May 12, 2013

  Children Obey Ephesians 6:1-3 Elder Bryan Evans Children Obey

May 5, 2013

  What do you do when the Word of God confronts your paradigms, when it seems to contradict one of your favorite doctrines or even speaks against your lifestyle? Do you submit your heart to the authority of Scripture? Do you conform your life to what it says? Or do you discount and ignore the Word of God? That is the issue that we addressed today, as we...

Apr 28, 2013

  In our day, we are often frustrated with the direction of our country, the immorality, the fiscal irresponsibility, the corruption, the deceit. We are rightly concerned about the direction of our nation and the long term consequences. Yet, while these issues are real, what should be the Christian’s response? How and when should we seek to address...

Apr 21, 2013

  Earlier in chapter 20 of Luke’s Gospel, the religious leaders in Jerusalem asked Jesus to explain the basis of His authority. In this week’s text, the Lord answers their question, and also confirms their fate. And for us, those of us who call Jesus Lord and Savior, we come to see what the Lord requires of us, and also rejoice in the strength...

Apr 14, 2013

  The text this Lord’s Day presents a great challenge to us. While we are quick to view ourselves differently than the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the merchandizers the Lord drove from the Temple, or those who questioned Him, we are very much like them. We often question His authority, we often question His love. The Lord has given us His prophetic...

Apr 7, 2013

  So. just who is this Jesus? What does He require of me? Is He here to meet my needs, to satisfy my wants? Is he really going to give me my best life now? What if He really were the King that He says He is? What does this mean for me? As we come to the famous account of the Triumphant Entry, we see a picture of what it really means to serve Jesus as the...

Mar 31, 2013

  As Jesus approaches Jerusalem on the final leg of His historic journey, He takes time to once again pause and teach about the Kingdom. The reason for the lesson was that many thought He would usher in a victorious geo-political empire, one that would destroy their bondage to Rome. Yet. Jesus taught that what was more important was man’s bondage to...

Mar 25, 2013

  As we come to the text today, we find Jesus just on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Passing through Jericho, He has two encounters that highlight the purpose of His mission, which is to seek and save the lost. We find two very different men, men who might represent the extreme ends of society – a blind beggar and a rich tax collector. Yet, they both...

Mar 17, 2013

  As we continue in the 18th chapter of the Gospel of Luke, we find Jesus encouraging us to remember our mission. What we find is that each of us has a unique mission that God has called us to be about, a mission which is in accord with His overarching mission of the Great Commission. But we are challenged to ask ourselves, have we identified our mission?...

Mar 10, 2013

  Today, we covered two of the most well-known narratives from the life of Jesus. The first was his blessing of children. And the second one was his interaction with the rich young ruler. Both of these highlight elements of saving faith. Jesus shares that we are to have a childlike faith, but not a childish day. Our faith needs to be one of complete and...