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King of All Peoples I bring up this topic only because your pastors have had to address it recently. But we want you, as a church, as God’s people to be mature in your faith, well-equipped to distinguish truth from error. History: Southern Baptists- racist theology; German Christians during WW2- racist…

On January 8, a tourist boat excursion on a popular lake in Brazil turned into a nightmare when a tower of rock 50 feet tall and 12 feet wide broke off from a cliff face and fell on two boats with as many as 24 people on them. Ten people died and many more were injured. We love climbing mountains. We…

What are some things you did as a kid to seek the approval of your parents? In a concert we attended once, the musician Michael Card told us about his memory of childhood including days spent outside the door to his father’s office trying to get his father’s attention. He would draw pictures and slide…

Revelation 11:1-2 . 1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city…

Notes: Amos is one prophet whose visions and oracles speak about the LORD and His sovereign rule over the nations. Three things that Amos highlights for us is 1) the standard for God’s measure of the nations, 2) the principle behind the standard, and 3) the patience of the LORD in His dealings with the…

What do you think of when you hear the word Abundance? Here is my definition to fit my sermon for today. A supply that never runs out. J. Hudson Taylor, a missionary to China once said... “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” J. Hudson Taylor, Missionary to China In the books…

Revelation 21:22 . 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. Jeremiah prophesied this in Jeremiah 3:16-17 . 16 And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord , they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant…

When I was a kid, my dad built me a wooden house on stilts. Kind of like a treehouse but not in a tree; it was on stilts and had two entrances, one with a slide and the other a ladder, and two windows. There was a sign over the entrance at the ladder that my mom made for me. “Boys Club - Boys Allowed…

At 4:30 pm today, an event will occur called the Super Bowl. Over 100 Million people will tune in to watched 22 men fight for, run, throw, and kick a piece of leather. Two teams consisting of no more than 53 players on each team, along with some coaches working… striving… giving their all, while 100…

Introduction Jesus to his disciples in Acts 1:8 and the Great Commission in Mt 28:19-20 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all…

When we visited my sister in Colorado this September, she took us to Estes Park. It’s a beautiful resort town at the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. It has a grand vista around every turn, a quaint downtown filled with cute shops, and the world’s biggest outdoor playground for a back yard.…

There is an open invitation for every church that is willing to join Him where He is at work and partner with Him to reach their city and state and country and world for His Son. God has a mission. He is a God on mission. He invites us to partner with Him in that mission. God has a mission. He is a God…

Today we begin a new series called Jesus is Greater. I begin a new semester of school a couple of weeks ago. Last semester I received my associate degree and that was so easy, I decided to go ahead and finish up my bachelors degree in Church Ministries. One of my classes this semester is having us do…

National Blessings “The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you. And the…

Thus says the Lord God : “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. What is God’s “I will”? What passage does this tender shoot language remind…

Ethnocentric distinctions were walls that got in the way of Peter's gospel witness.

Genesis 10-11:1 -9 9:1 “Be fruitful and Multiply” Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth…

What does the celebration of Epipany bring to the church

Taken from Pastor Jeff Schwarzentraub’s ‘The Creation of Nations,’ December 6, 2020.

Isaiah 42- the character of the suffering servant of the Lord.

INTRODUCCIÓN ¡Qué gozo poder estar juntos hoy! Celebrando nuestra cena de Navidad en familia y con invitados. Éste es un tiempo precioso de compañerismo, pero no solo para nosotros en la iglesia, sino para muchos alrededor del mundo. La época de Navidad se asocia generalmente con un tiempo de alegría,…

I’d like to begin this morning by sharing a story that I’ve told a number of times before, but I think it bears repeating. And I say that because I believe that it is a story that testifies to the grace and power of God’s faithfulness to our church family.... a faithfulness that we recently celebrated…

The hard sayings in this Gospel point to the role of Israel in being a light to the Gentiles and thus the priority of their conversion to Jesus so that they can be that light (as Paul points out). Jesus tests the woman as to whether she is calling on him as Israel's king who did send Jewish food to Tyre and Sidon or as the Lord of both Jews and Gentiles. Her humble answer received his loving response.