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Matt shares with us from James 2 verse 14. What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 

Judges 7 verse 17 through to chapter 8 verse 3. Then he said to them, “Keep your eyes on me. When I come to the edge of the camp, do just as I do.   As soon as I and those with me blow the rams’ horns, blow your horns, too, all around the entire camp, and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’” It was just after midnight, after the changing of the guard, when Gideon and the 100 men with him reached...

Pastor Tom shares with us from 2 Corinthians 2:14 to 16. But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.   Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are...

Judges 7 verses 7 to 16. The Lord told Gideon, “With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.”   So Gideon collected the provisions and rams’ horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him. The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon.   That night the Lord said, “Get up! Go down into the Midiani...

Pastor Tom shares with us from Proverbs 21 verse 31. The horse is prepared for the day of battle,     but the victory belongs to the Lord.

Judges 7 verses 1 to 6. So Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon) and his army got up early and went as far as the spring of Harod. The armies of Midian were camped north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.   The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength.   Th...

Matt shares with us from 2 John 1 verse 12 I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.

Pastor Dave shares from the Gospel of Luke for our Resurrection Sunday service 2024.

Matt shares with us from 1 Samuel 17 verse 32 to 36. “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!” “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.” But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a b...

Judges 6 verses 33 to 40. Soon afterward the armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east formed an alliance against Israel and crossed the Jordan, camping in the valley of Jezreel.   Then the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon with power. He blew a ram’s horn as a call to arms, and the men of the clan of Abiezer came to him.   He also sent messengers throughout Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, an...

Pastor Tom finishes up the series on the Beatitudes with Matthew 5 verses 10 to 12 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right,     for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers.   Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heave...

Judges 6 verses 28 to 32. Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been broken down and that the Asherah pole beside it had been cut down. In their place a new altar had been built, and on it were the remains of the bull that had been sacrificed.   The people said to each other, “Who did this?” And after asking around and making...

Pastor Tom continues the series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 9. God blesses those who work for peace,     for they will be called the children of God.

Verses 25 to 32 of Judges 6. That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.   Then build an altar to the Lord your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as...

Pastor Tom continues the series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 8. God blesses those whose hearts are pure,     for they will see God.

Pastor Tom continues the series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 7. God blesses those who are merciful,     for they will be shown mercy.

A topical study exploring the parable of the farmer scatter seed, from Mark 4. Once again Jesus began teaching by the lakeshore. A very large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat in the boat while all the people remained on the shore.   He taught them by telling many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed.   As...

Pastor Tom continues the series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 6. God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice,     for they will be satisfied.

Judges 6 verses 14 to 24. Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!” The Lord said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fi...

Pastor Tom continues the series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 5. God blesses those who are humble,     for they will inherit the whole earth.

Judges 6 verses 11 to 13. Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.   The angel of the Lordappeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has al...

Pastor Tom continues the series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 4. God blesses those who mourn,     for they will be comforted.

Judges 6 verses 1-12. The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years.   The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.   Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,   camping in the...

Pastor Tom begins a series in the Beatitudes, sharing from Matthew Chapter 5, verse 3. “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,     for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.