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This morning we had a great time of studying the Word and spending time together as believers.  Bobby Endyk walked us through Philippians 1:12-18, with great discussion along the way.  The pumpkin roll and banana bread were amazing as well.
Sermon of the Week
The sermon of the week is actually a series on election by Pastor [...]

Sorry this took a while to post.  I really enjoyed our time of community and Bible study last Saturday and am looking forward to doing it again in a week.  Here’s some of what we covered.
Book of the Week – Suffering and the Sovereignty of God edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor.  It seemed [...]

We had our regular Bible study this morning and enjoyed some time looking at Philippians 1, celebrating the diversity of Grace that God has given, and the reality of peace that we experience because of that grace.  We had interesting discussions on the ramifications of the atonement and who God actually brought peace to through [...]

Sorry this took me a little while to get posted.  The sermon of the week is “The Art of Prayer” by Matt Chandler.  I think its important as we begin our group study to understand what our prayer time is about and what it should look like.  Enjoy.
The Art of Prayer
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We had an excellent sermon this morning from one of our elders over 1 Corinthians 1:17-25.  Its a packed passage that has been on my mind lately.  As he discussed the foolishness and power of the cross, it reminded me of some material we went over a long time ago when I was teaching a [...]

A while back I listened to an interview between Bob LaPine and a Christian rapper, Shai Linne.  I always had an aversion to rap music, partly due to my upbringing and partly due to the fact that the rap being put out by Christian artists was lyrically and doctrinally weak.  Then I was exposed to [...]

Try to follow my line of thinking here, because I think we’re going to take a lot of twists and turns.  I’ve been spending some time (really, too much time) lately arguing for a Biblical view of giving.  One of the things that always comes up is the difference between spiritual and material blessings.  Or, [...]

Sounds weird, doesn’t it?  Seems like that would be an answer to prayer, not a prayer request.  But it is totally serious and here’s why it sounds weird and why its so important?
As Christians in our culture, we seem to have gotten into the habit of creating a false separation between prayer requests and praises [...]

I recently wrote a post on tithing with a challenge to those who preach the tithe as a command for NT Christians.  A guy named EnnisP decided to stop by and discuss.  You can visit his blog for a defense of the tithe and to see further discussion on this issue.  EnnisP seems like a [...]

I’ve been tossing this around for a while and thought it was time to throw it out there.  I’ve discussed tithing with several ministers, most notably in this thread, and the argument is generally the same. It usually looks like this:  Abraham commenced it, Moses commanded it, Jesus commended it, Paul continued it.  I even [...]