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“One Another” series. The heart of this series is to examine the biblical responsibilities of church membership. Significant Statements We will be proactive in maintaining and restoring unity with one another ( Eph. 4:2-3 ). We will be diligent in helping one another grow in every way in Christlikeness…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 14. If you don’t have a copy of God’s word just slip up your hand and one of our church members will be coming down the aisle now with extra Bibles. The Apostle Paul's first missionary journey covered…

Review In Acts chapter 22, Paul experienced a Touch And Go Situation as he attempted to speak to a Jewish audience. He acknowledged that they had a zeal or a passion for God, but it was misplaced. They were trying to please God by their own righteousness, but to meet God’s standard, they desperately…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 14. If you don’t have a Bible just slip up your hand and one of our church members would be glad to bring you one. We are following the footsteps of Paul and Barnabas as they continue their first missionary…

We’ve now spent the last 3 weeks discussing the vast importance of being a Biblical church in even in our song. It’s a ministry and a task that all of us shouldn’t take lightly. But let’s remind ourselves again why it’s so important to SING. And to do this, we will again review and memorize our acronymn.…

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that…

Review For approximately two years, Paul ministered in the needy city of Corinth. He had a fruitful ministry there but eventually he moved on to a short visit in Ephesus and then completed his missionary journey by returning to Antioch. After several years he began a third missionary journey, but Luke’s…

A church was debating what color to paint the church building. One group passionately wanted white, while another was equally passionate about painting it blue. After several heated discussions, they finally decided to settle it with a vote. In the end, white won by a narrow margin. The next Sunday,…

Habakkuk 2:2-4 Chart Hab 1:1-4 Review 2 Questions How Long Why 2 Results Law is ignored Justice is perverted Chart Hab 1:5-11 Review - The Lord has been working - The Lord is sending Babylon - The Lord’s response is terrifying - The Lord is reminding Judah of the covenants Primarily of Deut 28 and the…

Introduction Good morning all. We have been working through Paul’s letter to Timothy as he charges him to set right some issues that had developed in the church. He sent Timothy a letter of encouragement and correction for the church to conduct themselves in a righteous and God honoring way. One of the…

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…

Review In Acts chapter twelve, God’s sovereignty shined brightly over the darkness and evil that Herod Agrippa brought to Jerusalem. God allowed James to be executed for the faith, but God also caused Peter to escape Herod’s prison. The sovereign king was overruled by the sovereign Creator. The Christians…

Introduction Remember the theme of our series through the book of Acts is the UNSTOPPABLE POWER OF THE GOSPEL No matter what comes… it keeps doing what God intended… spreading… saving… transforming… recreating His Kingdom Acts also serves as a connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament…

In carrying through with the theme of discipleship - growth, development, and sustenance, this week I was impressed to look at another stage of Christian growth. One might say the first stage of Christian growth is conviction. If we look at the Concise Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of conviction…

Questions arise Is it good to ask questions? To seek counsel from others? In our study this morning we are looking at Paul, Barnabas, Silas along with others going to Jerusalem to seek counsel. Before this journey we have seen the open door to the Gentiles ( turn to Act14:27 ) 27 When they had arrived…

3 “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? Travel is something we all do. But two strangers would never be travelling together. People would not travel with people they did not know. Two matters would have to be settled first. They would have to “meet”… that is , to know each other. Secondly,…

last week we touched on the Holy Spirit and learned that he is a gift to us from God. It makes me wonder, What’s the worst gift you have ever received? 1. Garbage Can Ensemble - Never give a woman any kind of household appliance or something that is going to make "housework" easier. Ie: Garbage can ensemble…

The goal of our discipleship is to equip for service.

Our mission - is to Glorify God, Equip the Saints, and to Share the Gospel. As a mission, this is the lens that we view all of the activity of our church - especially considering our time gathering together on Sunday mornings - because it is the center of our activity. Primarily - we Glorify God. That…

And he believed the Lord , and he counted it to him as righteousness. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He…

Let’s pray: My message comes this morning from the book of Acts chapter 1. 4 While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy…

Many years ago, there were some soldiers who were fighting a forest fire. They were fighting it but had become surrounded by flames. Just then a plane flew over them flying very low to the ground and dropped notes that were weighted down onto the area where the soldiers were located. The note stated…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,…

Eph. 6:10-11 . Enlistment General Dwight Eisenhower once said (source unknown), “War is a terrible thing. But if you’re going to get into it, you’ve got to get into it all the way.” There are way to many Christians that live defeated lives because they are not seriously engaged in the warfare to which…

Serving as Pastor Is a calling, privilege, opportunity, blessing and block of history that I have had opportunity to work out in several locations. Rainier, Oregon, my home congregation: Where I was brought up since age 9 through Sunday School and Youth Class, taught by Clyde Wemmer, Orville Harrison,…