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Seeing God at Work Among Us “I like work. I really do. I can sit and watch it for hours!” My practice of social interaction, certainly with people I don’t yet know, involves way more listening than talking. Sometimes I overhear people’s conversations or notice what they say in passing. I’m not trying…

Intro: We are going to dig into a subject this morning that is challenging. We are going to be talking about church and state… Christians and Government… It’s a topic that we don’t talk about particularly often, however, I am not one to skate around the difficult passages of Scripture and this is where…

Introduction This morning we are going to begin with the reading of the Text for this morning’s message. A couple Sunday’s ago while I was away, I was able to sit in another church and take in their process. One thing that stood out to me was the way in which they read the text. This morning in our series…

Having all the wheels in proper alignment helps a car move smoothly; paying some attention to the alignment of your spiritual life also checks to see that your soul is aligned in the right direction.

I believe I have talked about playing this game before. When I was a kid we use to play this game called mercy. We would always play this game after church on Wednesday nights, while we were waiting in line at school, or when we were bored. But you would lock hands with another person and you would then…

Introduction Called as Pastor of FBC Bagdad five years ago yesterday. 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. We must continually place ourselves under the authorities set over us by God, or we will eventually walk out from under authority…

I remember growing up that my parents tried to get our family into part-time ranching, but in reality, the whole thing turned into an odd assortment of animals that the family shared responsibilities in caring for. Most of them had interesting names and I’ve got tons of stories involving most of the…

Read Romans 1:16-32 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” For the wrath…

It could have *** IMAGE: stone rolled away Mary finds the stone rolled away Her thought is entirely reasonable: “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” It does not cross Mary’s mind that something else has happened, that no one has broken in but Jesus…

God has providewd the sabbath as a source of delight. We must never allow other's expectations of us to rob that delight.

Romans 13:1-7 Paul’s takes an interesting and surprising turn in chapter 13. Those in Christ must be “subject” or submissive to their human authorities in government. God is saying, one’s place in God’s kingdom does not allow us to ignore those in charge of whatever earthly kingdom we dwell in now. Yes…

Because I Say So By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. Words are things, and magnificent things at that. More than mere sounds, and they are more than mere meanings. Words are ideas made physical. They are thoughts in the flesh. Words are a bridge,…

Celestial Beans Narrator: Today, we once again see our main Character, Hank, who has been away on a business trip. He is glad to be back at his favourite coffee shop: Celestial Beans. Hank: (Arrives on stage and gets a cup of coffee and sits down on the chair) I sure have missed this coffee; it doesn’t…

This story has two versions. All facts are true. One has the right emphasis. About 10 years ago. I got in a boat in Anchor Point. I traveled out several miles. I went to a favorite fishing hole. I had the perfect bait for catching halibut. All of a sudden there was a bite. I began to real the line in…

Introduction Today we are continuing our studies into the Seven Churches in Revelation. We’d looked at the various ways to examine these churches: Historically Practically Chronologically The best use for us today is looking at them in the practical sense. In that the characteristics of these churches…

The faith practice of prayer is a way in which we actively submit ourselves and our world to Gods ongoing transformational work in Christ by expressing ourselves to God and listening for God to engage with us.

Philippians 3:15–21 “Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained. Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully…

I got a speed ticket this summer in Upstate New York while traveling to a retreat center. This is a reflection on the incident based on Jesus' Parable of the Prodigal Manager recorded in Luke 16:1-13, a Lectionary passage of the week.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident…” “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” so wrote Thomas Jefferson in that amazing creation document that began this great experiment we call the United States of America. 56 signatures now are indelibly linked to that document, pledging: “the support of this…

Introduction Have ever been angry? What brought those feelings up in you. Was it a situation you saw, or something you experienced. What was your response. In scripture we are encouraged in our angry not to Sin. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, Anger is an emotion…

Posture toward the Law What is your posture toward the rules and commandments of the Lord? I love board games. If you ever visit my office upstairs it’s where I house the majority of my collection. And we’ve had an outreach group that meets Friday evenings and recently we’ve been playing a lot of different…

Imagine with me you are driving down the road and as you come into a populated area the speed limit drops. You drive on oblivious to the change in conditions and “program”. Just a bit up the road is a roadside speed trap. You zip right on through at the pace you were going before coming into that town.…

Announcements Are there any announcements? If you would like to be on our mass email list, please fill out the card on the back of the pew and drop it in the offering box as you exit the sanctuary. The Revelation Bible Study continues this Thursday at 6pm. Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC…

Introduction If someone where to come up to you and ask: What is God? How would you answer that question? We live in a world that defines God in whatever way they want, but as we saw last week, the Bible describes itself as the very Word of God which means that we don’t have to guess about who God is…

Introduction Summarize: In the unification of the Jew and Gentile, we see the fullness of the Triune God revealed The Trinity teaches us about the character of God The character of God teaches us how we are obedient to God The Trinity gives us a model to understand other parts of the Christian life.…