Today is the Sixth Day of Christmas. We are not even half-way through the season, yet as far as the world is concerned, Christmas is over. It’s almost as if the scriptural narrative of Christ ends with his lowly birth in a manger. But this is only the beginning. Jesus, who came to take the lowest place…

Introduction Good morning.... Thank you Courtney for leading us today. It sort of feels a little more normal today at Connect Community and I thankful for that. Again thank you all for joining in with us this morning…we hope you are enduring well. I again long for a time when the church can gather. This…

Peter reminds us that Christ, the cornerstone, was rejected. We likewise may be rejected. However, Christ is the promised saving stone from Isaiah and the Psalms. Though we may be rejected like Christ, there will be no shame when the ultimate judgement Comes. The stone is a sure blessing of salvation for those who believe, but it is a rock of offence condemning those who reject it.

Christ our Cornerstone transforms us from dead rocks to living stones in His house

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold,…

A Meditation on the Parable of the Tenants from Matthew 21:33-46

Corner stone first

Read the Blueprints When considering constructing a building or house, the best successes come when plans are followed. An entire team of people who understand the plans are able to gather together and read from those plans what the end vision will entail. However, there are times when people attempt…

As Christians we are called to be living stones!

First Sunday after Christmas

"What we allow in we either help or hinder our growth in the Lord Jesus Christ."

HOOK DO NOT FORGET TO UNMUTE It’s MONDAY the 28th day of September Last Thursday right here at “The Message”, we looked into the conversation between Peter, John and the crowd attending the prayer meeting at the temple— they explained to them the facts behind the healing of the beggar that was lame since…

What does it mean to live face to face with Jesus? Play video: Kid call dad on Ring doorbell... Matthew 7:21–23 (ESV) 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord,…

Start: Start: Entice: It is impossible to pursue God without being surrounded by people. Some try. What ever it is they think they find it is not Biblically defined Christian faith. Yes, Jesus is the foundation stone, the corner-orienting stone. Entice: It is impossible to pursue God without being surrounded…

The passage we’ve read together today is a thrilling story. I hope you saw that as we read together. It starts with Saul, the king of Israel sitting under a tree whilst his tiny army sat around him. The Philistine army was running riot, you can see from 1Sam 13:17 that they had raiding parties unopposed.…

What are the two sources of authority in religion? What two attributes described Jesus as He entered Jerusalem? What are the two options for hearing the words of God?

Built on the Living Stone - 1 Peter 2:4-8 Intro: In an individualistic culture, we need reminding of the critical importance of the corporate nature of the church. You can’t play ultimate frisbee as a single-man team. (offense, defense) Yes, the team is made up of individuals, but the team is fully dependent…

Psalm 132 raises our eyes to new heights, to consider not only the riches of God’s forgiveness, but the even greater inheritance he gives his people—a city that will never pass away, in a kingdom that endures forever, a place where he dwells with us and we with him. This is an inheritance which is only possible because of the riches of God’s work in and through Christ, and that work is here anticipated by the psalmist as he rejoices in how God had chosen to make Zion the place of his dwelling.

In this message we will look at Abraham’s passing and the wonderful promise of how the next generations will be blessed. Have you thought about what will be written in your obituary and what you will pass on to the coming generations?

Utawala Baptist Church A Biblical Father! 21/06/09 SCRIPTURE I Peter 2:6-8 Creation Gen 1:26-27 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and…

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy…

The (digital) worship gathering for Church of the Desert in Scottsdale, Arizona.

When my brothers and sisters and I were young, my father used to often tell us many wise sayings, which many of them stemmed from spiritual teachings. One of them that has probably been most prominent in my life and memory goes like this “Know yourself! Because if one doesn’t know himself, anyone can…