40 Days of Blessing Week #5 Sunday Sermon Oct. 5th Title: How to Live under an Open Heaven Text: Mark 1:11, Rev. 5:13, Truth to Go #6 Words, Deeds and Ceremonies - Part 2 Sermon Preparation: Read The Power of Blessing chapter 13 and briefly skim The Blessing Handbook chapter 8 - Milestones the main prep…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

The Life-Changing Power of the Gospel ~ Titus 2:11-14 Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on August 17, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live…

Thomas S. Myers THE PRICE OF forgiveness Ephesians 1:7 Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace What is redemption? What does it mean? The word "redemption" has been etched in stained glass. Its meaning has been…

The Life-Changing Power of the Gospel ~ Titus 2:11-14 Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on August 17, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live…

1) AM…..12-9-07….SBC 2) “A Divine Accomplishment” Isaiah 7:1-17; Matthew 1:23 Introduction: Genre of Prophecy 1- The great prediction which runs like a golden thread through the whole contents of the Old Testament is that regarding the coming and work of the Messiah[1] 2- The responsibility of the Old…

Theological Poetics: Typology, Symbol, and the Christ The Theory and Method of Biblical Typology A modern introduction to biblical typology should begin inductively with several examples of certain shadows and types from Old Testament passages widely acknowledged to be prefigurative in character, seeking…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

Part I Prolegomena Introduction to Theology 8 2006 I. Introduction to Prolegomena A. What is Prolegomena (the singular is Prolegomenon) 1. It is from the Greek pro/ + le/gw, meaning to say beforehand (Random House Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1547). 2. It refers to "a preliminary discourse prefixed to a literary…

Isaiah 2:1-4 Life in the Millennium “The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations…

Sermon: Ezekiel the Faithful Servant July 22, 2007 VISION OF OUR GREAT GOD (Ezekiel 1:1) Read Ezekiel 1:26-28 and 8:2 * Seeing God as he really is……..…allows me to see my circumstances as they really are VISION OF OUR GREAT SINFULNESS (Ezekiel 8:3) Read chapters 16 and 23 * Seeing God as he really is…

Lesson 1: The Author and Perfecter of the Plan Introduction “What in the world is going on?” You have probably asked this question or a similar one more than once in your life. We ask this question when we perceive that what is happening does not seem to square with our understanding of how things are…

A look at the message from Christ to the church in Ephesus

Studies in Revelation __________________________________________________ Christ’s Victory Over the Forces of Darkness Contents Preface................................................................................................................................................................................................…

Ephesians 6:10-11 Let’s begin with a brief overview of military history from God’s perspective. First of all there are two realms of battle: the spiritual realm and the earthly realm. There are angelic creatures in rebellion against God in the spiritual realm and there are human creatures in rebellion…

Intro: We have traveled many miles visiting the seven churches in the book of Revelation: Ephesus-The church of loveless orthodoxy; Smyrna-the church of ultimate sacrifice; Pergamum-the church of indiscriminate tolerance; Thyatira-the church of willful corruption; Sardis-the church of the living dead;…

Worship The Lord Your God Knowing God through His Word is the only unshakable foundation of the Christian life. Learning from Him. Receiving from Him. Desiring Him more eagerly than your necessary food. Let nothing distract us from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Jesus that is based on knowing…

Psalm 1 Introduction Never before in history has so much biblical scholarship been available to Christians. In days gone by (and in some lands today), merely to possess a copy of the Bible in your native tongue was considered a rare privilege. Now we have more than a dozen translations and paraphrases…

How the Doctrines of the Triune God Affect the Content and Character of Worship Bradley Robert Berglund Chapter 1 - Why Another Book on Worship? Chapter 2 - How Did Worship Become Divisive? Chapter 3 - Is Worship an Essential Doctrine (or Are We Majoring on Minors)? Chapter 4 – The Rudiments of Acceptable…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

1st hour Why are we here? To be able to defend our beliefs and expound them to others It is profitable It is practical (Phil. 2:5-11) the greatest doctrinal passage in the scriptures -We are to have the mind of Christ in everything that we do -Even though Christ was God, he humbled himself beyond what…

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

-Introduction Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power…

The Son and the Holy Spirit are equal to God the Father in eternity, nature and status. Within the Trinity the Father is head, first among equals; the Son and the Holy Spirit do the Father’s will, glorifying him and making him known; and the Holy Spirit glorifies and makes known the Son.

oremus bible hymnal almanac liturgy Common Worship Almanacs for desktop calendars and PDAs Almanac files for iCal, Outlook, Palm and other calendar software Calendar for 2009 | Sun 30 Nov 2008 | CW* Advent 1 | First Sunday of Advent Principal Service Isaiah 64.1-9 Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20* 1 Corinthians 1.3-9…