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Ascension: Jesus is Gone into Heaven. Now What?
This is our pastor's article for the May edition of our newsletter. This … [Read More...]
Unnoticed Connections in Scripture
On Thursday, April 19, at 2:00 PM, we will begin our new midweek Bible study. The theme … [Read More...]
The Subversive Message of Easter
This is our pastor's newsletter article for the April edition of our … [Read More...]
Sermons
Acts 2:1-21: The Real Power of Pentecost
At last, power! A fitting display of vigor and vitality for the saving Word to sally … [More...]
Acts 1:12-26: The Office is Greater than the Man
Most of us don’t realize how much North Africans influenced our Christian thinking. For … [More...]
Acts 1:6-11: Christ’s Ascension Doesn’t Mean He’s Now Trapped in Heaven
This was our pastor's sermon for the pastoral circuit meeting (winkel) on Tuesday, May 9, … [More...]
Articles
Unnoticed Connections in Scripture, Lesson 5: Numbers Continued
In this lesson, we continue exploring the significance of numbers in the Bible. For we find specific numbers coming up over and again throughout Scripture. For example, God commanded His people to celebrate seven festivals in the Old Covenant—four during spring and three in the autumn. These three fall festivals all took place in the seventh month. The final one lasted seven days, with it … [More...]
John: Lesson 7: Jesus Goes to “Court” (John 5:30-47)
After Jesus heals a paralyzed man on the Sabbath, others begin to oppose Him publicly. Jesus refutes the charges of violating the Sabbath based on His identity as the faithful Son who only does what He receives from the Father. “The Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise” (John 5:19). By using the … [More...]
John: Lesson 6: Opposition to Jesus becomes Public (John 5:1-29)
Up until now, Jesus has mostly been working with individuals, but in this section of the Gospel, His ministry begins to engage with larger groups, both followers and dissenters. In John 5, Jesus begins by healing a paralyzed man on the Sabbath (5:1-9). This event becomes a spark to ignite the public opposition against Him (5:10–18). Healing on the Sabbath Read John … [More...]
Unnoticed Connections in Scripture: Lesson 4: Numbers
Counting in Hebrew The Hebrew language didn’t use numbers. Instead, letters took on the task of denoting numerical values. Like Roman numerals, each letter denotes a value (“I” = one; “V” = five; “X” = 10, and so on). To write a number, one combined different letters. A development, which took place within the languages that used letters for numbers, is something called “gematria.” … [More...]
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