Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:13:17 — 121.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/07/22 Message – Pastors, guard yourselves and the entire flock Share this: Pastors, guard yourselves and the entire flock Last week we ended with Paul addressing the pastors of the church of Ephesus. Again I stress the plural and the singular of that passage. Church singular – pastors plural. I remember when I was studying the subject of pastors years ago and remembered the shepherds mentioned at the birth of our Lord. Luke tells us that, “shepherds (plural) keeping watch over their flock (singular) by night.” Hmmm! What were […]
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To the pastors of Ephesus…know your sheep
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:24:16 — 143.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 07/31/22 Message – To the pastors of Ephesus…know your sheep Share this: To the pastors of Ephesus…know your sheep Acts 20:1-31, “(1) After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia. (2) After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece, (3) where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail […]
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The Spirit and the Shepherds say…
Podcast: Download (45.8MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 12/15/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – The Spirit and the Shepherds say… The Spirit & the Shepherds say… We’ve been talking about Sheep and their Shepherds for nearly a month now. I’ve supplied you with two extremes of New Testament churches in order to impress upon you the well established truth that all churches need pastors and all healthy sheep thrive in and because being part of the larger community of a healthy church. The first church I mentioned was the very healthy Philippian church. The second was the increasingly unhealthy Ephesian […]
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Sheep and their Shepherds
Podcast: Download (40.4MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 12/01/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – Sheep and their Shepherds Sheep and their Shepherds We’ve been talking about Sheep and their Shepherds for a few weeks now. Last week in particular I supplied you with two extremes in the New Testament – the first was the Philippian church which was the “model church” of the New Testament to whom Paul gave no warnings or correction in regard to character (save the need to settle a few disputes) and a warning not to be deceived about circumcision. The second church was the Ephesian […]
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The need for Shepherds
Podcast: Download (59.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 11/24/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – The need for Shepherds The need for Shepherds We are going to begin by comparing two New Testament churches which existed on the polar opposites of the spectrum when it comes to the need for correction & discipline. The Philippian church which was the “model church” of the New Testament to whom Paul gave no warnings or correction in regard to character (save the need to settle a few disputes) and then the Ephesian church which was loaded with difficulty which we spent the majority of […]
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