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Matt takes us through Acts 17:16-34, encouraging us to engage more thoughtfully with those around us.

What is your Perspective Luke 7:18-35 Matt 11:1-18 John the Baptist His Perspective The Peoples Perspective The Lords Perspective (Isiah 61) Luke 4:16-19 Blessed are those who are not offended in me Parable of the Sower, the seed on rocky ground Matt 13:20-21 Conclusion Spiritual Truth is known by it…

As you know - if you’ve been with us or following along the past couple of months, the apostle Paul has spent his time in this book of Galatians - REVISITING work that he had ALREADY DONE... having established churches in Galatia He had preached the gospel to them... They had embraced it... BUT NOW?…

“He Is” He's the Lord our Savior He is Mighty to Save He is our Judge and Savior He is the Mighty to Save The Mighty Savior Jeremiah 49 & verses 1-6 11-21 - Joel various 1-3 Amos & Ezekiel - Day of the Lord Obadiah = “Worshiper of Yahweh” “Servant of Jehovah” During temptation in the wilderness Jesus…

Apostolic defense In our passage before us this morning, Paul uses some harsh tones and one has to wonder is he angry, concerned or what is going on? Remember that the book has a primary focus of defending the apostleship of Paul and the other apostles. Paul had already written the “harsh” letter to…

Did you hear, see that? Pentecost has come and there were things that were heard, things that were seen and things that were fulfilled. Pentecost brought the Spirit, the church, the assurance and the blessings. Tonight may we look at these things. Did you hear that (Act2:2)? Sound live a violent rushing…

Tonight we will see where the Pharisees and Sadducees are going to ramp up their demands of Christ. They have gone from questioning the motives of Jesus, accusing him of being of the devil, asking the disciples why He went against tradition, to now… demanding they show them signs. One quick question,…

Controversial Text Difficult to understand Significant to end time doctrine My change of mind My goal is to give some helpful insight (I won’t settle the debate today), and to recommend some relevant application (even though we may be indecisive about the full meaning). Remember the Context Has God rejected…

Things to ponder This series has been all about some common passages that are worth considering, worth pondering. As we wrap up this series hopefully you have pondered some of the things we have looked at. Kingdom beatitudes ( Mt5:3-12 ) Don’t have a defiled heart ( Mk7:21-23 ) Possessing the qualities…

Passover 17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my…

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Interpreter’s House How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (The Reader as an Interpreter) The first reason one needs to learn how to interpret is that, whether one likes it or not, every reader is at the same time an interpreter. That is, most of us assume as we read that we…

Intro Our Church is like a car - imigine this with me for a minute. Our church is a car. All the occupants are in here and we’re all heading to the same destination. We are driven by the power of God. He is our power-plant, the life force that moves us. And The Lord’s power is transmitted to us via the…

Good afternoon! For the last three chapters we have been in this interlude between the sounding of the seven trumpets and the pouring out of the seven bowls. Chapter sixteen, which we are looking at today is the last of this interlude. And it is going to serve as an introduction so to speak to the seven…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

Missional Church Model Whenever we want to chase a goal, start something new, or just change direction we usually look at someone or something to be the model for that change. As a church, we want to do good work for the kingdom of God and the Glory of Christ. We want to be a church on mission so that…

When I was going through my Greek class in seminary, my professor gave us an illustration about what to expect as we began studying the grammar. He told us that would could expect to be living in a constant state of heavy fog around the concepts were would be studying at a given time. We would study,…

Intro: Now last time we began with a contextual understanding of Romans 13 , what the situation is at Rome and why Paul is writing. We also observed that perhaps we have not thought through our view of government from Scripture. Lastly you see that Government is important to God; that government will…

Good morning. Today we are going to be looking closer at word and concept of faith. Since I have been pastor of this church I have spoke on this subject more than 13 times. It is a very important topic because of what the Bible says about it. Consider what Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible…

Posture toward the Law What is your posture toward the rules and commandments of the Lord? I love board games. If you ever visit my office upstairs it’s where I house the majority of my collection. And we’ve had an outreach group that meets Friday evenings and recently we’ve been playing a lot of different…

Gifts of Service For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same…

The appearance of the Savior had been long awaited. But the hour finally arrived. This Savior was not born in a hospital, but in a stable. The announcement of this miraculous birth was first announced to humble shepherds. How fitting that the Lamb of God was born in a stable. Listen as Pastor Leger unpacks this announcement.

“You can pick your actions, or you can pick your consequences, but you can never pick both” This was the central idea of a lecture on ethics I heard a while back. You can pick your actions, or you can pick your consequences, bur you can never pick both. The central idea is this: If you are picking your…

There have been a few times in my life where I wish I had one of those epic movie trailer voices. You know what I’m talking about. “Coming soon to theater near you” “The feature event of a lifetime” “An unprecedented multi media experience that will blow you away” The Lord has not gifted me in that way,…