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In chapter 9 of John's gospel, we find a vivid account of Jesus' healing of a man born blind. This is the sixth sign John records, and it completely upends the lives of his neighbours, parents, and the increasingly hostile Pharisees. But somehow the healed man comes through this turmoil in a very positive way. What did he have that these other people didn't? What did the man born blind discover that we, too, need?

Are you a skeptical person by nature? The other day my wife ordered some supplements for our oldest son. He has crone’s disease and we try to supplement the medicine he gets from the hospital with vitamins and supplements. One of the things that you can take to help with digestive issues is turmeric.…

HE IS RISEN! Good morning to all of you! I have some awesome news for you this morning, HE IS RISEN! (He is risen indeed!) I love that. Let’s try that one more time… HE IS RISEN! That is a greeting that has been in the church of Jesus Christ since the earliest days. It is based upon this verse in the…

“I believe!” “I don’t believe!” Which is it? Ever caught in such tension? You believe, but then you are not certain that you really believe. Faith either grows strong, or it becomes weak. It never stands still. Where is your faith on a scale, say, from extra certain and strong, to weak, faltering, on…

John 1:43-51 Beginning this week we are going to look at 8 statements of Jesus where he says, “Verily, Verily.” The Greek word that is translated Verily, is the Greek word that has been brought over from the Hebrew as Amen. This is, of course, where we get our word Amen. The Word means - Amen, to be…

Virgin When you think about the word “virgin” what comes to mind? Questions to ponder this morning: Do you believe in the virgin birth? Why do you believe what you believe? 1998 Harris poll showed 83% of Americans believed in the virgin birth of Jesus. Defined as Jesus was born of the virgin Mary Jesus…

God blesses us so we can bless others? How does He bless us? He blesses us by sending the Messiah to set our house in order. Jesus is the Seed who blesses the seed. Ignorance, not malevolence, killed the promised Seed. Malevolence, not ignorance, delays the promised Seed. We bless the world by the cleansing…

How do you detect a counterfeit? How do you detect something that is fake or false? Do you study the counterfeit? Or do you study the genuine article? When the banks or government officials want to train people in the art of spotting counterfeit money guess what they have them study? They have them study…

Intro: We have been making our way through the wonderful book of Daniel. - In chapter 1 we saw the faith of young Daniel, along with his 3 friends (Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah), who made the commitment not to defile themselves. - In chapter 2 we saw Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the multi-metallic statue…

What are we longing for? Good morning! Today is Sunday April 2, 2020! This is Easter Sunday. But around the world this is a very different Easter! For many of us we are stuck in our homes. Listening online to Easter services. Visiting with family via zoom! Instead of the new Easter clothes. We have Easter…

We are finishing our series this morning. Yes, You: Fulfilling God’s Purpose. This four-week series explores the lives of a few unlikely people whom God used to do amazing things. Through the stories of David, Rahab, John Mark, and Gideon, we will see that God uses the small, the outsider, those behind…

John 9:14-25 / Now I See (pt 2) Shinning Light Into the Darkness Experience rejection because of tradition 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. It was unlawful to do work on the Sabbath This included healing people. Jesus had showed them that this was not the will…

Intro Our passage for this morning is one that calls us to make a commitment in our lives. It is one that asks us, as reader of God’s holy word to answer a question. The question we must ask ourselves through our text this morning is who’s side are you on? If we think of this along the lines of a sports…

Psalm 119 Good morning church! Very excited to be back with our church family to worship together this morning. We’ve seen several of you throughout the week at the breakfast for Mom’s, what an incredible turnout we had for that, thank you to all the ladies that came to serve for that... and we got to…

If it sounds too good to be true....it probably is! However, sometimes it can sound too good to be true, but it is actually true.... Here are some examples: Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher, married 86 years, 9 months, 16 days... Banyan tree is India has more area than the average walmart The average walmart…

Matthew 9:18-34 Several years back your humble correspondent observed a diverse crowd standing in a long line on a hot summer day. The large gathering of patient people spoke with accents representing many places in the U.S. and various countries around the world. They were all happily waiting to see—not…

A Church to model after Intro Welcome back to Cross and Res! It’s been a little while since we’ve been in this place, and it’s good to be back. If you’ve been with this summer you know we’ve been studying the book of Acts. We have been walking through the first 11 chapters so far and we’ve been seeing…

A Church to model after Intro Welcome back to Cross and Res! It’s been a little while since we’ve been in this place, and it’s good to be back. If you’ve been with this summer you know we’ve been studying the book of Acts. We have been walking through the first 11 chapters so far and we’ve been seeing…

Benton MacKaye recognized the plausibility structure of the emerging 20th Century is flawed. That the mechanistic structure of the world was leading was leading to some belief that were dangerous. Humans were starting to believe and create a culture that mass produces outcomes. Like industrialized culture,…

Who/what do you believe? We spoke a little bit about this last week. We must careful about who we allow to influence our thinking. The battle is for the mind. How we think will determine how we act. Yes how we act will also determine how we think, it is a both/and approach not either/or. This is why…

Important facts Facts to receive, facts to believe, facts to obey. Facts, truth, they matter. Believe in God He was there in the beginning and spoke all things into existence ( Gen1:1 ) Believe in the Bible As God’s inerrant word given through the prophets and the apostles as inspired by the Spirit so…

One of my professors when I was in school always encouraged us to put ourselves in the story. What do you see? hear? smell? taste? feel? And its worth doing. Imagining what it would have been like to physically be there focuses our mindset to take in more of the details. To take note if you will, to…

Remember to Thank God! Thanksgiving Day, a day our nation has set aside to remember to give thanks to our God. In the creation account in the Book of Job we read, “The morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (38:7). That’s the beginning of creation. And in Revelation, the very…

What Is The Sign V 29 This is the work, Believe in Me V 30 so if you are the Messiah what will you do? Jews thought see and believe, but it’s backwards Jesus talking to Martha at Lazarus tomb Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?…