Yesterday, Pastor Emilio preached on 1 John 4:2-6 (which was a continuation of his sermon on 1 John 4:1 “A Call to Discernment“) and had the following two points to make with sub-points:

Discerning Between Two Spirits

Orthodox
Heterodox

Three Discoveries in the Spirit of Truth vs. the Spirit of Error

Triumph of Believers Over False Teachers

Doctrine Assures the Believers
He [...]

Yesterday we discussed the past two Sunday sermons on the issue of church discipline. In the beginning of this past Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Jay noted that 1 Corinthians 5 is talking about the last step of church discipline, corrective discipline, and hopefully we never have to get to that point because of [...]

Last week and this week Pastor Jay has been in 1 Corinthians 5 which is a chapter talking about the last step of church discipline (corrective discipline). Last week we started to look at five questions concerning Biblical church discipline and got through the first two questions:

Question 1: When should we in-act Church Discipline? [...]

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“When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, ‘You should start with The Holiness of God.’” - R.C. Sproul
We will have 12 copies of the book “The Holiness of God” by R.C. Sproul available tomorrow at church for only $2 (retail $14).
This classic [...]

This past Sunday Pastor Jay preached on “Three Aspects of Paul’s Fatherly Ministry” from 1 Corinthians 4:14-21. The outline is as follows:
- In his fatherly ministry, Paul:

Admonishes his children
Exhorts his people to imitate his:

Preaching ministry
Humility
Sufferings

Disciplines the church

These verses conclude the first problem that Paul address in the church in the first four chapters of this [...]

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…reminds us that God is in control and His plans will be fulfilled (even through snow), which should lead us to worship:
“God thunders wondrously with His voice;
He does great things that we cannot comprehend.
For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’
likewise to the downpour, His mighty downpour.”
- Job 37:5-6
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This past Sunday Pastor Jay preached from 1 Corinthians 4:6-13 on Paul’s two rebukes on the Corinthians church. Jay gives the overview in this one minute clip below:
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In describing Paul’s first rebuke for their pride Jay explained what Paul mean when he wrote, in 1 Corinthians 4:6, “…not to [...]

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After a long break we are excited to have the Women’s Study resume this Wednesday @ Trish’s house from 7-9pm.
“Idol’s of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone” by Elyse Fitzpatrick  will be the book of choice this time.

Many people desire to live godly lives but feel trapped in habitual sins. They trip over [...]

We will have the following 18 new books for sale at our book table starting this Sunday (remember that all books are sold at the price that we got them for [many times cheaper than the list price] and are all approved by the church leadership and, we pray, are for you to grow in [...]

Yesterday Pastor Emilio Ramos preached from 1 John 4:1 a message called “A Call to Discernment“.
As Pastor Emilio explained, we live in an age where it is still critical to have discernment, just like is was for John’s audience in the 1st century (Listen to the 1 minute clip below):
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