And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him…but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. 1 Samuel 30:6 Have you ever been distressed? Overwhelmed? Overcome? I can imagine that some of you are going through a season of rough seas even now. In those times it is hard to focus on much of anything…
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
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But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:19-20 What’s one of the most profound things that someone has ever said to you? How did their words and their passion impact…
We’re still in the section of Romans where Paul is convicting three different groups of their sin and their need for God. This week we looked at the religious group. The group that goes to church and outwardly does all the “right things.” However, Paul gets on to this group – specifically the Jews when he says, you then who teach others,…
We are a culture of convenience, of personalization, of individualism. We try to order our lives to perfectly suit our every preference. Unfortunately, this even extends to our commitment to the local church. In looking deeper at the scripture in Hebrews 10:24-25, the passage does urge us not to skip church. Many pastors, including myself, have used this passage as an encouragement…
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42 Another mark of the first church was fellowship. In Acts 2, Luke describes the fellowship of those first Christians like this: All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as…