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Preparing the Lord's Day This Advent season we are preparing for the coming of Christ through a study of the Biblical theme of light shining in the darkness (see John 1:5). Throughout Scripture it is this theme of light in the darkness that describes what it is like when God comes to His people. Last week we saw that in the creation of the world the Lord spoke forth light...

During Advent, we celebrate the coming of our Savior to die for sin and await HIs second coming when he will make all things new. This devotional will prepare our hearts to delight in Jesus, the Light of the world, as we wait for His second coming! ...

Preparing for the Lord's Day The Advent season begins this Sunday. The basic meaning ofadventis "coming" or "appearing," so the Advent season in the Christian calendar is when we remember the first advent of Christ at His birth and look forward to His second advent when He will return to make all things new. This year our Advent sermon series will focus on the theme of li...

Preparing for the Lord's Day As we conclude our series on The Order of Salvation we willfindthat the "The End is Really The Beginning."All of God'seternalplan and His electing love that He set on His people before the foundation of the world leads to glorification. Yet in ourglorification that is to come the story of our lives is just getting started.Romans 8:24a says, "F...

Preparing for the Lord's Day This Sunday we continue our sermon series on theordo salutis. The doctrine of the order of salvation is focused on the question, "How is the work of Christ applied to the life of believers?" Christ has accomplished salvation through His life, death, and resurrection, but how do the benefits of what He has accomplished come to affect our lives?...

Preparing for the Lord's Day Paul declares in Ephesians 2:8-10, "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."We see in this verse that God...

Preparing for the Lord's Day On this Lord's Day, we continue our sermon series on the"Order of Salvation" by focusing on our adoption as the children of God. We will celebrate the beauty of salvation as God makes us members of His family. We will look to Galatians 4:4-7 in a sermon titled"Sons and Daughters!" To come prepared for the sermon, please be in prayer and medita...

Preparing for the Lord's Day THE ORDER OF SALVATION Election, Predestination, Effectual Calling,Regeneration,Conversion,Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance, Glorification Five-hundred years ago, a German monk nailed ninety-five points for debate upon on a church door. While Martin Luther only expected a lively discussion, the Lord used this act to ...

Preparing for the Lord's Day Connecting Missions from Sunday to Monday "ForGod so lovedthe world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should notperish but have eternal life."John 3:16 is one of those most familiar verses of Scripture that provides a profound summary of the Gospel and Christ's mission for the Church. Our Triennial Mission Conference,Co...

Preparing for the Lord's Day Connecting Missions from Sunday to Monday That's the theme of our Triennial Mission Conference, which begins this Sunday (see the attached flyer for a schedule of events). Our guest preacher for this Sunday is Robert (Robby) Hamd; he leads the Philemon Project in Beirut, Lebanon. Robby will help us wrestle with our belief that God only calls ...