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Our Advent series, "Christmas at the Movies," will examine the Advent themes through looking at some popular classic Christmas movies. In our special Christmas eve service, we will examine love and belief from the lens of "The Polar Express."

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Our Advent series, "Christmas at the Movies," will examine the Advent themes through looking at some popular classic Christmas movies.  This week, we will examine joy from the lens of "Elf."

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Category:church -- posted at: 7:48pm EDT

Our Advent series, "Christmas at the Movies," will examine the Advent themes through looking at some popular classic Christmas movies.  This week, we will examine peace from the lens of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

Direct download: CatM_-_How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_Peace_2_12-09-17Edited.mp3
Category:church -- posted at: 7:45pm EDT

Our Advent series, "Christmas at the Movies," will examine the Advent themes through looking at some popular classic Christmas movies.  This week, we will examine hope from the lens of "It's a Wonderful Life."

Direct download: CatM_-_The_Hope_of_Its_a_Wonderful_Life_1_12-02-17Edited.mp3
Category:church -- posted at: 7:42pm EDT

How good are we at giving thanks?  Not just to God, but to others as well?  Today, we look at the power that comes when we practice giving and saying thanks.

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:17pm EDT

We are going to talk about some lessons we can learn from Abraham about how we pray and intercede on behalf of others.

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When God enters our ordinary, we are often confronted with the impossibilities of our dreams and our situations, but God wants us to know that it's not a problem for him.  He is greater than any obstacle we face. 

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Category:church -- posted at: 7:58pm EDT

What do you do when things simply become ordinary in your life? Are called to simply be ordinary? Is there something more than where and what we are right now? This week, in our study of Abraham's life, we look at what happened when God entered his ordinary life.

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Category:church -- posted at: 10:06pm EDT

How patient are you?  Have you ever tried to help God out in your impatience on waiting on the promise?  We look at Abram and Sarai's attempt to help God fulfill his promise to them and what problems it resulted in. 

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Abraham had a powerful encounter with God Himself, as God swore to him his covenant promises.  In this message, we look at the steps of the ancient blood covenant and how it relates to our relationship with Jesus.

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Category:church -- posted at: 7:35pm EDT

Today we are going to take a break from our Abraham Series and talk about "Seasoned with Salt". We'll examine with it is that the Word says about how we are to respond to one another and the world. We are called to be salt and light, yet lately we're either to salty to taste good and our light is either blindly bright or so dim it can be hardly seen.

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Category:church -- posted at: 5:57pm EDT

We will see Abram in a new light as he takes on a new persona as warrior when he has to go to war to rescue his nephew, Lot. However, it's an encounter with a mysterious person afterward that will change his life and in turn protect Abram himself.  

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Category:church -- posted at: 3:37pm EDT

In this message in our series on Abraham's life, we look at how he dealt with his nephew, Lot, when things got too much between them. Do we fight for our rights to the detriment of the relationships around us?  How far will we go to protect the peace between us?  We will look at how Abram kept the peace between him and Lot.

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We are looking at the life of Abraham right now and we will discover that the Father of the Faith was not always faith-filled or faithful.  God wants to help us protect the promises he has given to us.

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Category:church -- posted at: 9:17pm EDT

In this message, we discuss what it was like for Abraham to follow God to a place he wouldn't know until he got there and how that relates to us when we step out in faith in our own lives.
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In this message, Pastor John Carnes discusses the subject of the calling of God.  What is it that God is actually calling you and me to do?

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Category:church -- posted at: 7:42pm EDT

In this message, Pastor John will look at the armor of God found listed by Paul in Ephesians chapter six.  As Christians, it is important to understand what God has given us to help us in our walk of faith and this armor Paul tells us about goes a long way to bring us victory.

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Category:church -- posted at: 12:53pm EDT

We are continuing in Ephesians 5 and 6 and looking at the Instructions for Christian Families that Paul gives to the believers.  He calls us to follow Christ and treat each other with respect as we grow in our walk of faith.  As we grow, every part of our lives should be touched and transformed by our faith.  So in this message, we talk some practical application to our day to day lives!  

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Category:church -- posted at: 2:25pm EDT

Guest Speaker Pastor Brad Bennett brings a message speaking to us about the struggle of living with "weeds" in our lives.

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Category:church -- posted at: 2:23pm EDT

Guest Speaker Pastor Brad Bennett brings a special message called "The Critical Ingredient" from Psalm 42.

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Still in the theme of maturing in Christ, Pastor John is teaching a message from Ephesians chapter five, called "Living as Children of Light."  In a world that is dark, we need to be people of the light

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Category:church -- posted at: 2:12pm EDT

Pastor John is excited to share a message called "Mastering Emotions." As a society, we're told that we can and should do as we feel. We believe that no one can tell us we can't or shouldn't do something or feel a certain way. But mature believers and disciples of Jesus are those who follow after the truth of God's Word rather than their feelings. We're going to look at why emotions are important, and how we relate to them in the Kingdom of God.

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We're finishing up our three part series on "Growing Up in Jesus." Paul gives us some practical things we can do as we renew our minds to be more like Christ. With grace on our side, we can walk out of the old patterns of thinking and doing and find ourselves changing daily as He renews us by His Spirit.

Direct download: Growing_Up_in_Jesus_Part_3_-_05-27-17Edited.mp3
Category:church -- posted at: 8:52pm EDT

We are continuing our series called "Growing Up in Jesus." God has a plan to work through his grace and make us more like Jesus. In Ephesians Ch.4, Paul gives us some insight to what we need to do to begin growing up and maturing as believers and disciples of Jesus. We will look at what we have to take off, renew and put on!

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Growing Up in Jesus.  God has a plan to work through his grace and make us more like Jesus.  We're going to look at that process and see how we can participate in his work in our lives.  What is our responsibility to grow as Christians?

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Category:church -- posted at: 1:12pm EDT

In this series, we will be looking at the three graces that God bestows in our lives to help us grow into fully mature followers of Jesus.  In this message, we will discuss how God loves us just the way we are, but loves us too much to leave us there.  We talk about how God's grace cleans us up and makes us into the image of Jesus.

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Category:church -- posted at: 7:39pm EDT

In this series, we will be looking at the three graces that God bestows in our lives to help us grow into fully mature followers of Jesus.  In this message, we talk about justifying grace and how at salvation we are given a new identity.

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In this series, we will be looking at the three graces that God bestows in our lives to help us grow into fully mature followers of Jesus.  In this message, we talk about prevenient or preceding grace.  It is God's kindness that leads us to repentance.

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Special Guest Speaker Pastor Brad Bennett brings a special "Palm Saturday" weekend message.

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For Lent this year, we are studying the Lord's Prayer and how we can grow our prayer lives through the instructions Jesus gave the disciples on how to pray.  In this final segment of the series, we look at "lead us not into temptation," what it means, and how it relates to delivering us from evil.  

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Category:church -- posted at: 5:58pm EDT

For Lent this year, we are studying the Lord's Prayer and how we can grow our prayer lives through the instructions Jesus gave the disciples on how to pray.  In this session, we discuss the words "debts" and "trespasses" and how Jesus is inviting us to let him help us to forgive as we have been forgiven.

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Category:church -- posted at: 5:42pm EDT

For Lent this year, we are studying the Lord's Prayer and how we can grow our prayer lives through the instructions Jesus gave the disciples on how to pray.  In this session, we discuss what is the daily bread Jesus teaches us to pray and how it impacts our relationship with God.

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For Lent this year, we are studying the Lord's Prayer and how we can grow our prayer lives through the instructions Jesus gave the disciples on how to pray.  This week, we look at what "kingdom" means to the second part of the prayer: "thy kingdom come..."

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For Lent this year, we are studying the Lord's Prayer and how we can grow our prayer lives through the instructions Jesus gave the disciples on how to pray.  We start by looking at "Our Father..."

Direct download: Praying_with_Jesus_-_Our_Father_1_03-04-17Edited.mp3
Category:church -- posted at: 8:32pm EDT

In this message, Pastor John Carnes talks about the lies that keep us from praying, benefits to talking to God and tips to help us pray.

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Category:church -- posted at: 10:21pm EDT

Wisdom that Teaches Perspective

In this last part to our Thriving in Babylon series, we look at the wisdom Daniel walked in, understanding what battles he needed to fight with his godless culture and what he didn't.  We also discuss obstacles to our perspective.

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Category:church -- posted at: 12:12pm EDT

Humility that Earns Credibility

In this fourth part of our series on Thriving in Babylon, we look at how we can earn credibility in the Babylonian systems we find ourselves in through humble serving those who do not know the Lord.

 

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Category:church -- posted at: 9:45pm EDT

In this third part of our series on Thriving in Babylon, we look at the subject of Biblical hope and how it is vital to our survival in a culture that is increasingly hostile to the Christian faith.

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Spiritual Boot Camp

In this second part of the series "Thriving in Babylon," we learn how God uses the trials and hardships in our lives to train us and discipline us into being strong and mature disciples of Jesus.

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Thriving in Babylon

How do we live faithfully as Christians in an increasingly more hostile culture and environment?  Daniel the prophet was captured and a prisoner in Babylon and ended up making a difference for eternity.  How can we learn from his example?  This series will look at Daniel and we will learn how to "thrive in Babylon."

Direct download: Babylon_-_Thriving_in_Babylon_1_01-14-17Edited.mp3
Category:church -- posted at: 9:21pm EDT

Wise Men Still Seek Him

Who were the "wise men"?  Why did they come seeking Jesus?  What can we learn from the Magi?  We discover some faith lessons of our own from the story of the "kings from the east."

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Category:church -- posted at: 9:17pm EDT

Advent:  O HOLY NIGHT

Christmas Eve message based on the Christmas hymn, O Holy Night.

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Advent: LOVE

In the fourth addition to our Advent series, we look at the love displayed in God giving his Son to us in the first Advent.

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Category:church -- posted at: 8:51pm EDT

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