This Sunday we learned what We Believe about War and Peace. We examined what Paul says in Romans 12 about living peaceably among men. We understand that in a fallen world where evil dwells there are wars which become part of our history. Truly, there are just ways to go to war and to use […]

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This Sunday we learned more about the story of the sick men waiting to be healed. Here we see that Jesus is the one who can make anyone broken whole again by his power. We see that when the Jews criticized the man for carrying his bed on the Sabbath that legalism kills while grace […]

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This Sunday we learned what We Believe about the Christian and the Social Order. Christians need to know how to act like Christians in a culture that is non-Christian. We learn that we must be speaking the truth to our culture but that we are to be patient to a world which doesn’t understand the […]

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This week we get to the 5th chapter of John. In this section of Scripture we learn about the sick man that Jesus heals. In all the healing sections of John we see the faith of those whom Jesus heals. This is a pattern for all those who come into contact with Jesus and his […]

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This week we talk about what We Believe about Cooperation. Cooperation is what we are calling gospel partnerships becuase it is the gospel that brings different kinds of churches and ministries together to partner towards God’s mission. This is why it is such a great thing for us at Ralph Avenue to be a part […]

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This Sunday we finish the fourth chapter of John by examining the truth of believing without seeing. We live in a culture where we can only believe that which is visible, that which can be seen. Yet Jesus calls us to trust him and his word without any promise of any visible sign or miracle. […]

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This Sunday we hit on what We Believe about Christian Education. Christians are always on a journey to learn more about God and his word, and with a culture that is increasingly hostile to God’s word, Christians must be ready to pursue all they can learn about the Bible to engage the culture. Education is […]

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This Sunday we went over what We Believe about Stewardship. We took a look at what it means for us to be stewards of things that God has given us, whether it is our money, time, or skills, everything we have comes from God as a gift. Truly everything we have is a gift from […]

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We finish our last sermon on the story of the women at the well in John’s Gospel focusing on how Jesus is the savior of the world. In this story once the women goes away to tell everyone about what Jesus had told her and confessing he was the Christ, others come to see Jesus […]

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This Sunday we learn what We Believe about Evangelism and Missions, or more specifically about the Great Commission. Instead of looking at Matthew 28, we turn to Matthew 22 where Jesus gives the parable of the wedding banquet. In this parable we see exactly the call we have as servants of the Lord to call […]

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