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What do we build our lives on? We can often find our value in things we have no control over accomplishments circumstances good fortune But this is a two edged sword because we don’t control many of these things Even worse, they can make us into awful people we begin to try and manipulate and deceive…

1 Corinthians 3:5-17 God has called each of us to a wonderful position, to be members of a church. In being members of a church, we have the wonderful opportunity to be a part of something that is much bigger than ourselves. We actually get to be a part of something that Jesus Christ himself, started…

The Transfiguration We are getting ready to study an amazing passage of scripture. Up until this time, Jesus has told the disciples He was the Son of God, they have witnessed the miracles, they have heard His teaching, they have LIVED with Him…and yet I don’t know that they fully grasped the concept…

Belief in the promised Messiah pleases God more than acts of obligation

Judas Has Left Cant talk because of someone in the room you have something to say but you cant 31 Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. Glorify the Father 4 I have glorified you on earth by completing the work that you have given me to…

God Has Led Us This Far and He Will Never Leave Us 19 The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho. 20 It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River. 21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites,…

INTRO Last week we talked about inward faith . Paul talked about Jews and Gentiles, now he puts them all together. He will use the phrase, “no distinction” The world today separates everyone into categories. Jesus cut through the distinctives and laid out a Gospel that is Universal. The gospel of Christ…

My wife and I took our honeymoon out in Yellowstone National Park. One of the sights that we experienced was the Grand Tetons, a majestic and beautiful mountain range. Standing there viewing this literally breath-taking scene was amazing! It is literally impossible for me to adequately describe it to…

Intro Galadriel, the elf queen in Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings, is at the top echelon of creatures in the Tolkien universe. She is one of the three leaders of the three elven kingdoms in the books. But she stands alone in power and potential. During one scene in the second book (and movie) The Two Towers,…

MLK Video That speech was given on Easter in 1963 and today, 59 years later, our society is still fighting racism. But it’s more that just black and white. It’s ethnicity of every kind It’s culture versus culture. It’s rich versus poor, the haves and have nots. It’s conservative versus progressive. And…

Review of last sermon: I. Deceptive Intrusion We looked at the way in which Peter and all the NT writers, most importantly, Jesus himself identifies the deceptive qualities of False prophets and teachers. They are called wolves…in sheep clothing or as we laid out last time, they are psuedo-didaskos (teachers…

Introduction “As you received Christ Jesus the Lord” 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, you made a decision not for Jesus the club president Jesus the Lord “So walk in Him” 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, “I have decided to follow Jesus;…

In the final section of Hebrews, the preacher argues that, even recognising the supremacy of Christ and the deadliness of turning away from him, we still need to work hard to build our faith as persecution approaches. "Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see," he says. As our world takes a turn for the worse, we too need to press into our faith. Can we trust Jesus no matter what? The video early in the sermon is: https://youtu.be/r8p0QW3cyog

All things are created visible and invisible False teachers were urging the people to move away from their Christian roots and to accept other religious ideas. Paul’s arguments counter false teaching and teach orthodox (Christ Central) theology. Judaism: The Law, the practices, the Festivals - Jewish…

Date of issue: 1378 The most famous of structural failures has to be the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Situated behind the Pisa Cathedral, and known simply as the Tower of Pisa, the tower was originally built to house the bell of the Pisa Cathedral complex. The tower was built on an entirely unstable foundation.…

Pastor Brian takes us through Psalm 2.

What Does Social Justice Mean? Society - b: a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests Justice - Definition of justice 1a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of…

The core reason for all crimes of violence, like the terror in New Zealand this week, is unhappiness. “Misery loves company.” Unhappy people want to make other people feel miserable so that they can feel better. It’s an attempt to take away the human sense of humor. As I’ve mentioned, humanity, humility, and humor came from the same root word “humus.” Therefore, a crime against happiness is a crime against humanity or vise-versa.

Pastor Brenden speaks on the art of avoiding spiritual drift.

Intro: My dog Brick was about three things; eating, napping with a rock in the mouth, and loving his master. In the nine years I had Brick I knew this about him; he would never ever waiver from those things. Those were what he was about. Those were his first loves. Same for our cat Obi. So, what are…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. Thank you for the wonderful song service and please church, always keep our worship team in your prayers as Satan does not like them ushering us to the throne of grace, therefore,…

Will You “B” What You Should? In these 5 Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday, which is the Season of Lent on the church calendar, I am going to continue to teach about some of the ways we can honor the Lord Jesus with our connection and commitment to him. Last week, I talked about the “N Word”—…

The question we've been asking is: What is the Church? Jesus says He will build His church and the gates of hell will not stand against it…but what is that Church? Or who is that Church? What makes a church...a church? If you look at the cultural landscape at all of things we define as Church…and then…

Pentateuch The story of how God restored mankind, lovingly and graciously redeeming them out of sin’s slavery and raising up a people though whom He would touch the whole world. Pentateuch is crucial to the rest of the Old Testament and the whole Bible Pentateuch means “5 Books”. It is the Book of the…