Monthly Archives: April 2021

Sunday Sermon Notes: April 11, 2021

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Don Merritt

Title: Created in God’s Image Text: Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and … Continue reading →

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Becoming Strangers

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Don Merritt

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say … Continue reading →

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Active Faith

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Don Merritt

Chapter 11 of Hebrews is a discourse on active faith; interesting when you consider that it comes right after the warnings of chapter 10 against losing our faith. Who said faith and works were mutually exclusive? That faith and works … Continue reading →

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Challenging, Yet Amazing and Wonderful

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Don Merritt

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: April 8, 2021

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Don Merritt
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Warnings

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Don Merritt

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone … Continue reading →

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Unswerving Faith

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Don Merritt

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a … Continue reading →

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Weekly Bible Study Notes: April 7, 2021

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Don Merritt

Caught in the Act! John 8:1-11 First, An Important Note: This section is not included in the earliest and most reliable manuscripts of this Gospel, and thus is often not covered by commentators in their works.  The reasons for this … Continue reading →

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Once for All part 2

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Don Merritt

Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat … Continue reading →

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Once for All part 1

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Don Merritt

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Otherwise, … Continue reading →

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