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Anchor Verses: 38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did…

Introduction Today I want to do a somewhat book overview of this short letter from Paul to a man by the name of Philemon. Let’s look first at some of the attributes of this man Philemon: Philemon was a man of God (v1) His conversion implies it’s tied to Paul’s ministry (v19) He had a church in his house…

The Prayer of Restoration God answers prayer. Do you believe that? You know, sometimes you pray, and it feels like nothing happens, like, like no one is listening. But there are some prayers based on promises of God from scripture, prayers that when you pray, you can know that God will always answer…

The deepest level of loneliness is the anguish of unrelatedness, the disturbing realization of separation and estrangement. It is the pathos of longing to love a person and having your love resisted or rejected. Broken or estranged relationships cause the most distressing loneliness. It is being with…

No front door evangelism today Scripture Reading Pastoral prayer INTRODUCTION The subject I want to talk about today is what I call “John’s Great Commission”. And since we preached out of John last week on the resurrection, I want us to study the final chapter in John today. So if you have a Bible please…

Restoration A few years ago, an angry man rushed through the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam until he reached Rembrandt's famous painting "Nightwatch." Then he took out a knife and slashed it repeatedly before he could be stopped. A short time later, a distraught, hostile man slipped into St. Peter's Cathedral…

Intro: Gathered around the Fire, ask the questions of those gathered around, share some bread with them. Imagine the conversation they were having, while having breakfast. There is just something about sitting around and sharing that opens the heart and warms the soul. I sure it was the same for the…

Look its Jesus You never know when the risen Savior was going to show up. He appeared to Mary at the tomb (20:16) He appeared to disciples minus Thomas (20:19) He appeared to disciples and Thomas (20:26) Those are the times that John records in his gospel of the appearance of Jesus. Now He has shown…

Introduction Sometimes it is hard to work out what is going on in our life. Perhaps like this puzzle where we try to work out what the big picture is from the little we see. Or perhaps like a jigsaw, where we know there should be a picture the pieces are forming, but we can’t seem to get the pieces to…

The Mountain Valley Cathedral in a remote Swiss village was one of the most beautiful churches in the region. One of the features that attracted so many people to the cathedral was its beautiful pipe organ. People would come from miles away to hear the lovely tones of this organ. But one day the organ…

Have you ever watched a movie that had a really confusing ending? You get to the end and you are left wondering....wait....is that it? That’s the end? Surely that cannot be the end. One of my favorite movies is Inception. The basic plot of the movie is that a group of men set out to plant an idea in…

Main Theme Agents of Restoration: The Spirit-filled church imparts what it has The Fourfold Gospel of Jesus According to the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Jesus is: Savior 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”…

Introduction A New Start Series: We began a new series a couple weeks ago on the first Sunday of the new year called ‘New Beginnings’. In that first message we started at the beginning. In that in order to have a true new start, it has to begin somewhere, and that somewhere is the salvation found in…

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And…

Gio shares how the church can practice the ministry of reconciliation God began through Jesus Christ.

God is. This is the central truth of the universe. But why is it important to our lives? It is important because this one truth has massive implications for our being, our identity, our purpose, and as we will see, every choice we make either moves us closer or farther from our own flourishing and wholeness.…

Isaiah’s prophecy is a wake-up call. Yahweh, the Ever-living God is everything, idols are nothing. Give up your idolatry. Return to God with a whole heart, listen to His voice, and He will turn your wastelands of sin into gardens of eternal life. Because there is so much talk about turning from idols,…

Messiah as Ideal Israel 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid…

Intro: We have been going through Daniel chapter 4 and looking at “The Reflection of a King”. Last week we looked at this second dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had (his first dream is recorded in Chapter 2). You might remember that he called all of his occult advisors in to interpret the dream and once…

Scene 1. The journey through life can be a wild ride sometimes. We have our ups and downs. The fun times. The great memories. The times we would rather forget. And the times when we think all has been lost but somehow it turns out all right. That is the journey that the apostle Peter experienced as he…

Second Wind 1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from…

Mark 16: 1-7 . There is nothing in Scripture that should give us more joy and excitement then the Resurrection of our Savior. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is as much a part of the Gospel message as His sacrificial death on the cross ( 1 Cor. 15:1–8 ). The Resurrection proves that Jesus…

Last time we saw a portrait of God as the grieving father broken over His wayward son. God had brought discipline on Israel for their idolatry. This was something that was very difficult to do. As a father, he knew Israel needed punishment, but he wrestled emotionally in carrying it out. A loving parent…

Signs in the Book of Jonah Biblical signs are miracles - That is what the Pharisees in Matthew 12 are actually asking for and Jesus points them to the sign of Jonah. The first sign is that of Jonah’s very commission, it was very unique that Jonah was called to a gentile nation. Second was the sign of…

You will NEVER find yourself in a place or a predicament that is beyond the Lord's presence and purpose.