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We have come to the climax of “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, the birth of Jesus! We have looked at most of the characters and places of the nativity, but today I want us to focus on Jesus and the reason for the season. The scriptures state in one verse the purpose of what we call Christmas. Text; Mt.…

Isaiah 56-57 Good evening church! As I look around tonight, and out into the camera, I can clearly see that what we have here tonight is a gathering of the who’s who in greater New England. The hippest, coolest, most intelligent, highest skilled, best looking, most popular, stand outs in all of the land.…

How many of you had the page of MVP’s on the back pages of your high school yearbook? You know the one’s that said, “Most Likely to Succeed.” Or, “Most Athletic.” How about “Cutest Couple?” I never made any of those pages. I don’t even think I made the top 10. Here in a little bit we are going to name…

This is our 8th week in the book of Matthew. Let me encourage you. If you have missed any of these messages, be sure and go back and listen to these messages. They will help you as you are reading through Matthew. Last week we looked at one of the points Jesus made in the sermon on the mount. In chapters…

What is true madness? Who will be a martyr? Who makes up his motley crew?

Jesus tells a story of a great banquet table, but the guest list is a surprise no one saw coming; what does it look like to come into the banquet of God today?

Intro Last week of this series: At the Table First week - God’c Provision Second Week - The table is part of Jesus’s plan for redemption and reconciliation. Third Week - At the table we can both experiance and demonstrate God’s grace. This week we are looking at the Lord’s Table Communion or the Lord’s…

Good morning, Today message title is “Worship the Omnipotent God” as we continue in our Worship Series called The Heart of Worship this is number 7 in our series together. If you missed any of the previous messages you can visit our churches website to be able to listen to those message if you like.…

Message today is How to Change the World in One Easy Lesson. I believe Jesus wants us to change the World. Look at the sermon on the Mount. Jesus is teaching the Sermon on the Mount in Matt 5-7 . He teaches the Beatitudes: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit… those who mourn... When Jesus preached that sermon,…

There are so many fairy tale stories at Christmas; but none of those stories enters our hearts and changes our lives like the true story of Christmas.

How can we maintain hope when our world seems wrecked beyond repair? Find four solid reasons for hope out of Romans 8:14-30.

No one likes to have their life rerouted in directions that appear to be wasted; Jesus shows us that God uses these waiting times for his purposes.

Psalm 142 - Read in a moment I wonder, have you ever found yourself in a situation like David? Psalm 142 ’s heading says that this a Maschil of David, That is a poem of David, some believe that the term means a wisdom Psalm, since they are all poems. The King James translators put a footnote in saying…

Since we all are beneficiaries of God's grace, secondary issues must not divide us.

Merry Christmas!!!! Over these last few weeks… as we’ve journeyed together through Advent… We’ve talked about a lot… We’ve looked at the Christmas story… We’ve seen it’s characters… We’ve heard from them… from their stories… from their struggles… Hopefully … we’ve learned something! The Christmas story…

Intro: When I went shopping at the mall for Christmas every year. I would get 20$ to get presents. What I heard was, get presents with this and what you have left is for you. We're going to be looking at the Great Commission, which we looked at in the past, but taking a second look at it today. Often,…

Intro: There is a poem entitled “The Perfect Church”… I do not know who wrote it, but I’d like to share it with you this morning. The Perfect Church I think that I shall never see A church that’s all it ought to be; A church that has no empty pews, Whose preacher never has the blues; A church whose deacons…

Introduction: Do you remember having a really important decision to make? Maybe it was a big move. Maybe it was an important job change. Maybe it was an important health decision. Whatever the decision was, it was overwhelming. Making the wrong decision would likely result in a bad outcome. And you felt…

You may not remember this, but when we first started this series moving through the book of Philippians, I started with an illustration about the Royal Standard, which is the official flag of the Monarch of England. This is a separate flag than the Union Jack flag that we associate with the UK. According…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 3, Session 1 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. God’s Mercy to a Deceiver Summary and Goal In the last session we saw that God worked through unexpected…

Text: Judges 11 By: Samuel Lindsay Intro Greeting Judges Historical Context Judges is set against the backdrop of the continuing settlement and establishment of Israel in the Promised land. God had delivered them from Egypt and led them through the wilderness around the back of Moab and into the Promised…

1 Kings 1 Introduction What is success? How can I be successful? Opening Illustration [Insert text] Bridge What is success? How can I be successful? In our passage today, we are going to see two different ways of answering these questions with completely different outcomes. My prayer is that by looking…

The question we've been asking is: What is the Church? Jesus says He will build His church and the gates of hell will not stand against it…but what is that Church? Or who is that Church? What makes a church...a church? If you look at the cultural landscape at all of things we define as Church…and then…