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Plain Talk From the Pastor
For those of you who might not know Jesus as Savior and those who have not attended church regularly, I want to let you know why we exist as a church. Our church is not this building . . . (Picture used by permission from CC-Art.com)

The Rapture and Related Events
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal . . . (Picture used by permission of Free Nature Pictures)

The Lord's Prayer
Luke tells us that the disciples came to Jesus and asked him to teach them to pray as John did his disciples. Therefore, Jesus taught them. He spoke the model prayer, known today by many as The Lord's Prayer . . . (Picture used by permission from CC-Art.com)

Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?
We have many choices. The great thing about choice is that it is an individual privilege. No one else can make our choices for us—we must make our own choices. Some choices are leisurely choices and some are required . . .

Was Jesus a Community Organizer?
Did Jesus organize groups of people to attempt to influence government, corporations and institutions as well as achieve increased direct representation within decision-making bodies and social reform? . . . (Picture used by permission from CC-Art.com)

Psalm 1
What does it mean to be blessed? The Hebrew word (lemma form) is אֶשׁר, 'esher; it means happiness or blessedness. The English signifies such things as happy, fortunate, satisfied, prosperous, preserved, protected, guarded, favored, provided for, cared for, loved, and . . . (Picture used by permission from CC-Art.com)

The Promises of God
In this study, we will attempt to examine every promise of God in the Bible. Nevertheless, our study may not be all-encompassing due to the sheer magnitude of those promises. We may miss a few of them. But let us attempt to be as comprehensive as possible. . . (Picture courtesy of Free Nature Pictures)

The Word of God
Today we think of a word as a string of characters written or printed on paper or some other medium. The ancient Greeks, however, understood their expression for word much differently than we do now. Their understanding was much fuller than. . .(Picture is enlarged MS Mincho font character U+2627: Chi-Rho)

Examples of Christ in the Old Testament
There are many examples of Jesus the Christ in the Old Testament. Several are listed here. The Bible tells us in the New Testament that there are many things recorded in the Old Testament that were to be examples for us. For example, the Israelites displeased God in the Wilderness. . .(Picture used by permission from CC-Art.com)

Should Obeying the Law Be a Burden?
Obeying the law is not a requirement for salvation. Nevertheless, the keeping of God's commandments is a good work. Furthermore, Christians should strive to do good works. Thus obeying the law should not be a burden for Christians. In the old pharisaical system of hundreds of minute laws, obedience to them was a burden. It was such a burden that...

Nailed To the Cross
We are not subject to those ordinances that tell us what to eat, what to taste, and what to touch or not to touch. For example, people under the Old Covenant would become unclean if they touched a dead body or a person with a disease. Those ordinances were nailed to the cross, thus we are not subject to them...

The Book of Revelation In Bitesize Chunks
Have you ever been discouraged when reading the book of Revelation? Have you set it down in exasperation exclaiming, "I just can't understand this"? Do you wish there was an easy way to put the book of Revelation into perspective? Well now there is. There is a article that breaks down the Revelation into understandable "chunks". Read it here...

Filthy Rags
…And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags —Isaiah 64:6. Let me use an illustration that will bring home what God thinks of the righteous acts of men. Suppose there is a jewelry store owned by someone near and dear to you. The owner loves you so much that he mortgages his whole estate to buy a jewel just for you ...

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שאלו שלום ירושלים
—Psalm 122:6a (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem) *

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
"The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." Psalm 12:6-7

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* Or, as the Masoretic text spells it, ירושלם (Yerushalam instead of ירושלים, Yerushalayim, which is the plural form)
* שאלו שלום ירושלים is transliterated "shaalu shalom yerushalaim".

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