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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.…

Introduction I want to take us on a little thought experiment. Let us picture a person who has committed many sins in their life. Sins such as burglary, murder, arson, kidnapping, addiction, sexual promiscuity, and many others. Basically a person who has done everything they have ever wanted for the…

Morning 25 june 2023

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Today is “Father’s Day”. Statistics said a decade ago that if both father and mother go to church, 72% of the children will also go to church after they grow up. If only the father goes to church, the percentage drops to 55%. However, if only the mother goes to church, only 15% of those children will…

Today you are going to hear the greatest sermon from the greatest preacher in all the world. I know what you are thinking. When is he going to get here? We are jumping back into the footsteps of Jesus today and we will spend quite some time looking at the sermon on the mount. As we have walked through…

Feasting V 29-30 at the house of Levi after Levi became a disciple of Jesus Having a great party with tax collectors and sinners the scribes and Pharisees started to grumble Jesus was associating with the dregs of society not following the rules of a good Jew not following the rules set down by the Pharisees…

The Spirit Marches Victorious Through the Word Holy Spirit, God and Lord, come to us this joyful day with your sevenfold gift of grace. Rekindle in our hearts the holy fire of your love that in a true and living faith we may tell abroad of the glory of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Our friends and…

GOAL — That hearers rejoice to know that, just as God loves and is pleased with His Son, Jesus; therefore, He loves and is pleased with us who are baptized into Christ. MALADY — We sometimes see baptism as nothing more than a tradition, or we are able live any way we wish, now that we are baptized. MEANS…

Big Idea of the Message: Our use of technology can be a witness to our faith. Questions People are full of questions - what are we eating, when are we going to be done, do I have to go, why do you do that every time and the list could continue endlessly; The through a two year old into the mix and you…

“Be doers of the Word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.” — James 1:22 James is arguably the most practical book in the Bible, with the exception of… possibly… Proverbs… It is down to earth… It doesn’t embellish itself with “scholarly” language and theological explanations… James doesn’t…

Introduction We saw last week that God brought us forth by the word of truth. We heard that word and came forth. We hear that word to continue forward. It is hearing God that we can make it through any trial. Good listening is like tuning in a radio station. For good results, you can listen to only one…

Evening 10 September 23

Mr. & Mrs. Wrong

Introduction Military personnel address their superiors as “Sir” or “Ma’am.” British subjects address the Queen of England first as “Your Majesty” and subsequently as “Ma’am.” The President of the United States is “Mr. President;” a woman president would likely be addressed as “Madam President.” Many…

Introduction Tonight we continue our exploration into the book of Colossians, and in doing so, will finish out the first chapter of this epistle to the church at Colosse. (Recap) (Previous Messages in the Colossians Series) ‘For the Faithfulness of Epaphras’ - Col. 1:1-8 In that message, we looked at…

Believing in the transformative power of the Gospel, we must NEVER hesitate to share it with others!

The letter from James is written to encourage believers in being faithful disciples. He tells them to rejoice, even when facing trials. He says they are to not only listen to the word of God but to put it into practice as well. In today’s reading he talks about having true faith, and how this relates…

When we say that God loves us it raises the question of what does that mean in practice? After all how can you know love without experiencing its outworking? Without the experience of being loved you have only this concept of love. And a concept is nothing more than an idea. And an idea isn’t the real…

Isn’t God awesome! He is good, gracious, merciful, and forgiving. How many thing have we done that make us undeserving of forgiveness. But our God is so merciful that even though we are undeserving, he freely forgives us. This entire passage is related to the command of forgiveness. Why? To mirror our…

In the 1980s this man build a massive empire! He owned major resorts, art collections and lots of real estate. International guests could arrive at Brisbane or Cairns airports and be transferred to either the Gold Coast or Port Douglas resorts by Hovercraft. I visited one of his two major resorts. Unfortunately…

One In Christ

There is a tavern in a small college town that — every Parent’s day — runs this ad in the campus newspaper: “Bring your parents for Lunch Saturday. We’ll pretend we don’t know you!” The campus chaplain came up with a brilliant ad of his own: “Bring your parents to chapel on Sunday. We’ll pretend we know…

The story of Cain and Able is kind of a strange one. We get the feeling that they are the only people on earth at this time, but what we must understand is that the bible is showing the genealogies and bloodlines through these two, and later Seth for a specific reason. Genesis 4:1-11 The Archetypes In…

Our foundation Scripture is Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Last week we added…