This past Sunday our dear friend and brother Arne Mathingsdal visited with us and shared that he has been accepted into the ministry intership at We Will Go Ministries in Jackson, MS. He will be leaving onJanuary 6th to drive to Jackson and will be there for at least six months. Arne will be with...
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Jeremiah 20:1-18 “The Contents of Our Hearts”
We started this year by talking about the function of God’s Word in our lives. We read God’s Word to see God’s character, to meet Him, experience Him, draw near to Him and follow Him. God’s Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path as Psalm 119 says but it...
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II Samuel 9:1-13 “What Kind of King is This?”
Today we will finish our discussion of the story of David and Mephibosheth. We have talked about Mephibosheth’s tragedy, how in a moment he went from being a prince to an orphan, from royalty to exiled and from privileged to afraid, ashamed and even disabled. While Mephibosheth’s story is dramatic we all share in it,...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 14:12-21 “Compassion and Sorrow”
The book of Hebrews uses the phrase “once for all” five times in referring to Jesus’ sacrifice for the sins of the world. The phrase has a dual meaning, it means that Jesus’ sacrifice was “once for all” meaning that it was the final sacrifice, never needing to be repeated or renewed and it also...
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Book of Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, December 16th, 7:00
Our final book of Mark Bible study for 2015 will be this Wednesday, December 16th at 7:00 PM. We will be picking up at Mark 14:12-26, Jesus’ final Passover meal before His death and the institution of the Lord’s Supper. The Bible study meets at the Kulynych’s home at 945 Bordentown Rd. in Burlington. All...
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Hebrews 12:1 “A Rich Heritage”
This Sunday our youth leader Amanda Mackie shared the message using Hebrews 12:1 as her text: This morning I hope to be able to encourage each of you in some way, but to also offer a challenge. Hebrews 12:1 says “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge cloud of witnesses to the life...
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II Samuel 9:1-13 “From Kindness to Restoration”
Last week we started talking about Mephibosheth, a man born as a prince, orphaned, disabled and exiled as a little boy and then adopted and restored as a young husband and father. As I mentioned last week, while Mephibosheth’s story sounds dramatic he was not different than any of us. We are all born for...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 14:1-11 “Passion, Extravagance and Worship”
Tonight we move into the “passion” of Jesus, the few days that describe the suffering and death of Jesus the Messiah. R.C. Sproul writes “The word “passion” is rooted in the concept of suffering.” That’s not generally how we use the word. When the think of passion we think of something we are invested in,...
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Book of Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, December 2nd, 7:00
Our next book of Mark Bible study will be Wednesday, December 2nd at 7:00 PM. We will be picking up at Mark 14:1-11 as we look at Mary of Bethany’s anointing of Jesus in preparation of His burial and Judas’ decision to betray Jesus and how these two events are linked to each other. The...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, December 7th, 7:00 PM
Our next prayer meeting will be Monday, December 7th at 7:00 PM. This prayer meeting is a time to share our needs and to pray with and for each other as the Holy Spirit gives us guidance. This week our focus will be on praying for our families, for those with specific needs but also...