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What took us 21 sermons to get through, takes less than 20 minutes to read, beginning to end. The churches which initially received this letter in the 1st Century likely read this aloud before the congregation. From beginning to end. And they would have beat us to lunch. This morning, we conclude our…

In a post Brexit COVID 19 world, the catch cries of Freedom of Movement and open borders seems like a distant memory. The allure of globalisation, free trade and almost effortless international travel has been curtailed somewhat. Who you can see, where you can go - those who are in and those who are…

Stand with me and let’s read Rev 2:1-7 together “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: This is what the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says: ‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot bear with those…

Context: Where does this fit in the Big Picture of God's Glory? Paul is headed to Jerusalem From which he will go to Rome, where he will eventually be martyred Overview: What's going on here? Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. When they came to him, he said to…

Secular - Here are some excuses people use to skip church and some responses. I feel like I need to get right with God before I can come to church (The Church is hospital for sinners, not a country club for saints. So come on to church anyway) (That’s like saying you need to lose a few pound before you…

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member…

Recap of Last Week Subtitle: The Reality of Repentance Big Idea: Sincere repenters seek ways to live anew When repentance is preached, There are spontaneous responses Egotistic people become benevolent Malcontents find fulfillment This Morning we focus on 15-17 Big Idea: Preachers of the Gospel must…

Today we are talking about growing in Christ. Which got me thinking about growing older. No one after 30 likes to hear they are growing older, but growing older has some benefits to it. So here is a list of the upsides of growing older: There is nothing left anymore to learn the hard way. Things that…

📷If you are or have been a dog owner, you can most likely relate to this. That was a little over a year ago. When it happened, I was the first one home to find the mess all over the floor, left by our four-legged friend. Every time he did that, I confronted him with this. The pointing finger. All I…

God’s Purpose Everything in life has a “Purpose” now we may not like the “Purpose” however our like or dislike does not come into play; You have a”Purpose” in life, how do you know this - let’s look at Ephesians 2:10 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared…

Introduction This first thing we notice in this letter is that everything is positive - there are no words of condemnation - Jesus only had good things to say about this church The City The name it self means brotherly love - and as Christians we are called to have brotherly love The city of Philadelphia…

Introduction Beginning in the 8 verse of the second chapter we read these words “Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life: I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews…

1. God’s Word Must Remain the Guiding Priority in All Things 
2. People left to Themselves Will Always Experience Chaos 
3. God Blesses those who Keep His Word

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…

We all want to be part of a good church. This was no different in first century. Jesus is the first—preeminent one. As we open up our letter this morning we see this write at the begining. Smyrna as a culture boasted about being of the best, and one of the first to get a temple to one of the Caeasar’s.…

Intro Last week we studied what evil looks like, what evil people look like. We see that Gods Judgments are true and righteous. We talked about Moral suicide. Personally, up to and including globally. Romans does not mince words, it lays it out simply and is crystal clear. If the church in Rome had a…

Thyatira Church Before we get started I want to address the shooting that occurred recently in Buffalo, New York. This was a terrible tragedy. One that apart from sin would have never occurred. However, we do live in a world that in soaked in the devastation of sin. Our politicians have attempted to…

Today is Baptism Sunday. We fallow Christs example in Mark 1:9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. This was the turning point from Who is Jesus the Carpenter - This is Jesus the Messiah. He gave us that powerful illustration of death and resurrection…

Introduction Have you ever done anything you regret doing? I mean something silly, that you thought at the moment was a great idea, but soon realized that your decision was a big mistake? When we lived in southern Ontario, we would often go and visit Niagara Falls. After-all, it is a wonder of the world.…

We desire perfection . Many of us are perfectionists at heart, including myself, and it can be terrible at times. We are also looking for the “perfect” product. Nothing and no one is perfect . No person can reach what we typically think of perfection. Perfect also means wholeness, complete, accomplished…

Introduction Today we’re going to look at this parable that Jesus gives unto the multitude by the seaside that day 2,000 years ago. Today we’re going to examine this message titled ‘Soil Test’. In it, later on I will ask you to examine the various types of soil that Jesus describes and claim one of them…

Turn to Romans 15 Looking back at the past two months - and trying to build off last week - it was a good time to look at what we’re doing and things that maybe need to shift, or tighten up, or even things that need to be let go. To be honest, this morning’s message, wrote up last Saturday when I was…

17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. Who am I obeying? leaders, in charge obey with the idea that the course of action…

Here we are, two weeks after Easter, the crucifixion is over, the resurrection is over, sort of. At least all the celebration is over, too bad for that. We have studied about the Road to Emmaus and the two men who met Christ there. Those two men that were quiet, and heartbroken and thought that they…

The geography *** Map: Mediterranean, with Antioch & Judea The controversy Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood…