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Abraham: Following God's Promise

4. Look for literary form. Teaching Discourse material like Jesus’ sermons. The epistles could also be included. Is the author teaching his audience something? These passages explain Christian truths. They are generally fairly easy to interpret and apply. The challenge is figuring out what caused the…

Romans 15:14-33 14 Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by…

Last week we discussed the truth that we are all addicted to something. And we need to admit that we are powerless, that in our own power our lives are unmanageable. Until we admit this, we will keep living broken, miserable lives. As Paul wrote: For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that…

James 2:1–17 , Matthew 22:37–40 Summary: In James 2 , we are reminded that faith without works is dead, and in Matthew 22 , Jesus instructs us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Application: This sermon can encourage Christians to show their faith through tangible acts of love and kindness towards others,…

Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftarah : Joshua 2:1-24 Road Map Review as to where we are so far in the Torah and the haftarahs Introduction of our Haftarah from Joshua Summary of the Torah Portion: Big Picture of the Haftarah, Biblical Presentation Closing - significance Review Map of the Journey…

The Bible tells us that faith is interactive. This means that the faith God has planted in his people calls for a response; the Bible also gives us a clue to what that response looks like.

TEXT: GALATIANS 3:1-5 | DON’T BE BEWITCHED INTRO EXPLANATION : Paul passionately closed out chapter 2 with incredible verses I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved…

Last week we looked at the pattern of how to witness to a person. There was an example that Philip gave to us when he met the Eunuch and led him to Christ. This week, we will look more into how to lead certain people to Christ based off their ‘religious backgrounds’. This will not be an exhaustive list…

A History of Mother’s Day Mother’s Day, in one form or another, has been around a long time. In ancient Greece, a celebration honoring mothers occurred every Spring. In the Middle Ages, a custom called Mothering Sunday began when children, who often left home early to learn a trade or become apprentices,…

Faith -> Action: Don't reverse the arrow!

1. James and Wisdom (vv. 2-8) James discusses trials as producing maturity. Lacking nothing. No mistake that He then mentions lacking wisdom in v. 5 Proverbs 1:7 (ESV) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. The end of the matter; all has been heard.…

Become This is the last sermon in a series that looks at the concepts: Believe Belong Become Reflecting on what it means to be a member of a church. And more specifically - a Methodist Church. Our believing in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit leads us in to a way of life. The Father…

Sermon on the Plain: True Discipleship Luke 6:43-49 Christ the Solid Rock As many of you know I am a champion for knowledge. I think learning is one of the key factors to growing as a person and as a Believer. The more we know about God, the more clearly we see him. And the more deeply we can love him.…

Heading test 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

James 2:14-26

Hebrews 11:1-29 Good morning church! I want to dig right in this morning because we have a lot to go through. But I first want to remind you of the challenge that Pastor Jim left off with last week concerning what are we doing for the Lord? Are we taking risks? And by risks he didn’t mean jumping out…

Intro: Giving in the life of the Church is so important. It is one of the best ways to put what we know about God into practice. Some talk to much about giving and we have to question their hearts desires. Others, and I fall into this camp, talk to little about giving and leave the congregation underfeed…

Evening 2 June 2023

12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help…

I hope that you have been engaged in reading the book of James. My hope is that you read this book as I am teaching from it. I believe that you will get a better understanding of what James is trying to teach us. This is our third week in this series. Today we move to chapter 2. If you have ever attended…

1 John 5.10-13 Essentially there are five categories of people in our world today: Those who are unsaved and know they are. They have no security regarding their eternal future. Those who are unsaved but think they are saved. They have a false security about eternity. Those who are saved but are uncertain…

James 1:19-2:26 jk; I love to learn! Does anyone else love to learn! Anyone get distracted with rabbit trails when they learn? I was just joking with Sean and Josh the other day about not looking at my YouTube history because you will see how weird I actually am.. I believe it was Sean who said “yeah…

2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial,…

Walk in the Truth As we continue on in our series on the book of Deuteronomy we come to a transition in Moses speech. If you remember chapter 1 verse 1 we are told that Moses is teaching the people: 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah…