The reality of Jesus’ physical resurrection from the dead is of the utmost importance. We are sometimes guilty of putting so much of our attention on the cross that we take the resurrection for granted or miss it’s daily, personal importance. The Scriptures teach us very clearly that the cross proved and sealed God’s love...
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II Corinthians 5:14-15 “For His Sake” Refugee Sunday
Last week we concentrated on the fact that “For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” Jesus became something He was not so that He could make us something we could not be. Everything that God has done from...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, March 21st
Our next prayer meeting will be Monday, March 21st at 7:00 PM. This is a time to pray with and for each other, to share needs that we would like to have prayerful support in and to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us to pray both in the Spirit and with understanding as Romans...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 15:1-5 “A Different Jesus”
Mark 15 records the details of Jesus’ crucifixion from the moment that the Sanhedrin binds Him and hands Him over to Pilate to the moment when His body is laid in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. This is the last 12 hours of Jesus’ pre-resurrection life but it is also the last 12 hours...
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World Vision Refugee Sunday, March 20th
This week, on Palm Sunday, we will be taking part in a World Vision “Refugee Sunday” in which we will be discussing the Syrian refugee crisis and learning ways that we can help, both those that are fleeing for their lives and the churches in the Middle East that are ministering to their physical, emotional...
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Book of Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, March 16th, 7:00
Our book of Mark Bible study will continue on Wednesday, March 16th at 7:00 PM. We will pick up at Mark 15:1-15 and discuss Jesus’ second trial before the Sanhedrin, His appearance before Pilate and then the release of Barabbas. The Bible study is held at the Kulynych’s home, 945 Bordentown Rd. in Burlington and...
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Hebrews 2:9-18 “For Our Sake”
What kind of king leaves his throne just so that he can make a way for others to sit on it with him? What kind of king walks through his kingdom to rescue those that are against him? What kind of king dies so that others can live? What kind of king gives his wealth...
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Psalm 103:6-14 “Faithful to Remember”
I speak fairly regularly about how forgetful we are. We can probably say that some of us are more forgetful than others but the reality is, as people, we are forgetful. The proof, for me, is found in the fact that the first thing that Jesus told His disciples that the Holy Spirit would do...
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Concert of Prayer, Wednesday, March 9th, First Baptist Church, Burlington
On Wednesday, March 9th at 7:00 PM we will continue our monthly Concert of Prayer with First Baptist Church in Burlington. This month our focus will be praying for revival, in our community of the City of Burlington, our nation and the all the nations of the earth. Don and Lynn Graves, missionaries in China, will...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, March 7th
Our next prayer meeting will be Monday, March 7th at 7:00. This is a time to pray with and for each other, to share needs that we would like to have have prayerful support in and to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us to pray both in the Spirit and with understanding as Romans...