This week, the Men’s Study will be picking back up in chapters 5 & 6 of Jerry Bridges’ “The Pursuit of Holiness.” The chapters are quite short, so don’t be discouraged if you haven’t been able to make it yet. You are still welcome to drop in and benefit from the discussion. This week, the discussion will focus largely on the concept of being “raised with Christ” as taught in Romans 6....

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...

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...

Two Sunday’s ago (July 25, 2010) Pastor Jay was a guest preacher at Southside Bible Church in Denver, Colorado. He preached a sermon called “Seek & Think on Things Above” from Colossians 3:1-4. First he started with by explaining the context of the passage, in one part dealing with the heresy that arose in Colosia which Paul was address (3 minute clip below): Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required...

REMINDER: No service tonight (July 23, 2010). Since our service is cancelled tonight, we thought we would highlight one of our Friday sermons, specifically last Friday’s sermon from James 1:22-25 entitled, “Word-hearers & Word-doers” by Pastor Jay Jesuroga which comes from our sermon series through James. With as much doctrine and teaching we get at our church, this was an especially important message for us to hear...

Well, what a great time it was at the Psalm 119 Discernment conference this weekend. Thank you for all who served behind the scenes. “For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.” - Hebrews 6:10 If you weren’t able to make it, you can listen or download Pastor Emilio‘s message “Discernment in the Local...

[ATTENTION: Pastor Jay gave an important qualification that should be listened to by any parent that may have their children listen to this sermon audio because of some language that is used in it. You can listen to this 1 minute audio below]: 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 browser. In continuing with our...

As mentioned previously, this year Pastor Emilio Ramos, Pastor Jay Jesuroga, and Jason Delgado attended Together for the Gospel 2010 (T4G). Pastor Jay had this to say about the conference (6 minute audio): 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 browser. The pastors wanted to share the main session with you all....

LOOKING FOR 2011 CONFERENCE INFO? CLICK HERE - Get discernment! Wolves are leaping over the fence and some sheep seem to be oblivious to their wiles. The Psalm 119 Conference is designed to sharpen your discernment skills and help you separate the true from the false. The following topics will be addressed: Who, what and how to judge Knowing the 5 major heresies How to systematize your theology Identifying the modern day assaults on the...

Every year our elders go to one conference per year for a time of refreshment and edification. Last year they went to The Sheperd’s Conference 2009 and this year they are going to Together for the Gospel 2010 (T4G). Q: What is T4G? A: T4G began as a friendship between four pastors. These friends differed on a number of theological issues, like baptism and the charismatic gifts. But they were committed to standing together for the main...

Pastor Emilio Ramos had the privilege of preaching in a chapel service at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar Missouri at the end of January. It wasn’t like most of his messages that we hear during church service, as he was asked to give a little background about himself. Below is a 3 minute clip from his intro where he talks about how our church was started: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this...

How should Calvinists deal with Arminians? Is it possible to stand firm for Reformed theology without causing offense? If you’re a Calvinist now but were an Arminian before and a Calvinist caused offense against you in explaining their theology, would you have been as apt to lay hold to the doctrines of grace? Dr. James White answers a call on The Dividing Line show regarding this subject and offers some great advice. Watch the 7 minute...

Whether you are married or going to be you should listen to this message recorded from Sojourn Community Church: Marriages are filled with chaos and confusion.  The gospel paints a radical vision of marriage and declares an unwavering call to fight for marriages in our churches… Hear author Paul David Tripp speak on this gospel vision for marriage… Paul Tripp’s message “What Did You Expect? The Realities Of...

The Resolved Conference is a ministry of  Grace Community Church (John MacArthur) that said this to describe its most recent conference: In a strange and wonderful irony, the greatest problem on Earth is resolved by the greatest reality in Heaven. Sin—it is the poisonous nature of humanity. The depth and breadth of sin is evident everywhere in our world. It is the fundamental principle in every person and the driving momentum of every...

For the rest of the month of July we will be having a different guest speaker at all of our Friday services. This coming Friday (July 17, 2009) we are pleased to have back Adam Groza (who preached at Sovereign Joy back when it was just a Bible study). Dr. Adam Groza is the Director of Admissions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth Texas.  Adam is an accomplished academic scholar who has four earned academic degrees...