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n Acts chapter 16 we see Paul concluding that God had called him, along with Silas, to preach to the Macedonians.  There was a slave girl with a spirit of divination, whom her masters were utilizing to increase their wealth.  Paul called out the spirit within the girl, commanding in the name of Jesus Christ…

As the series “Between Two Mountains” continued in the New Testament’s book of Acts, Pastor Harry provided us with a handout titled “The Truth of the Gospel,” providing Acts 15:1-35. Harry’s reverse side contained a graph comparing The Law (Righteousness by Worth) vs. Grace for ALL (Righteousness by Faith). Harry challenged the Jesus plus something…

When Barnabas and Paul were on the isle of Cyprus, the proconsul (governor) was seeking the word of God.  There was an intervenor to their delivery of the Good News in the form of a Spiritually-blind magician by the name of Elymas, who made efforts to turn the proconsul away from seeking the faith.  Paul…

Jeremiah 5:21 is credited as being the origin of the age-old adage “There is none so blind as he who will not see”.  After the Holy Spirit was bestowed on believers in Acts 2, the Jews had a problem understanding that God loves us all, whether Jew or Gentile and that all were meant to…

As the series “Between Two Mountains” continues in the New Testament’s book of Acts, Pastor Harry provided us with a handout lesson entitled “The reason we are.” Harry juxtaposed two seminal biblical figures, Simon Peter and Saul Paul, whom I’ll refer to as Peter and Paul, to try to limit my own confusion. Paul, before…

Acts 7:54-57 (ESV) Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.  But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.  And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the…

If you were not with us this past Sunday, I shared an update on our giving. At present, we are about $67,000 behind budget for this fiscal year (which began July 1). Each Thursday, Rafa, Lawrence, Mark, and I carefully review our church finances. Falling this far behind makes it difficult to both sustain current operations and…

But our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself (Philippians 3:20-21) Our worldview should align with our endgame…

PENTECOST: THE CALL OF THE SPIRIT FOR US TODAY La historia humana siempre ha estado marcada por momentos que lo cambian todo. Para Israel, fue el día del Éxodo, cuando Dios los liberó de Egipto. Para la humanidad entera, fue la cruz y la resurrección de Cristo. Pero para la Iglesia, hubo un día que…

As the series “Between Two Mountains” transitions to the New Testament, Pastor Mark asked us to look at Acts and consider “the Church” as God’s chosen people. He had seven points of comparison between Israel of the Old Testament and the Church of the New Testament. He discussed how membership, covenants, leadership, sacred spaces, laws,…