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We catch up to Jesus at the moment of his death sentence by crucifixion and begin working backward through the story to discover the reason for the cross.

Paul declares that the deception of sin in our lives is a very clear and present reality that each one of us must face, so much so that it takes the Law which was to lead to life and turns it into a death sentence.

I. Jesus is the King (11-14) 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.” 12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things…

? ! . In English, there are 16 punctuation marks — the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, em dash, en dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipsis — and they’re not as scary as they sound. . The .…

Pilgrim’s Progress: The Interpreter’s House How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (The Reader as an Interpreter) The first reason one needs to learn how to interpret is that, whether one likes it or not, every reader is at the same time an interpreter. That is, most of us assume as we read that we…

Today we are going to be starting a new summer series called “Discipleship” we are going to spend the next couple of months looking at the various topics that related to Christian Discipleship. “What is a Christian?” When you think of the word Christian what comes to mind? Lets say you were to go down…

What do we think of when we hear the word “forgiven”? Normally, we think of our children fussing and fighting until something happens and we ask one to apologize and the other to forgive them for what was done. Maybe we do something that causes us to hurt someone else and we want them to forgive us for…

Moses recounts God’s dealings with finite man and pleads for pity, joy, and favor.

God’s Grace This text is one of the richest sections on the blessings of grace in sacred Scripture. God’s grace is proclaimed in grand and lofty terms, yet as it sinks in there is a personal grittiness that says, “It’s for me.” In the original language, verses 3-14 are one single sentence. This is not,…

Corrie Ten Boom recounts her time in Ravensbruck concentration camp with her sister Betsie… We lay back, struggling against the nausea that swept over us from the reeking straw. ..Suddenly I sat up, striking my head on the cross-slats above. Something had pinched my leg. “‘Fleas!’ I cried. ’Betsie, the…

HUMANITY’S TRAGIC SIN AND FALL A. The temptation that led to the FALL 1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You…

Intro A Letter from Paul the Apostle to Timothy - the young pastor deployed to Ephesus This letter gives instruction to Timothy about how he is to lead the church and organise the church. This ancient wisdom is for us today, it tells us how God wants his church to function. Last week we saw Defending…

This week Dr. and Pastor Tim Keller passed away from cancer. He was a man used by God to reach many many people with the gospel. He was good friends with John Piper. And John Piper made a video describing the last email correspondence he had with his friend Tim Keller before he passed away. In his last…

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul starts with a long, powerful sentence of praise for God. God, he says, has poured our spiritual blessings on us. But what is a spiritual blessing? And what spiritual blessings has God given to us? And how do these affect our daily lives? That's what we're looking at here.

Romans 8:1-4 We are now in the eighth chapter of Romans. As we have gone verse by verse throughout this book we have seen Paul remind us that in our natural state we are sinners that were under the wrath of God. He told us we cannot save ourselves through any goodness of our own. He told us the truth…

Unto The Least Of These Matthew 25:31-46 Matthew 25:40 “40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’” NKJV Many people do not think of the Christian judgment they must face. We read in 10 For…

None like Him Who is God? Who is God? This one little question can reveal a lot about a person’s beliefs, or even the maturity of their faith. And it’s a question there are many different answers for, depending on who you ask. If you travel to India and ask the question, who is God, you might get a variety…

Luke 23:20–49 (ESV) 20 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, 21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22 A third time he said to them, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” 23 But they were…

9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm. 10 In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things.…

Love always supports, is always loyal. How much do we yearn for that sort of love? The Good News that we share as followers of Christ is that this sort of love is not only given to us, it is given to us to share! Join us to explore what it means to be always supportive and loyal.

Introduction I had mentioned last week that this Advent season we will be working our way through the four evangelist and their introduction of we have come to know as the Christmas Story. Last week as I mentioned Matthew was written to the Jews from the perspective as a Jew, turned Tax collector working…

There’s a story of a family who was immigrating from Europe to the US,graciously they were given tickets on a cruise ship to come to the US.They were very poor and saved their money and brought cheese and crackers and things they knew could sustain them on the cruise. Every night they would hear people…

Introduction Sometimes a single sentence can have a lot of meaning. Commas save lives! Let’s eat, Grandma. OR Let’s eat Grandma. Some people enjoy cooking, their families, and their dogs. OR Some people enjoy cooking their families and their dogs. Stop and think about what that says... Early humans hunted…

Big Idea: God’s Kingdom demonstrates unity in diversity Chosen Changed Charitable Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities:…