A Church Organized around Preaching [various texts] why we call ourselves 'the Bible-preaching centre' Our afternoon service gives us an opportunity to return to our occasional series "Our Church", which is a discussion of our philosophy of ministry. This message deals with the central focus of our ministry, the focus on preaching and teaching God's Word. The message is … [Read more...] about 10.26.08 – A Church Organized around Preaching [Church]
Archives for October 2008
10.26.08 – By-ends and Hopeful [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Pilgrim's Progress: By-ends and Hopeful Our next section of the Pilgrim's Progress concerns Christian's departure from Vanity Fair, his new companion Hopeful, won by the testimony of Christian and Faithful, and their encounter with a crowd of characters whose only interest in religion is how they may profit from it. Christian's answer is a powerful argument against the … [Read more...] about 10.26.08 – By-ends and Hopeful [Pilgrim’s Progress]
10.26.08 – Portrait of a Good Religious Man [Romans]
Portrait of a Good Religious Man (Rm 2.17-20) Our passage finds us in the midst of Paul's argument against those who are religious men. Pagan man is under God's wrath for rejecting natural revelation; moral man is subject to God's judgement for ignoring conscience; now we will find religious man under condemnation for disobedience to God's word. The argument begins with a … [Read more...] about 10.26.08 – Portrait of a Good Religious Man [Romans]
Thanksgiving Photos online
You can see our Thanksgiving photo album here. … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving Photos online
10.19.08 – Men Under Authority [Church Basics]
Men Under Authority (Ac 6.1-6) Our afternoon message concerned our philosophy of church governance: our congregation is pastor-led and congregationally governed. This message covers some of the biblical rationale for our philosophy and illustrations and applications to show how that works. Read the notes while you listen. … [Read more...] about 10.19.08 – Men Under Authority [Church Basics]