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• 7 Baptisms in the Bible

  August 14, 2022 No Comment

  what is baptism ? water immersion sprinkling of water wet dry what purpose does it serve (does it save us/sanctify us) the word baptize is a transliteration (not a translation) a translation is taking a word from one language and writing it’s meaning in the new language a transliteration is taking a word from one […]

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• There is Only One Way pt 3

  July 28, 2022 No Comment

  last week we talked about  3:10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 3:11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. know Him γνῶναι = (root is ginosko) discern, understand with mastery in aorist active […]

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• Jesus is Home

  July 21, 2022 No Comment

  We are meant to look forward to life with Jesus as home This world is not our home  Hebrews 11:13-16 1 pet 2:11 John 15: 18-19 John 17:16 Phil 3:20 This is how Paul was able to say that to live is Christ and to die is gain  Without this perspective , we end up […]

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• Free for Freedom Sake

  July 14, 2022 No Comment

  why did Jesus die on the cross ? common answers: pay the penalty of my sins ensure that I go to heaven when i die paid for my sins so that my heavenly Father is not mad at me substitutionary sacrifice to satisfy the law of God How would Jesus respond to this question ? […]

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• There is Only One Way pt 4

  July 7, 2022 No Comment

  last week we talked about the sports metaphors that Paul uses here (and it other locations in his writings) back to  3:13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 3:14 I press on […]

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• There is Only One Way pt 2

  June 21, 2022 No Comment

  1:1 – 11 prayer of gratefulness  and prayer that they continue into greater expressions of faithfulness and love 1: 12 – 26 is about how he is following Christ’s example 1:27 – 2:18 is encouraging them to follow Christ’s example 2:19 – 30 gives two examples of “Christness” (Timothy and Epaphrodites) last week… 3:1 – […]

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• There is Only One Way pt 1

  June 14, 2022 No Comment

  1:1 – 11 prayer of gratefulness  and prayer that they continue into greater expressions of faithfulness and love 1: 12 – 26 is about how he is following Christ’s example 1:27 – 2:18 is encouraging them to follow Christ’s example 2:19 – 30 gives two examples of “Christness” (Timothy and Epaphrodites) this week… 3:1 – […]

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• Who do you say that I am ? pt 3

  June 7, 2022 No Comment

  (who do you show that I AM?) Last week, I challenged us all to be aware of how we answered this question. Who remembers what we were supposed to be mindful of ? does our understanding match scripture ? does our words (verbal proclamation) match our understanding ? does our actions (non-verbal proclamation) match our […]

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• Who do you say that I am ? pt 2

  May 28, 2022 No Comment

  last week we discussed, (or I pointed out for an attempt at discussion) the idea that answering this question only begins with words. In fact, it does not even begin there … answering it starts with what we believe about Him. Not what we have heard nor what we have underlined in our bibles or […]

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• Who do you say that I am ? pt 1

  May 21, 2022 No Comment

  two weeks ago I went through Phil 1:27-2:18 and called the topic attitude of gratitude  1:1 – 11 prayer of gratefulness  and prayer that they continue into greater expressions of faithfulness and love 1: 12 – 26 is about how he is following Christ’s example 1:27 – 2:18 is encouraging them to follow Christ’s example […]

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