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Jesus tells a story that shows the kingdom of heaven is full of both equality and inequality at the same time.

Paul’s Plea Paul writing to Philemon about his runaway slave Onesimus who is returning V 8 - 16 read V 17-21 Pray Partnership V 17 If you Regard me as partner, comrade, brother in arms, brother in Christ Paul is assuming Paul is putting the responsibility on Philemon to regard Paul the same then accept…

1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work. 3 “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.…

In 1990 - the U.S. National Debt was roughly $3.5 Trillion... The current U.S. National Debt (33 years later) is - $34.2 Trillion The interest on that debt is - $744 Billion Debt - in it’s various forms... Can cripple a nation Can cripple a business Can cripple a family Can cripple an individual Debt…

Palm Sunday 2024 Good Morning Church! This morning in recognition of Palm Sunday we are doing something that we have never done here. As you know I have invited you all to join me in a fast this week as we approach Resurrection Day, to prepare our hearts and minds to celebrate the most important day…

Intro: Last time we looked at how Boaz wasted no time in finding the “Other Guy” that could potentially redeem Ruth and the land that belonged to Elimelech. Boaz was a man of integrity and did not want to cut any corners during this process… He wanted to make sure that his marriage to Ruth was, first…

This morning we are going to start with a hypothetical question. If you could only use one sentence to sum up the gospel, what would it be? No doubt most of you are jumping to John 3:16 in your mind. There might be many places we can point to that have similar summaries of the gospel. It is a trustworthy…

36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. Each year, Americans take time to reflect on the freedoms they enjoy. Freedom is not free. It comes at a cost. I want to read to you something I found from Liberty magazine Ask those 19 year old teenagers, the average age of the First…

Verses 33-37 6th hour - noon 9th hour - 3PM There was darkness over all the land (Luke says darkness over all the earth) until the ninth hour: The remarkable darkness all over the earth showed the agony of creation itself in the Creator's suffering. "Origen (Contra Celsus, ii,33) and Eusebius (Chron.)…

What is Finished? Jesus on the cross thinking about the fulfilment of Prophecy and making sure that all was fulfilled V 28 All things what are these “all things”? The plan of redemption that started with the prophecy And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed;…

A Life Transformed by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Corinthians 15:3–6 (ESV) 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,…

Can you believe that Easter is less than two months away? It will be here before you know it. When I was a kid I loved Easter Egg Hunts. We would go over to my grandparents house and my cousins and myself and my sister would hunt eggs all afternoon. It would start out with the parents hiding eggs and…

I owed a debt I could not pay, He paid a debt He did not owe"

Intro; When Paul wrote this letter to the church at Ephesus he was in a Roman prison. Paul had invested a lot of time in these people on two of his missionary journeys [ 3 years ]. In Ephesus, like many areas of the world at that time/today, Christianity confronted many man made philosophies, cults and…

Student loan cancellation. Auto loan cancellation. Mortgage cancellation. Ray Jones “Sin cancellation program” The more I thought about this, the more I realized “That will preach” 14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out…

Introduction We are week two of the series on God’s Grace in the Church. Last week we spent time learning why we need to study the book of Ephesians. So today open your bibles to Ephesians 1:3-14 The word blessing is a word that most Christians are familiar with today. If you were to go the bookstore…

“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne…

Morning 3 March 24

Intro We need to be people who serve so that people can Know Jesus. Last week we learned the why’s we need to share our faith. It’s our calling. People need the Lord. People want the Lord. I once was lost. We learned that the biggest factor in someone know Jesus is us. Look for the moments Jesus gives…

Intro; This morning as we looked at the intent of the Law, we realized that there was a difference between what was being taught by the religious leaders and what God really meant. Because God is Spirit, we must always first consider our hearts, the spiritual matter before we do the physical actions…

A denarius was equal to one whole day’s pay for working in a vineyard. The owner of the vineyard told the foreman to pay everyone the same, no matter how long they actually worked. They began to grumble against the landowner. Who could blame them? We too believe in equal work for equal pay, at least…

I’ve told this story before. I like it so much that I wanted to tell it again. On Christmas Eve night 1914 something amazing happened. Something that still has the world scratching its head. It was at the beginning of WWI and there was a fierce battle going on in Belgium between the French and the English…

Back To The Future – Sermon #38 Revelation 15:1-8 THE PREPARATION FOR THE BOWL JUDGMENTS Intro : As the book of the Revelation is a book of contrasts. As we move through the book, we are taken back and forth between Heaven and the earth. We are allowed to witness scenes of joy in the heavens and we are…

Introduction & Recap The Need for Good Leaders You know it. I know it. We need good leaders. We need good leaders. You want your kids school to have a good principal. You want your manager at work to be a great leader. You want our mayor, premier and prime minister to be really good at their job and…