These pulpit notes are provided unedited and will thus contain some grammatical or typographical errors. It is Holy Week. Jesus Christ has been rejected by man and crucified alongside criminals. Many who looked upon him considered him cursed of God and suffering the death which any blasphemer deserves. The Jews would later come and ask Pilate to have the bodies taken down from the crosses before Passover. Pilate would agree and send centurions out to break the legs of the crucified in … [Read more...]

These pulpit notes are provided unedited and will thus contain some grammatical or typographical errors. Thank you for joining us this evening. Please open your bibles to Luke 23. As we prepare to partake in the Lord’s Table, I’d like for us to look at the account of Jesus’ crucifixion in the gospel of Luke.  In doing so, I hope to prepare our hearts to take part in communion. To summarize events leading up to our passage… Luke 23:32-46   Two others, who were … [Read more...]

These pulpit notes are provided unedited and will thus contain some grammatical or typographical errors. Thank you for joining us again this morning. You can open your Bibles to Titus 2. The book of Titus is an incredibly practical book. For a church which desires to know how they should organize, and function, the instruction here is a goldmine. And that really should be our desire as a church, right? As an assembly of believers, we want to know from God himself how we should live and … [Read more...]

These pulpit notes are provided unedited and will thus contain some grammatical or typographical errors. About twenty years after the resurrection of Jesus, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the believers in Rome. These were Gentile believers. They were men and women who were immersed in a pagan, idolatrous, immoral culture who had become disciples of Jesus Christ. In writing to these Gentile Christians, Paul begins by offering some social commentary regarding the Gentile world. Perhaps … [Read more...]

These pulpit notes are provided unedited and will thus contain some grammatical or typographical errors. [INTRODUCTION] You and I have an appointment with destiny. Indeed, all of mankind and all of creation are together moving inexorably toward a future which is entirely outside of our control. Although secular doomsday prophets foresee a future ending in climate catastrophe, population collapse, global nuclear annihilation, or any number of other nightmares, there is a force at … [Read more...]