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There is a television commercial for black colleges in America, that promotes funding for black colleges. Most of the time, when these television advertisements are aired, they show some young African American that is poor, and they close the advertisement by showing a close-up shot of his face, and…

Was suffering part of God's plan for the Messiah? Is it part of God's plan for us as disciples of Jesus today?

God, in His mercy and love, provided a remedy for sin - the sacrifice of His Son. Jesus "released us from our sins by His blood" (REv.1:5) and by His "one offering...perfected for all time those who are sanctified" (Heb.10:14). Join Pastor Steve as he shows how God reconciled sinners to Himself from 2 Corinthians 5:21.

Lesson 11: True Ministry A missions director once met with the mother of one of his agency’s missionaries and spent some time getting to know her. She prepared tea for the director in her parlor and as they drank the tea, she explained to him the difficulty of having a daughter on the mission field of…

How are you to respond when suffering unjustly for Jesus? Are you to retaliate? Join Pastor Steve as he looks at Peter's response to suffering persecution in 1 Peter 4:12-19.

Life is, in so many respects, a quest for security and certainty. We organize our lives to have a sense that we are in control and know what is going to happen. We find comfort in routine because of the sense of stability it provides. But the chaos and disorder of the world intrudes on our security.…

A Clear Consideration of Wine from a Biblical Perspective 80% of all Americans have drunk alcohol in their lives. 70% have this year. 55% this month ad 25% have binged drunk this month. According to the CDC, Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 95,000 deaths in the United States each year,…

Why are we called to be patient when suffering? In today's message, Pastor Steve will examine 1 Peter 5:10-14.

1 Cor 15:3-8 / The Resurrection of Christ 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,…

Title : Jesus As He Is And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses,…

Intro: Tonight, we begin our Vacation Bible School! This week, the CMB will be filled with the sounds of… eating, praying, singing, laughing, crying, yelling … and that is just the sounds of the workers! We are looking forward to ministering to different children this week, through our VBS program. V.B.S.…

Sermon Number 1 : The Lamb Promised Series Introduction : As we enter this Christmas season, it is a good time for us to reflect on the reason for this season. Our society has embraced this season as a time of merchandise, parties and foolish observances. People spend money they do not have to buy gifts…

Family Matters! Families are important! Right at the very beginning God took one woman and brought her to the man and commanded them to fill the earth and subdue it. For thousands of years the family has been considered the basic unit of society. It is the family that is the first to provide life support…

Advent Reading Today we light the 5th candle of the advent season. This is the candle of Christ. This candle represents the savior that God has given his people. The living messiah, Jesus Christ. We have been reconciled to God through him, our hope is in him, our joy is from him, our peace is because…

Now that we have taken a closer look at the deity of God in relationship to the son. let’s look at The Trinity. The Trinity is the belief that there are three persons in one God. distinct separate persons..... The names that are given to these three persons are God the Father, God the Son, and God the…

John heard Christ 1.10-11 A. John was worshiping when Christ spoke. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet Far to many people want God to speak to them, but they don’t have the discipline to enter into quality worship of Him! We have seen that in our…

Jesus Did What? Oh what a saviour 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. 7 Nevertheless I tell…

Intro; One of the saddest commentaries of the “church” of our day is the lack of its spiritual power. Churches today have wonderful facilities, great networking technology, staff and finances, but struggle in spiritual growth and power. Paul recognized even in the early days of the church that a lack…

Merry Christmas!!!! Over these last few weeks… as we’ve journeyed together through Advent… We’ve talked about a lot… We’ve looked at the Christmas story… We’ve seen it’s characters… We’ve heard from them… from their stories… from their struggles… Hopefully … we’ve learned something! The Christmas story…

Romans 14:1-23 The argument about Christian Liberty and License has been going for ages. One person believes you can do something, another believes it is a sin to do it. Where is the answer? Can we drink socially? Can we attend movie theaters? Can we watch television, are all programs acceptable? Can…

We are in the season of Lent, a 7 week journey to Easter. And for the next several weeks we’re going to be meeting Jesus. Some of you might say, but I already know Jesus. Well, we’re going to examine what we know and be open to what we don’t know. What does the Bible say? What else can we know? Most…

Children’s Thought If the Blind Put Their Hand in God's You probably have all heard of Helen Keller. She had the double calamity of being both unable to see, she was blind, and unable to hear. Thinking her incapable of learning, she was tolerated like an untrained, but loved animal loose in the family…

Term to know: Deity means Godhood. Having the nature of God Direct Scriptural Statements “God” or “Theos” used of Christ 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has…

Promise of Freedom – God Always Had a Plan Jesus, a light to the Gentiles Isaiah 42:6 , 49:6 , Luke 2:25-32 , Acts 26:23 I was very amused the other day when a friend of mine put up a post Well there you go folks. The end is nigh.... and we missed it! Many people approach Scripture thinking that they…

Revisiting what God has been talking to us about this year. Jan 2- New Year Entrance Gate, Door, Treasure Chest You are My Key, and you are My Entrance. You are still in the time of being etched and shaped. My identity and your identity are being discovered, seen, and experienced by the guiding My hands.…