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The holiday season can be a wonderful time for friends and family. Thanksgiving which we celebrate this Thursday has a long history in our country. In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of…

Introduction I hope we’re all scandalized by the words in v. 2 in our gospel lesson. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” We tend to think of the Pharisees and scribes as the bad guys until we take a deep look and realize that we, or at least…

– I am the Good Shepherd / I am the Door. John 10:1-21 A really good Black Forest Chateau Cake is a wondrous thing. Layer upon layer of chocolate cake interspersed with layers of cream and jam and chocolate sauce, topped with layers of dark chocolate. When you indulge slowly in a really good multilayer…

God reveals himself to be the shepherd who leads his people to good pasture; what does that pasture look like for us today?

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Our passage this morning comes from John 10 vs. 1-10. Let’s read it together. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper…

Countdown Video Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside as we come…

Here at the end of Peter’s letter, he’s starting to wrap things up. We’re going to take a few weeks to go through 1 Peter 5 . And we’re going to see some repeated themes and some closing remarks. Here, at the beginning of his conclusion, Peter addresses the elders of the churches that are scattered around…

Isaiah 40:10-11 , John 10:11 , Hebrews 13:20 , 1 Peter 2:25 (Based on Sermon Series SRVCC4 Jesus, The Giver Of Real Life! - The Good Shepherd John 10:1-21 , 24 July 2005) Scene 1. We all want to be ‘Living Life To The Max!’ Isn’t that what all the TV ads tell us? If we buy this product, or sign up for…

Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn to John 10 . We are continuing our current sermon series entitled “I AM” in which we have been studying various passages from John’s Gospel with the intention of fixing our eyes upon the person and the work of Jesus Christ.so that we might know Him, love Him,…

Four Statements: Jesus is God! Jesus knows you! Jesus died for you! You can know God! 1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God : Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves!…

Introduction: The weather has turned colder and the leaves are starting to fall, pumpkins are now in the stores and decorating people’s porches. We have officially reached the time where churches are publicizing their Fall Harvest Festivals. We are full on in the Harvest season. But did you know that…

summary These two chapters seems intrusive. The oracles against the nations ended in Ezekiel 32 , followed by the announcement of Jerusalem’s fall (ch. 33) and a transition to the future hope of Israel (ch. 34). Chapters 35-36 are an oracle against Edom (“Mount Seir”) followed by more restorative language…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Response to Jesus Intro John’s gospel is a master class in literature. Which isn’t Surprising b/c it was inspired by the Creator of the universe. And its an account about the most amazing person to ever walk the earth. But God could have chose to tell these stories in any way, and yet he does so in such…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Psalm 23 . Prayer Good morning, again. If we haven’t met before, my name is Chris Lumsden... This morning we’re progressing in our year-long sermon series “The Year of Biblical Exploration” where we are walking through the entirety of the Bible, seeing how it is a library…

Connection to the Sabbath and to the healing of the blind man. Say hi for 5 minutes? Steve Jordan? Intro Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If you’re joining us for the first time, we are currently in a year-long series we’re called “The Year of Biblical Exploration.” We’re looking at the beautiful mosaic…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Summary Revelation 21-22 is John’s climactic vision of the new Jerusalem and new earth. Not unexpectedly, there are deep Old Testament roots underlying his vision. But it is often a surprise to note that John specifically informs us that his end of days vision about the new, forever presence of God on…

Feeding the Five Thousand Back in Mark’s Gospel, Pastor Calvin got us rolling with the story of John the Baptist’s execution... The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.”…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…