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When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious. He mocked the Jews before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these…

12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, 13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die…

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of…

In 1973, Warner Brothers released a movie called the Exorcist that set the standard for the way we have seen demon possession for the past fifty years. The studio did not expect the movie to perform that well, but it ended up being a massive success. The movie changed the way people thought about demon…

Romans featured slightly more than in the Synoptic gospels. Jesus (as God the Son) is seen more obviously in control of events around Him. John’s gospel includes items missing from the Synoptic gospels. 1. The scene is set by Jesus, 18:1-3. [1] Jesus had completed His last instructions and His prayer…

Passionate What are you passionate about? Are you willing to defend, to stand up, to even confront someone about something you are passionate about? (insert a family picture here) Most can say they are passionate about their family, especially grandkids, lol. Many will say they are passionate about marriage.…

John 7:53-8:11 Notes for the message: 1. Teaching in the Courtyard , 7:53-8:2. This arrangement of the paragraph throws light for us upon the loneliness of Christ. “Every man went to his home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.” He had no home of His own. He was house-less and homeless in the world…

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry…

The resurrection of Jesus confronted the disciples with a question: what should they be doing now because of what Jesus has done? It is a question that still confronts us today.

What would your reaction be if someone walked into this room at the beginning of the service and interrupt by asking, “Why is your pastor not wearing his robes?” Or maybe at the beginning of Communion and asking, “Why are you not sitting around a table as Jesus did with His disciples during the last…

Confronting the Destruction of a Nation Judges 1-2 Intro : It does not take very long to discover that the book of Judges is not a very pleasant book. In fact, it one of the darkest books in the Bible. It describes a period in Israel’s history when they were without a strong, godly leader. Perhaps the…

The prophet Nathan confronts king David with a story that surprises him, and still speaks to us today.

A Biblical response to prejudice and bias.

In our final message on the Sermon on the Mount, we are confronted with the question, "What are we going to do with what we have heard?"

Overcoming Conflict We are studying the first few chapters of the book of Daniel and barely scratching the surface of the amazing wisdom set forth by Daniel and his friends. The book of Daniel is one of the most appropriate books in scripture that addresses the challenges we face in our culture today.…

Intro 27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one…

Genesis 26: 1-11 The Relevance of Yahweh The Reality of Faith The responsibilities of faith Yahweh of the Bible

The followers of Jesus have been confronted by bullies since the very beginnings of the church. But why? And how should we respond? Join us as we explore Acts 4, the first encounter between bullies and boldness for the church.

Good afternoon! Today we are continuing in our current series looking at 1 John. In todays passage John addresses a crucial issue that was affecting the early Christian community: the presence of false teachers and their deceptive teachings. Just as the early believers faced challenges to their faith,…

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Recap: Living as Exile for our Faithful God: Highlighting God’s providence and faithfulness to his covenant people FIRST WAVE: Jewish exiles return under Zerrubabbel 539 BC Temple foundation is laid 537 BC Temple work resumes after stoppage 520 BC Temple work completed 516 BC Events of Esther Occurs…

In 2021 gift, novelty, and souvenir store sales in the United States amounted to around 19 billion U.S. We’re getting to THAT TIME of year - AGAIN - when gift shopping becomes ever so popular... ALTHOUGH - I think “THAT TIME OF YEAR” is always - WIDENING. QUESTION: In regards to the GIFTS we get our…

Happy Mother’s Day! Good morning church! And welcome back to our ladies, we hope you were blessed last weekend if you were able to attend the ladies conference down in Freeport, but we are really blessed to have you back. To all our Mom’s, Happy Mother’s Day! Proverbs 31 is a collection of sayings of…

Introduction 2024 Annual Theme Spiritually Mature in Truth "In Spirit and Truth, we mature; in His Word, we stand secure!" Our message today is Love and Forgiveness - which I’ve divided into two parts. We’ll look at Love first and next week Forgiveness Full understanding of Love, there are 4 kinds in…

Saul and the mob were on a murderous rampage against the disciples. He had the high priest give them legitimacy. Synagogues did have the right to administer punishment (2 Cor. 11:24) , and Paul himself did recall his persecution to have been exceedingly fierce (Gal. 1:13). He was on his way to Damascus…