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📷If you are or have been a dog owner, you can most likely relate to this. That was a little over a year ago. When it happened, I was the first one home to find the mess all over the floor, left by our four-legged friend. Every time he did that, I confronted him with this. The pointing finger. All I…

SERIES: Scripture — Christian Life — Sin — Grace — New Birth —Salvation Someone’s life story begining with, “When I got saved...” There was a time when they were engaging in self destructive or immoral behavior. Something happened that awakened them to the love of God, a spiritual conversion. They surrendered…

Introduction 9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your…

Live with your wife... shared life and partnership sharing life, not merely duties …in an understanding way the essence of “gnosis”- e.g. “Amyology” naked and unashamed Gen 2:24-25 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the…

September 6, 1998 AM PULLING THEM OUT OF THE FIRE TEXT: Jude 17-25 INTRODUCTION Read text. September 11, 2001 21 years ago our lives were changed. Not since WW2 had U.S. borders been breached on such a scale of death and destruction with almost 3,000 people killed and 25,000 injured. Most of those who…

Prayer Daniel is my favorite example of prayer. Daniel’s Prayer Deliberate Faithful Unashamed 7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. This prayer is: Practical Inclusive Beneficial As we think…

Introduction Paul shares a profound truth that resonates through the ages, revealing how truth produces conviction and courage in those who believe it. Romans 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also…

Good morning! we are in this sermon series entitled Unashamed - where we have been looking at this hidden emotion called Shame.. its often consider more subjective than objective and is easily ignored.. However what we have been seeing is that Shame is an INFLUENCER - IT is one of those emotions that…

Believers, who Follow the Lamb, Stand Assured of Complete Salvation. Just turn on the TV, pick up a News Paper, scroll social media, and you will find that Satan seduces us to use criticism, so he can use cause conflict, which results in chaos. Then the devil dupes humanity into thinking he can deliver…

The power of the gospel Several weeks ago we looked at, did not finish looking at being unashamed of the gospel, and we should finish that before getting to the next section, which, by the way, may be a little hard to swallow. (Insert The gospel is for all picture here) Previously we have seen: Paul…

Depression is the common cold of mental health. Listen to this sermon about fighting depression, coming out of the isolation and living the full life God has in store for you.

Intro: Preparing for Persecution… What a wonderful sermon title to start off the New Year!… One thing that I have learned over the years is the fact that God’s timing is ALWAYS perfect… Whether it is an: Encouraging phone call from a friend A check in the mailbox that covers the exact amount of a certain…

Recognizing Mom’s birthday On this 2023 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, let us remember that Jesus is CREATOR, GIVER and SUSTAINER of Life. True Life. Eternal Life. Resurrection Life. But also, this life we live in the natural world. We are here according to His purpose and plan. I know that Roe v. Wade…

Intro Second week of three Last week we looked how we are to be unashamed of the gospel. We are called to share the gospel, the good news, with people and yet all too often we don’t. We act as if we are ashamed of the gospel The claims of the gospel death and resurrection The exclusivity of the gospel.…

Second Wind 1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from…

God's true servants will not be caught unawares but will always be found doing their master's will.

John is writing in retrospect by distinguishing an act that will take place later in his writings but had already been spoken of the other Gospels Matt & Luke. Waiting of the Lord Mary, Martha and Lazarus are all loved by Jesus (Family) He doesn’t love one person in the Christian family more less that…

Intro As we approach Christmas day we have been looking as a church at the theme of light and dark and how Jesus brings light into the world. Christmas is really such a wonderful time. People are generally happy and pleasant. The season gives us a special reason to interact with one another. As a kid,…

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the…

Fall of Saul: When the sacrifice of a leader gives way to entitlement of the leader, his tenure is short-lived.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Which God? The Triune God: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. There is only one God. Deuteronomy 6:4 states, “Hear, O Israel. The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” There is no oneness like the oneness of God. He is perfect in his unity. And…

Paul’s suffering… and serenity! Friends it gives me great pleasure today to induct two more men to the office of elder in the NRPC. Out of the many quality people in this church, people who are mature and godly, people who serve others and have a good and growing understanding of the Scriptures… these…

Such Great Love One of the dangers for any preacher is that when we preach we are limited by time and space, and are not able to share all that we might want to impart to our hearers. When we preach from Scripture we are preaching from God’s Word and yet all of God’s Word has a context. The same is true…

Sometimes the truth hurts!

This morning, I would like to take the time to, in a way, give you a history lesson; a history lesson to show that the foundation of our country rests solidly upon the Word of God. This will be a history lesson which you will not hear from our news media; This is a history lesson which you will not hear…