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This Torah Portion: Gen 44:18 - 47:27 Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about how Jacob finally settled and had children - among who Joseph became the first born of promise We heard how Joseph had a first dream -regarding ruling over his brothers and that seem to have made him overconfident…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Wedding Clothes Now when the Pharisees 38 heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, 39 they assembled together. 40 And one of them, an expert in religious law, 41 asked him a question to test 42 him: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 43 Jesus 44 said to him, “ ‘ Love 45 the Lord…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We have a few opportunities to serve: People needed to mow People needed to clean the church Healthy snacks and drinks are needed for children’s church See Pastor John Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship the Lord in Spirit and in Truth,…

Introduction Meaning of Keeping someone at arm’s length To avoid being very close to or friendly with someone or something May have good reason Toxic friends Former partners Toxic relatives In the case of your relationship with God it’s Maintaining a standard for God that does not interfere with the…

When going to bible school, one of the first things you learn is when we interpret scripture we must remember not to come to scripture believing that we already know what the bible means, for then we are projecting our assumptions and interpretations onto the bible. We must come to scripture asking God…

Religion or Relationship?

In this session, Dr. Mercury Thomas-Ha addresses the cyclical issues that continue to present themselves and give way to the big question: When will all these things end? Regardless of our social dilemma we need to tap into our source of faith and discern what the LORD is saying. Watch today, as Dr. Thomas shares "The End and The Kingdom".

The Assignment 5 “Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations— that’s what I had in mind for you.” Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe…

Wow, what a chapter we have just left. In Mark chapter 5 we saw Christ cast demons - a lot of them - out of a man. He then healed a woman who, for 12 years, had suffered with a blood disease. He then raised to life the 12 year old daughter of Jairus, a ruler within the synagogue. Then…He went home. I…

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…

On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after…

Story about misbehaving child “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Jesus makes a new address Rather than Woe, it is “O”…

Temple “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me…

A Prophet Like You! We are shifting gears today to begin to unpack Jesus’ discourse of His return Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Over the past…

TEXT: JOEL There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : The writing date for the book of Joel is diverse. From as early as the 700’s…

Summary Colossians 1:13-20 contains some of the most important Christological content in the New Testament. It is also home to some of the most misunderstood. For example, does referring to Jesus as “firstborn” suggest that he was created? Does it point to chronology—that Jesus was the first created…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome. Last week we were introduce to Saul, who became the first king of Israel. Our passage described Saul as the ideal looking king. Good looking, tall, strong, everything you would look for in a king. But we got some hints that things would not be great with Saul…

For several summers, we have ventured into the Psalms. We jumped around a little in 2015 and 2016, but then we decided to start at Psalm 1 and preach through them consecutively. Last summer, we concluded with Psalm 35 . So today, we pick up the Psalter again, and open to Psalm 36 (this summer we will…

Intro; This morning as we looked at “The Arrogance of a Spiritual Apostate” , we learned that these people have heard the truth, rejected the truth and now the ridicule or mock the truth. We saw that they; Are dreamers who defile the flesh, reject authority and speak evil of dignitaries [ heavenly host…

Introduction Ill. A few weeks ago I saw a story that was part catalyst for this message today. Tom Cruise was doing a stunt for his new movie where he drove a motorcycle off a cliff and then parachuted or something off it. This caused me to remember this is not the first stunt he’s done for the cause…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

It is no accident that the culmination of Paul’s abhorrence at the idea of continuing to live in sin lies not with himself, nor his readers, but solely and squarely upon the Lord Jesus Christ!

Paul was no stranger to challenges. One of the most familiar passages is 1 Corinthians 4.9-13 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you…