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Last week we began our series on Ecclesiastes. It’s truly a fascinating book and one worth reading or reading again if you’ve read it before. If you’re new to your Bible or not very good at remembering the order of the books, don’t be afraid to use that little known page in our Bibles, the Table of Contents.…

Today I want to talk to you about how in God’s kingdom, we are given a renewed relationship with ourselves and you’ll find that as we go along, I will raise a couple of questions for you to ask yourself. Sometimes too many questions can become a little irritating. If you have ever been on a long trip…

1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he…

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Announcements Are there any announcements? Introduction Good morning and thank you for your prayers and for taking care of the church while I was gone. What blessing to have Brother Brent and Pastor Dave cover! Again, thank you for all you do! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas season and that you…

23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth . 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord’s,…

What’s your favorite recipe? A few years back… I think it was Jeff Foxworthy that gave a recipe for chili: “Take all the hot s__t you can find… Put it in a pot and cook it for a long damn while!” I love that recipe!!! Because… It’s short, sweet, and simple! My favorite bread recipe is Irish Soda Bread....…

This Advent season - look Jesus Birthday candles Not about his age like ours About attributes and benefits that are ours for knowing Him. Last week - Prophets’ Candle - Promised Hope Today is the Bethlehem Candle It is about Faith Are we grounded in our Faith? Paul has instructions for Timothy in our…

Following Jesus is costly, but waht is self-interest and self-fulfillment costing you and those areound you?

Advent 3 Sermon -- The goal of the message is for the hearer to trust in Christ alone for strength in faith and in Christian living.

As your pastor, each summer I go through what might be considered a sort of annual ritual of trying to determine a series for the season. Some pastors preach the lectionary, using the prescribed readings for that particular Sunday - I often use the prescribed Psalm as our call to worship; other pastors…

Takes place right after Jesus had been baptized Jesus had been recognized and God’s Son and he pleased God Though the Holy Spirit was present in Jesus even before his birth, at his baptism, the Spirit descended upon him & filled him. Now the same Spirit led him to the wilderness (desert) to be tempted.…

Order of Service Welcome - Christmas Day Hymn - Reading - In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from…

Keeping In Step Opening This morning we are going to look at what it takes to live out the Christian life, to live a life pleasing to our Lord. As we go through these verses today we are going to paint the picture of a true Christian. If you want to know if someone, or even yourself are saved, ask this…

This question must be asked. Are You Awake to the Power of Christ’s resurrection, or have you been lulled to sleep by the lullabies that our modern culture is singing in your ear? The songs started ever so softly, in the background, but as we drift into spiritual slumber, they get closer to our ears…

Focus less on earthly things and instead, focus on where Christ is.

Review In John 6 we saw crowds seeking out Jesus because of the miracles He performed, and the way He fed the crowd of 5000 men, plus women and children, from just two fish and five small barley loaves. The people were amazed and sought Him out the next day, because they wanted Jesus to keep providing…

Understanding the Strategy to Defeating Temptaion

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. We come to the last on Paul’s list of the fruit of the Spirit—self-control. This word throws us back sharply to that horrible list of “the works…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 30:1-36:13 Matot= tribes ( מַּטּוֹת‎) and Masei= journeys (מַסְעֵי‎) Overall view of the Torah portion for this week: Numbers 30 : Vows Numbers 31 : Vengeance Numbers 32 : Vulnerability Numbers 33 : View the Past Numbers 34 : View Future…

Our service today is stark, abrupt, inconsistent. It starts with us singing the regal 8th century hymn all glory laud and honor and just as quickly we sing the comparatively downtrodden Stricken Smitten. There is little else to say about this except that on this side of the resurrection we should know…

A. Kingdom attributes (5:1–12) 1. The poor in spirit (5:3) a. The role (5:3a): God blesses those who realize their need for him. b. T he reward (5:3b): The Kingdom of Heaven is given to them. 2. Those who mourn (5:4) a. The role (5:4a): God blesses those who mourn. b. The reward (5:4b): They will be…

“You shall not commit adultery. Introduction Applies to men and women Physical intimacy is for marriage and only marriage . Physical intimacy is discussed in the Bible in very positive ways. Song of Songs Start by discussing marriage, then the duties required, and finals the sins forbidden. Marriage…

1 John 2:15-17 1jn2 15-17 “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing…