PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND CARE

2 Timothy 4 (NIV): In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people…

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POSTMILLENIAPRETERPRETRIB…

Say what?? There are a lot of big names, and big interpretations, for what has come to be known colloquially as “the end times.” There’s Post-millennialism, Preterism, Partial Preterism, Pre-tribulationism….the list goes on. Some people are fascinated by the subject and love breaking out charts. Some have been traumatized as children by relentless speculation on…

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SUCCESSION PLANNING

Pastor Lawrence continued our study this past Sunday, which Pastor Harry began last week, by utilizing Paul’s words to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1 and moving into the second chapter of the letter as well.  What struck me most from the sermon was Paul encouraging Timothy to follow the pattern of the sound words Timothy…

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INVESTING IN ONE ANOTHER

This past Sunday, Pastor Harry’s sermon was taken from 2 Timothy, chapter 1, one of his two letters to Timothy, likely 15 years his junior.  The sermon was very fitting for a kickoff of a new series on investing in each other and also for encouraging Mosaic graduates as they enter a new stage of…

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SETTING THE TABLE

It was never God’s design for man to be alone….He made it clear in the beginning. Love always requires an object and since God is love, we are able to participate, as beings made in His image, in the awesome relationships that so fulfill us. In turn, these point us to a future where we…

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TO GATHER, OR NOT TO GATHER

Forgive the title…it could not be resisted. For many Christians, we have heard the phrase from Paul, “Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together” many, many times. So we go to church on Sundays, or watch online, and think we are done. But as per usual, there is a lot of context that we…

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THE TABLE OF A SERVANT

When Jesus sent John and Peter to make arrangements for the Last Supper, he told them “a man carrying a jug of water will meet you” (Luke 22:10 ESV).  Men in Jesus’ time didn’t normally carry water so logically this was a servant carrying out orders from his master.  Additionally, this man led them to…

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THE MOSAIC TABLE

The church exists to Incorporate God’s family and a key building block of the church is fellowship.   Ephesians 2:19 (NKJV) 19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, We are members of God’s very own family.  We relate to one another…

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THE GREAT ADVENTURE

Some think the Christian life is boring. Misconceptions of Christianity are certainly boring…if you picture someone rotely reading Scripture, folding hands in prayer, or attending church every Sunday. But the call to follow Jesus?? It is anything but. This past Sunday, Pastor Lauren pointed out that after Jesus’ death, he gave us a “new” command…one…

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