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who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Called to Good Works This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain…

Over the last few weeks I’ve been scrolling through Social media and one of the things that I see are the back to school pictures. All these parents…including myself, are taking pictures of their little ones beginning their first day of the new school year. And then at the end of the year they are going…

TEXT: JAMES 4:13-16 | REMINDERS ABOUT YOUR LIFE INTRO EXPLANATION : Two weeks ago we asked a question from v.14… “What is your life.” We discussed how God doesn’t want to just be a part of your life, but he wants to be every part of your life. We gave the example of the chocolate milk, and how you fill…

Introduction At this time our children may be dismissed to our children's ministry time. I want to invite the rest of you to turn to Hebrews chapter 13. I have one more announcement to make but I wanted to save it for during the sermon time. Next week we have a special guest preacher. I am going to be…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,…

Intro : This morning we talked about how Christ has put us together as a team with the pastor as the coach under the authority of God [ Owner of the team ], and the congregation as the players and we are training under His game plan [ Bible ] to win the spiritual championship of life in Christ. Tonight…

Once again today we have the wonderful honor to turn to God’s Word to see what it has to tell us about this life. Psalm 19 tells us this. 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the…

As we now begin to look at chapter 13 of Hebrews everything here focuses is centered around our relationships with one another as believers and our relationship with others in our community. In other words, there are many times where you may have wondered how am I to live as a Christian? So, our message…

Intro: We are in a new age It seems the UK is entering into another New Age with the Queen of England - Not only the Monarch but The head of the church. Spiritually this is a very significant moment in history, the baton is going to be passed. How is it going to be picked up. What is the future of the…

Introduction Called as Pastor of FBC Bagdad five years ago yesterday. 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. We must continually place ourselves under the authorities set over us by God, or we will eventually walk out from under authority…

Starting at the End I’ve said many times that the Christian life is the process of becoming who we already are in Jesus Christ. That is to say, when you were baptized, you were baptized into Christ, and in Christ, you already are everything that you ever will be. The Christian life then begins at the…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 8:1-12:16 In our previous Torah Portion we spoke about Numbers 8:1-4 in the context of the rapture This week, we will talk about the Torah Portion, regarding The Set Up of the Lamps in the Lampstand: Menorah And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak…

Intro: One of the things we need to understand about the past generation of Jewish people during the time of Christ and even after his life was that Angels were a big deal. Angels assisted in giving the law to Moses and there where angels who would speak to Godly saints. So, I want us to keep all of…

Hebrews 12:18-29 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20 For they could…

We are in the final chapter of Hebrews! Congratulations for hanging around with us for this long. The book of Hebrews has been a challenging, but rewarding journey through the Gospel according to the Jewish mind. None of us come from the Jewish background that this audience did. This is why it presented…

Introduction Context And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Now the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying, Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,…

sally’s birthday 80 years old This is resurrection Sunday. Today - people across the world will celebrate Easter. Culturally we will celebrate with egg hunts and Easter bunnies, etc. Christians will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, our God, Jesus the Christ. The foundation of our faith rests on…

Title : A Faith That Saves: Part 2 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?” When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” He did not let anyone accompany…

Good evening. Tonight we are going to be wrapping up our series on the book of Hebrews. Our passage for tonight is going to be broken up into two parts, Heb 13:7-17 and Heb 13:18-25 . We will see how he gives his final instruction and then in the final greeting we will review (briefly) what his main…

For all time and in all seasons 25 “Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 26 “Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. 27 “But You are the same, And Your years…

This week, we will carry out a tradition that is as old as America. In 1621, after a terrible year in which half their number died of starvation or disease, the Pilgrims set aside 3 days in December to praise the Lord for a bountiful corn harvest. Many years later in 1789, President George Washington…

4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”…

Paul has been encouraging the church at Philippi with a letter he wrote from a Roman jail. He has shown them with his words, attitude and through God’s grace of how one can live stress free in a stressed out world. Tonight we will close this series out with Paul teaching us “Peace Through Contentment.”…

1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush…