Although they were developed after the Reformation, there are five “Solas” that guided those first reformers. They are: Sola Scriptura – Scripture only Sola Fide – Faith Alone Sola Gratia – Grace Alone Sola Christus – Christ Alone Sola Deo Gloria – Glory to God Alone These are the five main disagreements they had with the Roman Catholic Church. This study begins…
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
Sermons by Tracy Plessinger
Continuing with the idea of how the local church should be ordered, we see a correlation with how a family unit should function. First we have the parents, mother and father. They are responsible for bringing their children to maturity. Children at different ages have different levels of maturity. When children reach adulthood, they often become as mature as their parents. In…
The local church has been described as the manifestation of the body of Christ in a physical location. The purpose of the local church is to build up the saints, and comfort them in their time of need. It is “one-anothering” as Paul frequently tells us how we should treat one another. In order to fulfil this mission, Paul lays out how…
God’s gifts to us are his Word and the local churches. The fact that there are self-governing local churches at all is astounding in light of how God interacted with Israel. In Israel, God had one dwelling place, and they were bound by His law to come up to that dwelling place three times a year. But after the fall of Israel,…
Well, no, we aren’t sorry for grace. We actually believe that it should be strenuously defended from attacks on all sides. Our ministry stands on four pillars: A Book You Can Trust A Gospel You Can Believe Study You Can Understand, and A Life You Can Live. These are each instrumental in the growth of any believer, and they should be defended…
There are three places in Paul’s epistles that he lists spiritual gifts given to the body of Christ. There are other places where he tells us when they will go away. These spiritual gifts were given before the word of God was completed, and their stated purpose was to perfect the saints, do the work of the ministry, and edify the body…
A New Year’s Resolution that was meant to be humorous: “This New Year I’ve resolved to lead a better life. Now all I have to do is find someone to trade me lives.” For us, there is someone who has traded his life for ours. Jesus Christ died for us so that he could give his life to us so that he…
Genesis 6 gives the account of the sons of god coming in to the daughters of men and creating a race of giants. This account is somewhat controversial as to what exactly does it mean. In this study, we look at the account and many of the reasons we believe the sons of god were, in fact, fallen angels. It was the…
Those first 11 chapters of Genesis that were discussed in the previous message also brought about the formation of how societies function for the most part even until today. First was volition. Volition is not only the freedom to choose, but the responsibility to do so. Next there was marriage. It was formed as a union between one man and one woman.…
Today it would be absurd to think that there is someone alive who had known someone who had known Christ. But when we look at the patriarchs from Genesis 1 to Genesis 11, this could type of thing could have been possible even until Jacob was a small child. Shem, the son of Noah, lived until the time of Abraham, Isaac and…