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The Good News Of A Godly Father Happy Father’s Day Dad’s enjoy your day. Enjoy your fatherhood. I remember the first time hold me children. It changes you. You realize that life is about more than you. You realize that life require giving of yourself. You realize in greater measure what manhood means…

Introduction This is the second week of review. Review of what we do here at our church in the area of discipleship. This morning I am going to take you once again to the passage found in Colossians 3:12-17 As many of you know, and for those of you who don’t know, I was raised a prairie boy. Right in…

What and who you listen to will influence what you do. A Power Failure 37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Background on 1 John Written by the Apostle John approx. AD 80 to AD 90 Written to Christians probably in and around Ephesus Written to them to combat a false teachings they were facing The Text 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we…

Who Is Jesus?

The disciples show that they have not yet absorbed the message and values of the kingdom of God.

Introduction (list 5 attributes of God - doesn’t matter how you say it - only you will see it) Did anyone write... omniscient - knows everything omnipotent - all powerful omnipresent - he’s everywhere loving wise holy == Those are all good and true. Did anyone write... joyful? (no problem - there are…

Introduction This week we are going to talk about faith. Faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the church today... and It is even more of a confusing concept in the culture. == Faith is not wishful thinking. It is not wishful thinking with some consideration of God mixed in. Some people…

Introduction Good morning once again from the Pastor’s cave. I trust your couch is comfy this morning. You have your snacks, popcorn, or cheerios I hope you have your bible or favorite bible app handy. I’ll share a little about when and how we might be able to reopen at the end of our time together this…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Created For a Purpose. 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” You are God’s idea. He’s the one with the plan. He’s the one with the purpose. 14 I will give…

This Sunday is day 13 in the reading of the Relationship Principles of Jesus. In talking with several people, we have come to the conclusion that loving God and loving others is a challenging task. As we explore the topic, we see two things. First, we see how far we have come on this road to love and…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Will You be Made Whole? This message uses examples from the Bible of types of healings. However, the main focus is more on the hindrances or opposition to healing. And, even more, the focus is on the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the one that is healed. Our theme verse today is John 5:6 6 When Jesus…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

• So it’s been 2 weeks since we’ve seen each other - and so I think it would be best to recap where we are... 3 weeks ago we started this Easter Mini Series... Where we started out by looking at - 1st century Jewish Expectations of the coming Messiah... We saw some interesting things... No Trinity No…

Preeminent Domain Last week we saw how the arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus the messiah played out against the backdrop of the divine council passage in Isaiah 40 . While the episodes of John’s appearance and Jesus’ baptism are familiar, the framework provided by Isaiah is easy to miss. The supernatural…

There is an amazing Christmas tradition in Finland… It has been held almost every year since the 1300’s… At noon every year on Christmas Eve, the city of Turku declares “Christmas Peace”! During the ceremony the people gather in the town square and a city official is chosen to read the “Declaration of…

Intro Key Observations about the Text Before we get into the text, I want to show you some key observations that will help us make sense of Peter’s argument. Similar to last week, these form the backbone of Peter’s argument here. 1st person plural pronouns “we” “our” - 8x in 4 verses 4x in v.16; 3x in…

Oof! Come in from a long day at work? What’s your reward? More work at home! Mowed the lawns? Great! Now you can get started on that fence. Done the dishes? Great! Now get started on the laundry pile! Finished your assignment? Great! Now you can study for exams! Got through a pandemic? Great! Now you…

Introduction Luke A physician ( Col 4:14 ) and a colleague of Paul ( 2 Tim 4:11 ). A researcher v1 Wrote 2 NT books. Theophilus Hellenists 60-70AD - Likely 60-63AD Luke was a physician ( Col 4:14 ) and a colleague of Paul ( 2 Tim 4:11 ). Luke compiled his gospel through research. (compile v1, write an…

INTRODUCTION MESSAGE The Sword of the Spirit 17 And take the helmet of salvation , and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Sword Not the long “samuri” type sword. Sword - short one for up and close hand-to-hand combat. 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged…

Good News As we continue our journey thru the Good News of Luke I want to say how much I appreciate your desire to stick it out. I appreciate your desire to hear the Word preached, the gospel preached. I do believe that we have a literacy problem. Biblical literacy is low. We let popular thought and…