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When Guarding Against False Teaching — Always Emphasize the Power of the Gospel!
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 10, 2016 Colossians 1:1-14 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Think of someone who means the world to you, someone for whom you would do absolutely anything without even giving it a second thought. Picture their face in your mind— whether it’s your spouse or your child, your parent, your grandchild or your friend. […]
The Authorities that Exist Have Been Established by God
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 3, 2016 Romans 13:1-7 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Who can tell me where these words are from? […]
Wanted: Dedicated Disciples
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost June 26, 2016 Luke 9:51-62 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. […]
Who do you say I am?
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Father’s Day June 19, 2016 Luke 9:18-24 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to […]
Go in Peace!
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 12, 2016 Luke 7:36-50 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar […]