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Demonic Wisdom Splits the Church In This last week of “devilish psyops” we would like to consider what the other epistles say about spiritual warfare and victory in these daily battles. Let’s start with James. James 3:13–16 says, “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct…

The Descent Of Depravity Guest Preacher: Josh Monda Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed…

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime…

Judges 13:25-14:20 Last week we were introduced to a man, Manoah, and his wife. They were told they were going to have a son, a son that was going to be great! He will begin to deliver Isael out of the hand of the Philistines. Because of the cycle of sin that Israel was stuck on, once the last judge…

The Good News of Therefore We dive in today to a great chapter of scripture. Some of the great theologians throughout history, including Augustine and Luther, viewed Romans as the single most important book a Christian should learn. In it is contained the gospel, the bad news that we need a Savior and…

Central Theme : By shedding our old sinful nature, we can better embrace the Christ-like qualities fosters unity within the body of Christ. assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and…

The central lesson deals with true and false worship, true and false approaches to God. (POSB)

Pre-Introduction Introduction In June of 2016, acclaimed songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, in his acceptance speech receiving “Best Score” for his highly successful musical “Hamilton” at the Tony Awards, he wrote a sonnet dedicated to his wife and in remembrance of the 50 people killed in the mass shooting…

As you can see - today we will be stepping outside of our trek through 2 Kings... And addressing what likes to consume our minds every 4 years. Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently - you know that our Presidential election is coming soon... And every 4 years - at least FOR NOW... We have the…

Intro Does anybody love Jesus at River Church today? We are in week #5 in the study of the Fruit of the Spirit. We are doing this because of the time we are in. Things are so toxic and it’s a great opportunity for us to live out these characteristics so others can see. I believe it’s so important for…

Announcements: Recap Game night: Almost 60 people in the church to have fun. From what I could tell, the results were: Tim won unstable unicorns, Jennifer won phase 10, Reese dominated at Bananas, and Kathy Davis won rummicube. I saw people playing yatzee and uno. I don’t know who else played what. I…

Our Response to the Daily Grind We Abide in Christ 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. We Allow the Word to Abide 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and…

Intro - We just had the harvest Fest. Your faithfulness helped us reach 838 people with a safe and fun time, a time when our people were able to love on 838 people, give them candy, feed them, give them Christian books, and our prayer team folks prayed with a lot of people. We have given money to help…

12 But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, 13 so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; 14 and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident…

Big Idea: The Real Reason for Celebration is our Salvation We should celebrate: Spiritual Wins Satan’s Loss Our Greatest Gain There is much to be excited about when we do Christian Ministry: Changed lives, growing families, spiritual growth and maturity. But these may not always be a constant thing.…

PRODUCED by the Spirit 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. The Spirit’s FRUIT will be Evident It will show up in how you LOVE 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;…

Intro Whose glad to be in church today? Turn to your neighbor and tell them you are glad they are in church today. Week 1 of a 9 part series on the Fruit of the Spirit. We will do this on Sundays and Wednesdays. There are several reasons that I wanted to do this series… God has this hope in us that we…

Last week we looked at Acts 2 and the day of Pentecost. I hope that the message was somewhat helpful for getting you thinking about the gift of tongues. Maybe what I presented changed your thinking about whether or not the tongues speech was human languages, or possibly something else with the gift of…

Pastor John Biddle Acts 17:1-9

Pastor John Biddle Acts 17:1-9