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Overcoming Labels To kick things off today, I want to ask you a question to think about. How would you describe yourself in 3 words or less? Would you describe your appearance? Tall, dark, and handsome? Short? Fit? Out of shape? Sun-burned? Freckles? Long hair? Frumpy? Hipster? Old fashioned? Would you…

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. This is a saying we have in our world. The question becomes, who is my friend. Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, The Old Testament revels we must be careful…

Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35 March 18, 2023 Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39 Review Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema - 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Picture of Tannin (2) New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full Moon Picture of Moed Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Picture of…

Spurgeon: “I am afraid we are too much like the world for the world to hate us.” Why this sermon: Alistair Begg: 40 years of faithful preaching Told grandmother to attend her grandchild’s transgender wedding and bring a gift Rationale: This would surprise the grandchild who would expect the grandmother…

If we are not careful, there comes a time in our desire to live Christ-honoring lives when we establish rules to live by that may be helpful, but are not scriptural mandates. What happens from time to time is churches might take an application of a biblical principle and make it the biblical principle.…

One of the challenges with any kind of religious activities that are observed weekly is that we can easily fall into the rhythm and habit and fail to think about what those things mean. This is a concern that many people have about the Lord’s table. Churches in our tradition usually observe the Lord’s…

13 Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14 As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. 15 Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax…

Introduction Summarize: This past Christmas fell on Sunday and we were blessed to consider our savior, the promised messiah, and how He was born in humility. We saw the genealogy of Christ, the birth of Christ, the seeking of Christ by the wise men, and the rejection and persecution of Christ by Herod.…

This morning we are continuing series titled Criticizing Jesus: The Words of Jesus. In this five-week series we will look at the criticisms Jesus faced during his ministry. What does each criticism reveal about Jesus’s character, priorities, authority, and mission? If you look at the Gospels you can…

Intro James Webb Space Telescope Two Images. 1. MIRI (mid-infrared) = can see through things that block our vision 2. Red shift = distance Can see the beginning from the end. Today, we’ll look at a section of scripture that shows Jesus seeing what’s hidden, and of being able to see the end from the beginning…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We could use a few cases of water for the water ministry. This Thursday June 2 at 6:30pm Kevin will continue the study of Revelation Introduction Good morning church! Praise God from whom all blessing s flow! Amen! We are grateful that each one of you have joined…

A Scandalous Friendship Mark 2:13–17 The essence of believing in Christ is believing, first of all, that you are a sinner, hopeless, not redeemable by any of your own works. Cultural Comments The Savior, the Messiah had come into the world in our time, to our country in the year 2022. He had come for…

4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 John wore a camel-hair garment…

We are reminded that God graciously reclines at the table with us. We are encouraged to sit down with Jesus even in the midst of our brokenness.

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Attributes of Jesus 14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. The Amen- personal name for Christ, means “verity” and implies certainty. The idea is credibility or certainty that what this person says will…

In your baptism, God forgave you all your sins. In your baptism, all your sins were are put to death and buried. It is as though you were on the cross with Jesus, and you died with Jesus. All your sins – past, present, and future – were crucified and buried. Just as Christ came back to life after His…

I. The Unlikely Prospect. (v.13-14) 13 He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. A. Jesus Calls Levi.…

Pharisees (Φαρισαῖος, Pharisaios ). Members of a Jewish party that exercised strict piety according to Mosaic law. The Pharisees were a sect within early Judaism, becoming active around 150 bc and enduring as a distinct party until being subsumed into the Rabbinic movement around ad 135. Introduction…

Announcements – Building Project Wednesday Evening Services for Children and Youth Council Members Outreach thoughts/ideas Jesus who? Good morning… It is good to be in the house of the lord together today. It is good to be at Calvary Foursquare Church! I have titled my sermon this morning “Jesus Who?”…

Let us pray…Gracious and Loving God, as we come before you this day, our hearts are full of love for you and the life of your Son, our minds are full of the things that we need to do yet today and in this coming week, and our eyes cannot escape all that flashes before them as we scan the TV, computer,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you today, we pray for hearts focused on you, for ears trained to your still speaking voice, and eyes to see clearly the path you have laid before us, Amen. The Invitation I know in the last year this does not or has not happened much but think back…

Even in the middle of a pandemic, Jesus calls us to join him in ministering to the spiritually sick around us.

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we move further away from your Son’s birth, help us in this day to remember the glow, the excitement, and the joy that came from celebrating his birth. As we come before you today in this time of reflection, open our hearts, minds, and spirits to your still speaking…

What does it mean to humble yourself? How far would you lower yourself to serve others and God? How far did Jesus lower Himself and become obedient to God?