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Mary’s Willingness Mary was a special person because of her willingness to bear a child to be a possible unwed teen mom to face the hostility of the towns people to have the possibility of her betrothed husband divorce her to live in deep poverty to be a servant of God and carry this child Her faith…

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We can be assured that when God starts a work, that he will accomplish and finish that work that he began. When God brings about a finish to something…it is understood to mean to bring something to completion or perfection Something that is complete within itself without any other outside influence or…

Undaunted Courage is a book by Stephan Ambrose. In it, Ambrose writes about the Lewis and Clark expedition that took place in the early nineteenth century. After facing massive challenges—hunger, fatigue, desertion, illness and so much more—Lewis and Clark (near Three Forks, Montana) finally reached…

One of the earliest and most important lessons we Americans teach our children is how to tell time. This is because we live in a time-conscious culture. Whereas people in many other parts of the world worry much less about deadlines and dates, we are rather obsessed with time. Being early is not fashionable.…

Scot McKnight says, “Theology prompts ethics. That is, beliefs about God and experiences with God undergird beliefs about what is right and wrong.” “Theology prompts ethics.” What we do follows what we believe, or at least that’s how it should work. I realize that doesn’t always happen; it doesn’t always…

In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all…

We are starting a new series this week titled Conviction- What we believe. Do Christians have nonnegotiable beliefs, and if so, what are they? This eight-week series looks at eight key topics in evangelical theology that all Christians agree about. Our faith will be challenged as we ask ourselves, “When…

INTRODUCTION Comes from the Greek Word hamartia To err A bad action, evil deed To miss the mark In Greek Tragedy it is a defect within the hero (Protagonist) A sinning, whether it occurs by omission or commission, in thought and feeling or in speech and action To fall short Sin, though it is a small…

Christmas is Over—or Is It? If I say January 6, what does that bring to mind? (Capitol riots/insurrection—right for US history but wrong for Church history.) January 6 is the day we celebrate the coming of the wise men to see Jesus in his house in Bethlehem. (No, the wise men did NOT come to see Jesus…

Self Control 28 Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit. 11 A fool always loses his temper, But a wise man holds it back. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control;…

Introduction We’re continuing our study of James He was the half-brother to Jesus Earliest book written, in the 40’s This is a letter is all about how our faith should affect our works, deeds, actions. I left out a note on the word “Greetings” in verse 1. It is the usual greeting with which, as the papyri…

OCTOBER IS PREGNANCY & INFANT LOSS AWARENESS MONTH Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month was first declared by President Ronald Reagan on October 15, 1988. On that day he said: “When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow…

Intro: Have you ever doubted anything? Maybe you doubted your abilities, perhaps you doubted your lot in life, maybe you have even doubted God. Don’t worry, you are not alone in your doubt. It all started in the garden where Satan was able to deceive Eve into doubting the word of the Lord. No it did…

Isaiah 56-57 Good evening church! As I look around tonight, and out into the camera, I can clearly see that what we have here tonight is a gathering of the who’s who in greater New England. The hippest, coolest, most intelligent, highest skilled, best looking, most popular, stand outs in all of the land.…

Tonight I want to look at an unusual group of people who God used in “The Greatest Story Ever Told”. This group of people would be the last in that culture or that most of us today would put at the top of the list to have a heavenly visit to announce the birth of the Savior! That group of people are…

What Is The Image of God? When we speak of the image of God…what is it? God is a spirit, He isn’t physical like us. When we speak of the image of God, it isn’t a physical likeness. He uses terms such as arm, eyes, & hands; but these are anthropomorphisms or terms human traits to describe heavenly truths.…

New series for 2021 - Jesus is In! The doctor is “in” - Lucy in Peanuts - psychiatric help for 5 cents Want to be part of the “in” crowd? Jesus is In! “He Is” goes through the books of the Bible highlighting things about Jesus, the Messiah. “In Genesis, He's the breath of life.” We see the Messiah throughout…

Pre Worship Setup Bibles, Video, Slides, Prayer Pastoral Prayer Good morning thank you all for joining us this morning, in person and online. I am Pastor Kyle and I don’t know about you but I am thankful for the country we live in. What a great nation we are blessed to be in. That God has given us the…

Intro Looking at the ways in which faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experiance the world in wonderful and unique ways. By looking at texts from both the Old an the New testaments recognize the gifts of Faith Trust Joy Determination commitment Com to us through he birth of our Savior. “Behold”…

In the dark recesses of Israel’s history, at a most unlikely moment, in a rebuke against the petulant King Ahaz, one of the most beautiful words ever to grace the human tongue found its way into the language of the world. There it was sown in its arid soil, hardly noticed for seven centuries, until God…

Hoping Against Hope There are times in the biblical account when Sarah comes off as a bit … harsh. She was the wife of the great patriarch Abraham, so we tend to think of her with a degree of dignity and honor. But reading the biblical account of her life, it is impossible not to notice that she sometimes…

Intro: I read a story this week of a family who were involved in a tragic car accident taking the lives of 3 adults and 4 children in 2008 as they traveled from Dallas to Mexico. The Associated Press reported, “A sport utility vehicle carrying eight people from Texas plunged off an unfinished bridge…

To understand what “Perfected in Christ” means, we must first understand what the word “Perfect” means. [Perfection] is the devoting, not a part but all our soul, body and substance to God. John Wesley Perfection is a condition of wholeness or purity. In many cases, this results from bringing something…