The Kingdom of God
This Sunday we will be focusing on parables about the Kingdom of God from Mark 4:21-34. Here is a great quote about the kingdom of God from John Frame....
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A Concise Background to Ezra/Nehemiah
Ezra and Nehemiah is the last chapter of the Old Testament narrative ...
God Provides for the Worship He Requires
“And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.” ...
What Difference Does the Resurrection Make?
The resurrection is meant to be an immediate and constant source of joy and hope to the Christian. The empty tomb gives us meaning beyond the grave, and meaning brings hope...
A Savior Who Forgives the Unforgivable
If we look at Luke 23, we see Jesus, Creator and Sustainer of the universe, wrongfully accused, tried, beaten, and now hanging on a Roman cross. If anything seems unforgivable, it is that offense. And yet, we hear Jesus on the cross pray, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”...
How to Pray Against Temptation
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, "lead us not into temptation" and near the end of his life, Jesus calls them to "pray that you may not enter into temptation." This should lead believers today to ask what temptation is, and how God uses prayer to combat it....
Being a servant in a #mefirst culture
We live in a #mefirst culture. But lest we think the disciples who spent time with Jesus were any different, we see how on the last night of Jesus’s life with them before the cross, they begin to argue among themselves who is the greatest. Jesus takes the time to show them who is truly great, and what true greatness is....
Is Jesus Worthy of Worship?
It’s not enough to be interested or intrigued by Jesus. We can’t stop at agreeing intellectually to some facts about who he is...
Waiting and Working: Seeking First His Kingdom
In Luke 12:22, Jesus is reminding us of our value to him, so much more than other things of creation. He provides for those other things, so why are we anxious about those things that we can’t ultimately control? Jesus concludes Luke 12 with the call, “Seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.” What does it mean to seek his kingdom? ...
Waiting and Working: Stewarding Resources
We should spend ourselves, no matter how many years we have left, waiting purposefully for Jesus return by working for his glory. Luke 9-19 points to a number of ways we can do this. Today, we will focus on how as we wait, we should be about the business of being good stewards of what he has entrusted to us....
Waiting and Working: Demonstrating Mercy
We should spend ourselves, no matter how many years we have left, waiting purposefully for Jesus return by working for his glory. Luke 9-19 points to a number of ways we can do this. Today, we will focus on how as we wait, we should be about the business of showing mercy toward those in need. ...
The Gospel Undermines Swaggering and Sniveling
A great quote by Tim Keller about how the gospel undermines both swaggering and sniveling. ...
Keep ReadingHallelujah, What a Savior
The quote from James Edwards about Jesus functionally trading places with the leper by cleansing him. What a great quote!...
Keep ReadingTo Love Your Neighbor Begins With Knowing Them
Ben Stevens writes in an article posted at The Gospel Coalition how we, in order to love our neighbors, must get to know them first. He also gives some very practical advice on how to get to know your neighbors. He ends with this: "You cannot love your neighbors if you don’t know them. Get it on the calendar and have fun." How true! ...
Keep ReadingBearing Our Cross
A very helpful article on the practical applications and meaning of bearing our cross by Chris Castaldo....
Keep ReadingHow you can pray for Hope Fellowship
Seven things we can pray for from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 for Hope Fellowship....
Keep ReadingTalking to your kids about the sermon
We discussed how to Talk to your Kids about the Sermon today in our Adult Community at College Church by Joe Holland. We used it as a jumping off point to talk about how to listen to and gain from the sermons we hear....
Keep ReadingWe are the Body Live Recording
The new song we sang last night by Mike Magnussen, "We are the Body" from Ephesians 4....
Keep ReadingLife Together
Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes in Life Together about fellowship and how we must speak God's Word to one another. ...
Keep ReadingJustin Taylor Sermon on Sanctity of Life
Last week in our Sunday morning gathering we looked at Justin Taylor's chapter on Abortion from the new book, Don't Call it A Comeback: The Old Faith for a New Day Listen to a sermon that Justin preached on Sanctity of Life Sunday in St. Charles IL at New Covenant Bible Church titled, How Should We Then Live? Abortion, Gospel and God....
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