Affirming the Essentials-Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed “He Ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.”   MONDAY, JULY 26 <Acts 1:1-11>                                                                                                       After He said this, He was taken up before their very eyes and [...]

Affirming the Essentials-Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed “He Descended Into Hell, The Third Day He Rose Again From The Dead.”    MONDAY, JULY 19 <Read Romans 5:1-20> Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned….                                                                                                                Romans 5:12 [...]

Affirming the Essentials-Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed “Who Was Conceived By the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered Under Pontius Pilate…” MONDAY, JULY 5 <Read Luke 1:26-56> “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”  Luke 1:34 Everyone has doubts. Even Mary herself had doubts when she [...]

Affirming the Essentials-Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed   “AND IN JESUS CHRIST HIS ONLY SON OUR LORD”     MONDAY, JUNE 28  <Read Acts 2:22-36> Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  Matthew 16:16 “Christ” is the Greek word for Messiah (literally, “the anointed one”). It is not [...]

Affirming the Essentials-Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed “Maker of Heaven and Earth”    MONDAY, JUNE 21  <Read Genesis 1 and 2> O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  <Read Psalm 8: 9> The Creation story in Genesis is most concerned that we know who the Creator is and [...]

Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed   “The Father Almighty”   MONDAY, JUNE 14  <Read Romans 8:1-17> Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent,  nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born [...]

Sermon Series on the Apostle’s Creed   “I believe in God….”   MONDAY, JUNE 7  <Read Acts 2:22-41>                                                                                  That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and [...]

John 21:7-25   ARE YOU HIS FRIEND?     MONDAY, MAY 17 <Read 1 Corinthians 13> Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you know I love you.”  “Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said  John 21:16                                                                                   The Greek language has four words for love, [...]

John 21:1-14    ENGRAVED INVITATIONS     MONDAY, MAY 10  <Read John 21:7-14>                                                                               Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.  John 21:12 It is tempting to over spiritualize Jesus’ invitation to breakfast. Some have seen the breakfast [...]

John 20:19-29   WHY WE NEED JESUS!     MONDAY, APRIL 12  <Read: Matthew 6:25-34; Acts 4:8-20> On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews….   John 20:19a The story of the disciples is really a before and after story. [...]