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From Scattered to harassed From the persecuted, scattered church (Act8:1) to the church at peace (Act9:31). Then came the gospel stretching out further (Act11:19-21) Tonight we see a new form of persecution that comes in, we will look at the way it comes, and the results of it. 1 Saul was in hearty agreement…

For the past several months this year, God has been dealing with me on the discipleship that is in place for this church. Sure we have different opportunities for you to grow in your relationship with the Lord but I still believe that there are things missing that we need to put in place. About three…

Let us pray…Gracious and Loving God, as we stand on the threshold of another Lenten season, we pray for clarity of mind, openness of spirit, and for our ears and eyes to hear and see what you have in store for us as we remember the sacrifice of your Son for our sins. In the coming moments God, help us…

Disciples Turn the World Upside Down If you have not already found the scripture to be read this morning, please turn the pages to or type in Acts 17:5-7 - Acts is the great History book of the 1st Century Church - the 1st church. Acts is really the great book of His Story - King Jesus using his disciples…

My absolute favorite thing about reading the stories and literature of the Bible is how the same passage or story can take on different meanings. Sometimes it just happens organically, sometimes we have to tell ourselves to look for something other than what we normally see, and sometimes someone tells…

Every year I like to put out a theme for the congregation to live by. If you read my weekly letter you will have gotten a teaser about that from there. I am going to use our scripture for today to flesh out the theme in both how we can see how what I’m proposing exists in this text and how we can apply…

This is the third time, and final time, we hear Jesus’ passion prediction. This is also the third time that Jesus has had the opportunity to explain the life of discipleship following his passion prediction. If we take a look at his first passion prediction we see the encounter between Jesus and Peter…

Faith as a

James' journey from an anger prone man to the inner circle of Jesus. How God uses us, warts and all.

They jump out of a helicopter into the middle of the ocean. They plunge down into the water and come up again and they are immediately assaulted with mountains of water crashing down on them, 80-90 mph winds blowing rain and seawater so violently around them that it’s hard to tell whether they’re under…

The mother of James and John came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and asking something from Jesus ( Mt 20:20 ). The timing of this request couldn’t have been more inappropriate. Jesus had just finished predicting his death for the second time. “ The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests…

Question: Anybody ever been caught in the “race for greatness?” Context: On the way to Jerusalem, the disciples still haven’t learned the ways of Jesus’ kingdom: humility, service, suffering for righteousness. Main Idea: Jesus’ life and mission is the path to the cross; Discipleship to Jesus is to follow…

As a citizen of heaven, I should want most for God to make his church great again whether he makes the country great again or not.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves ( Mt 17:1 ). Six days after what? What happened six days earlier that was so important? Two things, actually – both involving Peter. First, Peter made his great confession, “You…

Who is YOUR King?!? A Passion for Prominence Matthew 20:20-23 Introduction: The never-ending GOAT discussion . . . Two misconceptions: “you don’t know what you ask” 1. Nature & timing ____________________________ 2. What constitutes ____________________________ • ______________ greatness: • ______________…