I have shared over and over again this year, in all of our different texts and series that the only way to truly know the nature of a kingdom is to learn the heart and character of the king. This text that we enter into today, for the third week in a row, is a...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 15:33-47 “Death and Burial”
In John 10:17-18 Jesus said “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from Me but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up...
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II Corinthians 5:14-21 “To Live Differently”
As I’ve shared recently, this passage of Scripture has great importance to me personally but for these next few weeks I want us to see that it is a vital part of our corporate identity. It’s a passage that reveals Jesus’ work and the Father’s desire, it literally defines reconciliation and then it takes everything...
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II Corinthians 5:14-21 “One for All: The Corporate Application of Intimacy”
For a few weeks we have either been in this passage of Scripture or referring to it. It’s one of those texts that simply can’t be exhausted because it doesn’t just speak to something that God has done or that God wants us to do, it reveals more of who God is, more of His...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 15:16-32 “Merciful Suffering”
Once Pilate gave in to the wishes of the Sanhedrin and the cries of the people that had been “stirred” by the chief priests he turned Jesus over to be scourged and then to be crucified. In this text Mark walks us from Jesus’ scourging to being nailed to the cross. We don’t know how...
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I Corinthians 15:12-28 “Risen for . . . “
The reality of Jesus’ physical resurrection from the dead is of the utmost importance. We are sometimes guilty of putting so much of our attention on the cross that we take the resurrection for granted or miss it’s daily, personal importance. The Scriptures teach us very clearly that the cross proved and sealed God’s love...
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II Corinthians 5:14-15 “For His Sake” Refugee Sunday
Last week we concentrated on the fact that “For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Jesus became something He was not so that He could make us something we could not be. Everything that God has done from...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, March 21st
Our next prayer meeting will be Monday, March 21st at 7:00 PM. This is a time to pray with and for each other, to share needs that we would like to have prayerful support in and to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us to pray both in the Spirit and with understanding as Romans...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 15:1-5 “A Different Jesus”
Mark 15 records the details of Jesus’ crucifixion from the moment that the Sanhedrin binds Him and hands Him over to Pilate to the moment when His body is laid in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. This is the last 12 hours of Jesus’ pre-resurrection life but it is also the last 12 hours...
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World Vision Refugee Sunday, March 20th
This week, on Palm Sunday, we will be taking part in a World Vision “Refugee Sunday” in which we will be discussing the Syrian refugee crisis and learning ways that we can help, both those that are fleeing for their lives and the churches in the Middle East that are ministering to their physical, emotional...