Intro I remember when I was working at Moody Graduate School in administration, I would often get calls from people who were all about trying to get short-cuts. The Master of Divinity program (M.Div) was about 96 hours, which meant 32 classes (3 year program if you went full-time). It was intense and…

I. Introduction a. Setting - the Jewish time of prayer and the temple sacrifice was a time of the greatest audience. i. The time of the apostles’ visit was the “ninth” hour, three in the afternoon, i.e., the hour of prayer. It was also the time of the evening Tamid, one of the two sacrifices held daily…

Peter- a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about somebody, who can save anybody 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV) /Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance…

A CONTEXTUAL LOOK AT PETER AND CORNELIUS ACTS 9:36-10:48 9:36-38. While Peter was at Lydda, a well-beloved Christian woman (a disciple) in Joppa by the name of Dorcas . . . died. Her name means “gazelle” in Greek as does its counterpart Tabitha in Aramaic. She was known for her help to the poor. Because…

Fifth Sunday after Trinity

By Pastor Glenn Pease It is not likely that anyone here would know that August 6th was the day on which the first human being was electrocuted in Aubrun, New York, or that it was the day on which the first American woman swam the English Channel, or the one which the first printed copies of the Constitution…

Context The healing of Simon’s Mother in Law (1:29-31) is part of the set of stories about healing and exorcism in the Gospel (1:21-34). The chapter opens with the phrase ‘The beginning of the Good News..’ (1) and this ‘beginning’ has been marked so far by the preaching of John the Baptist (2-8), the…

Greater Faith, 3-29-09 Canaan Baptist, 5/2/10 Intro. Praise Scripture: John 14:9 Title: ‘U don’t know me,’ ‘Now I know’ “Stage 5” Prayer Song: I will trust in the Lord x3, until I die Cultural text: Describe Going to court and seeing someone that raped your child Sometimes you are surprise to know that…

Sunday, November 9, 2008 The tragedy of rejecting Jesus John 13:21-30 21 After He had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray Me.” John 13:21 NIV Today I speak to you about the tragedy of rejecting Jesus. Our text tells us part of the…

By Pastor Glenn Pease 1776 was the year the United States of America was born. It was also the year one of the favorite hymns of all time was born, and that was Rock Of Ages. The author was an Englishman named Augustus Montague Toplady. He wrote 133 poems and hymns, but they were all forgotten. This…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Apollo 13 was one of the biggest flops in the history of our space program, and yet it was also one of the most celebrated. Can a catastrophic failure also be a colossal success? Just ask the three astronauts of that ill fated flight. It was 1970, and they were on their way to the…

Can They See Jesus In Me Matt. 26:56-58, 69-75 I. The Transformation of the New Life Peter wasn’t the same man he used to be, he had been radically changed by the Holy Spirit of God. A. His Past- Peter was a fisherman. They were notorious for vulgar language and wicked lifestyles. 1. Luke 5:1-8- by his…

Peter confirms the Gospel with the healing of Aeneas who was paralyzed for 8 years.

Following the amazing miricles that jesus had just proformed of feeding five thousand the deciples departed across the sea of galilee. Jesus had just dismissed the crowd and went up to the top of the mountion to pray. That same night about 3 or 4 miles out in the lake a storm hit the sea and the deciples.…

Review we’re coming to the end of Luke’s account of work of the HS in the Jewish world though the HS continued to work among the Jewish people he shifts Luke’s focus to the work of Paul and his team in the Gentile world The Holy Spirit’s purpose is to show the progressive fulfillment of Acts 1:8 8 But…

What is church all about? That's a good question, isn't it!? If you're a Christian and go church, you might wonder about that from time to time. Or if you're not yet a Christian and don't normally go to church, you might find the whole idea of church to be something of a mystery. The Greek word for church…

Aug 31, 2008 Bothwell & Clachan Jesus Wants Me to Do What? - No. 01. “Sometimes it’s Pretty Hard to Follow Jesus” Matthew 16:21-28 INTRODUCTION Taboo Topics at Work Sometimes it’s pretty hard to follow Jesus, especially if you would like to be able to share your faith while at work. In a 2008 Addeco…

Sin has a consequence. When we learn this, we can come to: stop sin, confess sin, and hope in God. When we learn this, it can help us understand the love of Christ and the cross.

1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we…

The word of the LORD came a second time. Can we please turn to the book of Jonah? It takes a bit of finding! It’s a funny thing how we know the story of Jonah so well, but the book of Jonah is not quite so well known. Back along I did a series on the book and I am not going to go into it in detail today…

An Unstoppable Force for God James MacDonald But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, "Go and stand in…

Jesus is denied by Peter

The word of the LORD came a second time. Can we please turn to the book of Jonah? It takes a bit of finding! It’s a funny thing how we know the story of Jonah so well, but the book of Jonah is not quite so well known. Back along I did a series on the book and I am not going to go into it in detail today…

This is the last Sunday I will be sharing my heart concerning the things God really laid on my heart and challenged me with over my sabbatical. While away I definitely had my concerns for those I shepherd, I prayed faithfully for you, but God gave a peace as well. He is the One ultimately in control,…

Have you ever been going strong in your Christian walk, and then you fall flat on your face… Again? Today we are given an example of this. There was a man... He boldly and emphatically declared rightly that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God! Then... a few moment later Jesus looks at him…