Monthly Archives: September 2018

Sunday Sermon Notes: September 30, 2018

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Don Merritt

Title: It’s time to get a clue boys! Text: Mark 8:1-21 Mark 8:1-13 Parallel Texts: Matthew 15:32-16:4 Once again, we are near the Sea of Galilee with Jesus, the disciples and a very large crowd of people. Apparently they have … Continue reading →

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Sunday Sermon Notes: September 23, 2018

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Don Merritt

Title: Dogs, Demons and Healing Well Text: Mark 7:24-37 Parallel Text: Matthew 15:21-37 A quick reading of this text will tell us that Jesus heals someone’s daughter, but quick readings don’t always yield the whole story, for there are those … Continue reading →

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Always Growing

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Don Merritt

So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this … Continue reading →

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Eyewitness of Greatness

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Don Merritt

For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice … Continue reading →

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Participation in Christ

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Don Merritt

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you … Continue reading →

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Summing Up

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Don Merritt

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,  casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: September 19, 2018

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Don Merritt

  Near Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia

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Pain, Suffering and… Love

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Don Merritt

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;  but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so … Continue reading →

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Generous or Selfish?

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Don Merritt

The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaint. As each one has … Continue reading →

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Enough of that stuff!

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Don Merritt

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, … Continue reading →

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