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2018-06-02T11:16:54-05:00

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Galatians 6:1-5 Partners and Mentors

Last updated on: June 2, 2018 at 11:16 am By Jim Erwin

Galatians 6:1-5 Partners and Mentors I want to talk to you today about the various responsibilities of a Christian father. While I will use Father’s Day as the theme for today’s sermon, the principles can apply to the church in general as well. Galatians 6:1-5 is a passage which describes two different words. A “load” is like someone’s backpack. You carry various things with you every day. For example, in my pocket, I carry a wallet for identification and to... Read more

2018-05-31T17:44:54-05:00

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Genesis 22:1-19 How to Pass Down Family VALUES

Last updated on: May 31, 2018 at 5:44 pm By Jim Erwin

Genesis 22:1-19 How to Pass Down Family VALUES Today we live in a country as Christians where our greatest attack is on the family. Some examples: Barna Research tells us that the divorce rate among Christians is statistically the same as the general population: 33% and 34%. Because of this high divorce rate, that means that as many as 1 in 3 kids today will not grow up entirely with their dad. Here is another sad statistic: Children from a... Read more

2012-06-14T21:25:00-05:00

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Matthew 1:18-25 What Makes a Great Dad

Last updated on: June 14, 2012 at 9:25 pm By Jim Erwin

Matthew 1:18-25 What Makes a Great Dad We live in a world where fatherhood is increasingly seen as unimportant and unnecessary. Thousands of single women every year have babies not caring if they have a father or not–some are lesbians who artificially inseminate and so never have a man directly involved. Often men hop from woman to woman having children and not wanting to be a father to those kids. Even the Bible is not safe from the assault on fatherhood. There are versions of the Bible that... Read more

2018-06-01T22:57:43-05:00

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Mother’s Day Versus Father’s Day

Last updated on: June 1, 2018 at 10:57 pm By Jim Erwin

Mother’s Day Versus Father’s Day “For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you can’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” (1 Corinthians 4:15, HCSB) If Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were competing in a boxing match, I wonder who would win? I have to say if church attendance is any indication, then Mother’s Day is the more popular of the two celebrations. However, fathers are just as important as mothers.... Read more

2018-06-01T22:39:17-05:00

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Acts 13:1-3 Biblical Church Planting

Last updated on: June 1, 2018 at 10:39 pm By Jim Erwin

Acts 13:1-3 Biblical Church Planting “Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.” (Acts 13:1–3,... Read more

2018-05-31T20:19:18-05:00

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Matthew 28:16-20 God’s Plan for Me: Make Disciples

Last updated on: May 31, 2018 at 8:19 pm By Jim Erwin

Matthew 28:16-20 God’s Plan for Me: Make Disciples God’s Plan for Me: Making Disciples Matthew 28:16-20 PLAN: God’s overall plan is for me to make disciples. THE AUTHORITY SANDWICH OF JESUS CHRIST Notice the authority in which Jesus tells His disciples to go and make disciples. I call this “Jesus’ Authority Sandwich.” Notice that the command by Jesus to go out, or the way He sends out the disciples is with His authority (20:17). We don’t go out into the... Read more

2012-05-28T17:05:00-05:00

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Beating Post Eurovision Depression

Last updated on: May 28, 2012 at 5:05 pm By Jim Erwin

Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5 (HCSB) I watched the Eurovision Song Contest with my family this past Saturday. We connected the laptop to the TV and watched it through a live stream on the Internet. As usual, it was a silly, campy affair. Typical stuff for this show. Personally, I was rooting for Engelbert Humperdinck, with his... Read more

2018-06-10T22:48:21-05:00

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God’s Plan for Sexual Behavior

Last updated on: June 10, 2018 at 10:48 pm By Jim Erwin

God’s Plan for Sexual Behavior God’s plan for sexual behavior (18:1-5; 24-30) “The Lord spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God. Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs. You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them;... Read more

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2012-05-18T21:48:39-05:00

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Nine Marks of Worldliness

Last updated on: May 18, 2012 at 9:48 pm By Jim Erwin

Nine Marks of Worldliness May 18, 2012 Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains... Read more

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2018-05-31T20:09:01-05:00

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1 John 2:3-14 Christian Mothers

Last updated on: May 31, 2018 at 8:09 pm By Jim Erwin

1 John 2:3-14 Christian Mothers We celebrate Mother’s Day today. It is a holiday which we use on Sundays to honor motherhood. As I share from you here from the Word of God, 1 John 2:3-14 shares with us a few characteristics of Christian mothers.Christian mothers keep God’s commands (2:3). We are Christians if we learn to keep Christ’s commands. From whom do we learn these commands? We are taught these commands early on from our parents. While fathers instill... Read more

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