Some of the topics the elders will be going over during our new 2PM Sunday Seminary class: Expositional Preaching Why we preach verse by verse what are the pros and cons of preaching this way verses other ways.  Why we engage in preach exegetically. Why we do not use the pulpit to preach ourselves.  Why we believe there is so much value in preaching God’s word accurately.  What are the different ways people are preaching today.  These...

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Phil Johnson was our guest preacher this past Sunday. During our Sunday Seminary hour he preached a special message for us on the doctrine of assurance from Mark 9:24 (NKJV): Listen to or download the...

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During a past Sunday Seminary we talked about a resource that some in our church have used to help them memorize Scripture, from one verse, to one chapter, to entire books! It is a method that helps you memorize verbatim text by practicing recall not mere repeating. More details on this can be found here. – iPhone® / iPad® or Android® users may be interested in the “Fighter Verse App” which can help you memorize Scripture...

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It is always important to reflect on the Lord’s faithfulness on New Years. More than anything we should use this as a time to reflect on God’s faithfulness and give thanks to Him for His unfailing love and mercy which He has so richly lavished us with in Christ. I am personally grateful for the ministry of Sovereign Joy Community Church (SJCC). I am grateful that God has taken our church through so much expositional terrain. I am...

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Below is the outline and notes (and quotes) from Sunday Seminary on the topic of prayer. Again, this was not an exhaustive study, more of a encouragement to continue on in prayer and some helps for prayer (also, the teaching I referred to that Pastor Emilio taught on prayer is here): Prayer – is simply personal communication with God Purposes of Prayer: Not so God can find out what we need [Matt. 6:8] For God’s glory [John 14:13] Our...

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Repost as a resource for this past Sunday Seminary on prayer (originally posted Aug. 17, 2009): “Prayer is communication with God, it’s talking to God. It’s through prayer that we talk, revere, address, repent to, confess our sin to, acknowledge, worship and praise God.” – Pastor Emilio Ramos We don’t usually record the Sunday Seminary messages, but I was glad Pastor Emilio recorded his small teaching on...

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You can view or download (in Word format) the outline and notes for our Sunday Seminary class discussion the doctrine of creation or see them below: Creation: Definition (from Wayne Grudem’s System Theology, ch.15) – God created the entire universe out of nothing; it was originally very good; and He created it to glorify Himself. God Created Everything Gen 1-2 | Ps. 33:6, 9; 136:5 | Isa. 42:5; 45:18 | Acts 4:24; 14:15; 17:24 | Heb....

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Click here for the post I (Jason Delgado) referenced yesterday in Sunday Seminary regarding John 1:1. Also, apologies that there were not enough outlines for Sunday Seminary yesterday, but as promised here is the outline in Word format (everything we’ve gone over in the past 3 weeks on the Trinity) and shown below: Systematic Theology: The Doctrine of the Trinity Definition/Foundations Wayne Grudem’s short definition: “God eternally...

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If you were in Sunday Seminary last week then you remembered the presentation went haywire once we started discussing John 1:1 regarding the Trinity and showing from Scripture that Jesus is fully God. It was then I [Jason Delgado] recommended that you listen to Pastor Emilio Ramos’ exposition on John 1:1. I clipped that sermon down into 4 parts that talk about the points presented in John 1:1 that I was dealing with in regards to our...

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In our last Sunday Seminary, we discussed the importance of knowing Church history. Our elders suggested the following books for those interested: Church History In Plain Language by Dr. Bruce L. Shelley The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo L....

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