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Review Death should be thought of as a positive thing for Christians. If you’re saved to go to a place of comfort. If you’re not, to go to a place of torment. The souls of the redeemed and unredeemed are in a conscious state during this "intermediate" state. Lesson 2 - Shall We Know Each Other There?…

INTRODUCTION New theme for December “Keep Your Eyes on Jesus” and the final topic for our 2023 theme of Good Fight, Right Race, and Steadfast Faith. Today’s sermon is “ Fix Your Gaze on Jesus in a Distracted World.” Central Theme For greater peace and contentment in a world filled with distractions we…

Pastoral Prayer Father, we praise you as Lord of heaven and earth. There is nothing greater than your mercy for us, nothing more amazing than your grace, nothing like your love and faithfulness, you forgive us more than we deserve and you bring justice to the oppressed. We sang three songs as a small…

The Transfiguration We are getting ready to study an amazing passage of scripture. Up until this time, Jesus has told the disciples He was the Son of God, they have witnessed the miracles, they have heard His teaching, they have LIVED with Him…and yet I don’t know that they fully grasped the concept…

James Of the three disciples in jesus’ closest inner circle, James is the least familiar to us. The biblical account is practically devoid of any explicit details about his life and character. He never appears as a stand-alone character in the Gospel accounts, but he is always paired with his younger…

Matthew 16-17 Saving Private Ryan is probably not the first thing that would rise to the top of anyone’s mind while reading through the book of Matthew. It sure wasn’t for me. Extra-violent war film and all that. But one of the characters from that movie is, I think, of some relevance to the portion…

1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Then…

Nothing! For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. As we see the disintegration of morality and the rule of God in the world today, many…

Angels Have you noticed the Popularity of Angels today? There are Angel on my shoulder pins There are sayings on plaques like Don’t drive faster than your guardian angel can fly The fact is, angels are Superior to us We were made a little lower than angels You might ask, in what ways are they superior…

Theme: The Conduct within Discipleship Word for the Week Kingdom of Heaven (God) : It refers to the reign of God in the lives of those who have been reconciled to Him through Christ. These individuals live according to the ordinances and statutes of the Kingdom which is under the God’s authority.. Memory…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Who is Jesus? This is a question that people have answered in many ways since the first century. JW’s believe Jesus was the arch angel Michael. Mormons believe Jesus is the spirit brother of Satan Muslims believe Jesus was just another prophet.…

Introduction Open your Bibles to Matthew 17 In this season of His ministry, Jesus is preparing the Disciples for His ultimate destiny. He has told them that He would go to Jerusalem, be killed, and be raise again. and the disciples don’t like that idea at all because they don’t understand what Jesus…

Obligations to Government obligation: bind or compel (someone), especially legally or morally. 1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the…

Luke 24:1-12 v.5 Why do you seek the living among the dead? An interesting question. Why would you go to an area of death, and expect to find the living? You wouldn’t! Clearly, they didn’t believe that he would be living. They approached the area, expecting to find someone dead. After all the time they…

Mark 9:14-29 / Matthew 17:14-20 / Luke 9:37-42 Have you ever been disappointed? Perhaps you reserved a hotel online. The hotel website showed you colorful pictures of a beautiful facility and a long list of 5-star reviews. But when you arrived, the hotel was in a dangerous part of town, the room was…

Introduction: Seeking peace in conflict- unity. Not being fighters or flee-ing Church, family workplace of believers should seek peace and unity among one another Paul's message to the believers in Corinth is a message of unity. As he discusses these gifts that are given by the Holy Spirit, he wants…

Jesus and the disciples have just been through the experience of His transfiguration. They had seen the glorified for of Jesus, present on earth. Can you IMAGINE what that would have been like? Tell No One 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until…

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” 33 He told…

40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). What is the significance of Andrew’s statement? Andrew recognized Christ as the Messiah - the one who…

As we have gone through the book of Romans verse by verse, Paul has taken on this great journey focusing mostly on the Righteousness of God, and our relationship to that righteousness. After a brief introduction in chapter one, He began to expound on the Sin problem that all of humanity has. But not…

Memorial Day Weekend - Pentecost Memorial day weekend is a national holiday in which we remember those who gave their life for our nation. It’s a day that our nation pauses to remember and honor those who gave their lives. There was a phrase many of us have heard before that I think used to be true,…

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1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.…

Have you had an opportunity to look outside lately? We are beginning to see signs of spring. Trees beginning to bud out, flowers starting to bloom, birds beginning to return, spring peepers beginning to croak, it foretells of a time of renewal. All of the earth is beginning to be resurrected. The word…

How would you define love? There was a movie made by Disney over 14 years ago, with a song called: How does she know that you love her. How does someone show love? I realize that I am late to the ball game for this sermon. Every September or October, I set aside a week to prepare my preaching calendar…