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How to Understand It

Pastor John Brunette

December 31, 2017

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off the New Year with a message series titled This is the Bible. Pastor John shares some basic but foundational thoughts about the Bible while attempting to answer the questions, “How do we understand the Bible?” Is it necessary to believe in what the Bible says to be a Christian? Can I trust Christ but reject the Bible?

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Sacrifices

February 11, 2018

As we conclude our This is the Bible series this week, we’re taking a second week to talk about the “bloody” Bible and looking specifically at sacrifices. Today’s text says that Jesus’ sacrifice “secured an eternal redemption” for us and “purifies our consciences” so that we might serve God. But how does this sacrifice compare to the sacrificial system in the Old Testament? Let’s talk about it.

Punishments

February 4, 2018

We have been moving along in this series titled This is the Bible, having focused on understanding, reading, applying, believing, and even discerning the differences between the two testaments of the Bible. Today Pastor John takes a difficult look into the brutal punishments God doles out throughout Scriptures. Do we actually have, as famed atheist Richard Dawkins suggests, a god who is a moral monster? Let’s find out!

The God of Two Testaments

January 28, 2018

We are in the midst of our message series called This is the Bible. Today, we are focusing on the fact that there is an Old Testament and a New Testament, and they feel very different from one another. While the differences between the two Testaments seem significant, Jesus is the common thread throughout the Bible. The differences may not be as great as we might think.