Facing a scourging, Paul claims his right as an uncondemned Roman citizen to be spared this fate, informing the Roman commander, who had purchased his citizenship at high cost, “But I was born a citizen” (Acts 22:28b NKJV). The next day, the Romans assemble the Jewish leaders and bring Paul before them to discover why the Jews were accusing him. “Then Paul, looking earnestly at…
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In the tenth and final plague, the Lord slew all the firstborn of in the land of Egypt, people and animals, with the exception of the Israelites and others who obeyed God’s instructions to apply the blood of a blemish-free lamb to the lintel and doorposts of their homes. Pharaoh, bereft of his own firstborn son, finally humbles himself and gives Moses…
Audio file includes the communion portion of the service Pastor Kevin begins a new series in the Book of Exodus with an overview of the historical background from the Book of Genesis. In Genesis, we see how God dealt with humankind differently as time progressed, from Creation, to the Fall, to the Flood, and to the call of Abraham whose descendants, Isaac, Jacob,…
In our final study of the Book of Hebrews this morning, the writer concludes Chapter 12 by contrasting the religious system of the past, which necessitated a separation of the sinner and the holy God, to the new covenant, which provides direct access to this same holy God through the blood of our Mediator Jesus and makes a way to have a…
Audio link includes communion portion of the service We begin Hebrews Chapter 12 this morning with the writer pointing to the faith heroes in Chapter 11, a “great cloud of witnesses,” and exhorting us to “let us lay aside every weight…and… run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). Endurance is the overarching theme of Hebrews – believers are called to…