Here is #20 of 31 Questions in 31 Days! To learn more about this 31 Day series, just search “31 Questions” in the search bar above or click here! Q #20: How can Proverbs 22:6 be true if some children depart from what they were taught? What about the child of faithful Christians who rejects the faith or becomes lost?A: This is the passage … Read More
Free*–The Enemy Who Steals Freedom
The devil is working against you and me. He wants to do everything he can to steal our freedom and bind us up. Check out this message for an understanding of how the enemy works against and how to tear down spiritual strongholds. The New Testament can’t be read without taking seriously this element of spiritual powers that are out … Read More
Make Waves
First Assembly Community Ministries’ mission is “To create a community where waves of people are transformed by the love of God.” Today, I challenged the congregation to “make waves” in the coming year. That is, unleash the overwhelming potential of the Church and the gospel in our lives. Check out the message below to dwell a little longer on how … Read More
Written in the Sky
I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. 3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 4 ‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm … Read More
The Branch and The Second Coming
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD— 3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by … Read More
Ghosts, Gobblins, and the Rest of It
Q: What do Christians believe about ghosts, hauntings and the paranormal?A: It was just a couple weeks ago that this question came to me in a Facebook message. I wanted to deal with it here because this is the sort of question that I have been asked about by a lot of people from a variety of backgrounds and from … Read More
DRAMA
This is a picture from space of a volcanic eruption. Have you ever known someone with a personality like that? A person who it seems adds DRAMA to every situation they enter? What is drama exactly? Drama is what happens when people add emotion to events, people, words, decisions or circumstances that lead to erroneous conclusions, relationship breakdown, misunderstanding, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, gossip and many other negative outcomes.Drama … Read More
Dynamic Acts Study on Wednesday Evenings
On Wednesdays at 6:30 in the sanctuary at First Assembly Community Ministries, we are at the start of a study on the book of Acts. My Life Group is called “The Source”. We meet each Wednesday to sing a few songs together, spend some time praying together and then we dive into the New Testament in a verse-by-verse format. The … Read More
Bible Study Fellowship Receiving Hundreds of Women
Thursday mornings at First Assembly Community Ministries have changed! We’re packed with hundreds of women and more than 100 of their children. They’re coming to our church to attend Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). BSF offers extraordinary Bible teaching, small groups and children’s ministry aimed in our setting at women and their children. Anyone is welcome, and the study has just … Read More
Poor in Spirit
Q: In Matthew 5:3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” What does it mean to be poor in spirit? A: This question, found on a card submitted on Q Sunday back in February 2013, deals with an interesting statement of Jesus in a section of “The Sermon on the Mount” called the beatitudes. … Read More