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Easter and Christmas are probably the most significant days in the Christian faith. The birth of Jesus and His resurrection, major components of the gospel. Instead of spending just one week focusing on the Easter event, I wanted us to spend a few weeks after Easter reflecting on the resurrection and…

John the Baptist passed the baton to Jesus after he correctly identifies him as the Messiah, God With Us. We finished up Matthew Chapter 3 in our Series on The Gospel of Matthew.

A sermon on what Baptism at our church is and is not.

This morning we look at a short passage that contains some of Luke’s first accounts of Jesus healing people. We looked a few weeks ago at Jesus rebuking a demon and casting him out of a man in the synagogue. Our passage today is a continuance of the narrative of events that happened the same day. So…

49 “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” 11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and…

The book of Acts moves fairly quickly from one place to the next and it is easy to get the impression that all the events happened in a very short period of time. But in reality this book covers a span of 32 years from the ascention of Jesus to Paul’s imprisonment in Rome in about AD 62. And his third…

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Author: Paul Type of literature: Epistle or Prison Epistle Audience: Believers in Ephesus Possibly other churches in Asia Minor. This is called a “circular letter” view. Some of…

Repent... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poa_adqidPg Repentance in Mark The Gospel of Mark says repent three times in description of the messages preached by John the Baptist, Jesus and the disciples when they were sent out by Jesus. 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism…

We’re going to start off a little differently today. I need at least 4 volunteers. Did you ever play follow the leader? I’m the leader and you will follow me. Great fun! I enjoy making people do things that they probably would not do on their own initiative. What is the basic rule of Follow the Leader?…

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying…

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. You hear the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven talked about. Do you know what it is? Can you define it? Do you know what the Bible says about it? It was is a popular topic in the New Testament.…

Today we will be seeing a few different groups of people in the city of Ephesus—grouped by their response to the good news of Jesus Christ. These people could be representative of groups of people today. Background Journey Ephesus third largest city, about 250,000 residents. Important port city would…

23 After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of…

Spiritual Blessings in Christ We finished Galatians and learned a lot how Gossip can ruin a church, how the Christ became the law and we are not justified by faith and not by works. Also how it doesn’t matter who we are or what we did in the past God still sent His Son for us. Now we are going to continue…

Our World's illusions of power fail as an altrnative to the true power of God.

We've come to the end of Acts and we summarised it from the perspective that it's a Spirit-empowered, boundary-crossing GROWTH story. It encourages us in our faith journey of growth, and as we boldly share the gospel.

I. The Occasion for Timothy’s Mission A. When Paul Left 1 Timothy 1:3 (NASB95) 3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia , remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, 1. Paul and Timothy were together in Ephesus 2. Paul was leaving Ephesus for Macedonia…

Designation of Paul Verse 1 tells us that it is Paul the apostle to the Gentiles who wrote this letter. Also chapter 3:1 tells us again that Paul is the human author. This letter was one of the most widely circulated letters of the New Testament and Paul’s authorship has never been doubted. The letter…

Show Map City of Ephesus Founded by the Amazons about 2000 B.C Ephesus was once the capital of Asia Minor state of the Roman Empire. Ephesus means desirable 3rd largest Library (Library of Celus) in Ancient World (SHOW PIC) Ephesus derived its greatness from two sources, commercial trade (sea-port city)…

Everyone's on a journey, so we should try to help each other

The book of Acts is full of strange occurences that can be very difficult for us to understand. For instance, how is Philip seemingly teleported from the road to Gaza where he met, witnessed to, and baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch, to Azotus, a coastal town, where he continues to share the gospel? How…

Video of Retreat... 18 Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times. 19 But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten…

Introduction The subject of tongues is just like any other doctrinal study. Many churches teach many different things. Such diversity invariably leads one to ask the question: “How do I know which church and which teaching is right?” Obviously, differing views cannot contradict each other and both be…

Welcome Alright - we have had a lot of great things already today - so I have a short message - But I believe God is going to do something powerful in your life if you catch this message. Title Screen Screen 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.…

Secular - Historical/Cultural Context - The book of 1 John is one of the five books in the New Testament that was written by John the Apostle, brother of James. They were known as the sons of thunder. This letter was written between A.D. 85 to A.D. 100. First John was written to a church or group of…