John warns us that even though we may think we are children of God, we can fall away from the faith. How do we know who a child of the devil is. First they practices sin, second they do not practice righteousness, and finally, they do not love their brother.
John warns us that even though we may think we are children of God, we can fall away from the faith. How do we know who a child of the devil is. First they practices sin, second they do not practice righteousness, and finally, they do not love their brother.
Message Series - REBOOT - Part 1 - Reboot Your Faith - 01-08-17LifePointe Church
This message is Part 1 of our first series of 2017 titled, "REBOOT" by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Reboot Your Faith", Pastor Chuck how we can reboot our faith by: 1. Making sure you have a real relationship with Jesus 2. Making an intentional decision to grow 3. Making a commitment to be a part of a LifeGroup 4. Using your gifts and talents in ministry 5. By being generous 6. By telling others the good news of Jesus.
This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, January 8, 2017
This message is Part 2 of our first series of 2017 titled, "REBOOT" by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Reboot Your Family", Pastor Chuck shares the importance of family life and how we can make our families strong in 2017 by making 6 essential commitments.
This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, January 15, 2017
Sermon Slide Deck: "No Greater Love" (John 15:12-13)New City Church
Following Jesus transforms our lives so that we would gladly lay down our lives for our friends precisely because we love them.
This message was given on August 9, 2015 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
Sermon Slide Deck: "The Core Value Of Community" (1 Peter 1:22-25)New City Church
We value true community because the Gospel ! brings us into relationship with Jesus and with Jesus’ people.
This message was given on November 2, 2014 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
Homily: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A 2017James Knipper
The Parable of the Ten Virgins is enriched with a number of metaphorical images designed to drive home the message of always being prepared. But was does that mean to you and me? What does that look like? And tapping into one of today’s Gospel metaphors, what is the oil that we need to be placing in our lamps?
Rather than focusing on End Time what would happen to our lives if we spent that energy living in Now Time, This Time, Present and Presence? See what I mean and check it out….
This weekend we hear the Gospel passage recounting Jesus’ journey with his disciples on a 25-mile hike to the region of Caesarea Philippi just so he could put forth one question to his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” And Peter gets it so right…and then gets it so wrong as Jesus calls him Satan. So why the hike to that area? And what is so telling about the dialogue between Jesus and Peter that it just may change the inner voice we currently listen to and therefore greatly alter how we act in the everyday situations of our lives. Check it out…
Message Series - REBOOT - Part 1 - Reboot Your Faith - 01-08-17LifePointe Church
This message is Part 1 of our first series of 2017 titled, "REBOOT" by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Reboot Your Faith", Pastor Chuck how we can reboot our faith by: 1. Making sure you have a real relationship with Jesus 2. Making an intentional decision to grow 3. Making a commitment to be a part of a LifeGroup 4. Using your gifts and talents in ministry 5. By being generous 6. By telling others the good news of Jesus.
This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, January 8, 2017
This message is Part 2 of our first series of 2017 titled, "REBOOT" by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Reboot Your Family", Pastor Chuck shares the importance of family life and how we can make our families strong in 2017 by making 6 essential commitments.
This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, January 15, 2017
Sermon Slide Deck: "No Greater Love" (John 15:12-13)New City Church
Following Jesus transforms our lives so that we would gladly lay down our lives for our friends precisely because we love them.
This message was given on August 9, 2015 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
Sermon Slide Deck: "The Core Value Of Community" (1 Peter 1:22-25)New City Church
We value true community because the Gospel ! brings us into relationship with Jesus and with Jesus’ people.
This message was given on November 2, 2014 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
Homily: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A 2017James Knipper
The Parable of the Ten Virgins is enriched with a number of metaphorical images designed to drive home the message of always being prepared. But was does that mean to you and me? What does that look like? And tapping into one of today’s Gospel metaphors, what is the oil that we need to be placing in our lamps?
Rather than focusing on End Time what would happen to our lives if we spent that energy living in Now Time, This Time, Present and Presence? See what I mean and check it out….
This weekend we hear the Gospel passage recounting Jesus’ journey with his disciples on a 25-mile hike to the region of Caesarea Philippi just so he could put forth one question to his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” And Peter gets it so right…and then gets it so wrong as Jesus calls him Satan. So why the hike to that area? And what is so telling about the dialogue between Jesus and Peter that it just may change the inner voice we currently listen to and therefore greatly alter how we act in the everyday situations of our lives. Check it out…
To Bring Us Into the Home of His Heart - Russ Fochlerrfochler
Do we need further reformation to how we understand God's love? What do we do with scriptures about "hell" and "endless torment"? Slides 1-18 used in a talk at Blazing Fire Church blazingfire.org on 8-26-2017. Slides 19-26 provide addition quotes and insights. A podcast of the talk can be found here: http://blazingfire.podbean.com/e/to-bring-us-into-the-home-of-his-heart-russ-fochler/
TO THOSE EVERYWHERE WHO LOVE CHRISTMAS,
AND ARE WILLING, TO LET THE LOVE OF CHRIST
HAVE ITS WAY IN THEM ; TO THOSE WHO ARE
READY ALSO TO FORGET THEMSELVES AND TO
MAKE HAPPINESS FOR OTHERS ; TO THOSE WHO
WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE WORLD
BRIGHTER AND SWEETER, AND A BETTER PLACE
TO LIVE IN, THESE PAGES ARE CHEERFULLY
DEDICATED.
J. R. M.
This is a study of kindness which is one of the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit, and one that we all need, for the world is always in need of kindness. We all love it when we are treated kindly.
This is a study of how Jesus is our lawyer in the court of heaven, and because he has paid for our sin we gain through Him the freedom only He can provide.
«Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God» (Mt 5: 8). A presentation based on the Holy Father's message for 2015 World Youth Day, which was held on Palm Sunday at the diocesan level.
This is a study of Jesus as the reason for the season. I focus on the positive aspect but there is a negative side as well for much of Christmas celebration has nothing to do with Jesus.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptx
21st August 2017 - Saved by Grace
1. Saved by Grace – 21st
August2017
“For it is by grace you have been saved,through faith—andthisisnotfrom yourselves,it is the gift of
God— 9
notby works, so that noone can boast.”( Ephesians2:8-9).
“Amazing grace,how sweetthe sound,thatsaved a wretch like me!I oncewaslost but now amfound,
Was blind but now I see.”The wordsof thisfamoushymnbyJohnNewtonseemtoresonate withpeople
of all theological persuasions:itisperformedinchurchesof all kinds,fromevangelical Christian,to
RomanCatholic,to mainlineliberal,toMormon.Ithas beenrecordedbycountlessartistsfromJohnny
Cash andElvisPresley,tothe Three Tenors, anda numerousnumberof artists. Asa resultof the
popularityof thisbeautiful song,the conceptof grace isplantedinour culture. Tobe savedbygrace
meansto be deliveredfromthe righteousjudgmentof Godthroughno act of our ownbut byHis
unmeritedfavor.
The concept of grace as foundinthe Bible ismultifaceted,butitcanbe summedupinthe definition
“undeservedfavor.”The Bible saysthatwe are savedbygrace. The grace of God is expressedbyGod’s
forgivenessof oursins,andHis blessingstousinclude peace andfulfillmentinthislife and,inthe life to
come,unencumberedfellowshipwithHimforall eternity.Justasthe song “AmazingGrace”has gained
almostuniversal acceptance,itisdifficulttofindanyreligiousexpressionwithrootsinChristianitythat
doesnotextol the virtuesof grace.Noone withevenminimal exposuretoChristianitywouldbe socrass
as to claimthat he has livedalife of suchsterlingcharacterthat God oweshimeternal life.The vast
majoritywill admitthattheyhave shortcomingsandare inneedof God’sgrace insome form. We can
learnfromRomans 3:22-23, “This righteousnessisgiventhrough faithinJesus Christto all who
believe. There isno difference between Jew and Gentile, 23
forall havesinned andfall short of the
gloryof God.”
However,there ismuchmisunderstandingaboutbeingsavedbygrace.A greatmany Christiansassume
that the grace of God hasestablishedasystemwherebythe sinnercanmitigate his deserved
punishmentbyhisownefforts.Forsome thismaybe a formal systemof sacraments thatinfuse the soul
withthe grace of God. For othersthe systemislessformal butstill includesvariousreligiousactivities,
such as church attendance,baptism, contributingtothe offering,anddoinggooddeeds.While most
agree that “nobody’sperfect,”manysaythatGod in His“grace” will overlookoursins if He seesthat we
have made a genuine efforttodothe rightthing,mendour ways,andavail ourselvesof the helpHe
offersthroughthe church.If He seesthat the trajectoryof our livesisheadedinthe rightdirection,then
inHis “grace” He will forgive oursinsandgrantus eternal life. We canread from 1 John1:9, “If we
confessour sins,he is faithful andjust andwill forgiveus our sinsand purifyus from all
unrighteousness.”Inthisviewof “grace,”the sinnerdoesnotearneternal life inanabsolute sense,but
hispenitentresponse andgenuineeffortdoestriggeragraciousresponse fromthe Father.Thisbelief,
althoughwidespread,contradictsthe true meaningof grace whichis“unmeritedfavor.”
Thisexample mayhelpillustrate whatbeingsavedbygrace means:a teenagerworkshardall summerto
save moneytobuy a car. He worksa regularjoband doesyardwork andodd jobson the side.He saves
hismoneyanddoesnot spenditfrivolously.Nevertheless,atthe endof the summer,he simplydoesnot
2. have enoughmoneytobuya car that will meethisneeds.Hisfather,seeinghisdiligence andfrugality,
graciouslystepsinandnot onlymakesupthe difference butalsoaddsmore moneytothe car fundso
that hisson can buya car that isbetterthan he thoughthe couldeverafford.The son’sbesteffortwas
not goodenough,butthe father’sgrace makesup the difference.Noone wouldclaimthatthe father
was obligatedtomake upthe difference,so,whenhe does,itisanact of grace.If the son hadbeenfired
fromhis jobforshowinguplate,had lazedaroundat the pool everydayinsteadof working,orhad
spentwhatmoneyhe had onfast foodand videogames,thenthe father wouldnothave steppedinto
make up the difference.Itwouldbe incorrecttosaythat the son “earned”the car, for he didnot, buthis
effortdidtriggera graciousresponse fromhisfather. Thisisexplainedwhenwe readin Ephesians2:8-9,
“ For it isby grace youhave been saved, throughfaith—andthisisnot from yourselves,it isthe giftof
God— 9
notby works, so that noone can boast.”
We are savedby grace,not by a mixture of God’sgrace andour meritoriousworks.Accordingto
Scripture,we can donothingto earnsalvation,norare our besteffortsgoodenoughtoelicitagracious
response fromGodso that He will make upthe difference. Whetherwe like toadmitornot we sineach
day one wayor the other. Therefore whateverwe ‘claim’ asdoing righteousdeeds,oursinfulnature as
seenbyGod are as filthyrags as saidin Isaiah64:6, “All of us have become like one whois unclean, and
all our righteousacts are like filthyrags;we all shrivel up like a leaf,and like the windour sinssweep
us away.”Evenconsideringourbestefforts,we have fallenshortof God’sstandardof righteousnessand
we deserve death asstatedin Romans6:23, “Forthe wages of sinis death, but the giftof Godis
eternal lifein ChristJesus our Lord.” Butas Christianswe needtounderstandthatGoddoesnotforce
anybody. We are notcommandedto“do our best”for God but to love Him perfectlyandcompletely.
AnyChristian will say“Ilove God.”Most mayclaimbut we fail inthat. Forthe Christianthisisnotsimply
a “statement”butas the greatestcommands taughtby Jesus himself asfoundin Matthew22:37-
40, Jesusreplied: “‘Love the Lord your Godwith all your heart and withall your soul andwith all your
mind.’38
Thisis the first andgreatest commandment. 39
Andthe second islike it: ‘Love your neighbor
as yourself.’ 40
All the Law and the Prophets hangon these two commandments.”
Yes we are savedby grace; butthe work isGod’s,not ours.We are savedbygrace frombeginningto
end.Once a personhas come to faithinChrist,he will undoubtedlyrealizethatthe onlyreasonhe was
able to have faithisthat God was drawinghimevenbefore he knew it .We can learnfrom John
6:44,“No one can come to me unlessthe Father who sent me draws them, andI will raise them up at
the last day.” Leftto himself,the sinnerwouldhave continuedto live asinful life rebelling andfleeing
fromGod. As Christianswe needtounderstandthatevenbefore we believe,the verydesire tocome to
God isGod’s grace at workto save us. Asstatedin Revelation7:10,“And they cried outin a loudvoice:
“Salvationbelongstoour God,whosits on the throne, andto the Lamb.”
Salvationbygrace meansthat, fromfirstto last,it isundeserved. Jesusisthe AuthorandFinisherof our
faith.We can learnfrom Hebrews 12:2, “… fixingoureyeson Jesus, the pioneer andperfecter of faith.
For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorningits shame,and satdown at the right handof
the throne of God.” Grace isnot God doing95 or even99.9 percent,withusmakingupthe difference.
Grace is God doing100 percentandour humble acceptance of it,recognizingthatwe are unworthyand
have nothingtocontribute.