by Bud Ahlheim | Mar 29, 2020 | Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?” 1 Peter...
by Bud Ahlheim | Mar 22, 2020 | Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “News may come that truth is sick, but never that it is dead.” William Gurnall As the world, in its increasing and willful self-distancing from God, turned from modernism to...
by M. Ashley Evans | Mar 15, 2020 | Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “In these days, I feel bound to go over the elementary truths of the gospel repeatedly. In peaceful times, we may feel free to make excursions into interesting districts of...
by Bud Ahlheim | Mar 8, 2020 | Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “Judas heard all Christ’s sermons.” Thomas Goodwin The words are absolutely chilling. We ought here to find our breath halted. These words, properly apprehended, should drain...
by M. Ashley Evans | Mar 6, 2020 | Book Review, Calvinism, Preaching
The New Calvinism by Josh Buice Book Overview “Will the New Calvinism last?” A focus on sola Scriptura, ecclesiology and commitment to the local church, pursuit of holiness, the work of the Holy Spirit in ministry and living, and a call to biblical discernment:...
by M. Ashley Evans | Feb 21, 2020 | Church, Preaching
The church is an Extension of Your Family Your church should be an extension of your own family, for they are your spiritual family. Your church family walks with you during life’s difficult trials and rejoices with you during life’s celebrations. It is a close-knit...
by Daryl Updike | Jan 26, 2020 | Church, Preaching, Salvation, Worship
I believe Martin Luther King Jr said the most segregated time of the week is Sunday at 11am. He was referring to the racial divide in the churches. This was and may still be a problem. But I want to consider here another segregation that continues in our churches at...
by Bud Ahlheim | Jan 26, 2020 | Conferences, Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 The annual G3 Conference for 2020 wrapped up January 18 in Atlanta. The Conference theme of “Worship” produced soul-stirring sermons and Scripture-rich teaching from the...
by Bud Ahlheim | Jan 12, 2020 | Preaching, Social Justice, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “Like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.” 1 Peter 1:15-16 In 2018, pastor Eric...
by Bud Ahlheim | Jan 5, 2020 | Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “This is how we distinguish true religion from superstition: when the Word of God directs us, there is true religion; but when each man follows his own opinion, or when men join...
by Justin Pierce | Dec 16, 2019 | Preaching, Suffering, Theology
WHY? Questions about life and death, pain and suffering strike every person alive, usually more than once in their lives. We all have wondered “Why?” We have asked friends, family, parents, even pastors to help us understand why bad stuff happens. There are a lot of...
by Bud Ahlheim | Dec 15, 2019 | Preaching, Worship
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 “What! Am I to be put into the pulpit and to be told that I am to confine myself to certain truths only, to comfort God’s saints? I will not have it so.” Charles Spurgeon If...