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  • Learning opportunities

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    Hopefully Christians encourage one another and help one another. Please listen to my sermon on fellowship.

  • The Rapture

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    The Bible knows numerous raptures: – The first recorded rapture in human history happened to Enoch – According to Genesis 5 “all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.” – Then Jesus’ Transfiguration: According to Mark 9 “Jesus took with…

  • Hell – A Topical Summer Sermon Podcast

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    What the hell were you thinking when you substituted heck for hell? There is no reason to be afraid of hell or talking about hell, you just need to know what you’re talking about. Let me help you with that. As part of our topical summer sermon series today, August 14th 2011, we hear about "hell"…

  • From a distance

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    Have you ever been separated from a faith community that was important to you? What happened? How did it make you feel? How did you find strength during that time? Why are faith communities important? In today’s reading Paul writes that he hopes to visit the church in Thessalonica again. The author of Acts reports…

  • The Jews, who killed the Lord Jesus

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    Paul appears to levy absolute, generalizing accusations upon all Jews. Among the reasons that his words cause concern are: (1) these statements are inconsistent with others Paul makes concerning his Jewish contemporaries, and (2) these words have fueled anti-Jewish behavior and rhetoric throughout the history of the church. Here are the verses in question: “You…