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As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be “DISBELIEF” Disbelief for 1. An invasion of Israel / Ukraine and I imagine Taiwan son. 2. Millions of illegal immigrants still crossing our southern boarders – the president just sits back and watches, knowing that our national…

Paul , and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you ever walked into the middle of a conversation? It can be disastrous. My kids are learning…

As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be What do you do? Refocus There are times when you need to re-focus David had to refocus a number of times. Everyone who has gone through some sort of trauma has to refocus. We are in a time of great deception - It is time…

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…

The goal of the sermon is: That the hearers will wisely prepare for Christ's coming, by nourishing the faith which is received from God . The problem is: That we foolishly tend to let the things of life keep us from being prepared . The means to the goal is: That Christ the Bridegroom Himself enables…

11 Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk with…

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.

If I was to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be “DISBELIEF” Disbelief for 1. An invasion of Israel – how was it missed in the intelligence community. 2. Millions of illegal immigrants crossing our southern boarders – why does the president just sit back and watch, knowing that our…

1 Thessalonians 5:19 As we have looked at this series on living The Great Life we have seen that God has made man a Spiritual Being. But because of the fall of man, our spirit died. This is the state of all man who are unsaved - the Natural Man. When we accepted Christ as our Savior, he brought that…

In our text this morning Amos begins a series of Woe oracles or woe speech. Amos uses this important word, “WOE” once here at the end of chapter 5 and two more times in chapter 6. The word WOE is a very important word. It sets the entire tone for our passage. “Woe”- a grievous an threatening cry by the…

Introduction 1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains…

Do you know what happens when you give a kid some sugar? Some kids have a worse reaction than others. I know some kids that are related to Dean and Nancy who are very susceptible to sugar. In fact, after a period of the grandparents continually feeding them sugar, the parents were very tempted to feed…

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Good morning Church! We are going to be in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 this morning. But before we go there, I wanted to let you guys know, those of you that wished you could have a more in depth study in creation issues from Dr. Benjamin, I want to let you know that you can. Over…

Good afternoon! We are continuing in our series on the book of Revelation. Look I know for most of us this study has not been easy. And I don’t believe that it should be easy. But we are almost done. After today we have only six more chapters to look at. And the last few are all super positive so just…

Three Christian theologians predicted Jesus would return in the year 500. One prediction was based on the dimensions of…wait for it…Noah’s ark. Pope Sylvester II predicted the end of the world on the first day of January of the year 1000. In 1533, a mathematician calculated Judgment Day would begin at…

Noach Noah Introduction Last Torah portion we talked about the Bible being written in Hebrew Unless we study the Bible from the Hebrew perspective, we miss the whole message of redemption, the significance imbedded in it Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Genesis 6:9-11:32 But will only cover…

Introduction: Pastor and theologian John MacArthur discusses three popular ways of viewing the world throughout history. The first being the cyclical view. This is one that is common in Eastern thought such as Hinduism in which there is a continual cycle of death and rebirth - reincarnation. This cyclical…

(object lesson: lamp from the family farm) This morning we come to an interesting pair of parables that, taken by themselves, are something that a lot of commentaries and books on the parables largely seem to skip, avoid, or leave by the wayside for a few reasons. But by in large, they don’t hit on the…

Counter-Cultural Hope It seems to me that we Christians have, over the last century or so, robbed ourselves of one of the greatest and most desirable joys that we can have in life and in our witnessing to non-believers. Something that, rightly understood, sets us apart from the world around us and should…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 8:1-12:16 In our previous Torah Portion we spoke about Numbers 8:1-4 in the context of the rapture This week, we will talk about the Torah Portion, regarding The Set Up of the Lamps in the Lampstand: Menorah And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak…

Introduction Context And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Now the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying, Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,…

I did some pretty dumb things this week: Princeton Honestly that was a hilarious mistake but have you ever done something that you thought was worthwhile or important even and later on you realize was a complete waste of time and dumb? Do you know how many things I did at school during distance learning,…

Morning 24th April 2022

“War and Peace” Rev Thomas A West Sr. March 13, 2022 Scripture: Psalm 120:6–7 (NKJV) 6 My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace. 7 I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war. Let me start with this statement from Matthew 6:24 “ No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate…

“He Is” our coming King our hope The Lord of Peace The New Intrepreter’s Bible commentary : Tension between “what God has done through Jesus’ death and resurrection” and “awaits the object of hope: resurrection, full adoption as heirs, full conformity to Christ.” Four consequences of this tension: Redemption…