As if often the case in each one of our lives Jesus leaves an incredible experience and is immediately met by a difficult, even frustrating one. As we discussed two weeks ago, the transfiguration of Jesus was a gift of the Father to the Son. Jesus took Peter, James and John up on a mountain...
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Book of Mark Study, Wednesday, November 12th, 7:00 PM
In addition to studying the Sermon on the Mount on Sundays, we are studying the book of Mark at Wednesday night Bible study. The plan is to study Jesus’s teaching about the Kingdom of God and Jesus’s life that lived out the Kingdom at the same time. In this way we believe that we will...
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Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 7:15 “False Prophets”
For the last two weeks we have discussed our response to the Sermon on the Mount. In many ways the sermon closed with Jesus saying “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” From that point on Jesus is calling for us...
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Men’s Bible Study, Saturday, November 8th, 7:00 AM
Our men’s group has undergone a few changes in the last couple of months. Right now we are meeting every Saturday morning at the Chick-fil-a on Rt. 541 in Burlington at 7:00AM.We recently began a verse by verse study of the book of Mark, this study will be more informal than our Wednesday night one. This...
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Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 7:13-14 “The Narrow Way”
Our response to the Sermon on the Mount begins with a decision, will we surrender to the surpassing righteousness that Jesus has described for us? That decision isn’t only for a moment, it is a continual choice to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Jesus. The command you “enter by the narrow gate”...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 9:2-13 “The Transfiguration”
Tonight we move from Jesus’ first teaching about His cross and ours into one of the most amazing and important moments in Jesus’ life on earth. The transfiguration is a moment that most of us have read about but I’m not sure that we have thoroughly studied its importance to Jesus at the time and...
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Book of Mark Study, Wednesday, October 29th, 7:00 PM
In addition to studying the Sermon on the Mount on Sundays, we are studying the book of Mark at Wednesday night Bible study. The plan is to study Jesus’s teaching about the Kingdom of God and Jesus’s life that lived out the Kingdom at the same time. In this way we believe that we will...
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Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 7:13-14 “The Decision”
The Sermon on the Mount is now coming to its conclusion and Jesus, after teaching the character of God, the culture of God’s kingdom and the requirements of God’s children, now turns all of His teaching over to us; it is time for us to respond. The key verse throughout the entire sermon has been...
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Building Workday at 35 West Broad Street, Saturday October 18th, 9:00-Noon
Our building at 35 West Broad Street needs one more good day of cleaning out to finally have it empty. We have hauled away three dumpsters of junk and have one more to go! OnSaturday, October 18th from 9-12 we will meet to clean out the rest of the basement and the last two rooms upstairs....
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 8:34-9:1 “Deny Yourself, Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me”
Peter’s confession that Jesus was the Messiah was immediately followed by Jesus’ first teaching about the path that the Messiah would take, a path of suffering, rejection, death and resurrection. This didn’t fit with the idea that Peter had in his mind and hear about what the Messiah would be or what the Messiah would...