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Names of God There was a Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Co) who had just been promoted to colonel. He was sitting in his office when someone knocked at the door and said, “This is Private Johnson. May I see you sir?” He said, “Just a minute.” There was a Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Co) who had just been promoted…

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Who among us could live without computers? It seems they’re everywhere – in our studies at home, on our desks at work, in the library, the bank and even the cafe. We get pleasure from them,…

Passage: Exodus 13:17-22 Big Idea: God is providing by guiding. Introduction: If you weren’t here last week, we started a new series called “Smoke.” Some of you probably are still confused by the title, but when we look at the Old Testament, we see that smoke often signals God’s presence is near. Last…

Philippians 1:12-26 [INTRODUCTION] Author Paul and Timothy Date and Place Paul was likely in prison in Ephesus between 52-55 AD. Audience The church in Philippi Purpose The purpose of the letter is to direct believers away from theological error and to encourage them to stand firm in the face of opposition.…

Maybe it’s like this with your kids too, but when you ask them about their day do you get answers like, “Fine?” On occasion I’ll ask my children if something unusual happened, and most of the time it was just a normal day. In fact, most days are like that, normal days. Normal days are filled with routines.…

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A FORTUNATE FALL Daniel Kottke (L), an early Apple employee, and Ron Wayne (R) are shown after the premier of the doucumentary film "MacHEADS" at Macworld 2009. ALJAWAD/CC BY-SA 3.0/WIKIMEDIA Steve Jobs. Steve Wozniak. Ron Wayne. Wait, who? Yup, there was a third co-founder of Apple Computers, an Atari…

Introduction Starting a new series Perhaps you’ve seen a decline in church engagement, Politicization of values that oppose the Christian faith, Education of children with family values and sexual ethics that the Bible calls sin general secularization and marginalization of Christianity Or maybe you’ve…

We are Called to Experience New Life In Christ But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. To say that we have new life in Christ is to say that we belong to God. In Christ we are bound to God. He has…

Introduction “Stop Grumbling” — They were trying to sort out what Jesus was saying among themselves. They thought they could figure out the revelation of God apart from the Holy Spirit…apart from the Father giving them understanding of what they had heard. They were upset that Jesus had said He was from…

Making Your Impossibles Possible Part 1 We live in a day where many impossible things, generations before us, would have never imagined possible. Consider being born before electricity, before cars were invented, before flight was possible and someone telling you these things would one day be possible.…

Intro: We can never exhaust our worship of Jesus! .....Put it another way.... You will never need to return the Christmas gift God gave to us (Jesus).... Krystle and I went down memory lane of our childhood Christmases..... and we remembered some of the gifts we received.... some we played with a ton....…

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8 1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against…

Well, as we said at the top of the service today’s Advent theme is Hope. I wonder…what does that word mean to you this time of year? Hope. When I was a kid hope was a big part of the Christmas season. (SEARS CATALOGUE) I spent those four weeks of Advent HOPING for an Atari, or a Six Million Dollar Man…

Intro I was only 6 or 7. We were living in Blacks Harbour at the time and Christmas was approaching fast. Like many children I too was making my Christmas list for my parents. Have you finished all your shopping yet. Sometimes I think this Christmas gift buying has gotten completely out of control. In…

Welcome Happy Father’s Day! We’re wrapping up a series that I call Family! where we have been looking at many of the families named in the genealogy of Jesus Christ as documented in Matthew 1 . Today as we celebrate the fathers, I want to jump away from the listed genealogy and look to another important…

I love Christmas! The gifts, the parties, the celebrating. Christmas trees and lights and stockings and cookies and cocoa. Watching our favorite Christmas movies. With all the wonderful things that come with Christmas, the traditions, the overeating and overspending. Christmas is all about Jesus. God…

When life gets tough, like our computers, we can log out, or we can shut down. But Jesus is offering us another alternative. We can hit the reset button. Tune in to this message to discover how Jesus allowed Peter to hit the reset button on his life, and how He can do the same for you today!

Diagnostic Questions to Define Idols Huge concern for idolatry in OT and Scriptures. We skip over but still relevant today. If you want to identify an idol in your life ask yourself what things if they were taken away from me would cause me to not want to live? You take away this possession, this person,…