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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…

Mark 9:14-29 / Matthew 17:14-20 / Luke 9:37-42 Have you ever been disappointed? Perhaps you reserved a hotel online. The hotel website showed you colorful pictures of a beautiful facility and a long list of 5-star reviews. But when you arrived, the hotel was in a dangerous part of town, the room was…

Jesus and the disciples have just been through the experience of His transfiguration. They had seen the glorified for of Jesus, present on earth. Can you IMAGINE what that would have been like? Tell No One 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until…

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” 33 He told…

The Transfiguration We are getting ready to study an amazing passage of scripture. Up until this time, Jesus has told the disciples He was the Son of God, they have witnessed the miracles, they have heard His teaching, they have LIVED with Him…and yet I don’t know that they fully grasped the concept…

Matthew 16-17 Saving Private Ryan is probably not the first thing that would rise to the top of anyone’s mind while reading through the book of Matthew. It sure wasn’t for me. Extra-violent war film and all that. But one of the characters from that movie is, I think, of some relevance to the portion…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

SCRIPTURE READING The Apostles’ Creed (paraphrased) I believe in God the Father, Maker of the heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, our Savior, God’s own Son of matchless worth; By the Holy Ghost conceivéd, Virgin Mary bore God’s Son, He in whom I have believéd, God Almighty, Three in One. Suffered…

5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Continual sin and Disbelief brings God’s Wrath. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with…

Who Is Jesus?

Risk is the way forward! 17 “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all. ” I know many people who have been in the same kind of relationships or situations several times. The same bad things keep happening to us. How do we get out of this trapped…

How well do we know others? How well do we know ourselves? How well do we know the Lord?

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…

After chapter 16 of Matthew the mood of the gospels change. No longer do you have this great following and joyous throng around Jesus. Only the strong in the Lord that will remain. We still have wonderful things of joy and healing but the atmosphere around those passages has changed. 14 When they reached…

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…

14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And…

What is faith really? Is faith a forced belief? Is faith in something? Is faith in that something will happen? Or Is faith something more beautiful and more tangible then that? Faith = belief in God from a root word = trust in or to have confidence in or be persuaded. To make friends of. Sense; To have…

What did John see, hear, and touch, that he is so passionate about proclaiming to his audience? That’s what we examine in this study.

How many of you enjoy eating at a buffet occasionally? Regularly?... 14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And…

A few years ago the Muppets and CeeLo Green co-performed a Christmas song called “All I Need Is Love,” complete with a music video. In true Muppets form—I don’t know how many Muppets fans we have—but if you haven’t seen it, it’s full of action and humor, and all the favorites show up—from Kermit, Fozzie,…

We reviewed the Damascus situation today. It is amazing that we were studying Damascus, as the world is shocked at the events in Syria in the last 48 hours. We consider the 3 main passages that pertain to Damascus prophetically. We continue our study of Acts 9 and Saul's conversion.

We all struggle with “ shoulds ” - the idea of promoting “self-made religion”. It is my observation that some personalities struggle with the “shoulds” of legalism more. The use of the word “should” in our thoughts and speech is an indication that we are functioning in a cycle of condemnation and shame…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

A little boy excitedly told his mom that he had just MEASURED HIMSELF and he was six feet tall! Mom was a little skeptical, so she asked him to measure himself again while she watched. She discovered the problem when the boy took out not a 12-inch, but a 6-inch ruler. He had calculated well: he was six-ruler-heights…