IGNITE – Pt. 1- “Your Passion For Christ”
March 7, 2010 by admin
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To “ignite” something means, “to catch fire, to arouse an emotion, to ignited a fury, inflame or instigate.” In this series of messages we have chosen four areas of our lives that we want to “ignite,” arouse, instigate to a new level of fire!
If ever the Christ-follower, the true believer, needed to be “set [...]
“Through the Years”
February 15, 2010 by admin
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(This special message was given on Valentine’s Sunday, February 14, 2010, as many couples renewed their wedding vows)
Genesis 2:18-24 “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the [...]
SIGNS FOR 2010 – Pt. 4 – “America the Beautiful?”
February 5, 2010 by admin
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Our Founding Fathers had a glorious dream. They saw a nation being born and people living on this Earth with certain unalienable rights such as life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. Those early Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock were greatly influenced by the Protestant Reformers of the 16th Century, who believed that God was [...]
Signs for 2010 – Pt. 3: “Signs in the Nations”
February 3, 2010 by admin
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What do we have to know about Prophecy to understand the signs of the end-times; the signs of Christ’s return, the significance of what happening in the news today? We are hoping to answer these questions in this series.
Why do we have to know it? First, to encourage those of you who are not sure [...]
SIGNS FOR 2010 – Pt. 2 – “Mother Nature or Father God?”
January 29, 2010 by admin
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Matt. 16:1-3 (MES) “Some Pharisees and Sadducees were on him again, pressing him to prove himself to them. He told them, “You have a saying that goes, ‘Red sky at night, sailor’s delight; red sky at morning, sailors take warning.’ You find it easy enough to forecast the weather—why can’t you read the signs of [...]
Signs for 2010 (Part 1): “2012 – Flash-Forward”
January 19, 2010 by admin
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Take a journey with me into the future… a prophetic journey that will take us back in history, to the present in reality, and to what the future may look like.
Christmas Experience, Part 1: “A Visit With Mary”
December 11, 2009 by admin
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Is Christmas some man-made holiday, a time for reckless spending, frivolous parties, fanciful decorations, “holiday” trees, winter recesses, and the secular bag of tricks used to seduce us every year at this time? May I quote Scrooge, “Bah Humbug”
No, the true Christ-followers must stand up and be counted, not with a frown and anger, but [...]
Don’t Mistake Tolerance for Acceptance
November 28, 2009 by admin
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I feel compelled to respond, not to the freedom of fellow Americans to march in a parade for their cause, but to the reporting of the Advance of the recent “Pride Parade Draws Support Not Controversy” in the June 7, 2009 Sunday Advance.
First of all, what did the reporter mean when she reported, “Absent were [...]
“No More Christians!”
November 10, 2009 by admin
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II Timothy 3:1, 5 – “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. Holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power… (LB). They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. You must stay away from people [...]
The Unfulfilled Promises
October 12, 2009 by Church at the Gateway
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Are you like most people who have unfulfilled dreams, visions, and promises? Maybe you have given up on the expectation that you will ever receive them? In the fourth chapter of Hebrews, the writer speaks about the “remaining promises” that God had for Israel and why she had not “entered into” their fulfillment.
What’s keeping you [...]

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