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We live in a time when many things are being redefined. ideas of gender, relationships, etc Jesus did not redefine family. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever He and the Father are one Family is designed by God and to be honored Christ affirms family values He addressed divorce several times…

Author: Jude The brother of James. Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: Half brother of Jesus. Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon…

Torah: Genesis 44:18-47:27 Halftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 Road Map Review Dividing the baby in two Two harlots Two choices: Esau and Jacob 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

This morning we’re going to start a series studying the book of James. We’ll start in James 1 and work our way through the whole book. The book of James was written by James the half brother of Jesus (see Matthew 13:55 and Gal. 1:9 ). He was a firsthand witness of the sinless life of Jesus. It’s pretty…

Today as we finish out our Kingdom Focused study we will be looking at a parable that represents Gospel Growth and Gospel Judgment, but here the main focus is on Gospel Judgment. we are going to see how things will be when Christ returns and mankind faces God’s final judgment. We will see three points…

Introduction Why I am doing this and not doing Matthew… Fully Man Virgin Birth Salvation must come from God. Virgin Birth made this possible by uniting full diety and full humanity in one person Virgin Birth makes possible Christ’s true humanity without inherited sin Human Weakness and Limitations Jesus…

Jesus tells stories which portrays the kingdom of heaven existing in messy places; how do we find the kingdom in the middle of the mess?

55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? 31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are…

If you made a list of the priorities you have in life, what would be at the top? Faith, family, and vocation might head the list of many. What if you kept going? What else would you list as very important for your life? Financial security might be high. Health and friends would have to be there. Reputation…

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 1. Who was James ? (1)A. Four men in the New Testament who carried the name. I. James, the son of Zebedee and Brother of John . Fishermen called to follow Jesus as disciples. Known as the Son’s…

Planting Seeds Introduction Chapter 13 is the third of the three major speeches in the book of Matthew The first major speech is the sermon on the mount, the second was in Matthew 10 , the fouth one is Matthew 18 , and the last one takes up chapters 23, 24, and 25 You’ve heard me talk about those five…

Easter — He is risen! “Tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me” ( Matt 28.10 ) 40 days of coming and going from Easter to the Ascension Jesus meets the disciples in Galilee, on “the mountain to which [he] had directed them” ( Matt 28.16 ) 10 days from Easter to Pentecost When they saw…

34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” Jesus continued to speak to the…

Last week we studied the parable of the sower, and Jesus gave reasons for using parables. A parable is a short moral story that was often expressed with imagery and metaphor. It illustrates a truth using examples from life and can show similarity of things we are familiar with. But even when things may…

What was Jesus’ Message Jesus talked about love Jesus talked about peace Jesus talked about charity All these things are important But His message had a larger impact and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Jesus introduced the Kingdom…

- Supporting Idea: Many people will reject the truth because of Satanic opposition, their own hard hearts, and because God will blind them further. But some will receive the truth and bear spiritual fruit. Jesus’ first parable might be thought of as a parable about parables. It explained the need for…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

2 Thessalonians 3 https://storage.sermon.net/adb837d8ec6776c8a4fde701fc35cca8/63e6cdcc-150f919-1/content/media/113683/JesusRevolution-OfficialTrailer.mp4/vb4000_ab192_fps1920x1080.mp4 Do we have any fans of Boston Sports? Red Sox, Boston Bruins, the New England Patriots, I think they might have a basketball…

Welcome! Turn with me to Matthew 13 . We are going to be looking at this chapter today. Matthew 13 gives us an interesting concept taught my Jesus… that I think we often miss… You see, we often break it apart… looking just at the parables individually… Honestly… How many of you have read it as one section,…

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…

10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord , and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Interesting Facts: It contains 28 chapters. It contains 20 parables. It contains 21 miracles. It is an ecclesiastical gospel. Meaning it is the only gospel to use the word church (16:18)…

Have you prayed for healing and it hasn't happened yet? Are you waiting for God or is he waiting for you? Is there something hindering your healing, preventing God from doing what He wants to do for you? Today we explore possible ways the enemy keeps his sickness going.

Kingdom of Heaven “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. What is Hidden Treasure? When you think of treasure, some people always think of pirates. or maybe these 3 *Picture of…

The Sermon on the Mount Opening Before we dive into the text this morning I would like to say a few things to preface our text. We are going to be talking about standards today, and our habits good or bad stem from our standards, so as Christians where should our standards come from? This is the question…