http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnxB2gRkvmQ REVIEW An important note from last week's lesson is that the whole of the law and prophets rests on the premise of God's redemptive act: Deut. 5:6 Hosea 13:4 Example- Lev.19:36- note that God appeals to His redemption of Israel as the base for why Israel must have honest scales; this is the case …
10 Commandments: the idolatry commandments
This is the first lesson in our series on the 10 Commandments. We begin with the first two commandments on idolatry. Our objective is to expose the deeds of idolatry and turn our fellowship away from idols with the ultimate end that we might "come out and be separate". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9HenFVnBc
Worship From the Fires of Suffering
A few weeks back I had one of the most painful weeks of my life: Multiple Sclerosis teamed up with a bout of Shingles and Satan didn't miss the opportunity to shoot his fiery arrows. To be honest, that is the pretty version; the plain version is that my mind was bogged down in the "M.S. fog", …
Longing For Recognition & Justification: The LGBT Community
The immense human desire for "recognition" and "justification" has relentlessly driven the LGBT movement to unprecedented heights of political and social achievements; if you consider that estimates place figures between 2% and 11% of the population consider themselves to be in the LGBT community, their social and political advances are astonishing. It is that human desire …
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The Mark of the Beast
The Mark of the Beast justifiably attracts a great deal of attention: scripture says, “they shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who …
Simple Answers on Baptism
Sometimes we struggle to know what we think about certain questions because all the noise of people’s opinions and traditions drowns out the simplicity of God’s word. The purpose of this post is to let the truth of God’s word simplify the meaning of baptism for us.
Exposition of 1st Corinthians 1:1-9
Paul's epistles to the Corinthians are an incredibly timely message for the Church in the U.S. Corinth was an epicenter of trade, wealth, political power, culture, and idolatrous religion; the ancient world made the term "corinthianize" synonymous with "practice evil". Amidst all this wickedness and spiritual oppression, the Holy Spirit inspires Paul to pen a …
Walk Humbly With Your God
We began this sermon series under the great conviction of our desperate need for a complete renewing in humility. This series is less of a "comprehensive" series on the subject, and more about the seeds God has placed in our hearts that are growing to bear fruit in our lives. Our desire is to walk …
Observe Christmas Unto the Lord
Every year I struggle with Christmas: I have no struggle with taking time to come together with family to enjoy one another’s company, exchange some modest gifts, and get caught up, but, I have always struggled with a “Christmas” that is absent of Christ and full of “Self”; which is surely the antithesis of Christ …
Giving Up
Yesterday morning I was really under heavy temptation to quit trying to warn people of the judgment of Christ that will come against all unrighteousness and ungodliness on the earth without partiality or favoritism. This temptation came because I am getting tired of speaking to stone walls! Then the Lord brought two things to my remembrance: …
