Manuscripts

This week, we return to our series of messages as we look at the biblical record of the life of king David.  David is important for believers to be well acquainted with because God does so many glorious things in his life that reveal what he [God] is like.  But it’s also important for believers to understand David’s life because David is in many ways the Old Testament figure that most clearly … [Read more...] about THE LIFE OF DAVID: “Disaster at Ziklag” (1/10/21)

Normally, we look into the Scripture to see God and his work rather than spend much time doing character studies.  But Luke, by the way he writes the first chapter of his gospel, is clearly inviting us to look at two characters he presents side by side in his narrative about Jesus’ birth.  So, we want to spend some time today looking at Zechariah and the virgin Mary because Luke intentionally … [Read more...] about CHRISTMAS EVE: “A Study in Contrasts: Mary & Zechariah”(12/24/20)

During the Christmas season, it’s easy for us to focus on the biblical accounts of Christ’s birth to the point where we almost separate the historical event of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem recorded in Matthew and Luke from the larger story into which it fits.  The story of Christ’s birth obviously doesn’t exist isolated from the rest of the bible.  It fits within a larger context and that context … [Read more...] about “The Reason the Son of God Appeared” (12/27/20)

Our text for this morning is from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah who lived and prophesied about 700 years before Jesus was born.  Today, we’ll be looking into the 9th chapter and mainly focusing on verses six and seven.  God says through Isaiah, “6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, … [Read more...] about ADVENT: “The Promised Messiah” (12/20/20)

Read:  Luke 2:22-38       We’ll be taking a break from the Old Testament story of David to spend a few weeks thinking about the birth of Jesus and what it means to us. As any sincere follower of Christ know, it’s a challenge to be a faithful Christian during the Christmas season.  As we know, the culture has mostly removed Christ from Christmas and because we live in that culture, that means … [Read more...] about ADVENT: “Consolation, Division, & Fulfillment” (12/13/20)

We continue this week in the Old Testament book of First Samuel as we approach the end of King Saul’s reign and the beginning of David’s.  The text Scott read is one of the more dark and hopeless stories in the Bible.  As we’ve said before, one of THE tragic figures in Scripture is King Saul. Saul was a man with great potential.  God’s people celebrated his reign and initially, God used him … [Read more...] about THE LIFE OF DAVID: “The End of a Tragic Tale” (12/6/20)