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John’s Gospel is different than the other 3 gospels... He was interested in theological presentation - not a historical timeline. Chapter 1 - Beginning / Prologue / Introduction Chapters 2-5 - shares the beginnings of Jesus ministry Chapters 6-10 - re-shares Jesus ministry but with deeper themes of Jesus’…

Introduction A New Beginning… January 3, 2020 - we began our journey with Joshua. Something New - “Hope In The New” Three points: New is an opportunity. Trust God’s faithfulness. Trust God’s Word. Now we reach the end and we reflect on those three points. We have had opportunities to serve and demonstrate…

An Ending The Resurrection 40 Days appearing to the disciples The Ascension *** Image: Ascension The ascension marks the end of Jesus’s regular coming and going among his apostles. A Beginning And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed…

Ruth accompanied a despairing Naomi home to Bethlehem out of a strong bond of loyalty. She did not expect anything from the move. Yet she gained a protector and a son, and even a place in the ancestry of the savior of the world! What pleasant surprises have we had in our own new beginnings?

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 1. _Concern_ 17 After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers,…

It’s all heading somewhere... Jerusalem! When will these things come to pass? Matthew, Mark and Luke Four Points Do not be deceived Do not be frightened It’s not going to get bad, it’s going to get worse! Stand firm and you will win life Unvirtuous circles Some people get so caught up in all of this.…

Bullying is painful, but God's purpose is GOOD

Introduction Transition Illumination The Death of Jacob, 49:29-33 29 Then he charged them and said to them: “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the…

B’reisheet In the Beginning Introduction How many of you know that the Bible was written in Hebrew Many say the OT was written in Hebrew, and the NT in Greek What we have is only what we have found as evidence: Greek documents showing the NT and Hebrew for the OT. However, most the characters and places…

JESUS GIVES US DETAILS TO PROMOTE DISCIPLE MAKING NOT TO PREDICT DATES. When it comes to difficult passages we need to remember. . . THE MAIN THINGS ARE THE PLAIN THINGS AND THE PLAIN THINGS ARE THE MAIN THINGS. And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what…

Let us pray…Gracious, holy, and loving God, as we come before you on this second Sunday in Advent, our hearts and minds are focused upon what needs to yet be done before Christmas and we hope that we can get it all done. In this time and in this space, we ask you to calm our hearts and minds so that…

Siloam / Bethesda Washing at the pool “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” Hovering over the waters spit & mud Jesus in creation cf. John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and…

The first Sunday I stepped into this pulpit was exactly 11 years ago last Sunday. In these 11 years, I have been blessed to preach and teach God’s Word to a people I deeply love. In these 11 years (between Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights), we have studied 36 books of the Bible (34 of those books…

Knowing what it is we here at Hickory Corners Bible Church believe and how it is we operate is important. HCBC Basics is a condensed class to look at our statement of faith, and how it is we apply what we believe to our church life. This session will focus on the doctrines related to the end times.

Introduction - 500 words! “But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, and let the one who…

The Almighty One Opening Prayer 19 and for me, that a word may be given to me at the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, Introduction There are many voices in the world, all of them proclaiming they have the answers for success in the world they have the answers…

We are going to spend sme time in Matthew 24 today as we look at the signs of the times. People are always wanting to know the future… when Jesus is coming back. People have written books about the 2nd coming and even predicted a date, which has come and gone… we’re still here. No one knows when Jesus…

Children’s Message How long has this been around? So it hasn’t been around forever? How do you know? Daddy’s and Mommies will be learning about how God is self-sufficient. Do you know what that means? If God is self-sufficient, all things we have in this world have come to us from God. This means we…

Beginnings There are lots of beginnings in life, but before these beginnings there was “the” beginning. Beginnings bring about a journey, the journey brings about a conclusion (an end), this morning that is what we are looking at. (beginning of life picture here) - expand (beginning of your journey picture)…

Fig Tree Illustration 32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away…

Let’s walk though the overarching storyline of the book once again and remind ourselves where we’ve been. We noted at the beginning of our study that this is theologized history. The original human author had a point and purpose in mind as he wrote. It was written for a specific prophetic purpose. As…

There is certain background in Daniel chapter nine that is essential to understand the events that will unfold in the following chapters of Revelation. The angel Gabriel gave Daniel a prophecy involving seventy weeks. Sixty-nine of these weeks are history but they constitute the most astonishing passage…

Signs What do these signs mean? What about the signs around us. We have signs everywhere. street signs, billboards, Signs on buildings. Here in the church we have signs. We even have signs to show us what toilet is what. We see different signs for different things. Signs at the airport in the store.…

After the extravagant display of apostate religion on that Monday in the temple [ questions to trap Jesus, the failure of the leaders to acknowledge Jesus as their Messiah, and the pretense in giving to attract the attention of men by the rich ], Jesus and His disciples leave the temple and Jerusalem…

Read Jonah 3 . Jonah gets a second chance Nineveh an imposing city collection of 3 cities- Nineveh, Khorsabad, Nimrud located near modern day mound called Navi Yunus Life in Nineveh: cruel, domineering, conquering, pagan, sexual gods/goddesses impaled and disfigured conquered people. Long reign of terror…