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Introduction There are many in the Christian world who are involved in what is called an ‘ecumenical’ movement. ecumenical (def) general / universal. In other words - if it has the label ‘Christian’ then you are included in the group, and lock arms and ‘work together’ for the ‘greater good’. There’s…

According to my research on the great minds, creative imagination is the presence of the Holy Spirit. If you are here this morning feeling beat up by the storms of life, I have a solution for you: exercise your creative imagination. This world is a sea of suffering, and the only way to stay afloat is your positive imagination. I am not talking about wishful thinking. Creative imagination is a gift from God to navigate this life. It is the very Spirit of Jesus Christ that enabled him to forgive when he was suffering from the worst injustice in human history when he was on the cross. It is his imagination of the bright future that allowed him to endure the cross. Lack of imagination will make you become negative, complainful, and resentful which will make the suffering even worse...

Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance. On the Anvil 3: Now, Don’t Get Carried Away! Max Lucado Peter was sharp. He kept his distance from Jesus. “I’ll stay close enough to see him,” Peter reasoned. “But not too close,…

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Torah Study for 2 portions. Sacrifice blesses the next generation.

As we begin this morning, go ahead and turn in your copies of God’s Word to Mark chapter 8, this morning we will be looking at verses 14-26. You may also want to bookmark Matthew chapter 16, verses 5-12, as much of it is parallel to Mark with some added details not included in Marks account. Two Sundays…

Being wrong. Don’t you hate being wrong? Have you ever been in an argument where you, at one point, are absolutely convinced that you are correct, only then, to realize, you’ve been viewing it all wrong? I have. It’s especially hard being wrong when you’ve been so convinced that you’re right. It’s amazing…

Luke 20:27-40 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.…

Matthew has been revealing to us the final days of Jesus. In Chapter 22, Jesus has been speaking to the religious leaders in Jerusalem Before a crowd of people in the days leading up to the Passover. There were tens of thousands in the city at that time, and Jesus was speaking very persuasively about…

PRAY INTRO: In this section of confrontation with the religious leaders and their attempts to trap Jesus in his words (to bring him down in the eyes of the people and to get him in legal trouble with Jewish law or Roman law), the result continues to be that Jesus’ answers (the responses Jesus gives)…

Jesus had to keep the Law perfectly. Of course He would come to the Passover. Passover requires a Lamb without blemish.

The Resurrection is real.

PRAY INTRO: Recall that on the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples and caused all of them to praise God in the native tongues of various Jews from their dispersed birth places, and Peter preached the first Christian sermon to the people gathered. It resulted in God adding 3000 believing…

TEXT: มาระโก 8:15 / As we look at what the Leaven of the Sadducees/Herod was, I want us to ask ourselves 2 main questions Do You practice/accept any of the leaven in your life? Are you practically a Sadducee/Herodian? The sadducees/Herodians had a collection of beliefs and practices that made them distinct…

This sermon looks at why Jesus was warning his disciples not to listen to the teachings of the Pharisees and the Sadducee's. Further, it examines how we as Christians today should respond to Jesus warnings in our day and age.

Religious leaders ask Jesus about marriage in heaven and doubt the resurrection and any life after death

Signs and wonders do not produce faith.

We’re studying the final week of Jesus life and ministry that would deliver the greatest gift for the souls of humanity. Last week we looked at a part of the 2nd day of this last week, and we saw Jesus’ power and authority to judge Israel shown by the cursing of the fig tree. This preceded Jesus going…

This morning we are continuing in our study of the Gospel of Mark. If you’re new to our church, it would be good for you to know we practice a form of preaching called “ Expository Preaching ” . What that means is we believe the Bible is best taught by taking a book of the Bible and then studying it…

The Bible contains two great teachings – the Law and the Gospel. If we want to understand the Scriptures we must learn to understand these two teachings without confusing them. The Law is easy enough to understand. It tells us what we are to do and what we are not to do. What does God want from you?…

Three Revealing Questions Chapter 21-22 almost feels like a 1990’s WWF or WCW tag team match. Jesus has tussled with the Sadducees, then the Pharisees, now back to the Sadducees, and then again with the Pharisees, and yet they can’t seem to pin Him down. It started with a question about authority back…

Peter was convinced of what the identity of Jesus as the true Messiah because it was reaveled to him form God the Father. As for the Pharisees and Sadduccees were expecting a different kind of Messiah that would overthrow the Roman Empire. As Peter who would preach the first sermon of the gospel at the day of Pentacost was chosen by Jesus to build his church. One word from Jesus authority Peter changed his life forever. Jesus is the one who called Peter and the disciples because he had a purpose with them. Now it's our purpose with Jesus .

What defines you? Paul was defined by not who he was, but who he became in Christ. He positioned his past to advance the kingdom, he used boldness to confront the high priest, and we will see that he used hope to divide and conquer. Paul's main focus was on the world to come and so his defense was centered around that.

Introduction At some point, you just have to decide, don’t you? There are certain moments in life and decisions in life in which there is no middle ground position. You have to decide that it’s either going to be this way, or it’s going to be that way. You can date her and date her and date her, but…