There are three of Jewish Pilgrimage Festivals: Passover, Pentecost, and Sukkot. I believe these ancient times of celebration foreshadowed the three greatest days in the life of the church AND that they are the greatest evidence the Bible is the Word of God, and Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.

How should we respond to correction?

Remember the original vision or it will fade over time!

First Baptist Church, New Castle, Indiana

I want to do 3 things in this sermon time today. I want to look back at the early church and see how the first Christians did friendship and community. I want to address how different friendship and community are in our own current culture. and I want to see how we can actually obey God's design for us and have the kind of friendships He intended for his people to have.

We cannot dictate to Jesus the terms of our salvation.

Regardless of your level of training, if you don’t trust your training at the moment that it matters then you will allow the circumstances, your feelings, or your nervous system to determine your response.

“Put your hope in the Living Hope – the Hope above all hopes; the Hope over all other hopes.”

The Passover happened in such a way that they would act as a pattern, a type, a template for the death of Christ.

When your plans have not gone well, how do you return to the way of God with honor?