We have found love in Christ and in the Church. In Him and among His people, we can escape the labels that people lay upon us. We have found joy and this safeguards from temptation. We understand what is really valuable and we refuse to enter into judgment. Rather, we rejoice that mercy is given […]
Men tend to exalt themselves above measure. How does God help us with this? With suffering. We need to be turned to Him and His grace. It is such a blessing to recognize our need for Him. This is humility. (2 Corinthians 12:5-9) Speaker(s): Pastor Thomas Schaller, Pastor Eugene Davis Sermon 12034 11:00 AM on […]
We can live in amusement — an existence marked by non-thinking. Or, we can live in the edification of the Body of Christ. The Church is a gift to us. There, we find exhortation, relationship, joy, and comfort. We can be built up in the midst of a culture that’s falling apart. (1 Corinthians 14:3-6, […]
We can live in a very brutish way. We can live and think only with our flesh, our carnal nature. But Christ came to earth to be our Redeemer. In Him, we are foreknown, predestined, called, justified, and glorified. All of these things are the work of God Himself, according to the pure Word of […]
People worship things, idols and they are deceived, living by lies that they cannot let go of. They bow down before these lies. Christ came from above. He transcends all things for He came to give us the Bread of life. By the Spirit and the sure Word, we can be carried along in the […]
Paul was on a storm tossed ship. A prisoner on his way to Caesar at Rome, he was at first ignored. But in the midst of the storm, Paul became the most important person aboard that vessel. Because he was there, no life was lost. Let see ourselves in this story as face the storms […]
Simeon and Anna were people of faith who spent their days at the Temple. Simeon had a promise from the Spirit that he would see Christ. And one day it happened. Suddenly, Jesus was there in this man’s arms and he and Anna glorified God. The world has other concerns and troubles, but we look […]
Simeon and Anna were people of faith who spent their days at the Temple. Simeon had a promise from the Spirit that he would see Christ. And one day it happened. Suddenly, Jesus was there in this man’s arms and he and Anna glorified God. The world has other concerns and troubles, but we look […]
Simeon and Anna were people of faith who spent their days at the Temple. Simeon had a promise from the Spirit that he would see Christ. And one day it happened. Suddenly, Jesus was there in this man’s arms and he and Anna glorified God. The world has other concerns and troubles, but we look […]
The western world is without a sense of humility, a sense of love, or a sense true riches and fullness. Jesus came as the Star out of Jacob to reveal these things. His Light is eternal and it will come to earth in fullness one day, but now it fills our hearts. (Numbers 24:17; Matthew […]