Month: May 2012

• The Transforming Power of Grace

  2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Today we think of the power of God’s grace. I don’t know about you, but the power of grace is both extremely encouraging and convicting.  The encouragement of grace is…

  Pastor John

  May 29, 2012

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• Lessons I want to Teach My Children (Part 3)

  We are now ready for the next 5 of the “40 Lessons We Sought to Teach Our Children,” from Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Here are the second five: 11.  Keep your promises. 12. The power of the tongue for good or evil. 13. Give too much rather than too little. 14. The importance of manners…

  Pastor John

  May 14, 2012

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• Protecting the gospel

  Galatians 1:6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel Desertion. That’s a pretty tough word. It brings up all sorts of thoughts of abandoned families or soldiers who abandon their posts. It speaks of failure. It speaks of giving up…

  Pastor John

  May 8, 2012

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