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So, yesterday our churches had a very important vote. We voted to .... SO what does that mean? I can’t tell you completely. What I can tell you is exactly what I’ve been talking about the last few weeks. The Bible is reliable and authoritative. God our Creator, our heavenly father, and he acts out of…

Attention Getter: Introduce Topic: Jesus is better than the good prophets, therefore we must worship him with our whole selves. Background: Authorship: Paul or Friend of Paul Clement held the tradition of Pauline origin and often cited Hebrews as by Paul or ‘the Apostle’. His successor Origen, however,…

What it says: Matthew 10:24–25 ““A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.” What…

Good morning and Merry Christmas! Today is for the Christian church one of our highest Holy Days. Today we gather together in order to celebrate a baby. I can remember early on in my Christian walk thinking that when we gather together and celebrate someones birthday. Which is what we are doing. We have…

The disciples don’t understand what is happening. Mark often shows that the disciples do not always understand what is happening. · Jesus and his closest and first disciples went up the mountain together. · Jesus was transfigured in front of them, as a bright figure of light. · Moses and Elijah met and…

About a decade ago Cami and I witnessed a miracle of sorts at the intersection of the southbound I-5 offramp and Highway 16. We were exiting the freeway to get on Highway 16/348th westbound. As we approached the intersection the light was green. But instead of taking the right turn, something – a voice…

Saint Nicholas I want to tell you about the day Nicky slapped a bishop. In AD 325 Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea, the very first ecumenical council. More than 300 bishops came from all over the Christian world to debate the nature of the Holy Trinity. It was one of the early church’s…

Jesus was worshipped

Divinity in the Suffering Introduction: In all relationships, whether platonic, as in with your friends, romantic, or even with your family, there are expectations. A lot of people talk about realistic expectations vs. unrealistic expectations, in the sense of should you actually expect that from this…

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” There are numerous times recorded in the book of John where Jesus declares, “I am” This was the 2nd one of these affirmations of His deity by equating Himself…

English Standard Version (Psalm 19) 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord What do we, animals, our world, the stars and moon, and even the angels and the the spiritual realm?…

Looking at the 3 part genealogy of Jesus and what that means to us today.

As you guys know we have been going through a series of lessons on “The Life of Christ” with the hope of each of us drawing closer to our Savior by way of knowing him better. Having last looked at what it takes to be a disciple of Christ we now turn our attention to an interesting situation that takes…

Introduction Greetings… The theme this year, here on Sunday mornings, has been “The Life of Christ.” The hope being that we can examine our Lord and Savior’s life, here on earth, and learn to grow closer to him and follow his lead in our life. Today we are going to be studying why the Jews sought to…

Advent Prophesy God’s preparation God Our Response God’s Love (pink) God’s SON (white) Announcements Opportunity to join healing ministry class. https://www.schm.us/ If you would like to take the training through the Sacramento Christian Healing Ministry. Let me know. I’d like to sponsor you. It’s the…

Text: “ 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’” ( Mark 4:41 ) You may remember that, any time we come across a passage in scripture where people are rebuked for their lack of faith, I like to ask the question: “What…

Defending the Trinity. This topic usually ends up being a discussion of the divinity of Christ Jesus, which I defend.

A summary of Mark's structure displaying the nature of Christ's mission as a martyr servant in contrast to the disciples' own understanding of power and greatness.

The Calling of Jesus' First Disciples and the method of Discipleship patterned in that calling

Today has been deemed Trinity Sunday. One of the marks of Christian orthodoxy is a belief of this doctrine which many outside of Christian Orthodoxy do not hold and out right disavow. In fact, if you go to the website of the Jehovah’s witnesses, an article asks, “Should you believe in the Trinity” (https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/g201308/trinity/).…

Prayer Life - The Reason for Prayer Have you ever just sat and thought about prayer? Some time ago, on a couple different occasions we talked about about prayer…about time spent with God…about taking time to contemplate God and His creation…everything around us. And a lot of you responded to me that…

God became human in order that we might have salvation. How was the humanity of Jesus involved in our salvation? Jesus claimed to be the Christ and the Son of God, but some did not believe. How was He vindicated? What is the example that Jesus and Paul left for us?

Why is the humanity of Jesus important? Is Jesus the only begotten Son of God? To whom should we look if we want to know God?