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Intro: The world has issues. We all know this. Because of the fall of mankind when sin entered the world, there is corruption, impurity, decay, and death. There is darkness and there is despair. Christians are rescued out of our sin and made to be salt and light to the world and push back the darkness.…

Finishing Un-Well Genesis 19:30-38 Open your Bible to Genesis 19 In the fall of 2001, an important book was released by Robert Gundry, New Testament scholar and scholar-in-residence at Westmont College, with the intimidating title Jesus the Word According to John the Sectarian: A Paleofundamentalist…

I am not much of a gardener. We are almost halfway through October. Normally, pastors do not talk about gardening in the Fall. But, here we are... I am not much of a gardener. I know a lot of the theories of gardening, but I naturally kill things that are under my care. The kids have been pestering us…

Emperor Nero was a narcissistic leader of the world during the infancy of Christianity. Historian Tom Holland reports that he, “killed his own mother, kicked his pregnant wife to death…and he was, dressed like a woman, married to a man.” In addition, following a drunken party in the city of Rome, he…

What Following Jesus looks like

Dies ist das zweite Video auf dem Kanal GOD is ALWAYS good. In diesem Video geht es um Gottes Wort. Ich werde unter anderem die Frage: Wie lese ich die Bibel? beantworten

If you look around this morning you can see that the church is decorated for Christmas. “Thank you” to Kate and Courtney for taking the time this week to do that. It is a little sad every year when we have to take down the decorations and bearer of the month of January without the Christmas trees and…

Intro In life there are certain "monumental" days that we will always remember. Such as: The day you graduated high school, the day you started college, the day that you got married, the day your children were born. All of these are special days. Others are not special but difficult, Loss of loved ones,…

Text: Ioan 20:1-23 Vers. Cheie 20:21 Isus le-a zis din nou: „Pace vouă! Cum M-a trimis pe Mine Tatăl, aşa vă trimit şi Eu pe voi.” *John 16:22. **Mat. 28:18; John 17:18, 19; 2Tim. 2:2; Heb. 3:1 Jn Probabil că titlul meditației de astăzi ar trebui să fie: provocările, încurajările și mângâierile învierii…

Overview of Baptists Baptist is a large Protestant denomination known for the practice of baptizing only professing believers via immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the tenets of soul competency/liberty, salvation through faith alone, scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice,…

Introducere 43:26-34; 45:1-15 Familia lui Iacov începe să se adune. În Geneza 43-45 Iosif și frații săi se întâlnesc și se împacă. Aici vedem curajul și răspunderea lui Iuda și bunătatea și sensibilitatea lui Iosif. După o serie întreagă de încercări prin care Iosif a încercat să îi adune pe toți, precum…

și Istorisirea potopului zis „al lui Noe”, din Geneza 7-8, arată multe detalii despre felul în care Dumnezeu a hotărât și administrat această pedeapsă extremă pentru răutatea extremă a oamenilor din acel timp. De asemenea, vedem și în ce fel Dumnezeu a acordat omenirii o nouă șansă. Aflăm iarăși că Noe…

Being together and seeking together God's will

Introduction Opening Illustration: Thailand Shoe Tying I’ve shared this story briefly many years ago. But years ago I served as a missionary in Thailand. It was a fascinatin time in my life where I learn so much about ministry, about culture, about idolatry. Thailand is a country steeped in overt idolatry.…

How to treat unbelievers The Christian community is to be a new holy community of God’s people that are family. Our care and sacrificial love towards one another are marks of this new community. In addition to that statement, we are also called to love those outside the community of faith. There is,…

The First of the Kingdom is to Repentance Matthew 3:1 , 2 “and saying, “ Repent , for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Mark 1:2-6 “As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare…

How do Presbyterians fit in the Church Family Tree? First Millennium United East and West Church Growing dysfunction between Latin West and Greek East leading to Great Schism (1054) Roman Catholic Church (West) Greek Orthodox Church (East) 3 Major Streams of the Reformation: Lutheran Anabaptist Reformed…

Called to Godly Conduct Christians and Culture From the very beginning, Jesus’ followers have struggled with what it means to exist in a culture that is antithetical, often hostile, to its core values. Jesus warned us: “You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind…

Introducere În Fapte 18 începe și cea de-a treia misiune a lui Pavel în lumea grecoromană, în 18:23, care se încheie în 21:40, când Pavel este arestat în Ierusalim. Mai întâi, el vizitează bisericile înființate în prima călătorie, în Galatia și Frigia, iar apoi ajunge în Efes (19:1). Efesul este cetatea…

Comforting words for the family

Introduction Gary Millar, “Our identity in Christ is one of those critical truths that, if grasped early in our Christian life, will avert all kinds of problems and issues later on. In Christ, we get to know the God of the gospel, Father, Son, and Spirit. He is the God who speaks to us — not least about…