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Matters of Distinction Existence of God. Atheists, agnostics - do not or question if exists Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Christians - believe in a supreme being, but do not all agree on the identity. Identity of God. Is He one of many gods? Is He the God of Abraham? Even from there it can come to…

Has anyone here been to the Symphony before? Imagine a symphony orchestra preparing to perform a grand piece of music. Each musician plays a different instrument—some play the violin, others the trumpet, flute, trombone, or whatever. Each instrument on its own can sound beautiful, but it cannot capture…

A- Autonomy of the Local Church The Explanation of Autonomy What is Autonomy Before we can understand what Autonomy is we must understand what a church is. A church in the greek “ ekklesia” It means “ a called out assembly for a purpose” The Meaning of Autonomous So what does autonomy mean? noun, plural…

Acts 19:1-41 Introduction— A saying in leadership: “When you’re tired of saying people are just starting to hear it” Statement about the value of repetition especially of things that are important Often I come back to a sermon, passage or topic - not because it was a good sermon but because it’s important…

Acts 13: 1-5 As we begin this morning I would like to consider a challenging verse: And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; As was often the case, Paul and those who traveled…

The next two Sundays we are going to look at two messages that Peter preached. One message takes place right after the upper room experience. We will look at that one in a second. The second message took place a few days later after Peter and John ministered to the beggar at gate beautiful. Both messages…

Last week, we talked about being God’s Masterpiece. Just so we all understand this, turn to your neighbor and remind them that they are a masterpiece. Have you ever noticed that everyone tends to gravitate towards people who are like us? People who look like us. People who think like us. People who believe…

Ephesians 2: 11-18 Last week we were able to see that there is nothing that we can do to earn our salvation and we saw that it is only by the Grace of God that we are what we are today. And now that we are one of His we are to walk in His righteousness and work for Him. Now we come to Paul's second paragraph…

Tell me if you have ever been a part of this scenario. You are in the same room as your child. You are in your chair and they are on the couch. And trash day is tomorrow. It is this child’s job to take out the trash. So you tell them, “Hey, go take out the trash. I need you to go do it now, please. Don’t…

Text : Colossians 2:5-10 Title : The Importance of Apostolic Tradition INTRODUCTION Today we’re gonna Continue our series in Colossians. Let’s turn together in our Bibles To Colossians Chapter 2 . & we’re gonna read verses 1-8 Colossians 2:1-8 . & when you find that in your Bible pls stand for the reading…

Do any of you ever wonder if God is paying attention to you when you pray? A 5-year-old said grace at family dinner one night. “Dear God, thank you for these pancakes.” When he finished his prayer, his parents looked curiously at him and asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when they were having…

How many of you like to be a part of something? I believe that most people like to be a part of a group. Whether it is a social group or religious group or an online community, we do better as people when we are a part of a group. We like being with people that have the same interests that we do. When…

Title : Rebuilding Had a different message in mind last week, but after praying, felt led to let that sit and stew on a back burner for a while, let it marinate a while longer… and today we’re diving into the minor prophet, Haggai. Text : Haggai 1:1-11 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth…

The Mission of the Church Acts 1:4–8 As of late my heart has been consumed with a desire for the advancement of the church, and our obligation to present Jesus to a lost and dying world. There is absolutely no reason for the church of the living God to settle for average and become complacent with little…

I want you to think about confession for a moment. What is confession exactly? It is an admission, especially of guilt or sin. Confession is also a statement of religious belief. When you confess it means that you either agree or promise or you admit to something. When you look in the bible there are…

Intro: It’s been just over a month since we have been in our study of Nehemiah, but we are going to get back into it today. By way of review, because I know that is a long time to try and remember some things… Nehemiah is leading the project of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. He has the families working…

4 marks of a life that is lived without regret. ① A Life Without Grumbling & disputing ② Innocence and blameless & w/o blemish ③ Shinnig as lights ④ Holding fast to the truth 4 things to consider when you do all things. 1 Your attitude 2 Your Identity 3 Your Role 4 Your Conviction Eph 1:3 -5 2 Blessed…

Spiritual Maturity of a Unified Church Eph.4:13-16 . The result of the church’s unity is the church’s maturity. Notice how this body metaphor in verse 13, “a perfect (mature) man,” is contrasted with “children” in verse 14. Paul wants the people to grow up. Notice also that while one is doing the work…

Demonic Wisdom Splits the Church In This last week of “devilish psyops” we would like to consider what the other epistles say about spiritual warfare and victory in these daily battles. Let’s start with James. James 3:13–16 says, “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct…

We will be taking a 1-week break from our study of the book of Daniel as we look at some things related to our conference theme this morning. It’s been a great conference this weekend, very grateful to have Jon and his family here. I’m sad they couldn’t be here at church this morning, but understand…

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. I. The Biblical Foundation of Authority A. All Authority Comes from God 1. God is the Source. 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained…

Title: Who Was Apollos? What if the only thing that you knew about Christmas, about Jesus Christ, etc. was what you learned from Linus’ reading of the Christmas story from Luke chapter 2 in Charlie Brown’s Christmas? Do you think that you would have a complete picture of the Gospel? Do you think that…

Where is Jesus?!

We continued our review of Isaiah 53, and of Acts 8, viewing the Gospel of Isaiah, and the remainder of Luke's account of Philip and the Ethiopean.

Spiritual Diversity of a Unified Church Eph.4:7-12 I. The Giving of the Gifts A. The People Receiving the Gifts Redeemed, born again, believers. gifts are not given to people that will waste them or heap them upon themselves. Gifts are given to those that will bring God the glory B. The Person Giving…