Selected Scriptures We’ve been in a study of the church and that’s extended beyond May, beyond June and into July. We are coming to the end of that study very soon, but we’re taking the time that’s necessary to really learn what the Bible teaches about our involvement here in the local church. Church is the fundamental institution that is vital to…
Selected Scriptures Today is June 28th, 2015, just two days after a historic milestone in this country’s decline, as we’re watching the country rapidly decline. That decline has accelerated. I don’t know if you’ve been watching the news, but it’s, it’s going very, very fast. On Friday, June 26th, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States overstepped its authority and declared…
Selected Scriptures We want to continue going through what we started last week, looking at the “one anothers” of the New Testament. We’re taking a break from our series in the Gospel of Luke, our exposition of that wonderful Gospel, so that we can look at the “one anothers” of the New Testament. And by “one anothers,” we’re referring to those reciprocal…
Selected Scriptures We’re talking today about life in the local church. We’ve been in a series for some time talking about this, taking a break from our normal study of the Gospel of Luke. But last week we set a foundation for this Sunday and next by looking at Paul’s teaching on the doctrine of the church. We’ve briefly looked at two…
1 Corinthians 12:1-27 Well, we’ve been going through this series on membership and involvement in the local church, and we’ve extended the series just a bit because we want to make sure that we get a good grasp of what God is saying to us through his Word on this very important and extremely practical subject. Just by way of review, I…
Ephesians 4:29
Selected Scriptures This morning you can open your Bibles to Matthew 18. Can open your Bibles there. You know we ended the time last time there in Matthew 18. We looked at Matthew 16 and Matthew 18, talking about Jesus’ uses of the word church. Two times, two specific times, he addressed the issue of the church, and, recognized and acknowledged both…
Selected Scriptures We’re continuing our series that we’re calling “Support Your Local Church.” I’ve been encouraged by the elders to extend this series a bit, so I have done that. I’m going to expand it just somewhat. We’re going to keep going on the series. I was going to cut it off in May, but we’re going to go into the month…