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“Final Exhortations” • 1st Corinthians 16:13-24 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. In his final message from the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, Elder Lowrance shows that the Apostle Paul’s purpose in the letter has been to charge the Corinthians brethren to put away selfish behavior and act like mature Christians by loving others. True manhood is a life lived for the benefit of others, not self pleasure or...

“Our Plan and/vs. God’s Providence” • 1st Corinthians 16:5-12 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Using the example of three different preachers, Elder Bryce teaches how we should have a forward looking vision for our lives that conforms to the will of God. When we do this, there may still be times of uncertainty but we have been given faith to trust God in those times. The message was preached on Sunday, Dec...

1st Thessalonians 4:1-9 • "Abound More and More" - Brother Jonah Lowrance. Paul using the sin of fornication as the example, teaches against living a life of selfishness and personal pleasure. It is wrong to live in sin and think that it is alright. We are cheating the brethren. Rather than seeking to please ourselves, we should be focusing on loving our brethren. We can replace our bad behavior w...

“New Testament Giving” • 1st Corinthians 16:1-4 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. In the closing to the letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul instructs them to take up a collection to help the struggling saints in Jerusalem. Using this instruction, Elder Bryce teaches principles of New Testament giving. Paul links giving to worship. He says that it is the responsibility of every member. The amount we...

“A Mystery Revealed” • 1st Corinthians 15:51-58 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. After a brief review of the first 50 verses of the chapter, Elder Bryce preaches about the details of the Lord’s return at the end of time and the general resurrection of the dead. With a hope in the fact of the resurrection, we can continue on through life’s trials and troubles. In the gospel, we have the mystery of what will...

“Saved by Hope” • 1st Corinthians 15:1-50 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. The Church at Corinth had some people teaching that there is not resurrection from the dead. This doctrine, as well as the false practices at Corinth, grew out of a disobedience to the teaching of the Apostle Paul. Paul uses a lengthy but profound argument that the teaching of the resurrection is vital because it is the very heart o...

“Stablish Your Heart” • 1st Thessalonians 3:1-3;13 - Brother Jonah Lowrance. After a review of the frist two chapters of the letter, Brother Jonah exhorts the people of God to act like the children of God even in times of trial. The key to being able to do this is to have a heart set on a foundation that cannot move. “The Lord IS” • Psalm 18:1-3 - Elder Bryce Lowrance. The Psalmist teaches us that...

“Charity – The Purpose of God’s Gifts” • 1st Corinthians Chapter 14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. After a brief review of the first verse of the chapter, Elder Bryce teaches that reason that God blessed the 1st Century Christians with miraculous gifts was so that they could help others. God still blesses His children today for the same reason. If we have been blessed by God with understanding, love, or...

"Deceased Infant Salvation" • Jeremiah 31 - Brother Jonah Lowrance. Beginning in Jeremiah 31:15, Brother Jonah teaches about the horrible condition of our country that has the spirit of King Herod. The killing of the unborn is exactly like what Herod did attempting to kill Jesus. Despite the efforts of evil men to end the lives of these children, all those who died in infancy come again to their o...

"Hear the Right" • Psalm 17:1-4 - Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Bryce preaches this Psalm about David pleasing for temporal salvation from his false accusers. In the first four verses, we learn that the only right we have to come before the throne of God in prayer is because of the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ to us for justification. Because of that imputation, God deals with us as sons, n...

“Temporal Salvation” • 1st Thessalonians 2:13-16 - Brother Jonah Lowrance. After a brief review of Paul’s purpose in this letter, to encourage one another to be like Jesus Christ in word and deed, Brother Jonah shows how Paul returned to one of his main points – the assurance of salvation of those in this church. Our temporal salvation found in obedience is possible only because we are already ete...

"Triumphal Feast" • Various Scriptures - Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Lowrance uses the Isaac Watts hymn "Triumphal Feast" to teach how God viewed the successful work that Jesus performed on the cross. God delighted in choosing and delivering His people from their sins. We ought to delight in the love and sovereignty of God as well.

“Follow After Charity.” •1st Corinthians 14:1 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Bryce teaches that all of our efforts in worship and in our day to day life should be in thankfulness to God for His grace displayed in our active love for others. This message was preached on Sunday, September 3, 2023.

“Love Is The Greatest Thing” • 1st Corinthians 13 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Charity is a fruit of the spirit. That means it is a gift from God. But, unlike the temporary miraculous gifts of the first century, charity was designed as an eternal gift. The miraculous gifts ended int the first century. During our lives now we have faith and hope to help us. We have charity to help others. And charity is...

“Spiritual Gifts” • 1st Corinthians 12 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Even though the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit have ceased, the principle of church unity that the Apostle Paul teaches in this chapter still applies today. We have each been called by the sovereign grace of God individually, but we have been call into unity of the Body of Christ, the church. Therefore, whatever blessing a child o...

“David’s Q & A” • Psalm 15 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. After the events of trying to bring the Ark back to his house and Uzza being put to death, David realizes that God is more Holy than he even realized. In response to these events, David asks “who can dwell in the presence of God?” David answers in the following verses of the Psalm, but in doing so, he shows that he and all mankind are not fit...

“Church Unity” • 1st Corinthians 11:17-34 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Lowrance continues in 1st Corinthians showing the Apostle Paul’s instruction for the church to worship in unity. The first part of chapter eleven taught that there is a proper order in worship. The second half of the chapter teaches that there is a proper attitude for worship. We are called individually by the Holy Spirit into...

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“Atheism Is not a Victimless Crime” • Psalm 14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance.  Elder Lowrance teaches from Psalm 14 which the Apostle Paul uses in Romans as proof that all mankind is dead in sin and incapable of redeeming themselves or looking to God for help. The closing verse of the Psalm teaches that man’s only hope is the finished work of Jesus Christ which successfully saves the elect of God. This m...

“Proper Authority in Worship” • 1st Corinthians 11:1-16 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Bryce points out that the debate over headcoverings is not the Apostle Paul’s main point. The cultural traditions of coverings point to a problem at Corinth regarding the order of authority in the church worship service. This message was preached on Sunday, June 25, 2023

Elder Bryce Lowrance preaches on Psalm 10. In this Psalm, David describes that he feels that the Lord has forsaken him and the wicked are able to roam free and persecute the children God without consequences. Overwhelmed by the chaos of the wicked, David calls upon the LORD to arise and to wipe out his enemies. As Christians of the New Testament Church, we can look upon this Psalm and remember tha...

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Brother Jonah Lowrance considers the doctrine of predestination, beginning in the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. He distinguishes between the terms of foreknowledge, election and predestination, noting the limited times predestinate is used in the Bible. After looking at some common mischaracterizations of the doctrine of predestination, Brother Jonah then asks and answer...

“Flee from Temptation” • 1st Corinthians 10:1-14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Starting in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, Elder Bryce Lowrance considers the Apostle Paul’s reminders to the church at Corinth that God takes care of His people and recalls specific occasions in which God was with Israel and delivered the Israelites time and again, sometimes with chastisement. Brother Bryce shows us how the instru...

“Christian Olympics” • 1st Corinthians 9:1-27 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Keeping in mind how the Apostle Paul is building up to the subject of charity in 1st Corinthians chapter 13, Elder Bryce considers the main points Paul makes in chapter 9. Brother Bryce shows how Paul references his authority as an Apostle and how Paul drives home that the work of the ministry should be supported. Then he notes t...