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Jesus is Risen 1 Corinthians 15:1-19 Me: Teaching Children One of the most frustrating things as a parent is to continually teach my children something which I absolutely know is important without them responding to that knowledge. I have spent many years understanding various topics, spent time in school,…

Intro This is the Linus passage. If you’ve seen A Charlie Brown Christmas then you likely can picture the scene in your head. But if you haven’t seen it - which I would incredibly surprised by - since it has been on television nearly every year since 1965. However, if you for someone reason have not…

*Jury Duty: (Process, Legal system, Beyond Reasonable doubt vs. All reasonable doubt) With that in mind, today we're going to walk through a passage that involves an INVESTIGATION... Not only that, but we're going to walk through it in a certain way (you'll find out later)......with us finishing up this…

Evil Is Real This week has been a harrowing one for our nation and churches Last Sunday, you may have heard by now about the release of a report from an independent 3rd party investigation of the SBC Executive Committee regarding sexual abuse. It was a months-long investigation instigated by the SBC…

Introduction to Luke I am excited to start this journey through the gospel of Luke with you. The year before last we went through the gospel of John and it was a blast. And now for the foreseeable future we are going to go through Luke. I have had a blast over the last several weeks reading and studying…

Blindness *** Image Psalm 146:7–9 (NRSV) [It is the Lord] who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the strangers;…

More Troubles Ahead Paul talks about troubles in many of his writings. Heaven knows he had enough of them. As he continues the journey after the tumult and troubles in Thessalonica he comes to Berea. The setting of our passage tonight. Troubles reminded: unpersuaded Jews became envious of Paul’s preaching…

Joseph and Nicodemus We are going to look at these 2 men in 3 different lights Saved, secret and finally showing themselves Saved, and planning for the death of Jesus unsaved, but want to to do good followers of Jesus They are doing what God has planned for them to do but what is their motivation We…

Background What do you know about Luke before we even get started? When we finish this series of studies I ask you to look back at the notes you took here at the beginning and see how it changes. As good bible students and that is what we need to be in a bible class we need to be detectives and ask questions,…

Current Debate About Intelligent Design Ultimately Concerns Purpose Having now covered the biblical and theological issues, we are ready to move into the discussion of contemporary issues. Specifically the next several chapters explore the impact of this view of on our understanding of evolution, Intelligent…

The preacher of preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, “My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.” Another great theologian, John Owen wrote, “Faith itself is of God. Not of ourselves; and teaches…

Introduction 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 was…

Last week we are starting a new series this morning. Tilted Yes, You: Fulfilling God’s Purpose. This four-week series explores the lives of a few unlikely people whom God used to do amazing things. Through the stories of David, Rahab, John Mark, and Gideon, we will see that God uses the small, the outsider,…

Opposition continues Some quick reminders where we just came from. 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of…

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Most of the time when we think of or exercise giving thanks, we think of things we have or have experienced that we are thankful for. But possession and experiences alone are not enough. We must recognize the source of where those blessings come from and what their purpose is. The greatest blessing of…

Return to Building 1 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that…

God’s not dead… transforming people’s lives, healing hurting people and reconciling relationships. Today, He’s blessing people’s lives and families… Some families live expecting great blessings while others need to experience great blessings. A child asked his father, "Dad, How were people born?" So…

What is the Gospel? It’s the question we STARTED with last week... It’s the question that Paul - HAD TO ADDRESS - in writing to the Galatian churches... WHY? Because false teachers had come INTO the churches - in order to DISTORT the Gospel of Christ…! THE ONE and ONLY - Gospel of Christ And we can TELL…

A continued story Tonight we start a great journey, adventure through book of Acts. You will see some amazing things, great examples and some not so great along the way. The book of Acts is a continued story of Gospel of Luke. (Research paper picture inserted here) Have you ever had to write a research…

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those chosen, living as exiles dispersed abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and to be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ.…

Matthew 5:13–16 (CSB) 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights…

Proverbs 1:1-7 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and discipline, To understand the sayings of understanding, To receive discipline that leads to insight, Righteousness, justice, and equity, To give prudence to the simple, To the youth knowledge and discretion; Let…