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It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the…

What does organizational structure look like? Why do we have structure? Organizational structure gives levels, or hierarchy of leadership. If we look at scripture, we see examples of organizational structure. The picture of God (the Father) as the head, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the elders, deacons, teachers,…

A model of diversity in unity A model of efficient functioning It’s how His plan is fulfilled

Most of us don’t like silence. We especially don’t like it when it feels like God is being silent. 7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the…

Ideal Church What does the ideal church look like? Now, you might stop me there and remind me that actually, the ideal church doesn’t exist. (I don’t know if you’ve heard the old adage - if you find the perfect church, leave, because it’ll cease being perfect). But let’s just leave that aside and try…

On this Memorial Day weekend, I am taking the opportunity to preach on a neglected aspect of the Fifth Commandment—not only are we to honor our mothers and fathers who are alive, but we are to honor those who have died. In Proverbs 10:7 , we find this wonderful promise, “ the memory of the righteous…

Irrevocable Calling Irrevocable, cannot be rescinded, recalled or undone We are in Romans 11 this morning. Romans 9-11 is a wonderful section of Romans which covers some important concepts for believers. It builds upon all that the Spirit teaches us through all that he inspired Paul to right concerning…

The faith practice of wonder helps us glimpse with surprise just how creative, faithful, good, big, and present God is.

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.…

1 Kings 12:15-16 , 25-33 ; 13:1-14:20 . Jeroboam ( 1 Ki. 11:26–14:20 ; 2 Chron. 9:29–13:22 We mentioned a few weeks ago some of these things but let’s start out with what we know about him. I. His qualifications - 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man…

We live in uncertain times. This is the overall sentiment today of many. To some extent I am in this category. We don’t know whether the economy will continue to rebound, what will happen politically, or how the pandemic will continue to play out. We can be unsure of many things. The unknown typically…

Intro: In Genesis, God reaches out to a righteous man name Noah. And he tells Noah to build him a boat. Now they would probably be familiar with boats, but a boat that big? How big, big enough to fit two of every animal and survive for about a year. Why? Because God was going to send rain, a deluge like…

Tonight we will be gathering together - as a fellowship - for our church dinner… and because of the timing of the dinner... Normally we would have our church dinners in April - to more correspond to our fiscal year... BUT... This year we started thinking about that timing... And we thought that because…

Wrapping Up Romans We are coming to the last couple weeks of my current teachings from the Book of Romans. Today, I am looking at how Paul planned for his next ministry moves. Next week, I will return to the first verses of Chapter 13, and share about being a good Christian Citizen according to what…

History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly must read it with his eye constantly fixed on the hand of God. —Hollis Read When the fulness of time was come, God sent for his Son. —Paul the Apostle ( Galatians 4:4 ) If we think of the doctrine of providence…

Have you never been in a near vehicle accident? A close call that almost wrecked you, but you just narrowly escaped? I remember one time driving home late on a Wednesday night from church. Do this day I don’t know entirely what happened, but I’m driving on the interstate and I see the car in front me…

Are You Living a Life of Hurry? Introduction: Dallas Willard, “Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day! You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” Corrie ten Boom, “If the Devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you busy.” This series has the potential to do more for your spiritual…

Intro: Today we continue on our journey as we look at the seven cities and the seven churches that all received letters from Christ. Background The city’s name means “continual sacrifice” South East of Pergamum Founded as a military buffer city or watch tower on the road from the east heading towards…

Text is Exodus 19:1-8

I remember as a child learning the phrase about learning: “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” I have no clue who said it first, but they had something there. In aquatics and as lifeguards it is common to hear, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” It’s why lifeguards walk around their…

--- Title Slide Scripture Intro: Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”) For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died…

Is it possible for you to be so close to God that you will only want to do what is right and good? To have your conscience purified? Can we put away sin once for all? This is the goal of religion. Has religion accomplished this? Is there a better way? This whole section of Hebrews is a reflection on…

We spend much of our time waiting inspit our best efforts at being efficiency. Some years it feels like we spend every day all 365 of them waiting. Like this year we have spend much of the time waiting for this virus to go a way. Waiting for the shoe to drop. This week we are start our Christmas series-…

The Kings of Israel & Judah Lesson 1: Introduction - Part One This a grand and exciting time in the Bible as well as a very sobering time. It is a time in Israel when God was heavily involved at the beginning – but slowly you see Him working less and less. It is a time of great prophets and great miracles.…