- Dec 24, 2023The Birth of Jesus: When God Moved Heaven and EarthDec 24, 2023The Birth of Jesus: When God Moved Heaven and EarthBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday Worship1 John 4:10 New Living Translation10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
- Dec 10, 2023Luke: Who is My NeighborDec 10, 2023Luke: Who is My NeighborBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipLuke 10:25-37 New American Standard Bible 199525 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” 29 But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, 34 and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ 36 Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” 37 And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”
- Dec 3, 2023Luke: Reasons for RejoicingDec 3, 2023Luke: Reasons for RejoicingBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipLuke 10:17-24 New American Standard Bible 199517 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” 18 And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.” 21 At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. 22 All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.” 23 Turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, 24 for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”
- Nov 26, 2023Luke: The Harvest is PlentifulNov 26, 2023Luke: The Harvest is PlentifulBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipLuke 10:1-16 New American Standard Bible 1995
10 Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. 2 And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3 Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ 6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. 8 Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you; 9 and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! 16 “The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.” - Nov 24, 2023Luke: Hindrances to DiscipleshipNov 24, 2023Luke: Hindrances to DiscipleshipBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipLuke 9:57-62 New American Standard Bible 1995
57 As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 59 And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” 60 But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.” 61 Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.” 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Nov 19, 2023Luke: Hindrances to DiscipleshipNov 19, 2023Luke: Hindrances to DiscipleshipBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipLuke 9:57-62 New American Standard Bible 1995
57 As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 59 And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” 60 But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.” 61 Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home.” 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
- Nov 12, 2023What About Israel? Part Three- The Future of IsraelNov 12, 2023What About Israel? Part Three- The Future of IsraelBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipZechariah 12:2-3 New American Standard Bible 19952 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. 3 It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.
- Nov 5, 2023What About Israel? Part Two-Israel TodayNov 5, 2023What About Israel? Part Two-Israel TodayBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipEzekiel 36:22-24 New American Standard Bible 1995
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. 24 For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land.
- Oct 29, 2023What About Israel? Part One-Israel’s HistoryOct 29, 2023What About Israel? Part One-Israel’s HistoryBy: Chris BrownSeries: Sunday WorshipGenesis 12:1-2 New American Standard Bible 199512 Now the Lord said to Abram,“Go forth from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house,t o the land which I will show you;
2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing.Genesis 12:7 New American Standard Bible 19957 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.Genesis 15:4 New American Standard Bible 19954 Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”Genesis 17:20-21 New American Standard Bible 199520 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.”
- Oct 22, 2023Freedom in ChristOct 22, 2023Freedom in ChristBy: Tommy BucklandSeries: Sunday WorshipJohn 8:31-43 New American Standard Bible 199531 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. 36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.” 39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus *said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40 But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
- Dec 24, 2023The Birth of Jesus: When God Moved Heaven and Earth
- Dec 10, 2023Luke: Who is My Neighbor
- Dec 3, 2023Luke: Reasons for Rejoicing
- Nov 26, 2023Luke: The Harvest is Plentiful
- Nov 24, 2023Luke: Hindrances to Discipleship
- Nov 19, 2023Luke: Hindrances to Discipleship
- Nov 12, 2023What About Israel? Part Three- The Future of Israel
- Nov 5, 2023What About Israel? Part Two-Israel Today
- Oct 29, 2023What About Israel? Part One-Israel’s History
- Oct 22, 2023Freedom in Christ