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Good Morning. If you have your Bible grab them and turn with me to Luke chapter 7. We are living in a world full of doubt. -People doubt that they will find a successful job and have a good future. -People doubt our economy and our government leaders. -Many people doubt themselves. -People doubt that…

Scripture Intro: Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”) “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for…

Mark 8. 22-25 “Blind in Bethsaida” (Conclusion) Mark 8. 22-25 K. Adrian Scott January 5, 2025 Contextual Introduction. ‌Only Mark's Gospel account gives us this story. All the previous healings by Jesus, for the most part, were instantaneous, or as in the case of the ten lepers, the healings were progressive…

Torah: Review Tanakh Brit Hadoshah Eber (ebur) I AM (grafted) He appeared will have life Brit Chadashah: Brit Chadashah Second Coming/ Tribulation A New Moon Anani Tribulation Evil Inclination/ And He went Out Grafted Matthew Two -14 In Hebrew Arose= qom Path of Inclusion - Vayeshev - And He sent - 7…

What is the gift of faith? 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, Types/expressions/experiences of faith: Converting/Saving Faith Daily Faith Charismatic/Supernatural Faith 1. Converting/Saving Faith 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he…

Why do we need this study? Because God knows that even his own children have a strong inclination toward loving the world Does the world seem desirable to us? The world offers seductive promises of delight and pleasure. And those promises are not completely empty. The world offers just enough pleasure…

“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…

Discipleship V 1 stumbling blocks V 2 do not cause someone to stumble V 3 rebuke your brother of sin V 4 infinitely forgive someone V 5 Increase our faith V 6 your faith can do the impossible when we start exercising our faith we may get too full of ourselves and the pendulum swing will be at it’s highest…

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - Psalm Reading O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt. But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. My mouth will tell of…

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…

The Forgetting Prayer Thankfulness fruit of humility absolute necessity for joy, contentment, peace foundation of strength in spiritual battle READ Luke 17:11–19 . Exposition Upward Look thankful to God for all His blessings thankful for trials James 1:2-4 thankful for promises Inward Look we are (almost)…

Late fall has us preparing for winter and celebrating the harvest. For most of us, not living close to the land, it is far more symbolic than it once was, but we still have a vestigial, cultural celebration of harvest. Looking for themes of harvest in the Bible is fruitful (pun intended). We run across…

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What are we to do with parables? What are we supposed to notice? What are we supposed to learn? Are the details important? Is the trivial important? Parables generally have one main point. While it is good to understand the historical and cultural context of the parables, we should avoid getting caught…

Is the act of repentance an evidence of faith, an evidence of salvation, or is it a required element of salvation? To answer this three-part question we need to start by defining the terms of “ repentance ”, “ faith ” and “ salvation ”. “Repentance is an act of acknowledging past wrongdoing, expressing…

Hello River church! We’re going to learn today from John the apostle, someone who was very close to Jesus himself. John watched Jesus, learned from Jesus, listened to Jesus, and was an eyewitness to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. So John is a well-informed person when it comes to the things…

Series- The “One Anothers” My goal in this series is to come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of a local New Testament church. What are the duties and responsibilities of church membership? My mission is to discover exactly what kinds of things we promise to do for each other…

Big Idea: The Kingdom is hidden from the proud and shown to the humble. Jesus is thankful for the hidden and the revealed He chooses who will receive the revelation We ought to be thankful for his revelation There are some things that are clear when you think about them simply, and more confusing when…

Luke 17:11-19 This last week we have begun a Social Media campaign for 30 days of Thanksgiving. I appreciate everyone who has been interacting with the posts. If you can like, comment and share the posts, it will help us reach more people on both Instagram and Facebook. I am doing this, not just to grow…

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Woe To You (Part 2) Luke 11:45-54 Last week we looked at the first part of this section of Luke. Jesus addressed the Pharisees and their hypocritical teaching and standards toward the common man. As Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees, he begins to offend others sitting at the table. Jesus often offends…

Introduction Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just get along? So opines every parent, and almost every other “authority figure”. Sure it might be nice if we all got along better. But is it natural for us to get along? Is it even really preferable? I think we can all agree there are times that we have…

Finding Me This section has been called the “Gospel of the Outcast”. In the next 4 chapters Jesus will talk about tax collectors and sinners, Rich man and Lazarus, persistent widow, Pharisee and Tax Collector, Zaccheus. All outcasts.... These next 2 parables, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal…

How does God speak? 1. Creation 18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of…

What does a transformed like really look like? Good morning. Turn with me to Luke chapter 5. As you are making your way to Luke 5 today we once again see the Lord ministering to someone, however today we see how the Lord is ministering to an individual who was considered the worst of the worse, a social…