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A- Autonomy of the Local Church The Explanation of Autonomy What is Autonomy Before we can understand what Autonomy is we must understand what a church is. A church in the greek “ ekklesia” It means “ a called out assembly for a purpose” The Meaning of Autonomous So what does autonomy mean? noun, plural…

The Historical Beliefs of Baptist Churches

The idea of service as a high calling is unique to Christianity. Jesus showed us by example how a leader must be servant of all. We have a choice: the way of the Dragon, which exploits strength and power to achieve control and dominance, or the way of the Lamb, which recognises that God's power is expressed through our weakness, and frees us to serve one another. How do these contrasting approaches work in the modern world? Join us for some ideas. The video from Mrs Maisel early in the sermon can be found here: https://youtu.be/pvKe0c007Cc

On the Gold Coast we each seem to have our own, individual brand. What does that do to our faith? How do we relate to Jesus as king when we have crowned ourselves? John the Baptist has some words we need to hear.

Autonomy simply means self-governance ... that all human authority for the doctrine and practice of the local church lies within the local church itself.

[NOTE TO TEACHER] The focus of this lesson is ultimately on our need to repent and submit to God. The motivation to do this comes from a deeper and clearer understanding about Who God really is and what our purpose for existing really is. The goal of this lesson is to take each person one step further into the humility that comes from a greater revelation of Jesus, and to exhort them to submit their lives to Him in response.

Understanding the Doctrine of Election can increase our confidence in the work of God

Introduction Greetings... For the last several weeks we have been studying the topic of “fundamentals.” The hope has been to learn and understand the basic building blocks of maturity in Christ. This is the purpose of the study, as it is good to go back to the milk ( ) and either learn or be renewed…

We either serve the old master of sin or we obey God unto righteousness

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In the Age of Authenticity, the world says that authentic living is to be “true to your self” but the only authentic life is be “true to Jesus”.

In this 4th message of the series, pastor Nick takes us back to Genesis to trace the biblical motif of humans with a life altering decisions to make, but placed before two choices. Will I choose God’s timing or my own, God’s will or my own, God’s gifts or what I earn and learn for myself? We will take a closer look at how sin and death worked for the author of Genesis, and more importantly what God offers abundantly in exchange. #ohcrc #treeoflife