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Paul isn't writing an instruction manual on romantic love. He's writing about how to be in community -- to be love in the world.

Announcements Deadline to Register to Vote This weekend’s email will include the websites that will give you the information to register to vote. SC Constitutional Amendment The question reads: Must Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State, relating to voter qualifications, be amended…

Message: Is There Not a Cause? Paul’s Second Missionary Journey Paul is in his second missionary journey. In Acts chapter 17, we have seen Paul in Thessalonica and in Berea. However… But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither…

I hate chores. I think everybody hates chores. There might be a few people who genuinely love cleaning their houses, but they are weird. There are chores I hate and then there are chores I hate less, but there is no chore I love to do, otherwise it wouldn’t be called a chore. Of all the household responsibilities,…

Introduction Spiritual Blessings (v1-14) Paul’s First Prayer (v15-23) You Were Dead, but Now Alive (2:1-10) You were Far Off, but Now Nigh (v11-22) What was Mystery is Now Known (3:1-13) Paul’s Second Prayer (v3:14-21) We began a new phase in Paul’s letter this past Sunday night. The first three chapters…

A love story in the making Setting: Time of the judges, a time of immorality, idolatry, war, people did what they thought was right ( Rut1:1 , Jud21:25, 17:6) It is a time of famine in Judah and we will start in Moab ( Rut1:1 ) We will see inner-mixed marriages that was not according to the law ( Deut23:3…

Announcements Friend Day Next Sunday, October 13th. No Connection Groups Service begins at 10:30 AM. Donuts served before. Lunch after the service. Church family, bring side dishes and desserts. Hearts with Hands Website South Carolina Voter Registration Extended to Oct. 14th Pick up your book, What…

How many of you remember what it was like the first time you fell in love with your spouse? Maybe you remember the butterflies you had. Maybe you remember the moment it clicked for you. You remember the feelings you had and you knew that you did not want to spend the rest of your life without that person.…

We are one week away from Christmas. Over the last few weeks we have been looking at what is at the heart of Christmas. We have talked about hope, peace, and joy. Each of these has a place at Christmas time, but one thing that many of us would think about at Christmas time is love. Love is truly at the…

Some of you may remember the story. It happened in January of 2018. A state worker chose the wrong menu item for the state alert system and sent an alert to the entire island of Hawaii that said, “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” For about a half…

Today, we are concluding a series that we began several weeks ago called Collide. So far, we laid the foundation of standing firm in our faith when the world attempts to convince us of a different value system. Next, we talked about the importance of allowing God to transform our minds, and from there,…

This Week’s Theme : Purposed Expressed Word for the Week is Law of Christ: It refers to the new commandment given by Christ to His disciples in the upper room, which calls for saints to love each other as He loved them. Memory verse: John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another;…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome: Please turn with me in your Bibles to the 6th Chapter of Ephesians, beginning in verse 21. This is the 49th sermon in our series on Ephesians. We look at the three closing verses of the letter this morning and I think that next week I will preach a survey of Ephesians,…

For the past several weeks we have talked about Spiritual Warfare. And while it is important for us to face the reality of spiritual forces and the ways that we face spiritual opposition, it’s equally important to remember that ultimately God is victorious on our behalf. God is Victorious! You can walk…

I hope everyone has been enjoying this series the last few weeks. Today marks the half way point of this series. We are on the fourth church. If you look at a map of where these three churches were located and where Patmos was located, where John wrote these letters from Jesus. They just kind of make…

Does God love the elect more than the unelect, or does he love them the same? If you want to understand more about the love of God, I encourage you to read The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by, D. A. Carson. I am indebted to his work on this topic. If I am to answer this question we will need…

This is the fourth and final sermon of our Ugly Christmas Sweater Series. For the past few weeks we have looked at the ugliness that can take place during the holidays. Today I want to look at the ugly actions. During all seasons we have to be mindful of our actions, but Christmas is a season when we…

Many years ago a man named Siddhartha, left the palace that he grew up in in order to see the world. When he left the palace, he didn’t like what he saw. He saw a world that was full of poverty. He saw a world where people were hurting. He decided that he wanted to end suffering. The first place that…

Video - San Andreas Official Movie Trailer #2 The United States has seen its fair share of earthquakes over the years. The earliest one recorded was in 1886 in Charleston, South Carolina. It was a magnitude 7.7 earthquake. 60 people lost their life from this earthquake. The largest earthquake measured…

We have four weeks left to wrap up our series on Matthew. This is week 11. I know I am skipping quite a bit but I want to finish this series up on Easter. Today, I’m going to look at the great commandment. Next week we will look at the Lord’s Supper. We will also partake in communion next week. Then…

One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his…

Last week we started our journey into what Love is. We looked at the Hebrew definitions for Love, Heart. We started getting a better understanding of what it means to love God. Today we are continuing on into what it means to love God, and to love our neighbors. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God…

Today we are starting a new series called “Money Talks”. When you think of that phrase, “Money Talks,” you think about people that have lots of money can use money to get what they want. We live in a world where they tell you that those you have money can do what they want. If you want something you…

Life of an apostle We have journeyed through the life of Paul. From persecutor ( Act8:1 , 9:1-2 ) To proclaimer after conversion ( Act9:3-20 ) To missionary ( Act13-20:26 ) To prisoner ( Act20:27-28:20 ) (note) We now get to the final year of Paul’s life. The second Roman imprisonment, and implied death.…

The Love of a Dog Do you have a pet? Does your pet love you? Nice. I want to tell you a story about a dog’s love for his master, because it can teach us about God’s love for us. In 1858, a man named John Gray was buried in old Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland. His grave levelled by the hand…