Do You Have to be Dunked to be Baptized?

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Here is #10 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 #10: Do you have to be completely submerged to be baptized? This question touches on a number of questions relating to baptism and our church. In the most simplistic way to answer, YES, … Read More

What about the Child who Dies?

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Q #1:  How do you see the eternity of miscarriages, babies, and children who die?A:  “The age of accountability” is not a phrase that appears in the Bible, but is the product of what the Bible seems to reveal about children, God’s judgment, and eternal destinations after death.  It’s the idea that there is an age, probably in adolescence, where … Read More

Can’t Jesus and Santa Just Get Along?

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I remember thinking it was odd when my parents and I moved from a more culturally and theologically liberal, mainline Protestant church to a more conservative, Pentecostal one. I met people who thought Santa was appalling.  They wouldn’t say his name.  Some of them would say things like, “You know his name has all the same letters as ‘Satan’.”Others went … Read More

The Unexpected Christmas: Shepherds

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Unexpected–that’s what I’d say about the choice of heaven to announce first to shepherds that Jesus had come. Unexpected–Jesus’ birth, in contrast to the emperor of the time–Caesar Augustus–is the true Savior, the true God. Unexpected–while those with the wealth and the power in Rome may be initially said that “a new order for the ages” had come with Caesar … Read More

Heart Matters–Love

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Well, this series had a lot to consider.  What’s in our heart matters.  Perhaps the most important thing to find in our hearts is love like God loves. God loves first. God loves in a way that sacrifices. God’s love changes the way we see everything and everyone. That’s what this message is about, and it’s all based on John … Read More

December 2014 Series: The Unexpected Christmas

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December is here again, and with it we will be focusing on the “unexpected” nature of the holiday and the coming of Christ. Beyond the fact that Christmas often involved receiving gifts that are surprises, there are a number of characters in the Christmas narratives that also receive unexpected things at Christ’s coming.  Jesus himself is unexpected! It all starts … Read More

Free*–The Enemy Who Steals Freedom

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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

Back 2 School–Practics 101

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The message below explores what James has to say about listening and doing.  You can listen to a whole lot of stuff about the Christian life, but listening doesn’t make a Christ-follower.  It’s doing it. Check the message below out for clarity and the challenge to be more than an auditor.  Take the Christian faith for credit!

BACK 2 SCHOOL: Trials 101

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This weekend we started on the book of James, and he starts with a subject that fills the Bible–suffering.  He also admonishes his readers to consider all kinds of trials with JOY. Check out the message below to gain perspective in how trials and trouble and pain make our lives fuller in the end.