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so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. How would you describe a thriving church? Nice buildings?…

1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Corinthians 15:58 “ Therefore , my beloved brothers, be steadfast , immovable , always abounding in the work of the Lord , knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain .” therefore - Paul is writing in view of the return of Christ and its implications echoed by Peter in 2…

Evening 1 September 24

1. Understanding how we got where we are . A. Why do churches have Sunday School ? It started as a literary school for the poor. Began in 1780 during the industrial revolution in Britain. Kids were working in factories and couldn’t go to school. Thus they couldn’t read and advance themselves. The work…

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall…

Introduction This first thing we notice in this letter is that everything is positive - there are no words of condemnation - Jesus only had good things to say about this church The City The name it self means brotherly love - and as Christians we are called to have brotherly love The city of Philadelphia…

I. The Means of our service. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.…

Text - Nehemaih 9:38-10:39 Subject - Covenant Theme - Making a covenant. Thesis - God’s word caused the people to recognize their sin and their need to make a new covenant before God. Principle - In making a covenant/promise to follow Christ, you are not simply promising to keep yourself from certain…

December 4th - Ugly Sweater Fellowship December 21st - Outreach Day December 24th - Christmas Eve service Dec 29th all worship Jan 5th - Holiday Dinner Jan 6 starts 21 Days of Prayer and fasting Jan 17-19 Winter Camp We are here nearing the end of the book of James, learning from the younger brother…

One of the precious questions that sometimes comes up following the death of a loved one is something like, “Will I be able to recognize them when I get to heaven?”. This is an honest and curious question that doesn’t have an explicit answer in scripture, but in today’s passage the Apostle Paul will…

Kiddos: fill out all your notes and write down one thing you learned. The church in Thessalonica was under intense persecution. Even from their own countrymen. Paul says in 2:14 they suffered the same things he did. Violence. Mobs. There was intense pressure from the outside. The success of the church…

Introduction (5 minutes) Welcome and Setup : Briefly greet the online audience, explaining the format and how they can interact through comments or reactions during the stream. Overview of Today’s Topic : Highlight the centrality of the resurrection in Christian theology and its practical implications…

Went on elder retreat... Things I observed: Every one of us feels and carries the full weight of responsibility for the church. We each unique giftings and abilities and we deeply respect and submit to one another. Maturity Colossians 1:28 (ESV) [Christ] we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone…

A single event can change everything. We know this to be true from our lives. Weddings, births, moves to a new location all change everything. In those moments we may find ourselves no longer “belonging” into the crowd we used to. Now this is even more true when tragedy strikes. The unexpected death…

Text : 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto…

24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 1 Blessed is the man That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the…

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.…

Intro; Last week we looked at the Rapture being a comfort in a time of crisis from John 14 . Tonight we are going to look at what Paul calls “The Mystery of the Rapture”. Text; 1 Cor. 15:50-58 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit…

(S1) — …the Apostle Paul labored ENTHUSIASTICALLY for the Lord Acts 26:24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”” The reason for his enthusiasm? The resurrection of Jesus! Yes, but there was more…the…

Setting : This is a most likely a post-exilic pilgrim psalm. This Psalm is set sometime after the first return in 536 B.C. To capture the intensity of this passage one must imagine what it would have been like to have lived in the Babylonian captivity and not have been free or able to worship in the…

We mentioned earlier that Christians don’t so much join churches as they do submit to them. The word submit scares people today. Wives submitting to husbands. Husbands have abused this. Christians submitting to spiritual leaders. Church leaders have abused their power. Yet throughout scripture God tells…

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord , the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him. And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of…

Jesus emerges from the grave as the victor over death and hell. Exploration of 1 Corinthians 15 . looking at the significance of the Resurrection of Jesus Jesus Redeems “Death” Hebrews 2:14 “14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that…

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,…

Leaven is a biblical illustration of permeation, influence. John F. MacArthur The whole idea of our spiritual conversion and our walk with God is to separate ourselves from sin.....To be holy as God is holy To be as unleavened rather than leavened…or to live in purity without hypocrisy or doublemindedness.…