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24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking…

24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking…

Jeremiah 3-4 Good evening church. Just a reminder that this is our last Wednesday evening for the next 10 weeks as we are kicking off our Winter session of Growth Groups. So we will see how far we can get tonight in Jeremiah, picking up where we left off with chapter 3. Let’s Pray... 1 “They say, ‘If…

Lamentations 4-5 Good evening church! Blessed that you joined us this evening. Why in the world would we come out during the middle of the week to study what I described in our first week as laments or funeral songs? There is a verse written in 1 Corinthians in a section talking about all of these old…

Steadfastness We have been in a series called “Habits of a Healthy Heart.” Today we are wrapping up this series by talking about being steadfast. Sticking it out, hanging in there, being faithful on a daily basis. This idea is about more than dealing with some big and tough situation too. It’s about…

Romans 15:1-13 We have been looking at the Christian’s relationships as we have studied the last few chapters. We talked about the Believers relationship to God in 12.1-2 Believers Relationship with Himself 12:3-8 Believers Relationship with Other Believers 12:9-13 Believers Relationship with Unbelievers…

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. We have seen that God has had a plan. We saw where because of unbelief many fell under the wrath of God. However, we also saw because of the faithfulness of 2,…

Intro: Raise your hand if you know what the FUZZBUSTER was? In 1968, a disgruntled recipient of a speeding ticket had the brain power to retaliate. Dale Smith from Ohio created a device with enough range to detect the x-band frequency of the radar used by police. It would then alert you to slow down…

Intro: biblical counseling: questions about our parents to learn from their strengths and weaknesses re: marriage Paul is continuing his argument about Christian liberty and he will eventually return to the problem of the Corinthian church in regards to them abusing their liberty. Catch up: We have observed…

What Is This Bread? What Is This Wine? For us who grew up in the Lutheran church, Martin Luther’s Small Catechism conjures up recollections of confirmation instruction. As though wearing a badge of honor, we probably recall the pastor who expected us to recite major parts of the catechism—and we did…

I would guess that very few of you have ever heard of Benjamin Keach. Yet, all of you were impacted by his work today. In 1673, Benjamin Keach introduced the concept of congregational hymn-singing at the Horselydown Baptist Church in Southwark, London, England. This was a big thing. Prior to Keach and…

What forms our conduct? 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. I am God’s temple. We, the church, are God’s temple. Unity as God’s temple. 1 This is…

Secular - Here are a couple of stories about people who faced consequences for their actions, lack thereof, or someone else’s actions. A pastor is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and…

1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that…

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Pleasing God takes believing His word. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting…

1 Corinthians 10:6-13 “ Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Nor let us commit sexual immorality,…

1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that…

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. The Grace New Testament Commentary says this about 1 Cor. 10:11 , “The word admonition (noutheisan) can mean warning. Paul wants to put some sense into the believers…

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. God does not want any of His human creation to go to Hell. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to…

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Believers Need to Understand the Purpose of the Bible The Grace New Testament Commentary (B. Questions concerning Christian Liberty (8:1–11:1)) Dwight L Hunt says…

1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual…

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. The ISBE says “To complain is to express one’s pain, grief, or discontent.” 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? The Hebrew word translated “murmured” has a sense of “to grumble-…

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. “Neither let us tempt Christ”; this is significant for us today if we are Followers of Christ The compound word is very significant, “to tempt out” (ἐκ); tempt thoroughly; try to the utmost. It is used of tempting…

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Introduction Our thoughts show what we are. Mind Reader? We cannot read minds, we can only know what another is thinking by how they externalize their thoughts in their words and action. If we could read the minds of others, we would know how to…

I have the joy of knowing an attorney, my sister in law. The best part about this is that she was in law school while I was OUT of school so we were able to learn lot’s of things while she was traipsing through the academy. One legal concept that really stuck with me was the idea of ‘duty to warn’. She…