Continuing our series through Ephesians, [Sunday, May 13, 2012] we heard a message from Ephesians 1:5-6 entitled “Trinitarian Salvation: The Father – Decreeing Salvation“.   Outline: The Salvific Work of the Father: Decreeing Redemption – Part II Election is  part of God’s sovereign decree (Eph. 1:11 |Is. 46:9-11 | Matt. 10:29 | Prov. 16:33 | Ps. 139:16 | Dan. 4:34-35) We were predestined to be God’s own...

Continuing our series through Mark, [Friday, May 18, 2012], our last Friday service, we heard a message from Mark 4:10-12 entitled “The Purpose of Parables“. Outline: The Purpose of Parables: The Setting (Mark 4:10) Jesus addresses His followers/disciples and His Apostles (The same people as in Mark 3:31-35) The mysteries of the Kingdom must be revealed by God (Mark 4:11 | John 6:65 | 1 Cor. 2:14-16 | Matt. 16:13-17) A mystery...

This past Friday (May 18, 2012) Pastor Jay announced that it would be our last Friday night service. Listen to the announcement he gave and what we have planned for the future (the audio messes up for a couple seconds but is fine after that): Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...

UPDATE: Men’s Study will now meet weekly @ 6pm on Wednesdays (except for Small Group Fellowship days which is the first Wednesday of every month.) Men, Our church is catechizing our children (in Sunday School). Many of you have expressed a desire to be catechized as well. After all, if we are going to be leading our children through a catechism, isn’t it only right that we have been through the same process? Well, you’ve asked...

Continuing our series through Ephesians, [Sunday, May 13, 2012] we heard a message from Ephesians 1:4 entitled “Trinitarian Salvation: The Father – Decreeing Salvation“. Outline: The Salvific Work of the Father: Decreeing Redemption The Sovereign Divine Election of God: God has always worked like this: God choose Noah, Abram, Issac over Ismael, Jacob over Esau, Israel over any other nation (Deut. 7:7-8) 6 Elements of...

Continuing our series through Mark, [Friday, May 11, 2012] we heard a message from Mark 4:1-20 entitled “The Parable of the Soils“.   Outline: The Parable of the Soils: The Setting (Mark 4:1-2) by the sea with a large crowd (Mark 4:1:45, 3:9) the boat was his pulpit The Parable (Mark 4:3-9)  He is asking for the crowd to discern (Mark 4:3,9)  4 different kinds of soil: hard soil (Mark 4:4) rocky ground (Mark 4:5-6) thorny...

Our audio from Sunday did not record properly so we will be highlighting the sermon from Friday night [May 4, 2012]. We heard a special message that focused on “5 Spiritual Blessing We Have In Christ“. Outline: Because we are in Christ, we have… (Eph. 1:3) A renewed ability to please and serve God (Eze. 36:26-27) A love and a hope in God (Rom. 8:18-20 | 2 Cor. 4:17-18) Forgiveness of all our sins (Rom. 5:1 | Ps. 130:3-4,...

Pastor Jay Jesuroga, beginning a new series through Ephesians, preached from Ephesians 1:1-2 [Sunday, April 29, 2012], a message entitled “Paul’s Salutation to the Ephesians“.   Outline: 3 Elements of the Salutation The Writer (Eph. 1:1) The Readers (Eph. 1:1) The Greating (Eph. 1:2) Listen/download the Sermon: Related Sermons: The Multifaceted Grace of...

  Here is a collection of the sermons and an article by Pastor Jay on the fourth commandment that he mentioned yesterday [April 29, 2012]: The Abiding of the 10 Commandments: The Law of God & the Believer [A Reformed Perspective] article from Dec. 30, 2011 Out With the Old, In With the New (Mark 2:18-22) sermon from Jan. 13,2012 The 4th Commandment, Sabbath, Lord’s Day: The Sabbath Question – Part 1 (Mark 2:23-28) sermon...

In relation to one point, from Friday’s sermon [04/20/2012] on “Blessings We have in Christ”, that  we have a renewed ability to please and serve God because of our union with Christ and regeneration, this article from last June may be helpful: This past Sunday [May 31, 2012], we learned about our role in sanctification… that is, we are called to “…just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,...

Pastor Jay Jesuroga, concluding the series through 1 Corinthians,  preached from 1 Corinthians 16:21-24 yesterday [April 22, 2012], a message entitled “3 Aspects of Paul’s Benediction“. Outline: Authenticity (1 Cor. 16:21) Malediction & Maranatha (1 Cor. 16:22) Grace & Love (1 Cor. 16:23-24) Listen/download the Sermon:   Related Sermons: The Multifaceted Grace of God The Nature of Love – Part...

In relation to this past Sunday sermon on “5 Aspects of Church Life” [1 Corinthians 16:15-20], here are three blogs dealing with some of the issues brought up: How to Build Unity in Your Church Satan’s Great Desire For Our Church How to Love One Another:...

We invite all the ladies to meet with us beginnnig Wednesday, April 18th starting at 7pm at Grace Church for Ladies’ Fellowship. For the next weeks the format will change a little in order to have the opportunity to hear from wise, godly women, both practical ways to serve God through serving our families and what His Word says about our behavior as women. Childcare will be provided. All church women are welcome to attend. For more details...

Pastor Jay Jesuroga, continuing the series through 1 Corinthians,  preached from 1 Corinthians 16:15-20 yesterday [April 15, 2012], a message entitled “5 Aspects of Church Life“. He started off by sharing about the pastor’s conference he attended this past week (2 minute audio clip): Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to...

In conjunction with the sermon he preached Sunday, “How the Resurrection Effects Us Now” [Romans 6:1-7, 11] Pastor Jay writes: The doctrine of union with Christ from Romans 6:1-14 is a glorious truth no doubt. Our union with Christ has liberated us from the enslaving power of sin in our lives. This was just one of the many benefits that Christ has merited for us in his atoning work. But even though we have this wonderful blessing,...