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RememberJesus Christ POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the April 21, 2019, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on The Resurrection Story. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Remember Jesus Christ”. The main Scriptures for the day are 2Timothy 2:8-13.   (Pick and choose from the many resources and options, which I have tried…

Biblical Anthropology POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the February 17, 2019, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on What God wants us to Believe, Do, and Become. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Biblical Anthropology”. The main Scriptures for the day are Psalm 8 and Romans 3:23-25.   (Pick and choose…

The Simple Jesus in Jude 5

The final name to explore is the shortest name that Jude uses, the simple uncompounded, unmodified Jesus.  This name is found in verse 5 but not in every manuscript. Therefore, it is wise to review the variants before moving on in this study. Philipp Bartholomä has cataloged the three main variants and 2 lesser attested variants.[1]  The possible subjects for Jude 5 are “(reading 1) “Lord” [κύριος]; (reading 2) “Jesus” [Ἰησοῦς] and (reading 3) “God” [θεός]”.  After a worthy study of…

Congregational Bible Reading for the Week of August 5, 2018

For the Week of Aug 5-August 11, you will notice that our Congregational Bible reading includes 2 additional elements beyond the Psalms.  We will reread a passage from the Belgic Confession on the Apocrypha and continue with an actual Apocryphal book(s) or section each week for the next few weeks in preparation for a sermon later this summer discussing a number of apocryphal works.  Below are links to the texts to read this week: Psalms 1-14 Belgic Confession Article 6…

How are We to Worship God?

How are We to Worship God? Worship is such a hot button and personal, though not private, affair between God and his people that discussions of the right and wrong ways to worship often end up with great passion and emotion spent in defending one’s own worship style. But what if there are better ways to think about worship that actually broaden our understanding of worship instead of limiting it? Recently, after reading John 4:24, “God is spirit and His…

Providence, Pagans and the Worship of God POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the May 20, 2018, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the God’s Story of Salvation through the Scriptures. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Providence, Pagans and the Worship of God” The main Scriptures for the day are Ezra 1-6. The…

Discipleship in the first century

From The Epistle of Barnabas chap. xix.—the way of light. The way of light, then, is as follows. If any one desires to travel to the appointed place, he must be zealous in his works. The knowledge, therefore, which is given to us for the purpose of walking in this way, is the following. Thou shalt love Him that created thee: thou shalt glorify Him that redeemed thee from death. Thou shalt be simple in heart, and rich in spirit.…

Turkey Must Release Pastor Andrew Brunson from Prison! | Sign this petition!

For those who aren’t aware, Pastor Andrew Brunson is an american missionary in Turkey for the last few decades. He was charged with “Christianization” and Turkey is trying to put him in prison for the rest of his life. You can put pressure on the Dept of State and President Trump by letting your voice be heard on this matter: Join this petition! U.S. Department of State: Turkey Must Release Pastor Andrew Brunson from Prison!: http://www.citizengo.org/en/160198-free-pastor-andrew-brunson-turkish-prison?tc=gm