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When I moved to Japan, I needed an "Alien Registration Certificate" to show, ironically, that I belonged there. I certainly felt like an alien, but the real shock came when I came home to Australia and felt just as alien there! So often we feel alienated and alone, but for those who give their lives to Christ, there will always be a home: the church. Listen to Malcolm explore Ephesians 2:11-22 to find out how the church transforms humanity, and offers our only hope for peace and unity.

Jesus taught with power and authority and you can too!

Today, I need you to engage your imagination for our time together. I’d like you to imagine for a moment that you go home after our gathering, and you find this carved on the side of your house. This is very old graffiti, so I know it is hard to see… so let me show you an artists rendering of the graffiti.…

Do you ever spend time thinking about the future? Of what your life will look like in 5, 10, or 20 years? And if you do, I wonder what you think about? I wonder if those thoughts are optimistic thoughts? Or if they are thoughts filled with anxiety and stress? When you were younger… in high school and…

INTRODUCTION: All who follow the Lord and live in obedience to His Word should expect to suffer contempt by the world ( 2 Ti. 3:12 ; 1 Jn. 3:13 ). 12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. Sadly,…

Ephesians 2:11–22 (KJV 1900) Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from…

Intro: C. S Lewis once said - " If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world ". For the past 3 years you all have been so gracious as to provide us with a nice place to live. We are fortunate to raise our…

Me We God 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things,…

Think of a time you felt on the outside. Perhaps it was starting a new job, walking into a new class, your first club meeting, or walking into a new church. That is only a small feeling of what it is like for many in our world today. This feeling of being on the outside is not a new situation. Today’s…

Our pastor brought a timely message about the unalienable rights of the Christint. This week on June 24, 2022 we experenced history in the making with the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn the Roe v. Wade desicion.

Jesus, Reconciliation, Justification, Peace, Blood

Membership and baptism

Introduction: What comes to your mind when I say the word “hostility”? Maybe you think of a hostile environment, like trying to build a home in a dessert away from infrastructure. Hostile. Maybe you think of the political duality in our country where democrats and republicans seem to not just balance…

Scene 1/ Introduction - We complain about the difficulties of living for Christ today but consider the situation of the disciples to whom 1 Peter was written. 1:1-2 We are fairly sure that Peter’s first letter was written between AD 62 and AD 64 from Rome. It was a time when Christianity wasn’t illegal,…

Intro: NC State Wolfpack (I was Derek Whittenberg) (Lorenzo Charles) I grew up in a family where rivalry was normal. Now I told you that I idolized Derek Whittenberg, and I did, but that was dangerous ground in my family. You see I grew up in Tarheel country. To pull outside of the Tarheels was dangerous.…

Lost Sons and Lost Daughters Coming Home for Lent Luke 15:11–24 (ESV) 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger…

John 3:12-21 We are going to start a new four week series today. I borrowed this series title from another pastor, because I thought it was such a great idea. This new series is going to be entitled, “Coffee Mug Christianity: Bringing Clarity to Cliches.” I love coffee mugs. I love to collect them when…

I. THE PAST CONDITION OF THOSE NOW IN CHRIST. First, we once were alienated . to be considered alien v. — to be or become considered foreign and consequently separate from another country or citizenry. Ephesians 2:12 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth…

“This is it guys!” “This is it guys!” Nate shouted excitedly as the Piper bounced on the beach. “They’re on their way.” With Lunch over, the men busied themselves with building a miniature “jungle” and model house in the sand. their intention was to demonstrate to the “savages” how to build an airstrip,…

Expository preaching on Matthew 8.

Names mean something to us. Alyvia (found it in a baby name book) Marie Jane (both grandma’s) Bennson (baby name book) Hugh Amyah (picked by Amy and spelled for her) Renea (Amy) Names meant even more in the Old Testament. They would name their children by how they felt, something that was happening,…

Lot’s of valuable things in the world: Lamborghini in Johnson Creek- $600,000 Area Houses- 3 million Land on the beach in Naples- 10’s of millions If there were ten thousand, thousand millions of worlds, and as many heavens full of men and angels, Christ would not be pinched to supply all our wants,…

Dominion Mandate Gen 1:28 “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”” Gen 9:1 “And God blessed Noah and his…