Archive for June, 2010

1 Peter – Week 4 (Bible Study)

admin on Jun 30th 2010

In this week’s study we find that Peter gives us the same message as did James in James chapter one, which we are to rejoice in times of trial.  Peter tells us that the reason we can rejoice in our trials is because those trials lead us to a greater faith in Christ Jesus which [...]

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The Benefits of a Small Church, June 27, 2010

admin on Jun 28th 2010

While the rest of the religious world says that congregation size matters, I would like to pose that there are some advantages to being a small church.

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Being a Dad, June 20, 2010

admin on Jun 22nd 2010

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

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1 Peter – Week 3 (Bible Study)

admin on Jun 22nd 2010

As we continue in our study I want us to understand something very important about the Christians Peter is writing to here.  They were being persecuted daily because of their faith and so Peter begins by encouraging them during this hard time.  He reminds them that what they are standing up for is worth all [...]

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1 Peter – Week 2 (Bible Study)

admin on Jun 16th 2010

As we really begin to delve into this book, I think it helps to know what the major theme of the book is and also see what I would consider to be the key verse to the book. The epistle is filled with practical admonitions concerning their conduct, especially as sojourners in a hostile land.  [...]

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One Body, June 13, 2010

admin on Jun 15th 2010

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into [...]

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Live Like Your Were Dying, June 6, 2010

admin on Jun 8th 2010

James 4:13-17 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;  whereas you do not know what will happen  tomorrow. For what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time [...]

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1 Peter – Introduction (Bible Study)

admin on Jun 8th 2010

We start out our study of the book of 1 Peter by understanding some basics about the book.

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Now that I’m Baptized, What’s Next? May 30, 2010

admin on Jun 1st 2010

Now that I’m Baptized, What’s Next?

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