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In this part of the story of Moses we are confronted with the question of suffering.  God will bring 10 plagues against Egypt that will not only affect the Pharaoh and the Egyptians, but also the Israelites.  So why does God bring suffering?

This is the second part of the sermon; Hearing and Avoiding the call of God.  Moses heard God's call to return to Egypt and deliver the Children of Israel from their slavery,  But he made five excuses as to why God shouldn't have him do it.

In this second sermon over the life of Moses, we find Moses being called by God to lead the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage.  But Moses offers 5 excuses to God as to why he is not the man for the job.

Before they met Jesus, the 12 disciples were sinful, fearful, and flawed people.  And even after they spent 3 years following Him, they still abandoned Him at His crucifixion.  But then Jesus was raised from the dead, and He put His Spirit in them.  They were transformed into different people.  You can have that same transformation.

As we begin the book of Exodus in our Firm Foundations series, we discover that God keeps His Word.

This is the final message around discovering your spiritual gifts.  In this message we discover that we are given our gifts for the "perfecting of the saints." 

This sermon covers the last two of the spiritual gifts: giving and mercy.

This our tenth message around the Spiritual gifts.  In this one we examine the gifts of discerning spirits, and the gift of service or helps.

This study takes us to the next spiritual gifts of leadership, administration, and faith.

This is the next part of the series on Spiritual gifts.  We are looking at the gifts of prophecy and exhortation.

In this message we are defining and describing the Spiritual gifts of the "word of knowledge," "word of wisdom," and teaching.

This is the end of the sign gifts: Miracles, tongues, and the interpretation of tongues.

In this message we continue with our study of the Spiritual gifts by looking at miracles, healings, tongues, and the interpretation of tongues.

In this message we continue looking at the Spiritual gifts.  This week we are considering the sign gifts of healing, miracles, tongues and interpretation of tongues.

This series of sermons is designed to help you discover your Spiritual gifts.

We are preparing, as a church, to take a Spiritual gift survey.  But before taking the survey, we want to make sure everyone understands what the Spiritual gifts are.  We are studying the gifts out of the lists in 1 Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, and 1st Peter.

Every Christian has a spiritual gift from God.  So they need to discover what it is, and put it to work.

I preached this message out of the book of Galatians describing how Paul held firm to the truth of the gospel, despite opposition.

This is the final message comparing the stories of Joseph and Jesus.  Joseph is a foreshadowing of Christ in the salvation he offered and his inheritance.

This message is designed to give you "Just the Word" on homosexuality.  In other words, it is primarily a reading of Scripture on a topic, without a lot of comment.

The epistle of James addresses the issue of favoritism: treating people differently based on superficialities.

We have many decisions we have to make in our lives.  But, how do we know what God would have us do?  How can we know that we are hearing from Him?

Are you really a Christian?  Many people claim to be followers of Jesus Christ, but they don't follow it up with how they live their lives.  What's more, they don't even seem to care what Scripture says about how they live their lives. So, here's the question.  Can you really say you are following someone, if you don't follow?

The movie "A Christmas Story" is a cherished story of a young boy's quest for the perfect Christmas gift; the  Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle .  And the movie became an instant classic, often religiously watched in countless houses during the Christmas season. But what is it about the movie that is so compelling?  I suggest that there is a hidden sense of co...

In this episode of Firm Foundations we continue looking at the life of Joseph as a foreshadowing of the coming of Jesus.  And here we consider the salvation from starvation offered by Joseph, and the salvation from sin offered by our Lord Jesus Christ.