3.7.10 messages
March 7, 2010
Our morning Romans series:
By One Man Sin Entered (Rm 5:12)
Our Basic Theology lesson:
The Pre-Incarnate Christ
Our monthly communion message from Leviticus:
Ordinary Religion (Lev 24:1-23)
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Our Psalm from the previous Wednesday (3.3.10)
The Lord reigns – Let the Earth Rejoice (Ps 97:1-12)
Hitherto Hath the Lord Helped Us
November 22, 2009
1 Sam 7
Bill Carter
Pastor Carter is the pastor of a sister church here in our fair city and stood in for our pastor during his absence. Thanks Pastor Carter!
Are You Prepared for Battle?
November 22, 2009
Eph 6.14-18
Harry Lloyd
One of our deacons stood in for our pastor in his absence. This message challenges us to be prepared for the assaults of the devil against our faith.
Every Christian Ought to be FAT
November 18, 2009
Pr 13.4
Bill Carter
Pastor Carter is the pastor of a sister church here in our fair city and stood in for our pastor during his absence. Thanks Pastor Carter!
Eating Holy Food [Leviticus, Communion]
November 1, 2009
Lev 21.16-22.16
In this lesson we see how God regulated access to the holy food of the Old Testament (the priests portions of the sacrifices) but how in the new dispensation the Bread of Life (our Lord Jesus) is open to all, the blind, the lame, the diseased, the disfigured, the Jew, the Gentile – to all who will believe on our Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. The banquet table is open to all who receive Christ.
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Perfect in Conduct and Person [Leviticus, Communion]
October 4, 2009
Lev 21
Our chapter this month provides some more specific rules concerning priestly qualification and conduct. The regulations imply the weakness of the Aaronic priesthood and call for the coming perfect priesthood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
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25 Surprising Marriages and Will Medicine Stop the Pain? [Book Reviews]
September 27, 2009
Another pastor mentioned to our pastor that he used one evening service a month for book reviews, in order to help his people find disciple-building material for themselves. Taking that suggestion to heart, this is our first attempt.
25 Surprising Marriages is a book that looks at 25 well-known Christians and their marriages. The focus is on the biography of the men and women as a couple. The benefit of this book is seen in its cumulative effect rather than in any one biographical sketch found in the book. Well worth reading and making some mental notes concerning what it took for these men and women to succeed (if they did) and then to make comparisons with one’s own marriage.
Will Medicine Stop the Pain? is a book that deals with problems in the inner man like depression, anxiety, brain disorders and cognitive problems resulting from head injury and the like. The book emphasizes that man is a two part being. We need to be sure that we are thinking right in our hearts. We need to be cautious about the use of psychiatric medicine because it can only deal with the emotional symptoms and can’t deal with the root spiritual causes of emotional pain.
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Read the reviews in manuscript form.
What Should You do with God’s Word? [Guest]
August 16, 2009
Rory Johnson
Pr 3.1-12
Our pastor’s son preached a message on how to treat the Bible as more than a book of religious information. We need to remember the Word in our hearts, trust the Word in our daily lives and respond to the Word by living it out by acting on its precepts and commandments.
The Testimony of God’s Mercy [Guest]
August 9, 2009
Rory Johnson
1 Tim 1.12-17
Our pastor’s son, Rory, is home for a few weeks after spending the summer as an intern at a church in Kansas. He is preaching the afternoon messages the Sundays he is home.
In this message, Rory looks at the testimony of the apostle Paul who experienced God’s mercy to be put in the ministry and in fact to be saved at all. The conclusion of the matter is all glory to God for his saving mercy and grace. His testimony is our example.
The Commandments Expanded [Communion, Leviticus]
August 2, 2009
Lev 19
Our chapter has four notable features including the theme verse of Leviticus, “Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.” The other features are a repetition or allusion to each of the ten commandments, the revelation of the second great commandment and the constant repetition of the phrase “I am the Lord (your God).” All of this emphasizes a deeper understanding of God’s law and nature and the demands it places on us in all of life for absolute holiness in imitation of our God.
We are conscious, still, of our inadequacy in this chapter. We need more. We can’t meet the standard. Thus, such a chapter about the holiness of God applied to life calls forth a memory of the holy condescension of our holy God in becoming a man, keeping the law even unto death on our behalf.
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