Posts with the tag “2022”

Week of December 25-31, 2022...  Read More

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Christmas Eve 2022 Bulletin...  Read More

Weekly eMessenger - Week of December 18-24, 2022...  Read More

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The careful reader of the Bible, while making their way through 2 Peter, will notice a strangething. The apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, adds to Scripture. In chapter 3 verse8, he loosely quotes (probably from memory) Psalm 90:4, with the Lord one day is as a thousandyears, and where the Psalmist goes on to write, as a watch in the night, Peter writes instead, anda thousand year...  Read More

Lessons and Carols Bulletin 2022...  Read More

Sunday, December 18, 2022 Morning Bulletin...  Read More

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The December 2022 / January 2023 Newsletter is now available online. You can click the button below to access it....  Read More

Week of November 27 to December 3, 2022...  Read More

Teacher: John Breckenridge  Age: 70's+  Room: Garmer Room (Axson, 3rd Floor)Subject: "Francis Schaeffer and the 21st Century Christian" Much of what Francis Schaeffer argued was afflicting humanity in the late 20th century has now come true in its entirety. Arguably the most influential Christian philosopher of the 20th century, his writings and perspectives are especially relevant today. Though m...  Read More

Sunday, November 27, 2022...  Read More

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 Matthew 5:11-12 — 11Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." This last of the beatitudes seems almost a repetition of the one before it. Christ again pronounces his dominical blessing upon the persecuted...  Read More

Week of October 30-November 5, 2022...  Read More

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Matthew 5:10 — Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Here it seems Jesus is telling his disciples that if they lead a righteous life, they will be persecuted. For the sake of their righteous deeds people will chase them down. While this is true, I would like to draw out more fully the meaning of this. To do so, it is helpful to see someth...  Read More

Week of October 23-29, 2022...  Read More

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Matthew 5:10 — Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.This week I would like to emphasize something that characterizes every one of the beatitudes found in the Sermon on the Mount. In each blessing that the king pronounces from that mountain there is a reference to the recipient of such blessings. I know that that is to state the obvious. ...  Read More

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Week of October 16-22, 2022...  Read More

Sunday, October 16, 2022 Bulletin...  Read More

Part XIII:Matthew 5:9 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” In the last installment I made much of swords and warfare in a verse about making peace. I assume that some of you may be wondering exactly what such warfare looks like. I hinted at the content of the war by referring to the sword which our Lord himself wields. It is not mad of steel; it does not cut flesh...  Read More

Week of October 9-15, 2022...  Read More

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Matthew 5:9 — “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Peace, there are many ways to take such a word and therefore there are many ways to make peace. The Scriptures teach us that there is a type of peace that the world understands (see John 14:27). We may call it false peace. It is a thing as old as, at least, the time of the prophet Jeremiah.He rebukes the purveyors o...  Read More

The October / November 2022 Newsletter is now available online. You can click the button below to access it....  Read More

Weekly eMessenger - October 3, 2022...  Read More

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Part XI:Matthew 5:8— Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God James opens his letter to the church describing what he calls a double-minded man (James 1:8). Such a man doubts when he prays. He is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind (1:6). Such a person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord (1:7) for he is a double-minded man, unstable in...  Read More

Sunday September 25, 2022...  Read More

Matthew 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Mercy.We hear this word quite often. We use it in prayer and in pious conversation. But if we were asked to define it could we?So much of our Christian discourse is full of this sort of thing — the use of language that, when pressed, we really don’t understand. So, what is this thing called mercy? How shall we define it?I have h...  Read More