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What Time is It in Your Soul? BC — Before Christ in Only Darkness AD — After Christ is Only Eternal Light The season of Epiphany is the season of God revealing, demonstrating, showing, himself as the fulfiller of the promise to Adam and Eve that he would find a way back for mankind to once again reside…

Today marks the first Sunday of the season of Advent. “it [is] a time of expectancy and preparation for Jesus’s arrival—which happened first in the incarnation (Jesus’s birth) and will happen again at his return. For some, Advent is a reminder to find rest in a season notoriously wrought with materialism,…

Week 2 - Humility Once upon a time a rider came across a few soldiers who were trying to move a heavy log of wood without success. The corporal was standing by just watching as the men struggled.The rider couldn’t believe it. He finally asked the corporal why he wasn’t helping. The corporal replied:…

Keeping things in context and perspective We have seen the rise of the Babylonian kingdom under Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar. Today we look at the rise of the Medo-Persian empire under Darius then Cyrus with a view of the Grecian empire under Alexander and then his generals and a pesty little horn…

GOAL — That hearers rejoice to know that, just as God loves and is pleased with His Son, Jesus; therefore, He loves and is pleased with us who are baptized into Christ. MALADY — We sometimes see baptism as nothing more than a tradition, or we are able live any way we wish, now that we are baptized. MEANS…

History Lesson Chapter 10 of Daniel introduces the final vision of Daniel. It is important to pay attention to context. It is a prophesy, a specific prophesy as it will impact specific people. 14 “Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for…

Definitions Uncovered—Blessings are Cursed; Curses are Blessed. Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. We live in very confusing times. The world is now calling evil good, and good evil. When someone is a new disciple of Jesus, a period of re-orientation…

The glory of the transfiguration is a preface to the glory of the cross. Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Today is a bridge between the Epiphany season, and the season of Lent. Epiphany began with our Lord’s Baptism and the voice of the…

Delight Uncovered I have a friend in San Diego who loves wine. San Diego is very much a desert climate, but there is also a lot of granite. It is a challenge to cultivate the soil due to all the rock and granite. Well, my friend built his dream home on top of a steep hill in San Diego county, and decided…

Agendas. We all have them and we use them. Last week our board of deacons met and following the opening devotion and prayer, the first order of business was to get approval for the agenda of the meeting. At times, we may get off tract, but our faithful congregational president always brings us back to…

Rise and Shine! That’s a wake-up call if ever there was one. Whether it be at boot camp or at kids’ camp, those words ring out loud and clear. They proclaim that the night is over, a new day has come. It’s time to move from sleep to action, from rest to work. Throughout the Scriptures, from beginning…

MESSENGERS UNCOVERED—THE LEAST QUALIFIED ARE THE FIRST SENT Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus demonstrated his commitment to proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. It didn't matter whether…

MESSENGERS UNCOVERED—THE LEAST QUALIFIED ARE THE FIRST SENT Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus demonstrated his commitment to proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. It didn't matter whether…

Scripture Reading 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he…

Agendas. We all have them and we use them. Last week our board of deacons met and following the opening devotion and prayer, the first order of business was to get approval for the agenda of the meeting. At times, we may get off tract, but our faithful congregational president always brings us back to…

22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. He has just fed the 5000… besides women and children. Jesus was sending his disciples to Capernaum, and he was taking time to pray and to dismiss the crowds… not in that order! 23…

God pulls back the curtains of Heaven to declare who Jesus is; how will you respond?

What are you afraid of? If you watched the 1986 movie “The Fly”, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, you will recall the tagline phrase "Be afraid, be very afraid". Search Google with that phrase and you'll get about 370 million results. I expect what we are going through right now with COVID-19…

Intro Earlier we spoke on Gods impartiality - Gods Kindness - Motives as vs 16 says God judges the secrets of men. Our deeds (actions) will be judged - Our inward man directly affects out outward actions. You know a tree by its fruit. Text 17 But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast…

“Stop the world! I want to get off!” This is the reaction most of us have when we run into a major roadblock in our day. You know that feeling when something out of your control happens and throws a major monkey wrench your way. The coffee pot just exploded; your computer decides to take the day off…

Christmas is Over—or Is It? If I say January 6, what does that bring to mind? (Capitol riots/insurrection—right for US history but wrong for Church history.) January 6 is the day we celebrate the coming of the wise men to see Jesus in his house in Bethlehem. (No, the wise men did NOT come to see Jesus…

Jesus Christ was Called to His Mission This morning, we are going to jump right into this passage, just as Jesus jumped right into teaching when he reached the area surrounding the Sea of Galilee, and in particular, his home town of Nazareth. I just want to give you a couple historical/contextual facts…

Understanding Daniel a man of resolve. Resolved faith, resolved prayer, resolved to serve, resolved to display his God, even when he didn not understand everything. Daniel was a man of vision, a man of hope and even when we draw to the end, he is a man comforted even without full understanding. Vision…

BE WHAT YOU ARE! The Saving Light for the World We are all familiar with salt and some of its uses. Some types are used for seasoning, to enhance the flavor of food. And this time of the year for us, salt us used to help melt ice so we can walk safely. Salt was especially important in Jesus’ day because…

In Church with Jesus GOAL: That the hearers will recognize the absolute authority of Christ Jesus, by daily turning to Him in repentance and faith. 17 The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth,…