and now Ecc. And without a doubt, up to this point, Ecc has been my favorite. We still have about half the book to go, but I don’t see that changing anytime soon.…

Make it Count There are two different or possibly connected ideas of why we age and ultimately die. They are the concepts of weakening of the DNA and damage. We can see in some single celled organisms that they don’t seem to age. They can divide without loss or damage to either the original or the new…

God protects and implements His eternal plan for our salvation through the incarnation of his Son. He protects Jesus and his parents from the machinations of ruthless rulers, and He overseas history itself to ensure our redemption. Today our Lord also invites us soberly to identify inside ourselves that…

1. Introduction Morning everyone Well in life there’s often a big gap between expectations and reality. It’s true isn’t it, we can often expect, desire something but then there’s what happens in reality. and this reality hit me when I was proposed to my lovely wife Joy. So, I took Joy to this nice little…

Reception Uncovered — “Rejection is not the Exception But the Rule” It is easy to assume that God’s Word ought to be a welcomed guest wherever it is preached. We are also surprised when that same Word is met with apathy or rejection by those who hear it. It is also easy to conclude that when the Word…

Born once, die twice; Born twice, die once. We must compel neighbors to avoid the second death!

In Church with Jesus GOAL: That the hearers will recognize the absolute authority of Christ Jesus, by daily turning to Him in repentance and faith. 17 The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth,…

Delight Uncovered I have a friend in San Diego who loves wine. San Diego is very much a desert climate, but there is also a lot of granite. It is a challenge to cultivate the soil due to all the rock and granite. Well, my friend built his dream home on top of a steep hill in San Diego county, and decided…

Good morning, church. Today I want to talk to you about life and death. Not the physical life and death that we all experience, but the spiritual life and death that we all face. The Bible tells us that there are two ways to live: in the light or in the darkness, in the truth or in the lie, in the grace…

Scripture records the greatest event in history with a shocking lack of words: “There they crucified him.” Here was the culmination of God's plan: the innocent for the guilty, the sinless for the sinful. The participants in this divine drama are carried along fulfilling prophecy after prophecy, Pilate…

Romans 8 - A Chapter of Hope! T HEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. Following a long reminder of the condition of man and justification…

In the past few weeks, there seems to have been an overabundance of loss, most due to tragic events. I have counseled with people who are having a tough time coping with death, and with the seeming finality that surrounds death. It is made harder, it seems, when someone dies in a tragic manner and at…

Going to your death, how many would go this way? How many would willingly accept that this is what I need to do? Jesus Knows All Jesus is demonstrating omniscience in this passage. That is being all knowing. This passage reveals to us not only that Jesus knows that He will be delivered up. But the timing…

Practice The Things of God 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,…

Calling You to Freedom God protects and implements His eternal plan for our salvation through the incarnation of his Son. He protects Jesus and his parents from the machinations of ruthless rulers, and He overseas history itself to ensure our redemption. Today our Lord also invites us soberly to identify…

There’s this thing I find myself doing more often than I ever assumed I would. I read and write and number of obituaries. I’ve officiated my fair share of funerals, and as such, I’ve read several hundred obituaries. What’s more—and this might just be age-related—I read obituaries online quite a bit.…

INTRODUCTION 1. Having determined from the Scriptures that man possesses a body; soul and / or spirit which continues after death, the question now before us is this: "Where do the spirits of believers go after death?" 2. In this lesson, we will be examining two different views: a. One that we will call…

“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I…

Life and the after-life always has been a human attraction. The ancient Egyptians outfitted the pyramids with goods for use by their dead rulers when they transfer to the after-life. And today there is a fascination with “near-death” experiences of people who are declared clinically death, then come…

God’s Plan of Salvation Completed Luke 23:26 , 32–46 Last week, we looked at Jesus’ public ministry, His teachings about the nature of God’s kingdom of grace, and His miracles, which revealed His identity as God’s Son as well as His power over creation, the devil, and death itself. This week, we will…

Have you had an opportunity to look outside lately? We are beginning to see signs of spring. Trees beginning to bud out, flowers starting to bloom, birds beginning to return, spring peepers beginning to croak, it foretells of a time of renewal. All of the earth is beginning to be resurrected. The word…

Reception Uncovered — “Rejection is not the Exception But the Rule” It is easy to assume that God’s Word ought to be a welcomed guest wherever it is preached. We are also surprised when that same Word is met with apathy or rejection by those who hear it. It is also easy to conclude that when the Word…