Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

How To Live the Christ-Centered Life

ROMANS 11:33-36 – Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him…

Union with Christ: Death to Sin – Alive to God – Part 2

This Lord’s Day morning, Pastor Jim continues our journey through the New Testament book of Romans. In this section, the Apostle Paul begins teaching the inseparable union of justification (position before God) and sanctification (practice in life). He mentions we are to walk in newness of life. Lord willing, we hope to identify five principles present in this walk of newness we have in the Lord Jesus

Don’t Make Nothing Mean Something

JOHN 15:1-9 – “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you.…

God’s Keeping Grace

JUDE 24-25 – Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  GOD’S KEEPING GRACE.  Aren’t…

The Spring of God’s Grace Never Runs Dry

JOHN 1:14-17 – And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) For…