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by Pastor Curt on December 12, 2011
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deity of Christ, failure, faith, glory, grief, guilt, love, prophecy
Sunday’s message from John 13:31-38 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summarized things: Because of Jesus’ great care in preparing His own for His departure, we should believe in Him as the Messiah, God’s Son – His pointing to glory both of the Father and the [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 26, 2011
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faith, gospel, grace, Protestant Reformation, Reformation Day
Well, it’s certainly not because I don’t believe that the series matters. I continue to pray that God will use our fall emphasis on loving community motivated by the impetus of God’s love in the gospel (1 John 4:7-12) to shape us into a people fiercely devoted to one another. I hope you do too! [...]
by Pastor Curt on April 3, 2011
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death of Christ, faith, Gentiles, glory, salvation
Today’s message from John 20:20-26 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I summed things up: Following the Greeks’ lead will bring us closer to Jesus and faith in Him – similar focused intentions, personal connections, and altered perceptions – He came for the world, Jew and Gentile [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 27, 2011
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belief, deity of Christ, discipleship, Evangelism, faith, salvation, seeking Jesus
Today’s message from John 12:20-26 is now on the website. You can listen to the audio here. My synopsis of the text was as follows: The Spirit of God working through John wants us to go with the Greeks. He would have us express the same desire – we would see Jesus. He means for [...]
by Pastor Curt on March 6, 2011
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death, faith, hour, Jesus, messianic acclaim, triumphal entry
This morning’s message from John 12:12-19 is now on the website. You can listen to the audio here. The theme and outline for this two-part series on the triumphal entry are as follows: The distinctly unique aspects of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem call for our belief in Him as the Messiah, God’s Son. He [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 20, 2011
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decision, devotion, faith, money, sacrifice, signs, worship
Today’s message from John 12:1-11 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I closed: Because of Mary’s one-of-a-kind act of extravagant devotion, we should believe in Jesus as the Messiah and follow Him with similar commitment. Make no mistake about it. The choice to believe or not is [...]
by Pastor Curt on December 19, 2010
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anger, death, doubt, emotion, faith, patience, testing
Today’s message from John 11:38-44 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. I reiterated the theme this way: Because Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, we should believe on Him as the Messiah, God’s Son. We covered four of seven observations about Jesus from the text that present Him to [...]
by Pastor Curt on August 30, 2010
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death of Christ, faith, false teachers, love of Christ, obedience, submission, the good shepherd
The last in the series of messages from the Good Shepherd discourse in John 10:11-18 is now on the web. You can listen to the message here. I summarized the sermon this way: How then should we respond to such sovereign goodness that lays down its life for the sheep in a loving, substitutionary, particular, [...]
by Pastor Curt on August 8, 2010
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example, faith, perseverance
This morning’s message by Kevin Wilhoit from Heb.12:1-3 is now on the web. You can listen to it here. Kevin is a summer pastoral ministry intern at Orlando Grace working on his M. Div. degree at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. His proposition and main points are as follows: Because we are weak and easily discouraged [...]
by Kevin Wilhoit on August 5, 2010
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biography, faith, perseverance
When was the last time you read about the life and ministry of a champion of faith who has gone before you? Do you realize that God has given the testimonies of these faithful men and women to us for our encouragement and to aid in our perseverance? This Sunday I’ll have the privilege of [...]
