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Children’s Thought: If you could have one wish in the world, up to half a kingdom, what would you wish for? [pause] A good heart will wish for good things. A bad heart will wish for bad things like: Accidents, injuries, revenge In today’s story for the grownups, a girl, whether young or old, won a great…

Verses 1-3 As Jesus goes to His hometown of Nazareth, some of the the people who have known Him most if not all of His life are blown away at His teaching and display of power that we know is the evidence that His teaching is from God, but that they are rejecting. The people of Nazareth are too familiar…

Where is Your Heart Introduce, Set Timer, Bible App, ACC app, handout (PRAY) INTRODUCTION When you were growing up did you ever saying the pledge of allegiance? It’s from french, from back in medieval times. -In midieval times the King owned every thing, but he would rent out his property in exchange…

Today, we begin week 4 of our series that is taking us through Luke’s writing in both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. So far we have gone through chapters 1 and 2. If you have not been doing so, please read through the books of Luke and Acts with us. These messages on Sunday morning will mean…

Joanna was a brave lady, willing to risk all for Jesus. When you are near the top of society in a time of political intrigue. A time when heads quite literally could role if you got things wrong. It pays to be very careful which causes you back. Chosing to follow an itinerate preacher who gets on the…

This week I received a phone call from an individual in response to our door hangers that we passed out eight days ago. After I answered the phone the person said this: “Hello. I would just like to say that the Lord doesn’t want you soliciting Christianity” and then she hung up before I had any opportunity…

Some of the Pharisees warned Jesus about Herod. Many of the Pharisees had continuously questioned Jesus’ motives. Those in power felt threatened by Jesus’ popularity. Many other Pharisees were drawn to Jesus. Herod the Great Son of Herod the Great, the man who tried to kill Jesus by killing many newborn…

Introduction: Today there are an estimated 8 billion people in the world. During Jesus’ time there was an estimated 200-250 million. Both are pretty big numbers. Obviously there are many more today. But as we look at the scores of people over the centuries we can’t help but overwhelmed. There have been…

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, Intertestamental Period of 400 years. Literature of Intertestamental period. Old Testament Apocrypha - Collection of books dating from about the third century before Christ until roughly a.d. 100. Written…

I want to talk to you this morning about “A Fools Conscience”. To understand the message we must first give a good definition of its title. Conscience - A capacity or faculty of moral intuition or reflection. A person’s internal awareness or sense of abiding by or transgressing moral standards. The conscience…

Jesus came full of mercy and compassion for people in need, but also came as the Messiah so that people in need would have faith and believe in him.

Disciples don't quit until DO gets DONE

AD 48 around six years after Barnabas brought Paul to Antioch. At least forty different cites listed in Acts. We see a major shift in Acts 13 a change from Jerusalem as the center of ministry to Antioch in Syria. Also a sift from Peter as the leader to the apostle Paul as the new leader. The Work of…

Rescue and Wrath Intro 1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when…

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, 2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” (1)“At that time” explain chronology of Matthew “Herod the tetrarch” tetrarch = Ruler of…

Mission In Matthew 10 Jesus is putting His disciples to work - one commentator referred to it as an ordination sermon - the disciple got their marching orders; They are commanded - no hinting, no recommending, no suggesting - it was to be a part of their life and purpose, let’s look at 1 Corinthians…

We are back in Acts this morning. I encourage you to open your bibles to Acts 12 . We have not covered Acts 11:19-30 yet, and my plan is to talk about that section that next week with Acts 13 . However, it is the background for what we are going to cover here in chapter 12, so here is a quick summary.…

12345 Intro: Good morning everyone! I am so happy to be back up here preaching the word of God. It has been a long stretch since I have preached, and I am always so blessed by the oportunity. It has been really cool for me personally to have such diversity in our peaching. Getting to have Joey, Matt,…

1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: 2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, 3 especially because…

Temporary tears accomplish suprising glory.

What does Matthew 2 have to do with Sanctity of Human Life Sunday? Sort of two things going on this morning, we are, along with 90 or so other churches in the Puget Sound working with CareNet to recognize Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, raising awareness of how we as the church can love and support families…

YouVersion How to use it during the service Introduction This is one of my favourite Bible stories to tell to children. It has suspense, drama, plotting, excitement and a great story line. It involves a ruler, guards, prison, captives, Angels, and even a child. If you have take the time to prepare for…

Introduction Herod Hears of Jesus 14 And king Herod heard of him ; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. There is more than one Herod mentioned in NT scripture The first we encounter is…

Introduction: Have you ever thought about how roads are cut and planned? I am reminded about the new corridor of route 35 between Putnam and Mason counties. It is amazing to see all of the work that was done. Valleys were filled in. Mountains were brought low and cut into. What seemed like an insurmountable…

There is a principle of Bible study (called the law of first mention) that says, "The first time a thing—a word, or a phrase—is mentioned in the Bible influences how it should be interpreted throughout the scriptures." 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without…