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Introduction Announce Text: Luke 1:26-38 Scripture Intro: Re-announce and read text: Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.…

“Charles Templeton” Around 1949 a well known evangelist was just beginning his ministry that would catapult him onto a world wide platform… his name was Billy Graham . However around this time was an even more gifted speaker, one who was winning souls to Christ on an even more impressive rate and level……

A continued story Tonight we start a great journey, adventure through book of Acts. You will see some amazing things, great examples and some not so great along the way. The book of Acts is a continued story of Gospel of Luke. (Research paper picture inserted here) Have you ever had to write a research…

Medical science tells us that one of the most important factors pertaining to good health is exercise. They say that a body in motion stays in motion, that means that it is much easier to keep something moving that is already in motion, than to start it moving from a stationary position. So they encourage…

I could stand up here this morning and preach out of Mark 16:15 on “The Great Commission” and try to relay to you the definitive points of that command. I could go through all three of Paul’s Missionary Journeys and tell you what he accomplished. But what I feel led to do this morning is give you a brief…

Jesus tells this parable to convey the cost of discipleship. This parable about a dishonest manager who had one admirable quality, persistence. The manager squandered the property of the rich man But, he had the audacity to cover it up for his own gain. He literally stole property of the rich man to…

At the University of California in San Diego , Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran has spent a considerable amount of time studying Flatfish . Amazingly the experiments have shown that Flatfish use visual cues to dramatically change their appearance in order to camouflage their appearance and blend in with their…

Introduction I hope we’re all scandalized by the words in v. 2 in our gospel lesson. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” We tend to think of the Pharisees and scribes as the bad guys until we take a deep look and realize that we, or at least…

18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am…

Have you ever noticed how distance changes our perspective of something? Think about it. You see someone waving in the distance and they seem to be waving right at you. But when you begin to look around you realize they are waving at the person behind you. And many times, as they are moving closer to…

What does it mean to be a teacher? What does it mean to be a student?

Three part series: 1) Understanding the Spiritual Realm 2) Our Position in the Spiritual Realm. 3) Engaging in the Spiritual Realm. How do you see yourself in the spiritual realm? 17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” What is there joy in?…

We Are Not Ignorant Here me this morning before we even get into the text… some of you, some of us have been in a spiritual battle. Some of us are currently in a spiritual battle. Some of us are fighting the devil right now. Some of us were fighting the devil just to make it to church this morning. Here…

Sermon Passage: Hebrews 8:1-13 Introduction: As you read through the book of Hebrews you'll notice that the author of this book goes to great lengths to explain his point. It seems to us that there is quite a bit of repetition. This is great for our learning process. It also goes to what we find in scripture…

Wedding invitations When I was training for the ministry, my mentoring minister gave me quite qa lot of advice about weddings - lots of it was useful, practical and wise. But, looking back, he gave em what now seems an incommensurate amount of advice on how to deal with the etique of wedding invitations.…

Three part series: 1) Understanding the Spiritual Realm 2) Our Position in the Spiritual Realm. 3) Engaging in the Spiritual Realm. “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve their existence. The other is to believe and feel an unhealthy…

Hyper focused on something… don’t even see the rest. It happens all the time at our house. Michelle will be talking to me I think… I look up and she’s just looking back at me smiling. She’ll say “You didn't even hear me did you?” At that moment I could tell the truth, that I heard some noise... An Infirmed…

Logos / Rhema Two greek words in NT to describe the word of God - logos and rhema. LOGOS - refers to God’s living Word in Jesus, and God’s written word in the bible. This is what we’ve been looking at so far in our ‘how to hear God’ series - last week Shirley did a brilliant job working through hearing…

The Freedom of Forgiveness Today we wrapping up the River Valley Church study about purpose in the freedom that God gives us. Just as a quick recap, we kicked this series off by looking at the source of our freedom. Without God freedom wouldn’t even exist! By the power of His word, He created us for…

Last week we started in chapter 4 of the book of Romans - and the issue of salvation by grace with the implications of faith in that conversation. From a human perspective - salvation by grace doesn’t make any sense. Salvation sounds like something that we earn. In fact, that is taught in many faith…

Ephesians Good morning church! I want to welcome you all here this morning, we are very glad you are here. Before we go too far into our service, I want to invite you back on Wednesday evening for our midweek study. At 6pm we are having an Agape Supper, lovingly bring something to share with your brothers…

Tuning In Last week we talked about being spiritually minded. We asked ourselves, “ what thoughts and motives are in my mind? ” We looked at some practical tips and advice from Pastor John Piper that would help us to be more spiritually minded. James wrote to other Christ followers telling them that…

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Introduction Recap the series In this series, we have looked at the word ‘Gospel’ The word ‘Gospel’ means “Good News” By saying it is Good News, we are left with a few questions. Who is the Good News for? If the good news is not for me, then it may be good, but it has no impact on my life What is the…

Focus less on earthly things and instead, focus on where Christ is.