At the beginning of January, several of us traveled to Louisville, KY for CrossCon - a missions oriented conference for your adults. Incidentally, we are planning on going again this next year (St. Louis, MO). Young adults, I’d love for you to join me. At the conference John Piper gave a talk entitled…

Sermon Passage: Luke 21:25-38 An article was featured in “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” website, on April 16, 2024, titled “The Top 10 Doomsday Scenarios that Never Happened”. Here are a few of the predictions that were listed: The Stöffler Flood of 1524 (Show Slide 2) Johannes Stöffler, a German mathematician…

Luke 21:5-24 By realizing that h______________ a________________________ are t_______________ (vv. 5-6). By not being d__________________ (vv. 7-8) By not being a_________________ (vv. 9-11) By being f____________________ in the face of o______________________ (vv. 12-19) By t____________________ God’s…

People watching There are some people who have a hobby of “people watching.” It’s not necessarily creepy or stalking, just observing. My dad is one of those people. Whether going to a mall or an amusement park, before the advent of cell phones, he would just sit and watch people while the rest of us…

Theological debates have baffled people as long as there have been humans on the earth. Adam and Eve wrestled with the Sovereignty and goodness of God and the Volition of Humans as they listened to the serpent and ate of the forbidden fruit ( Gen. 3 ) Cain faced the balance between grace and justice…

Introduction Worship wars - conflicts within churches and schools battling over styles of worship music. Hymns, tradition, theological richness Choruses, emotive, passionate Relevance vs. reverence New vs. old contests and grand conflicts can happen in religious circles in a variety of ways. the authority…

What is peace? Peace is something that we often long for in a variety of areas of our lives - interpersonal, political, financial, academic, even internal, and spiritual peace. Peace in all of these things is achieved through a variety means, but many of those means seem to contradict one another. In…

Invocation Good morning Lord. This morning we join with the angels around your throne in obedient praise as an act of worship. As your people who have been made priests through the blood of Jesus, we serve you for your glory and for our good. We come to delight in you. We come to worship you, King of…

The Story of Bartimaeus ( Luke 18:35-43 ) Cry for _________________ (18:35-38) Persistent _______________ (18:39) Jesus’ __________________ (18:40-42) A _____________________ life (18:43) The Story of Zaccheus ( Luke 19:1-10 ) Zaccheus wants to ___________ Jesus (19:1-4) Jesus seeks after the __________…

After prayer Now, I know, normally the kids have their own special time in Kids Connection. Being that we are all together and that it’s the end of the year with a holiday, I’d love for us to do something a little bit different. If you’re in Kids’ Connection - can you come to the front? Kids, I have…