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New Year’s Eve Service
Our New Year's Eve Service is on December 31 at 5:00 PM. Not only will we remember the … [Read More...]
Christmas Eve and Day Services
Our Christmas Eve Service, December 24, will be at 7:00 PM. It will be a service of … [Read More...]
“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...]
Sermons
John 1:1-4, Hebrews 1:1-3: The Word and the Son
Today, the 25th of December, far removed from unknown ages, when our God created the … [More...]
Emmanuel: God With Us
In time’s past, when God created time, He placed in Eden a tree of life. … [More...]
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...]
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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