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The word hospitality approximates the Greek word philoxenia, which means “love of the stranger.” Question: What does it mean to be a “Pro-Life” Christian? 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained…

Have you been to the Physician for healing?

Intro: this is a short but very powerful epistle, written by the Lords half brother, Jude. This epistle is powerful because it is very relevant for the day in which we live. Jude has been instructing his readers that the things that Paul and peter both warned them about has now come true. The church…

Last week we introduced Clyde to you. . If you weren’t here or just need a refresher, . Clyde is a Christian with a problem… It’s a problem not even Clyde is aware of… . Although Clyde is never late to a Bible Study, . And is in church every week… . Clyde isn’t growing. From the outside, he looks like…

Intro: Many people have hated me for my stance on Scripture. I am just hard headed enough not to bend or budge on what the Word plainly says. I do not waiver because of the changing of times, perhaps this is a gift and a curse, being this stubborn. However, when it comes to the Word of God it is definitely…

The only antidote for the greatest disease of man has Gospel written all over it.

What I would like to do in today’s episode is to highlight a few things that I think will be helpful in terms of how we (as Christians) should view the current crisis and climate concerning the now infamous Coronavirus. First I would like to give some brief perspective on how the Early Church handled…

The person "in Christ" puts on priorities that emanate from Christ.

INTRO WOG - Bible - Love it… Learn It… Live it 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every…

Perk up. How does that work. How do you get out of your lonely place? PErk up doesn’t work because you loneliness is not the need for something from with yourself. It’s something that you have been disconnected from. It is relational. It’s not a better relationship with yourself that will fix it. We…

Introduction Happy Thanksgiving, The once a year weekend when we gather with friends and family to celebrate all the blessings we have recieved over the past year. If you are visiting with us this morning, I want to wish you a happy thanksgiving greeting to you and your family. I read this recently,…

The Fool: One who acts as if there is no God Note: This outline is based off of Orthner, Donald, Wellsprings of Life: Understanding Proverbs . A. The Fool’s Basic Condition The fool is self -reliant and proud ( Prov. 28:26 , Prov. 12:15 , 14:3 ). Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks…

Do you remember when Chuck Norris jokes were all the rage? Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door. When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he actually doesn’t push his body up, he pushed the earth down. Chuck Norris disproves the theory of evolution and natural selection. If it really were survival of the fitest,…

Divine Rebellions Divine Rebellions I ended the previous session with the thought that free will in the hands of imperfect beings, whether divine or human, can have disastrous results. That’s an understatement. Some catastrophes in the early chapters of the Bible, all of them involving both humans and…

The Plot and the Party Mark 14:1–11 The pure devotion of the anonymous woman throws into bold relief the hostility and treachery of the priests and their accomplice . It is further suggested that, at the time men were concerned with securing Jesus’ death , Jesus’ body was prepared for burial through…

Ruling over Angels It’s crucial to our faith that we understand who we are as Christians. We are the sons and daughters of God, a re-fashioned divine council that already participates in our Father’s kingdom. But there’s more to it than that. Yes, we are God’s family council—but to what end? While we…

Ha-Foke Bah Hebrew Ha-Foke Bah Hebrew Tzaraat Keep an eye on the well-being of the community. Intro to the series this is a story of God’s unrelenting love to recreate a “good world” for very sinful people. Because of God’s unrelenting love, after the storm a good world can be co-created. We are in our…

Introduction When I was teaching High School math, can anyone guess what question I had to deal with every week? “When are we going to ever use this!?” Bright students did not just want to learn a list of steps, they wanted to see how it fit and why it fit. They could learn the steps for a single test,…

Discussion Questions CHAPTER THREE Once and Future Kings We’ve had a brief introduction to God’s heavenly council—his unseen family and task force. There’s a lot more to all that—we need to look, especially, at how major players like Jesus and Satan fit into the picture. But before we return to what…

Shekinah Glory Now if you recall, when we reviewed the dedication of Solomon’s Temple, we saw that the visible manifestation of God’s Glory of His presence as it had been seen throughout the history of Israel, what the Rabbis call the Shekinah Glory of God, was sent to fill the Holy of Holies of the…

“You will not know God, change deeply, nor win the world apart from community” -Tim Keller God’s ultimate intention for creation is the establishment of community.— Stanley Grenz The problem of loneliness God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” Loneliness…

“You will not know God, change deeply, nor win the world apart from community” -Tim Keller God’s ultimate intention for creation is the establishment of community.— Stanley Grenz The problem of loneliness God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” Loneliness…

There's one contagion that needs to be spread throughout our world today - JOY!

con•ta•gious \-jəs\ adjective 14th century 1: communicable by contact: CATCHING 〈contagious diseases〉 2: bearing contagion 〈contagious people〉 3: used for contagious diseases 〈a contagious ward〉 4: exciting similar emotions or conduct in others No doubt over the last two weeks the word CONTAGIOUS has…