There are words that we use so often that we lose the depth of their meaning. I tease my wife that her favorite adjective is “amazing” and so whether it’s a hamburger, the last episode of Downton Abbey or last week’s sermon, if she liked it you can almost guarantee that it was “amazing”. The...
Author: City of Refuge
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 14:32-42 “Nevertheless”
We have arrived at Jesus’ night of travailing prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Rather than just teaching through these verses I hope that we can come together and discuss them. This prayer of Jesus, repeated word for word three times according to Mark is our clearest glimpse of Jesus’ humanity in the entire Bible....
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Matthew 18:21-35 “A King of Justice”
What do you think of when you hear the word justice? For some of us justice is immediately about judgment, about someone getting what they deserve. For others of us justice may be a cause of fear, being afraid of getting what we deserve. Some of us think of justice in terms of our society...
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Prayer Meeting, Monday, February 8th
Our next prayer meeting will be Monday, February 8th 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...
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Concert of Prayer, First Baptist Church, Wednesday, February 10th
On Wednesday, February 10th at 7:00 PM we will continue our monthly Concert of Prayer with First Baptist Church in Burlington. As this is also “Ash Wednesday” we will also have a special lenten focus as we begin this season of contemplation, setting our hearts toward Jesus’ march to Jerusalem, the cross and resurrection. A concert...
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Book of Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, February 3rd
Our book of Mark Bible study will continue on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:00 PM. We will pick up at Mark 14:32 and will take a close look at Jesus’ prayers and conversations in the Garden of Gethsemane. Our hope is to discuss what is one of the most important prayers found in Scripture, to...
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Tonight’s Prayer Meeting, January 25th, Cancelled
Due to the parking issues after the snow storm we have to cancel the prayer meeting scheduled for Monday, January 25th, at 7:00. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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ALL SERVICES CANCELED SUNDAY, JANUARY 24th
Due to the snow and the parking conditions on our street the morning service and the BHOP service scheduled for tomorrow night are both canceled. Stay warm and enjoy the snow. I encourage you to make tomorrow a day of worship, a time to immerse yourself or your family in God’s presence, to hear His...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 14:27-34 “To the Garden”
Tonight we inch closer to the cross with Jesus. We move from Jesus’ serving of the Lord’s Supper for the first time to His sharing that before the night was over all of the eleven apostles that would not betray Him would end up denying Him. Those words from Jesus led to what we have...
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Matthew 18:21-35 “The Expectation of Grace”
Last week we started our brief look at “The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant”. Our context for studying it is to learn the heart of our king so that we can understand the nature of His kingdom; Jesus’ context for teaching it was for His disciples to learn that humility expresses itself through forgiveness and...