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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…

Introduction: What is faith? Why is faith important for us as Christians? Samples in stores - something to show what the full thing will be like. 18 While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on…

As he was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, “My daughter just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” So Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him. Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

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…

Last week - Fasting, to do or not to do - that was the question Jarius’ daughter - dead brought back to life Woman with blood disorder Two Blind Men 27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” 28 When he entered the house, the blind…

When we look back to last week, we find Jesus as he heals a paralytic. He hears the questions, how can He forgive his sins? And answers which is easier, to say ‘Yours ins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘Rise and walk’? Jesus not only forgave the paralytic of his sin, because of the FAITH shown by him and his…

1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This…

Moral Attributes What is the definition of God’s Goodness? The goodness of God means that God is the final standard of good, and all that God is and does is worthy of approval. Good can also be translated as “worthy of approval”. But who approves? Anything truly good should be worthy of approval by us,…

17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 14 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue.…

The Ultimate Authority of Christ

Intro: What is this? Have a few example for someone to guess about: Now we know these things have confidence in this knowledge because we have proven it to be true. Too often in our faith, we do not test to see if it is true, we do not test to see if God’s promises are true. Now, don’t get me wrong there…

Today we will think about thanksgiving through a look at Psalm 107 . It is the first psalm of Book V in the five-fold structure of the Psalms. It is not attributed to a certain person, but it is a psalm for the community of faith. In this psalm we see God’s lovingkindness, or unfailing love, on display…

We believe that God can, but do we believe that He will 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” What is faith and how do we get it? 1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the men of old gained approval.…

Why is it important to believe? 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him , for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. How do you believe? 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 10 for with the heart a person believes,…

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…

Jesus is Compassionate in Spite of Disobedience 27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They…

What Does Scripture Say? - Part 3 Questions Jesus Asks 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 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 the WORD of God!…

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.

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…

Acts 1:1-8 . Matthew 5:9-16 . 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering…

Good morning church! If you have your Bibles go ahead and flip on over to 1 Pet 5:5-7 . While you’re heading that direction first I want to give a shoutout to those that came and helped do a deep clean on the church yesterday. I’m super thankful for your willingness to care for one another by caring…

Ecclesiastes, Part 6: Less is More Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 The teacher inserts something of a reality check or “interlude” within the body of laments of life under the sun. [Goal: To encourage God’s people to remember that “God is in the heaven and you are on the earth.” So, “fear God.” – Unpack “fear”, as…