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Title : The Hope Held Out in the Gospel Text : Colossians 1:18-23 INTRODUCTION Today we’re gonna continue our series in Colossians. Let’s turn together in our Bibles to Colossians 1. Colossians 1:18-23 . & when you get there pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is The…

Spiritual Beings Last week we finished up our study on spiritual beings where we have been doing a deep dive in the bible to study the elohim. We studied God, who is the Elohim of elohim. Then we learned about the divine council. Next we tried to get a better understanding of some of the most misunderstood…

V. MAN: his direct creation in the image of God ( Gen 1:26-28 ), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death ( Gen 3:1-24 ; Rom 5:12 ), and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation ( John 3:3-5 ). [We believe in the recent, direct creation of the heavens, the earth, and all their…

Sec. 2. Article 22 of Chapter I of the Vermont Constitution is added to read: Article 22. [Personal reproductive liberty] That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified…

Does scripture support a tri-nature part of humanity? Looking at how we are created, in the image and likeness of God…makes one ponder does that mean we also have a tri-nature like God? In some ways, we think of humans as body, and we shouldn’t look over the fact that there is an immortal soul with each…

Intro: Humanism Manifesto: The chief end of man is man! Secular Humanist Popular secular humanists: Karl Marx, John Dewey, BF Skinner Humanist Manifesto written in 1933 summarizes the tenets of belief of humanist. Notice with me how dominant these principles are in our culture. Man is self-existing (deny…

When it comes to our bodies, there has been a lot of talk and a lot of confusion lately. In our day and age, I feel that there has been a loss of conversation about the body’s goodness, purpose, and end. Today, there are so many people who live life with disliking their bodies and also because of poor…

(SI)— What does it mean to be united as a nation, as americans, as a people? One nation under God , indivisible, with liberty and justice for all... Pledge of Allegiance was ”written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later became auditor of the New York…

INTRODUCTION We’re gonna continue our series in Colossians. Let’s turn together in our bibles to Colossians 1 . & we’re gonna read verses 24-29. Colossians 1:24-29 . & when you find that in your Bible pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The Title of today’s teaching is The Hope of Glory In Colossians…

Imagine for a bit that you want to build and run a hospital. First you would need to determine what the hospital will be for – cancer treatment, pediatric, psychiatric, rehab, or just general. Once you’ve got the plan you need to build it. Then you need the people to run it – the doctor’s and nurses,…

I hope I didn’t promise that we would finish Luke this Sunday… because we’re not. Introduction So this Tuesday is Halloween. And I would argue that the text that we are looking at today hits on some really important halloween themes. For many people the first thing that they think of when they think…

1. Spiritual Realities about God’s wisdom 1 Cor 2:6-10 Those who receive the message of Christ mature predestined (work of redemption and its recipients) for our glory (in Christ, we are elevated as world, in Adam is decimated) Those who reject the message do not understand the mystery (eyes do not see,…

Open your Bibles at Is 52 ( Rom 8 ) The myth of progress Do you believe in the myth of human progress? Some people believe that human ingenuity can solve the world’s problems. Mind you they have some substance to their beliefs in some areas if you look back through history… In the 1700’s most parents…

Lower Than the Elohim Last week we ended with a life-changing thought: we are the children of God, destined to displace the defeated, disloyal sons of God who now rule the nations. Believing followers of Jesus Christ are the fulfillment of God’s plan to have humanity join the divine family-council and…

I. Joy and Grief A. Are Solitary 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. There is no interface, device, or wire that can connect one human to another in such a way that they can fully share their whole heart with all of its complex feelings with another human being.…

Now that we have taken a closer look at the deity of God in relationship to the son. let’s look at The Trinity. The Trinity is the belief that there are three persons in one God. distinct separate persons..... The names that are given to these three persons are God the Father, God the Son, and God the…

Title : God’s Sovereign Son Text : Colossians 1:13-18 Outline : God’s Son is the perfect PICTURE of the invisible God (1:15a) God’s Son is the sovereign ruler over all CREATION . (1:15b-17) God’s Son is the sovereign ruler over the CHURCH . (1:18) INTRODUCTION Today we’re gonna continue our series. In…

Jesus’ Confession Peter proclaimed that Jesus was the Christ/ Messiah V 20 Jesus went on to claim that He was going to be crucified V 22 now Jesus is going to take upon the mountain with Him and his 3 disciples the 3 are going to see Jesus and 2 other men these men thy will recognize even though they…

1 Corinthians 11:17 (KJV 1900) 17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better , but for the worse. Time of Reciprocity res- uh - pros -i-tee 1 Corinthians 10:15–17 (KJV 1900) 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which…

Intro : How do you response to gifts this Christmas? Thankfulness Care How does the giver feel when you don’t take care of the hard earned, well thought out gifts that have been given? Context: Paul is continuing to address sin in the Corinthian church and he is trying to pastor the hearts of the people…

Introduction Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” That one line from the famous “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’ can easily be said to be the motto for contemporary culture. We live in a nation obsessed with the body. Mirrors are everywhere and we desire that they tell us that…

Limit #2: Your Body Attention Getter: Manic Monday by The Bangles 1986 Have to catch an early train, got to be to work by nine And if I had an airplane, I still couldn't make it on time 'Cause it takes me so long just to figure out what I'm gonna wear Blame it on the train, but the boss is already there…

Our walk of faith is grounded in the miraculous, but grows through ordinary means of grace.

The Suffering Church Jan 3 2021 we left 1 Peter now we are back THIS BOOK is written to the suffering church updating we are called to be holy we are living stones that make up the church abstain from fleshly desires, maintaining a good conduct submit to authority follow in the foot steps of Jesus 3-8…

This September I will turn 60 years old. As I reflect upon the changes that have occured in all areas of life I am appalled. Progressives, as their self-given name implies, like to imagine themselves as those who are advancing human society and improving upon the human condition, but when judged by the…