Genesis Chapter 16 involves a family problem between Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar and in the middle of it, there is an issue of waiting on the promise of God to provide a son. Pastor Raphael explores this passage to show us that waiting is also our problem. A waiting problem is a faith problem. Hope this blesses you.

Genesis 15 presents the covenant that God made with Abram, which is also promised to us as well! Our Elder Larry Stout in this message outlines how the covenant ceremony promises an absolute assurance of our salvation because Jesus Christ fulfilled the covenant requirements for us. We obey in faith through repentance, water baptism, and fellowship with God and one another.

Romans 15:7 says "Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God." Pastor Raphael examines this verse to connect a culture of hospitality with the gospel. God is a God of welcome through the gospel, we are welcomed people and as a result, we should welcome others. We hope this is a blessing to you

This week we discover how Abraham gives the same grace he had been given to Lot and rescues him. Listen to Pastor Raphael as he explores Abraham's faith in Genesis 14 was transformed into action which also points us to how Jesus fought for us on the Cross. We hope this blesses you 

 

As we continue our series on Faith, pastor Raphael examines Genesis 13 to show us how Abraham deals with strife between him and his nephew Lot and God's response to him. We pray that as a church community we would be a church that elevates who we are over what we have.

As we continue our series on Faith, pastor Raphael examines Genesis 12:10-13:4 to show us how even when Abraham doubted God and failed God was still faithful to him. God commitment towards us is greater than ours to him and it is his commitment to us that leads us to deeper commitment to Him. We hope you are blessed by this message. 

 

According to the Old Testament Scholar Marvin. R Wilson "faith is the call to step bodly into tommorow, to embrace the new with confidence that every new day would prove to be a meeting place with the holy and eternal God." Such was the life of Abraham as shown in Genesis 12:1-9. Listen to the message on this passage by Pastor Raphael as he expounds on this passage and applies it to our lives today.

Abraham was a great man of faith, yet it is in light of his background that God Gloriously shines in his calling him. The God who showed up in a dark and void world, unformed and unfilled can walk into any background, transform and fill it with his glory. Learn more as Pastor Raphael looks at Genesis 11:27-32, examining Abraham's background and applying it to our own faith journeys.

As we kick off the series on faith pastor Raphael gives some of the reasons why faith is important to the life of a Christian.  In Abraham, we find the faith and failures of a man like us who lived in a gap between promise and reality.  More than other figures in the bible he knew what it meant to live by faith in the middle of overwhelming circumstances. Don't miss out on the next weeks as we discover more what it means to live by faith.

Forgiveness is the essence of the Gospel. Listen to Pastor Steve Lutz as he explores Mathew 18:21-35 to show how God has a wealth of mercy and intends us to extend forgiveness towards one another from it. Steve Lutz is planting Wellspring Church in State College, PA and it is an honor to see God glorifying churches being planted. Learn more about Wellspring www.citychurchpa.org/churchplanting