Chapter 1 ⁽⁶³⁾

What standards and truths are we building our lives around? Are we pressuring our spiritual leaders to lower standards to suit us and our society around us? Who decides right and wrong? Us? Society? It's God, right? Based on Malachi 1:7-14. Given January 1, 2023…

Passage Read: Exodus 39 - Leviticus 2 Meditation Verse: Leviticus 1:17 The burnt offerings are to be cut in pieces and burned on the altar, and that should be shocking, but it's not until the Lord mentions tearing the bird offerings open without completely severing…

On this first Sunday of Advent, we recognize the hope that Christ has secured for us, both now and to come. From Luke 1:68-79. Preached November 27, 2022 at New Life Community Church of the Nazarene (Monticello, IA) Message only: Full service (on Facebook only):

Passage Read: 3 John 1 - Jude 1 Meditation Verses: 3 John 1:9-10 Diotrephes is an example of an immature believer who worked his way into power. Somehow he had gained influence over the whole church, and control, so that whomever he rants against, he…

Passage Read: 1 John 5 - 2 John 1 Meditation Verses: 2 John 1:7-8 We need to be on guard against those who deny that Jesus has come in the flesh. They are from the devil, they are of the antichrist. Interestingly, John writes asking…