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The Tower of Babel

This message from Genesis 11:1-9 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, February 11, 2024.

This passage details people’s disobedience of God’s command to spread throughout the world following the Noahic flood, and God’s judgment of them, causing them to immediately speak different languages.

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The FAQ’s of Life: A Concluding Summary of Ecclesiastes

This message from Ecclesiastes was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, February 4, 2024.

Through the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon teaches that Though people cannot make sense of life in this fallen world, when you fear the Lord you can—and should!—wisely enjoy life.

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What Matters Most

This message from Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, January 28, 2024.

From this passage learn from Solomon that you must fear the Lord and obey him!

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The Character of Ecclesiastes

This message from Ecclesiastes 12:9-12 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, January 21, 2024.

From this passage learn from Solomon that you must heed Scripture and nothing else!

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Settled in the Faith and Serving the Lord

This message from 1 Corinthians 15:58 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, January 7, 2024.

From this passage learn that Christians must be settled in the faith and serving the Lord.

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A Joyous Ruler

This message from Zephaniah 3:14-20 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, December 31, 2023.

From this passage learn to Trust in and obey the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge evildoers and fulfill his every promise to Israel.

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The Conquering King

This message from Obadiah was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, December 17, 2023.

From this passage learn that Jesus Christ is the conquering King who will vanquish his enemies and establish his kingdom.

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A Sign of Deliverance

This message from Isaiah 7 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, December 10, 2023.

From this passage learn that the Messiah’s virgin birth was prophesied in a dark time of unbelief to underline God’s truthfulness.

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The Lord Giveth, and the Lord Taketh Away

This message from Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, December 3, 2023.

From this passage learn that Young people must remember their Creator before difficult days come that lead to death and dust.

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What We Believe About: Humanity, Gender, Marriage, Morality, and Family

We believe that God creates human beings in his image, immutably forming each person at conception as a heterosexual male or female (Gen 1:26-27; 2:7-25). From conception to death, every stage and condition of human life is sacred (Gen 9:6; Lev 19:32; Ps 139:13-16). Consequently abortion, eugenics, suicide, and euthanasia are unbiblical.

God established marriage as a lifelong, monogamous, covenant relationship publicly entered by one man and one woman for the benefit and continuation of mankind (Gen 2:24; Mal 2:14; Matt 19:4-6). Cohabitation and common-law marriages are thus unbiblical. Christian marriage must reflect the union of Christ and the church (Eph 5:22–33). Thus, Christians should marry only Christians (1 Cor 7:39; 9:5; 2 Cor 6:14), and during their courtship the couple must be blameless and above reproach in their behavior (Eph 5:3; 1 Thess 4:1-8).

God restricts sexual intimacy to marriage, forbidding all sexual actions and attractions which deviate from this biblical standard (Romans 1:26-32; 1 Cor. 6:18; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4). Such include adultery (Exod 20:14), sexual promiscuity (Rom 13:13), immorality (1 Thess 4:3), homosexuality (Lev 18:22; Rom 1:26-27; 1 Tim 1:10), transgenderism (Gen 1:27; Deut 22:5; Mark 10:6), incest (Lev 20:11-21; 1 Cor 5:1), pornography (Matt 5:28), and prostitution (Prov 5:1-23; 1 Cor 6:15-20).

God created the family as the foundational institution of human society (Gen 2:24; 4:1-2). Biblical families consist of those related by marriage, blood, or adoption (Est 2:7, 15; Eph 5:22-6:4). Each family member has God-given roles and responsibilities. A husband is the head of his wife (1 Cor 11:3; Eph 5:23), must love her as Christ loved the church (Eph 5:25-33), and must lead, protect, teach, and provide for his family (Eph 6:4; 1 Tim 3:4; 5:8). A wife is her husband’s helper (Gen 2:18; 1 Cor 11:8-9), must submit to him as the church submits to Christ (Eph 5:22-24), and must respect him, manage the home, and love their children (Eph 5:33; Prov 31:10-31; Titus 2:4). Parents must teach and model Christian truth, character, and rear their children with loving discipline (Deut 4:9; 6:7; Prov 13:24; Eph 6:4). Children must honor and obey their parents (Eph 6:1-3; Col 3:20), respect their elders (1 Tim 5:1), be controlled by the Spirit and not their sin natures (Prov 3:5-8; Titus 2:6), and strive for Christ-like maturity (Prov 2:1-9; Luke 2:52).

Remember

This message from Ecclesiastes 12:1 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, November 26, 2023.

From this passage learn that “Remember your Creator” is another way of saying the fear of the Lord: “Only love, trust in, and obey the Lord.”

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Are Works Essential to Salvation? The Kind of Faith that Saves

This message from James 2:14-26 was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, October 29, 2023.

From this passage learn that true saving faith consciously exerts itself to love and obey God.

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