The Body of Christ – Clint Ware

The Body of Christ is made up of everyone who has faith in Jesus.   Unity and Diversity in the Body 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave [...]

Revelation – Mitchell Hedgepeth

Does a book full of strange creatures and a punitive God really matter in our life today? Revelation 5:11-14 11 Then I looked, and I heard the sound of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. They numbered in the millions—thousands upon thousands.  12 They said in a loud voice, “ [...]

Do You Love Me? – Clint Ware

Pondering Peter’s Path – Post Paschal

It is finished – Clint Ware

“It is finished.” What do the last words Jesus spoke on the cross mean to us today?   “It is finished.” What do the last words Jesus spoke on the cross mean to us today? “It is finished.” How did Peter and the early church understand Jesus’ final words on the cross? “It is finished.”  Τετέλεσται [...]

Easter Music Special 2013

We hope you will be blessed by the special Easter music from Palm Sunday.  Thank you so much to Tommy Steadman and the FUMC Choir and Orchestra for their beautiful offering to God.

Lip Service or True Service? – Mark McNair

Have you ever thought that you could do better than Peter? In the absence of danger ALL men are Heroes. Have you ever said, “I will Never ______! Matthew 26:30-35 31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the [...]

Change of Plans – Clint Ware

Pondering Peter’s Path Series: Peter’s Problem with the Plan Tradition:  Just Because You’ve Always Done it That Way Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Incredibly Stupid Change:  When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can turn into deadly projectiles   How are you at dealing with change? How do you react [...]

The Most Important Question – Clint Ware

  Matthew 16:13-18 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I [...]

Put yourself in the Pericope – Clint Ware

Put yourself in the story Matthew 14:22-33 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and [...]

Living by Faith – Clint Ware

I live by ________________ – the clock – the sword – the seat of my pants – trial and error Rom 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For [...]

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