Pastor Adam
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Stop and think about who had the problem with Jesus. It wasn’t the prostitutes or the pagans. It was almost always the church-going, religious, rule-keeping, rule-making, self-righteous Pharisees...
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Pastor Adam
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
It’s not uncommon to hear people lament about their experience in church growing up as…“boring.” This particular day in Capernaum would not have been boring. And the truth is simple…
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 13 May 2019
It’s not uncommon to hear people lament about their experience in church growing up as…“boring.” This particular day in Capernaum would not have been boring. And the truth is simple…
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 29 April 2019
Our Enemy. He really is a sly devil. Don’t be lulled to sleep! He comes at you when you’re weak and tired. He comes at you on the heels of a great victory or high point. He comes at you with a false promise, a barbed hook of death.
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Pastor Adam
Wednesday, 03 April 2019
Jesus grew. It’s actually quite a mouthful. Right next to “Jesus wept,” the phrase ”Jesus grew” expresses the profound truth of the humanity of Jesus. Theologians call it the doctrine of the Incarnation…
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Pastor Adam
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
We first encountered Zechariah in Luke 1:5, when as a priest he was drawn by lot to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense. He and his wife Elizabeth were “righteous in the sight of God”…but they were without a child because...
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 18 February 2019
God chose a lowly teenage girl, in a lowly rural town, to bring His son into the world in the lowliest place and position. “The Son of the Most High”…sent to save those who are most low. In dramatic fulfillment of Scripture...
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Pastor Adam
Sunday, 03 February 2019
Christianity is not a mindless leap into sentimentality. We are invited to engage our minds. To think, ask, listen, look, explore, investigate. Even in the Great Commandment we are called to “love the Lord your God with all your…MIND…” This is because Christianity is founded on facts.
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Pastor Adam
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Let’s be honest. Levi was a dirtbag. Tax Collectors were traitors. Greedy, swindling, lying, no good, despised… you get the point. They were in cahoots with the Roman government to collect an agreed upon tax, that only they and the authorities knew...
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 20 May 2019
It’s not uncommon to hear people lament about their experience in church growing up as…“boring.” This particular day in Capernaum would not have been boring. And the truth is simple…
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 06 May 2019
Jesus was and is “the Anointed One”… the Messiah. His message was His mission. He came not just to proclaim but to accomplish and secure the outcome of freedom.
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 08 April 2019
There is no true Christianity without deep, genuine, life-changing repentance. “Life-changing repentance” is actually a redundant phrase. The very meaning of repentance is to “turn” from sin to God; to “change” ones mind, heart, and life.
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Pastor Adam
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Time and time again we see God choosing the lowly, the humble, and the simple things and people of this world to confound the wise, the rich, and the powerful. (See 1 Corinthians 1:27-29). The birth of Jesus just might be the crown jewel of them all.
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Pastor Adam
Thursday, 07 March 2019
It should come as no surprise to us that Mary, the mother of our Lord, had a heart of worship. Not only was she grateful for God’s intervention in her life and in the people of Israel, she was grateful for the gift of salvation. We have no indication in Scripture that Mary was sinless, as some
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Pastor Adam
Monday, 11 February 2019
Elizabeth, in her old age, deeply experienced the liberating power of the gospel. Not only was the Lord fulfilling His word and ushering in the next step in His cosmic redemptive plan, but He was touching the most deeply...
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