What We Believe

We rejoice in the fact that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16; Acts 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Peter 3:18).
 
We believe this salvation is a gift of God’s grace, appropriated through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ.  This faith is a gift of divine grace, and is not simply knowledge of Jesus Christ, but is an act of personal trust accompanied by the miracles of regeneration and justification, leading to sanctification and glorification.
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Sunday Morning Sermon:

Finishing Well
2 Timothy 4: 7
Posted: 5/23/23

Sunday Night Sermon:

The Moralist
​Lesson 1
​Romans 2: 1-6
Posted: 5/23/23
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Weekly Pastor's Pen:

EVIL THOUGHTS
(Matthew 5:21-22, 27-28; 9:4; 12:25; 15:18-19; 23:25-28; 6:3-6)
No one just falls into adultery for no apparent reason.  The adulterer’s heart is always shaped and prepared by lustful thoughts before the actual deed occurs.  Jesus taught this truth when He was speaking to His disciples: “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man” (Matthew 15:18-20).
 
Jesus in this text was teaching that the real point of the Mosaic Law was the moral truth embodied in the external ceremonial requirements.  Jesus downplayed the symbolic aspects of washing and abstaining from what is legally declared unclean.  Instead, He emphasized the moral requirement of the law.  Defilement is not primarily a ceremonial or external problem; what is truly defiling in the spiritual sense is the wickedness that emanates from the heart.  The heart is the seat of the whole person – mind, imagination, affections, conscience, and will.  Heart in the New Testament is often used as a synonym for the mind.  In the verses of Matthew 15:18-20, Jesus was condemning the wickedness of an impure heart.
 
Over and over Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for their meticulous observance of the external, ceremonial law and their immoral neglect of the law’s moral requirements.  They were utterly preoccupied with appearing to be righteous.  Yet they were willing to allow the grossest sins of the heart.  They thought no one else could ever discover what was really inside them.  But Jesus knew what was in their hearts.  He could read the heart (mind) when no word was uttered: “And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves [this was not a verbal expression, but a thought within the mind], This man blasphemeth.  And Jesus knowing their thoughts [knew what they were thinking] said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts” (Matthew 9:3-4)?  “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:” (Matthew 12:25).  To sin in the mind is to desecrate the very sanctuary of our worship.
 
Jerry W. Arnold
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Posted: 5/23/23
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Weekly Bible Study Sermon:
St. John Chapter 21

Jesus Appears to the Seven
Part 2
John 21: 1-14
​Posted: 4/18/23
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BIBLE STORIES:
"Faith In God Who Loves Us"

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​"Fearfully & Wonderfully Made"

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"How Do I Deal with Difficult People?"

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Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.                                                                                                          John 10:7-11
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