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A Respect for Human Beings Our passage this morning is a short passage: Deuteronomy 21:10-14 . “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your…

Review When I began this series last week, my first objective was to ensure that we have a biblical worldview concerning the nature of man. Man has a sin nature. This reality is what makes government necessary today. Briefly, we considered what the world was like before human government. We saw that…

Introduction Staring at the stars - light pollution. Certain things that prevent us from seeing the full majesty of God. But, when we can catch a full picture, it reveals to us two things: God is infinitely superior to anything else. Man is inferior to God. Psalm 8 gives us these two thoughts and asks…

Introduction: How much is a life worth? We all know that life is priceless, but if you had to put a dollar amount on it, how would you calculate it? Well, it turns out that the Institute for Life Insurance says that it depends on how much a person stands to make in his or her lifetime. But you know,…

Parable of the Lost Coin Text: “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth” ( Luke 15:10 ). Scripture Reading: Luke 15:8–10 8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she…

The idea of service as a high calling is unique to Christianity. Jesus showed us by example how a leader must be servant of all. We have a choice: the way of the Dragon, which exploits strength and power to achieve control and dominance, or the way of the Lamb, which recognises that God's power is expressed through our weakness, and frees us to serve one another. How do these contrasting approaches work in the modern world? Join us for some ideas. The video from Mrs Maisel early in the sermon can be found here: https://youtu.be/pvKe0c007Cc

Good Morning, if you have your Bibles would you turn with me to Matthew chapter 13. Over the past several weeks we have been talking about the parables of Jesus, and so we are going to look today at the hidden treasure and the Pearl of great Value. We are going to begin in verse 44. Matthew 13:44 . 44…

The only way for Jesus to completely take away the guilt of our sin was for Jesus to become completely like us in every way; sometimes we forget what it means that Jesus has become our brother.

Why does Christianity continue to grow? What are the values that drive its culture-spanning history? How does it transform cultures and people into better versions of themselves, rather than forcing the one culture on everyone? The values of inclusion and diversity, which lie at the heart of Christianity, account for all these questions. But then why does the church struggle so much with the modern Western values of inclusion and diversity? Where did they come from? How are they different? Join us as we grapple with these questions in the hope that we can understand how, as modern, Western Christians, we can embrace the values of Christianity while reaching out to a broken world.

One of the things I admire about Peter is he’s not afraid to tackle the hard topics. Submission is likely one of those topics, and as we read Peter’s letter some nearly two millennia later it is bound to raise the ire of many. So as we consider these passages we need to take a step back from today’s…

The Sanctity Of Life Continuing our series You voted for And so as we do so often when looking at issues of life, and worth, and human dignity, and purpose, and sanctity we start at the beginning. What did the writers believe about our created worth and value? What were they inspired by the Spirit of…

Right now in our culture, perhaps unlike anytime in the history of civilization, women are under attack. You are under attack in the realm of sports. You are under attack in your restrooms and locker rooms. You are under attack in the very definition of what it means to be a woman. Satan is a master…

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold…

Protection v 1-2 Protection from a world aimed at the destruction of children she took the threat seriously she took action Prayer v 3 provision of an Ark of Safety intercessory prayer release of responsibility Providence v. 4-9 God sovreignly provides His plan will not fail He places Moses into the…

Image of God I don’t know how many of you have met or seen my dad, but I look a lot like him. So much so that the other day Corrie was looking at some pictures with the kids on the TV at home. I was sitting in my chair and I just happened to glance up and I could have sworn I saw my dad. But it wasn’t…

Life in War The law is built, much like a wall, by layering one brick on top of another. In the end, it all works in cohesion to form one unified front. So these next few weeks we are going to see various laws which might fit under one commandment or another. I believe we still have the broader framework…

Introduction What are some thing that you highly value? I think that it is probably true to say that everyone has a few things that they value highly… and they protect and care for them and they try to grow not diminish those things. Now it is true that for some people that may simply be the three cigarettes…

Every human life has unique value and significance because we are created in the image of God.

Paul just taught how God has given different gifts to His people in the church The purpose was to edify Jesus The goal was to further Jesus among the church and the world These were simply tools to be used But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. There’s a better…

John 18:38 (ESV) Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. This morning we are going to talk about worldviews. We will get to the definition of a worldview in just a moment, but first it might be helpful if we talk about a practical example. Let’s talk about…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome to church! I’m glad to have you here this morning especially as there are probably a hundred different events this morning that were trying for your attention. I hope everyone has a safe and good fourth of July and hopefully no one shoots a firework off in their…

Romans 8:1-4 We are now in the eighth chapter of Romans. As we have gone verse by verse throughout this book we have seen Paul remind us that in our natural state we are sinners that were under the wrath of God. He told us we cannot save ourselves through any goodness of our own. He told us the truth…

I feel as if I am little late to the party. There are almost 92 million people who have already cast their vote. Maybe you are one of those. Maybe you are not. This section of Matthew occurs in a section where the authorities are trying to trap Jesus. There are four times in this section of Matthew where…

Introduction Today will conclude our sermon series on the Gospel My purpose in this series is to recalibrate our understanding of the Gospel In our world, the Gospel has been presented as a series of things to affirm and you are a Christian. But, as I saw Jesus present the Gospel, there are a lot of…

The Scandal of the Gospel Isaiah 53:7–9 (ESV) 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his…