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Too good to be true Today is the first Sunday of Advent. You may know already that Advent, the 4 Sundays before Christmas are a time of preparation. We know this because we are getting our houses ready … decorating and all Spiritually we look back to how God was preparing his people for the arrival of…

Prayer is coming into communication with the living and active God... Prayers moves us from the: Physical to the Spiritual Temporal to the Eternal From self-focus to God-focus This week we are going to look at the NT How Not to Pray 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to…

So, I was getting to know a pastor once. We had lunch, talked about life and ministry. Then I invited him to jump in my car and drive around his town to pray for his ministry and for people’s hearts to change, for revival and repentance in the community. I started the car, started driving down the main…

Announcements SNAT - Sunday Night At Church Missionary Jennifer Andrews - Bring Gift Cards Meeting for NBT volunteers Will pass out information regarding two recommended changes to our church By Laws. Memorial Day Barbecue @ The Campbell’s Community Barbecue @ The Pines, Saturday, June 3 Calvary Quartet,…

NCCSA Elementary Fine Art Academic Testing: Joann George (3rd) - Science 2nd Brighten Wheeler (4th) - 2nd in Math and Science Joanna Uit de Flesch (6th) - 1st History Art: Brookelyn Russel (5th) - 1st place in Mixed Media Bible Sword Drill (Team): 3rd grade - 3rd place 6th grade- 2nd place Music: 3/4…

Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. What is Baptism? Calvin…

In Acts 2, we see that baptism does not cause anything to be done, but is rather something done for the purpose of declaring and confessing in a public manner the change which has already taken place.

Text Reading: Acts 8:1-4 . Title: Cultivate Love Review & Summary Saul made havock of the church. Last week, I turned my attention to the brief phrase in vs. 3: Acts 8:3 (KJV 1900) As for Saul, he made havock of the church , entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.…

Text Reading: Acts 8:1-4 . Title: Havoc in the Church Review & Summary Stephen preached; he gave the high priest and the religious leaders a history lesson that they could not forget! However, their hearts were hardened. They could not hear; they could not receive the truth. So, when conviction set in,…

The Expansion of the Gospel The idea of this chapter is that the early believers were scattered after Stephen’s death. However, this does not mean that God is done with His program. This does not mean that the Holy Spirit God is done with the expansion of the Gospel mission. But THIS is the beginning…

31 ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 19 And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?…

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.

In this series on Discipleship, we have already spoken of the dangerous doctrine of “cheap grace.” Grace covers everything, so just act as you wish, as if there has been no change in your life as a result of following Jesus. Rather, we encourage every believer to understand the concept of “costly grace,”…

The Gospel of the Cross has no residency requirements!

Faith in God’s providence, instead of repressing our energies, excites us to diligence. We labor as if all depended upon us, and then fall back upon the Lord with the calm faith that depends upon him. —C.H. Spurgeon Much of our study of providence has been examining God’s working in the lives of OT saints.…

In Acts 8, the church grows beyond its cradle of Judaism. In Samaria a famous sorcerer, Simon, is wooed by the power of the Holy Spirit, but his response is disastrous. What did Simon get wrong, and what can we learn from it?

I want to begin a short series called The World of Knockoffs. When anything from food, clothing, movies, technology gains popularity, then some version of a knockoff is created to profit off of its counterpart’s successes. Usually a logo is similar but changed just a bit. For example, in China you can…

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…

Miraculous Gifts Jesus Healed and More For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. Jesus Promised the Spirit “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit…

In 2019 Lifeway published a report regarding evangelism practices in the local church. Reports show that churchgoers are eager to talk to others about Jesus and even pray for opportunities, but most have not had an evangelistic conversation in the last six months. The report showed that 55% of professing…

Acts 29 We spent the last 37 weeks traveling through the book of Acts. It has been a joy and a journey for me and I’m sure for you as well. What I want to do this morning is highlight some key insights into the book and then I want to give you all the opportunity to speak up and out about how we can…

Order of Service Welcome 27 Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. 28 For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. Hymn…

Introduction Acts 8 features snippets from the ministries of Peter and Philip. Against the backdrop of Jesus’ words that the disciples would take the gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the “uttermost parts of the earth” ( Acts 1:8 ), as well as the messaging of the place names in Acts 2 , it is…

After Stephen’s death, the disciples were scattered because of the violence. Stephen may have been buried by the Apostles or other devout Jews. Someone had to lead those who stayed behind as more homes were invaded and people were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. After Stephen’s death, Saul was emboldened…

Main idea: In my life on earth, the presence of the Holy Spirit is better than the physical presence of Jesus. That is because every disciple of Jesus has the Holy Spirit dwelling permanently in his or her life from the moment of salvation.