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“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: The O Antiphons, our midweek Advent series
The Advent season rings out with the hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” The hymn’s … [Read More...]
The Monsters Among Us
This is our pastor's newsletter article for October 2019. Ancient peoples dreaded the … [Read More...]
The Conundrum of Faith and Love
This is our pastor's article for the Summer, 2019 edition of our … [Read More...]
Sermons
Psalm 91:11-12: Angels Unaware; Not Them, Us
The more you traverse the text of Scripture, the more the angels fly forth from … [More...]
Luke 17:11-19: Christ’s Uncommon Mercy
Most of us don’t stumble over rare artifacts since they are, well, rare; sometimes, one of … [More...]
Luke 16:1-9: The Dishonest Manager
The beginning of Luke’s Gospel: A pregnant virgin sings, rejoicing in her God. The … [More...]
Articles
Mark, Lesson 1: Introduction
By Pr Rich Futrell Overview With the events in his Gospel, Mark makes no attempt to link them to the historical events taking place within Judea or the Roman Empire. Neither does Mark bother to explain the links between the various events he covers, the exception being what takes place during Christ’s passion. Rather, his Gospel sharpens down to a singular person—Jesus. … [More...]
The Monsters Among Us
This is our pastor's newsletter article for October 2019. Ancient peoples dreaded the deep. The darkened abyss gurgled with predatory beasts, fanged creatures to swallow you whole, hungering for more. Today, those shrieking, mythical denizens still fill us with wonder, if not terror. In the Bible, the book of Job mentions the leviathan and other monstrous movers of the … [More...]
Subjective Justification
Recap and Intro Justification: God’s declaration of righteousness, which also establishes someone in a state of righteousness. This can only happen because someone’s sins are forgiven. (“Justification” can also refer to someone revealing his righteousness by how he lives, for example, in much of James.) Christ, in His saving work, justified the entire world. Before He died, … [More...]
Objective Justification
This is a short series we're studying on justification, with this first lesson on the objective reality of what Jesus did. Our Universal Condition The book of Romans reveals our universal human condition. The writer, Paul, combines two Old-Testament passages to announce this reality. Masoretic Text Septuagint Romans Paul’s Point Ecclesiastes 7:20 There is … [More...]
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