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Send us Fan Mail We are in the second week of a new sermon series called The Gospel Changes Everything, based on the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians, which is the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. In Paul’s day, Corinth was a part of the Roman Empire, a major port city on a narrow land bridge between Peloponnesus and mainland Greece. As a result, it was a significant econom...

Send us Fan Mail Beginning a new sermon series called the Gospel Changes Everything, based on the New Testament book 1 Corinthians, which is the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. Before we begin, let me reiterate that we believe that: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,  17 so that the...

Send us Fan Mail Christmas may be over, but the holiday known as Epiphany, or three kings day, which remembers the visit of the Magi to Jesus and celebrates the incarnation, God becoming flesh in the person of Jesus. Let’s read Matthew 2:1-12 , the story of the visit of the Magi, and see what this has to teach us.

Send us Fan Mail New Year’s is upon us. How did you do with last year’s New Year’s resolution? Personally, I love New Year’s. I love New Year’s because I am someone who craves new beginnings and fresh starts. I love having the opportunity to close the door on one chapter and to enter into a new one believing that this will be the chapter where I become all that I want to be. This will be the year...

Send us Fan Mail Our final Sunday in the sermon series “The meaning of Christmas.” My goal in this series has been to answer the question “Who is this Jesus whose birth we celebrate on Christmas?” To answer this question, I have been looking through the prophecies found in the book of Isaiah about the coming Messiah. The context of Isaiah is this: the kingdom of Israel has split into two: Israel i...

Send us Fan Mail This morning we are continuing in our sermon series entitled “The meaning of Christmas,” looking at the Old Testament book of Isaiah and his prophecies about the coming Messiah. During the time of Isaiah, the nation of Israel is falling away from God, and so God raises up a man named Isaiah to prophesy that they will be disciplined by a foreign nation, Assyria, and then by Babylon...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most fascinating conversations in the Bible in my opinion happens at the end of the gospel of Luke, after Jesus’ resurrection.  Luke tells of two of the disciples traveling from Jerusalem on a road to a village named Emmaus, and that the resurrected Jesus begins to walk along with them, but Luke says that they were kept from recognizing him.  The story goes that Jesus a...

Send us Fan Mail This morning, we are continuing in our sermon series on the meaning of Christmas. We are looking at the Old Testament book of Isaiah, a collection of prophecies from the 8th-7th century BC. The Christmas season can be a difficult time of the year. For many, there is loss, broken relationships, difficult providing for family needs, physical pain and limitations. There is a lot of j...

Send us Fan Mail After all is said and done, history ends with God destroying all evil and dwelling with resurrected believers. Heaven comes down to be joined to earth, renewing everything, and the dwelling of God is with men and women forever. 21:1–22:21 

Send us Fan Mail We have been going through the book of Revelation. Revelation was written by John and was intended primarily for 1st century Christians, to encourage them as they underwent intense persecution and suffering at the hands of the Roman Empire. Remember that Revelation is apocalyptic literature, and that continues in this passage. John sees literal visions full of things that are mean...

Send us Fan Mail I continue my sermon series through the book of Revelation, the last book in the Bible. Revelation was written by a man named John:  either the apostle John who wrote the gospel and the letters 1,2, and 3 John, or another John, an elder in the early church. It was written to 1st century Christians, and is primarily concerned with encouraging believers who were undergoing intense p...

Send us Fan Mail We will be looking at Revelation 15:5 – 18:24 . I have been going through longer passages than usual during this series because a lot of the themes repeat themselves as John sees visions of what will happen from the time of Christ’s ascension to the time of His return – seven seals, then seven trumpets, then seven signs, and now seven bowls. I have also tried to focus on the main...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I am continuing through my sermon series on the Book of Revelation, the final book in the Bible. We will be in chapters 19-20 today.

Send us Fan Mail We continue through the New Testament book of Revelation, the final book in the Bible. Revelation was written by John, either the apostle John who wrote the gospel and the letters 1, 2, and 3 John, or by another John, an elder in the early church. It was written late 1st century, and is primarily concerned with encouraging Christians who were undergoing persecution in the Roman Em...

Send us Fan Mail When I preach, if you notice, I usually preach through passages and books of the Bible, trying to communicate what the text meant in its original context and then what it means for us today. This is different than some other approaches, like the topical approach. This approach means that I can’t skip anything, can’t just pick and choose. This is both good and challenging. Sometime...

Send us Fan Mail This morning, I am beginning a new series through the book of Revelation that will take us up to the end of November. The author of this book is named John, which could be the beloved apostle who wrote the gospel of John and the letters 1, 2 & 3 John, or it could be an early Christian prophet. It was likely written during the reign of Domitian (81-96 AD). This morning we will...

Send us Fan Mail This morning, I am continuing our series through the book of Revelation. We will be in chapters 2 & 3 this morning. Revelation was written by John, either the apostle John who wrote the gospel and the letters 1, 2, and 3 John, or by another John, an elder in the early church. It was written late 1st century, and is primarily concerned with encouraging Christians who were under...

Send us Fan Mail We are continuing through the New Testament book of Revelation, the final book in the Bible. Revelation was written by John, either the apostle John who wrote the gospel and the letters 1, 2, and 3 John, or by another John, an elder in the early church. It was written late 1st century, and is primarily concerned with encouraging Christians who were undergoing persecution in the Ro...