by OakAdmin | Aug 30, 2024 | Abide Series Blogs, Assurance of Salvation, Discipline, Prayer, Sabbath, Spiritual Growth, The Holy Spirit
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing… By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved...
by OakAdmin | Oct 5, 2023 | Assurance of Salvation, Counseling, Identity, Kids & Family, Parenting, Prayer, Scripture, The Gospel, Theology
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” 1 John 3:1 ESV Just pause and take in this truth. If you have trusted in Jesus as your Savior then you are a child of God. “But to all who did receive...
by OakAdmin | Sep 21, 2023 | Assurance of Salvation, Identity, Outreach, Prayer, The Gospel, Theology
“But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for...
by OakAdmin | Jun 16, 2023 | Assurance of Salvation, End Times, Guest Speaker, History, Justice, Scripture, Servant of the Lord Series
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,...
by OakAdmin | Mar 31, 2023 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, Discipline, Integrity, Justice, Pain and Suffering, Prayer, Spiritual Growth
Matthew’s gospel ends with a detailed presentation of the arrest, trial, beating, mockery, crucifixion and death of the Lord Jesus. The Biblical writers are always careful with how much information they include. The pace of a narrative is determined by how many...
by OakAdmin | Apr 15, 2022 | Assurance of Salvation, Comfort and Grief, Justice, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, The Gospel, Theology
“And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’” Luke 22:19 Holy week has been set aside for centuries as a time to remember the final...