Preparing to Worship

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Glory: The Purpose of Praise". [Watch video]This past Sunday we introduced some practical ideas about preparing to worship before you arrive on Sunday morning. Here are a few: 1. Spend 15 minutes praying for the service Saturday night or Sunday...

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Stewardship of God’s Gift of Children

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Glory of Children is their Fathers". [Watch video]We saw Sunday in Psalm 127, “Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward” (v.3). This means that God is the Giver, and we...

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Forgiveness is Costly

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Steps to Forgiveness". [Watch video]This past Sunday we wrapped up a mini-series on forgiveness that was based on Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” I’ll end...

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A Lifetime of Forgiveness

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Forgiveness in 3D". [Watch video]Sunday we listed a number of common statements people make about forgiveness. One of them is, “We should just forgive and forget.” James Oglethorpe once said to John Wesley, “I never forgive and I never forget.”...

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