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SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 10:1-27   The ancient story of anointing Saul to be the first king of Israel offers a plethora of present applications for followers of the Lord today, describing the power, provision, and prophetic potential for personal transformation that God affords His people. Yet it also offers a helpful reminder that though Saul began his reign well, his end was not so good bec...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 8:1-22; 9:1-27   When the people of ancient Israel clamored for a king to rule over them so “that we also may be like all the other nations” (1 Sam 8:20), Samuel the Prophet knew that the hearts & motives of the people weren’t fixed on God, who was already their Lord & King. Nevertheless, God told Samuel to follow the people’s wishes, for He had a man prepared...

Revelation 4:1-11   While exiled on an island for his faith, John was called by Christ in a vision to “come up here” into the very throne room of heaven and granted an inside view of God’s glorious throne. Surrounded by the reverent worship of twenty-four elders casting down their golden crowns upon a sea of glass, with four angelic living creatures crying out “Holy, Holy, Holy,” praise and w...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 6:1-21; 7:1-17   In the days of Samuel, the prophet-judge of ancient Israel, the Israelites & their pagan neighbors, the Philistines, were consistently at odds. Ostensibly, the Philistines engaged in idolatry while the Israelites worshiped the one true God. Yet God’s glory had departed Israel (1 Sam 4:21-22) because of the people’s lack of fidelity to Him as, in p...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 4:1-22; 5:1-12  When a series of defeats to the Philistines enabled Israel’s enemies to capture the Ark of the Covenant and decimate tens of thousands of Israelite warriors, including the demise of the wicked priests Hophni & Phineas (just as God had prophesied), many in Israel felt “the glory of God has departed” (1 Sam 4:21-22). Yet the failures of the people, a...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 3:1-21   In the days when the priest Samuel was still just a child serving in the Lord’s Tabernacle, “the [prophetic] word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions” (1 Sam 3:1). The near blindness of Samuel’s guardian, Eli the priest, seemed to symbolize the darkness of that age when “everyone did what was right in their own eyes” (Judges 21:25 ) including El...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 2:12 -17, 22-36   Samuel was a child of promise, born to Hannah, a mother of fervent prayer & patient faith. Through Hannah’s dedication of her child to the Lord all Israel was blessed, for Samuel grew into an anointed prophet & patient priest of the Lord. Samuel’s story begins in the closing era of the Judges, when “everyone did what was right in their own ey...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:16 -21   In this Independence Day Weekend message, Associate Pastor Ludy Faulan provides a Biblical examination of freedom, liberation, & liberty from the perspectives both of our social interactions and of God’s deep spiritual truths. The pivotal Messianic passage of Isaiah 61 preached from by Jesus in Luke 4 demonstrates a core priority of Jesus’ mi...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 1:1-28; 2:1-11, 18-21   Throughout the Bible, several significant women of faith experience challenge in conceiving a child yet receive a promise from God—or call out in an appeal to Him—that they will not only bear a child but also that the child will grow up to be a person of significant faith & influence themselves. One such woman in the Old Testament is Hannah...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Luke 24:45-53; Acts 1-2; Joel 2  A fair amount of the Apostle Paul’s prolific & influential epistolary ministry (half the books of the New Testament are attributed to him) was composed while in prison. Paul faced repeated incarceration as he travelled the ancient world evangelizing people to the Christian faith that was so persecuted in that era of the Roman Empire. Acts c...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Luke 24:45-53; Acts 1-2; Joel 2   On the second day of Passover, a wave offering of ripe grain begins the daily counting until seven weeks have passed & the First Fruits celebration known as Shavuot (“Weeks”) has arrived on the fiftieth day. The Greek word for “fiftieth” is pentekoste, and thus this celebration is called Pentecost. Not only does the event serve as thanksgi...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Luke 24:13-49   The Bible presents no greater model of patience than the Messiah Himself, our Lord Jesus. Throughout His earthly life & ministry, Jesus exemplified the perfection of patience, but in this spring sermon series following Easter, we examine an episode of divine patience taught by the Resurrected Christ to two of His disciples while He walked with them on the r...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Genesis 37, 39, 40, 45, & 50   Joseph, a favored figure among the twelve sons of Jacob (AKA Israel), also faced betrayal from his own brothers who sold him into slavery in Egypt, where his earnest & excellent service brought him mainly mistreatment from his masters and ultimately imprisonment in an Egyptian prison. Joseph may well have wondered if God Himself had forsa...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: The Book of Esther   Sometimes patience shows up in the preparations we make in order to be ready to act wisely when a moment of truth arrives. Sometimes patience proves pivotal for taking the right action at that moment, courage to face the challenges posed, and trusting God in the process. And sometimes patience’s greatest reward is the celebration of achievement afforded wh...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: The Book of Job   Perhaps no one in all of the Bible is more famed for their patience than Job, the “man of Uz who was blameless & upright” (Job 1:1). Indeed, even in modern society, “the patience of Job” remains a proverbial expression of supremely long-suffering graciousness. So Job proves a fitting figure to initiate our months-long study of People of Patience in the Sc...

The central truth of human history revolves around the death & RESURRECTION of Jesus the Christ, Our Eternal Savior. If Christ Jesus has not been raised & our hope in Him is for this earthly life only, then the Gospel is void, our faith is in vain, & Christians are the most miserably pitiable of people (1 Cor 15:14-19). But in fact, Jesus has risen & He is our LIVING “hope of glory...

Easter Sunday Service   Pastor Courtney Hall   Date: April 17, 2022, JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10:30 AM*   SERIES: THE PATIENCE OF PASSOVER (EASTER SERIES 2022) Sermon Slides

Good Friday Service   Pastor Courtney Hall   Date: April 15, 2022, JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 7:00 PM*   SERIES: THE PATIENCE OF PASSOVER (EASTER SERIES 2022) Sermon Slides

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Exodus 11:1-10   Passover & Easter are two events that share much more than just a frequently common occurrence on the calendar. The story of God’s liberation of His children of Israel from their enslavement in Egypt and into His covenant promises of life & liberty directly portends the freedom from sin & life in the Lord offered to all in the death & resurrect...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Ruth 4:1-22   Through Ruth’s loyalty, labor, & love, God manifest an enduring legacy not only for her, but through her descendants He also established the throne of David & ultimately the lineage of Jesus Christ, Savior of the world. When we entrust our lives into the Lord’s hands like Ruth did, we also will experience—by God's grace and through our loyalty, labor, &am...

A church that Stands Firm for the Glory of God Philippians 1:27 Sunday English Service  Date: March 27, 2022  Time: 10:30 am

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Ruth 3:1-18 Above all else, the Book of Ruth is a story of LOVE. Through her loyalty, labor, & patient trust in the Lord, Ruth received redemption from her loss and a lasting legacy of love through which new life & a regal lineage would be birthed through her. Likewise, believers today can follow Ruth’s example in our relationship with Jesus, our own “Kinsman Redeemer,” by...

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Ruth 2:1-23   Continuing our chapter-by-chapter sermon series on the Book of Ruth, the story of the LABOR by which this loyal, loving woman of faith achieves a kind of regency—a patient preparation for the King to come—continues into chapter two. Here Ruth’s dedication provides a stirring example of simple lessons yielding a lasting legacy. If we, like Ruth, diligently do the...

-Lucas 2:39 ; 36-38 Ang pananalangin ay paglilingkod sa Diyos at pagsunod sa kautusan   Sunday Service  Time: 8:30 am

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Ruth 1:1-22   "Once upon a time, back in the days of the Judges in Israel..." So begins our new sermon series on the Book of Ruth, a short story with a long legacy, telling the true story of a woman named Ruth who lived a life of profound love, labor, & LOYALTY. In this, Ruth achieves a kind of regency, as through her patience & faith God paves the way not only for a k...