THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS I Corinthians 1:18-2:5 “The message of the cross is foolishness to the unbeliever, but it demonstrates the power and wisdom of God to the believer” Robert Fulton in a move known as “Fulton’s Folly” tried to launch a steamboat in the Seine River in France in 1803. It sank because…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The mayor and other dignitaries were looking into the vast pit dug for the new hospital to be built. The town half-wit came up and gazed into the pit, and asked the mayor what he was going to do with this big hole. The mayor decided to humor him and said, "We are going to round…

What does the Bible say about Spiritual Gifts? 1 Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special abilities the Spirit gives us. I don’t want you to misunderstand this. There are many spiritual gifts and the primary way you will learn what they are is to get involved in different…

Intro: We want to become people that others say about us, They were with Jesus... Complaining makes us un-attractive to believers and to unbelievers. It will kill our witness. It will drive people away from us. The problem is that complaining is a difficult habit to break because it’s so easy to do.…

What Is So Important About The Cross? For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The next day John saw Jesus coming…

Do you know how we can tell when we are not focusing on Christ? We become divided by acting snobbish, criticizing, and ignoring others becoming prideful and prestigious. Is Christ Divided? No Then why do we become divided? Every church and member needs to listen to this message today and take it to heart,…

Wisdom is the ability to have dominion over time. God has an appointed time for our breakthrough. When we spend time in the presence of God, having a personal relationship with God, we will be able to discern the times and seasons we are in. We will be able to redeem the time. Listen, as Pastor Julianna encourages us about the importance of time.

So if you’ve been with us for any length of time... …but especially the past several weeks... …a main theme we’ve been discussing is the reality that... …whenever Christ spoke, mankind MISUNDERSTOOD... And ALWAYS, without question, in a certain way. Here’s how the Bible describes what we’ve been seeing…

When you hear the term fool, a lot of things probably come to your mind. If you’re like me, you probably think of something like a court jester, whose job was to act silly in order to entertain others. If you’re the right age, the term fool might bring to your mind someone like Mr. T. Many of you may…

Six Components to Salvation Pursuing Pursuing-Purpose of the Law Cornelius is pursuing God. - a devote man and one who feared God: He trusted the God of Isreal and followed Jewish practices. It was obvious to all that his devotion was sincere. God answered his prayer; Cornelius' pursuit was being fulfilled…

This week Pastor Al Addleman continues through the Book of Proverbs with a teaching from Chapter 15, verses 1-7. In this teaching we see that how we use our language and words can effect the outcomes of our relationships.

Prayer As we make our way through this book of Ecclesiastes, as I said last week... …we’re going to continue to see this phrase: The Vanity of... Again, the purpose of the author of this book (Solomon)... …is to search out the MEANING of LIFE... to see whether different aspects of life - JUSTIFY our…

God’s Purpose Grow Strong But Stay Humble Uzziah 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. 4 He did right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 He continued…

What do you think of when you think Pride? There has been a big controversy lately in the news having to do with athletic ware. Now I am not going to dig into this silly controversy but what I do want to mention is something important about it. The real issue that is at the surface of all this is arrogance.…

The Six Characteristics of a Disciple of Jesus Christ Spiritual Enthusiasm 25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove…

Prayer Last week we began making our way through the book of Ecclesiastes, and what we saw last week, is sort of the umbrella whose shadow covers the rest of the book. Last week we saw that - ALL is VANITY! We saw that CREATION is in a state of Futility... AND that mankind is in a state of Futility...…

Announcements: Teachers Needed: Especially men. We have people missing every 3rd sermon to teach. MOM Group: First Tuesday of Month, Next Session May 7 (9:30 - 11:00 am) Kid's AWANA: Done for the summer Bible Study: Mondays (6:30-7:30 pm) Month of May: Preaching through Prayer and Baptism. More info…

1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy;…

1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 2 Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should…