Please join us on Tuesday, March 5th at 7:00 PM, at 28 East Events, 28 East Union Street (across from Brick Wall Tavern) in Burlington, for our Women’s Connections Group. Connections is a women’s fellowship group in Burlington. All women 18 and over are welcome. If you are looking for a place to deepen your...
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II Peter 2:4-11 “Destruction and Deliverance”
II Peter chapter 2 is almost completely about false teachers. Peter gives warnings about them, he reveals who they are and how they operate, and he promises that they will be judged to the point of destruction. If we aren’t careful, it can be a chapter that sounds fearful or hopeless, but in the middle...
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Prayer Meeting: Monday, March 4th, 7:00 PM
Join us for a time of praying with and for each other as we gather on Monday, March 4th at 7:00 PM for our bi-weekly prayer meeting. Our prayer meetings are a time for us to share our burdens with each other and to hold up the arms of our brothers and sisters. There is...
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Men’s Bible Study: Saturday, March 2nd, 7:00 PM
The next men’s Bible study at Tabernacle Baptist Church,150 East 2nd Street in Burlington, is on Saturday, March 2nd at 10:00 AM. Abie teaches this study on the first Saturday of every month. We are focusing on the theme of I Corinthians 15:49, being transformed from the image of Adam to the image of Jesus,...
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“Have We Believed?” John 10:31-42
Have you ever had a situation where you were telling the truth, but no one believed you? What happens when life or death hang on the truth being believed? In August 1836 Colonel Christian came Burlington City and claimed that Severn Martin was his slave who had fled his plantation 16 years before. The Mayor,...
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II Peter Bible Study: Wednesday, February 27th, 7:00 PM
II Peter chapter 2 is almost completely about false teachers. Peter gives warnings about them, he reveals who they are and how they operate and he promises that they will be judged to the point of destruction. If we aren’t careful, it can be a chapter that sounds fearful or hopeless, but in the middle...
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Seek God for the City
This year we are once again taking part in the Waymakers 40 days of focused prayers of biblical hope called “Seek God for the City”. “Seek God for the City” is designed to mobilize many to pray with united, sustained vision for people of their community. The 40 days run from Ash Wednesday, March 6th,...
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“Safe and Secure” John 10:22-30
We all desire safety and security. We take extra precautions to avoid freak accidents so that we can have a sense of security. But we often neglect the real issue. We will put our seat belt on in the car, but we will speed or check our phones while driving. We neglect the heart issues....
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New Small Group: The Gospel Project
On Saturday, March 2nd, we will begin a new small group hosted by Butch and Donna Ireland. This small group will be focused around The Gospel Project. The reality is that all of Scripture is the revelation of God’s character, it all points to and flows from the cross and resurrection of Jesus. The Gospel...
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II Peter 1:16-21 “False Teachers”
In the first chapter of his second letter, Peter established that there was nothing more important or more powerful than our knowledge, our correct, true, intimate knowledge of Jesus. Peter said that he knew Jesus by experience, but then wrote that even more sure than his experience with Jesus is the witness of the Word...