As we look to the New Year and the casting of our vision for 2018 “to love one another”, it is a great time to obey the Scripture mandate to “examine ourselves.” In this process, we will be in Acts 2:42 and evaluate ourselves based on what characterized the practice of the early church – “And they continued steadfast in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.” It is these four things which are in healthy churches. And these four things must be in healthy individual Christians in order to have healthy churches.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Jim Sole
As we look to the New Year, we want to reaffirm and cast our vision into 2018. Last year, we adopted our vision from Ephesians 3:14-19 – to know the love of Christ. This year, our desire is to build off that with a vision to put that love more into action. It is the action of striving to love one another more earnestly and giving ourselves and our world the reality of our faith and life in Jesus Christ.
This sermon celebrates the Lord’s birth by capturing our annual Christmas Eve candlelight service. It is a special time of being in the Word, singing great songs and hymns of the faith and rejoicing in Immanuel, God with us.
What does true worship look like? Is it based on worship style, type of song, or environment? In this sermon, Pastor Jim explores the first Christmas song, the Magnificat, and observe the virgin Mary as she models for us what true worship consists of and what a true worshipper looks like.
1 Peter 2:6-8 – For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling, and a…