There was a happy ending, but there were 6-7 years of a rocky relationship between Paul and the Corinthian church. And much of time, Paul was not there. Either because of missions or because he wasn’t welcome. You can see how false apostles could easily turn the Corinthians against Paul. Not only does he not […]
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2 Corinthians – Teaching #1: Repentance and the Reality of Spiritual Battle (pt1 of 3)
Main text: 2 Cor 11:1-15 About a year ago, we finished 1 Corinthians and took a break from our trek through the Bible to study the gospel of Matthew. Now, we are picking up where we left off and starting today, I will preach the next 7 weeks from 2 Corinthians. You may find it […]
2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt1 of 4)
On New Year’s Day, not many of you were here, but we talked about the vision for LBC in 2012. What are we going to be about? What are we going to focus on? I mentioned last time that when choosing a vision statement or a mission statement or whatever you want to call it, […]
Christmas 2011: Worship – Matthew 2:1–12 (pt1 of 3)
Merry Christmas! I can’t believe it’s already the end of the year. Didn’t this year just fly by? It felt like just yesterday when I was kneeling right there and I was being prayed over during my ordination. That was in February. My parents were here, and other family members-Chris, Carolyn, Warren, David. Today is […]
1 Cor 3:10-17, Sermon on 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11 (pt 3 of 3)
1) God shakes up our foundations because he loves us. 2) God shakes up our foundations because he wants us to build the right foundation with the right attitude 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one […]
1 Cor 3:10-17, Sermon on 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11 (pt 1 of 3)
It’s the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I want to bring a two-part series from 1 Cor 3:10-17 in light of 9/11. I don’t know why all of my messages are now becoming two-part series. You may accuse me of laziness and that might be partly true. But let me just say, I always intend […]