Operation Jonah [Jonah 3:1-2]

April 21, 2013

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Date: 04/21/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 3:1-2

Description:  The second section of the book of Jonah (chapters 3-4) begins in much the same fashion as the first section.  In the first 2 verses we glean three important things about the way God extends His grace toward sinners.  We see how God extended His grace toward Jonah and how He continues to extend His grace toward sinners today.

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God Hears and Rescues [Jonah 1:11-16]

February 17, 2013

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Date: 02/17/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Jonah

Key Text: Jonah 1:11-16

Description:  Jonah gives the pagan sailors a false impression of God and continues in his flight from God — even seeking his own death before repenting and obeying God’s command to go to his enemies. But God pursues Jonah with a storm. We find out in this passage that God is also pursuing the pagan sailors, and Jonah’s rebellion is what God uses to display His grace and mercy to them.

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Called to Serve Him in Africa — the Freitas Family [Luke 14:16-21]

January 6, 2013

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Date: 01/06/2013

Preacher: Tony Freitas, missionary

Key Text: Luke 14:16-21

Description: Ten years, one ambitious vision: 100 million people touched with the gospel around the world. Those are the marching orders of Reach Global, the international arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America, which exists to multiply healthy churches among all people for the glory of God.

Today we are joined by Scandia Bible Church supported Reach Global Missionary, Tony Freitas — a man, together with his family, called by God to faithfully serve the people of Tanzania, Africa.  They are living, as Tony says,

“…a life of serving the poorest of the poor. It’s a tough life but there is nothing that I could possibly imagine to be more fulfilling than serving the Lord! I am not a formal pastor and have not been to seminary, yet God has clearly called our family to serve Him in Africa to use the gifts that he has given each of us. As 1 Peter 4:10 states, ‘Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms.’”

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Holly, Tony, Lauren, and Devin Freitas

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The Gospel of Peace to Prepare you for War [Ephesians 6:15]

October 7, 2012

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Date: 10/07/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:15

Description: Although it may sound strange to read about peace when we are being equipped for war, it is not strange at all. War and peace are always two sides of the same coin, and when you are at war with one party it usually means that you have established peace with another.  We are warring against the devil because we have experienced peace with God.  We need to remind ourselves of this peace with God: that Christ has purchased and firmly planted our feet into it so that we will be able to stand firm.

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Believe [John 3:9-15]

June 10, 2012

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Date: 06/10/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 3:9-15

Description: Even thought he was known as “The Teacher of Israel,” Nicodemus has his ignorance and unbelief of the scriptures exposed by Jesus. The truth that Jesus taught to Nicodemus and teaches the world today is “believe”.

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Our Christian Walk: Already Not Yet [Matthew 5:1-12]

May 27, 2012

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Date: 05/27/2012

Preacher: David Hardin, missionary

Key Text: Matthew 5:1-12

Description: Join us as we welcome back to our pulpit a missionary — who not only has strong ties to our little country church — but speaks from the heart, David Hardin.  David, together with his wife Delia and young growing family, serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as part of the aviation team for Mexico Medical Missions.  In our message today, David walks us through the Beatitudes in the book of Matthew and shows us how they apply to the progression we see in our Christian walk.

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Motherhood: A Calling

May 13, 2012

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Date: 04/15/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 2 Timothy 3:14-15

Description: To be a Christian Mother is a high, holy and crucial calling. It is the highest calling any Christian woman can enter. We must never underestimate the power of God working through a mother to achieve His purposes.

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Born Anew of Water and Spirit [John 3:4-8]

April 29, 2012

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Date: 04/29/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 3:4-8

Description: Nicodemus has his religious world turned upside down as Jesus reinforces His teaching that he must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God!

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Born Again [John 3:1-3]

April 15, 2012

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Date: 04/15/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 3:1-3

Description: Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader, came to Jesus with questions. As he complemented Jesus and acknowledged His miracles, wisdom, and that He was from God, Jesus challenged him. He told him that he must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God!

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Our Redeemer Lives [1 Corinthians 15:1-58]

April 8, 2012

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Date: 04/08/2012, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 1 Corinthians 15

Description: Our Redeemer lives. He was victorious over death the grave could not hold Him. Paul presents in 1 Corinthians 15 the facts concerning the resurrection of Christ to those at the church at Cornith.

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Delivering the Lifesaving Snakebite Antivenom of Jesus Christ [Acts 1:8]

March 18, 2012

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Date: 03/18/2012

Preacher: Brian Behal, missionary

Key Text: Acts 1:8

Description: Join us as we welcome to our pulpit pilot missionary Brian Behal — who since 1993, together with his family, has been taking to the air with Mission Aviation Fellowship to share the love of Jesus Christ through aviation and technology, so that isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed.  (Learn more about Brian Behal at MAF).

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New Year New Life [Romans 6:4]

January 1, 2012

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Date: 01/01/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: Romans 6:4

Description: On this first day of the first month of the New Year we examine if we have indeed put on the new self who is being renewed daily by the One who created him.

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Who ARE You? [John 1:19-28]

September 25, 2011

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Date: 09/25/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:19-28

Description: A man goes out to baptize and preach the coming of the Lord. He was asked, “Who are you?” John the Baptist proved to be that voice whose obedience in faith, and persecution for the Lord was indeed in the spirit and power of Elijah. He was the road builder laying the path for the Lord.

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Grace and Truth [John 1:14-18]

September 4, 2011

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Date: 09/04/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:14-18

Description: The climax of the prologue brings us the news of staggering truth. The “Word”, the agent of creation, has become a creature to dwell in this world as we do.

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The Four Worries [Matthew 6:25-34]

August 14, 2011

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Date: 08/14/2011

Preacher: Jim Thurston, reverend

Key Text: Matthew 6:25-34

Description: Join us as we welcome back to our small country church, longtime missionary and “Pioneer of Christian Television in Chile,” Reverend Jim Thurston of Integrity Ministries.  In this sermon Reverend Thurston discusses the “Four Worries” that we all face and shows us that when we put the Lord first, there’s no need to worry, because He’ll supply our every need.

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The Word Became Flesh [John 1:14a]

August 7, 2011

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Date: 08/07/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:14a

Description: Matthew begins with a genealogy, Mark with an OT prophecy and Luke, a personal note. But John begins with God speaking Himself into the world in the person of His own Son. The Son, identified here as the Word, is God (1:1). The Word became man (1:14) when Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. The facts of His birth are described in the other Gospels. John states simply that the Word became flesh; that is, He became man in bodily form and in nature.

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The True Light [John 1:6-13]

July 17, 2011

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Date: 07/17/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:6-13

Description: We first look at the man sent by God in the spirit and power of Elijah to testify of the coming Light. Then we gaze at the True Light and ponder the issues of rejection and acceptance.

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Jesus Christ: The Living Word [John 1:3-5 ]

June 26, 2011

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Date: 06/26/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:3-5

Description: We learn more about the Living Word that brings life and light to a world lost in spiritual darkness.

 

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Killing the Octopus of Sin on Father’s Day [1 John 1:9]

June 19, 2011

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Date: 06/19/2011

Preacher: Jim Thurston, reverend

Key Text: 1 John 1:9

Description: Join us as we welcome long time missionary and “Pioneer of Christian Television in Chile,” Reverend Jim Thurston of Integrity Ministries.  Reverend Thurston has had ties with our small country church for about 30 years. In 1997 he and his son Steve launched an Internet Ministry at integridad.com .  At its peak the website was the largest Spanish Christian site in the world with millions of hits each month. Today it continues to be a strong force to reckoned with on the Internet as millions of Spanish Speaking Chiristians Worldwide come, experience, and grow in their faith using this “High Tec” medium.

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According to John: Overview and Introduction [John 1:1-2]

May 29, 2011

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Date: 05/29/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:1-2

Description: The special emphasis of the Gospel of John is the Deity of Jesus. The reason why this Gospel was written is clearly given, “these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:30-31

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