Sermon: August 24: Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle. Before Philip called you, I saw you. Nathanael discovered that Christ knew him before he came to Christ. That is where faith begins: not with our achievement, but with grace. Come and see. Believe. Serve. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

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Article on the Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle: John 1:47: an Israelite in whom there is no deceit. Nathanael was known before he arrived. He confessed before the others saw. Bartholomew’s feast falls the day after Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi, two great confessions in two days. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr


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From Sunday's Sermon: Matthew 16:17: “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.” This is why we pray before we share the Gospel. This is why we keep praying for people who seem closed to it. The Father is the one who reveals. We are not. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

“The Confession of the Church” Matthew 16:13–20. The disciples had seen the works of Jesus. Peter confessed who Jesus is. And Jesus said the Father had revealed it. Evidence matters. But the confession of Christ is ultimately a gift of grace. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr


https://www.mountainvicar.com/the-confession-of-the-church-matthew-ch-16-vv-13-to-20

Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band at the Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville, NC. Absolutely amazing.

On Sunday we read Matthew 16:13–20. Before then, read the passage. The disciples have already confessed Jesus as the Son of God. Then, at Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asks a more searching question: “But who do you say that I am?” Notice what Peter says, and where Jesus says that confession came from. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

From Sunday's Sermon: The Canaanite woman came for her daughter, who could not come for herself. We are not bystanders in the lives of the people we love. We can come when they cannot. We can kneel when they will not. We can say, Lord, help me, and mean both ourselves and them in the same breath. Is there someone you need to bring before Jesus this week? #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

From Sunday's Sermon: Jesus did not answer the Canaanite woman a word. She came back anyway. She knelt and said four words: "Lord, help me." Has there been a season when you kept coming to Christ even through silence? What held you there? #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

Matthew 15:22: “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David.” She does not say: have mercy on my daughter. She says: have mercy on me. Her daughter’s suffering and her own are not separable. The best intercession does not pretend to be unaffected. Read Sunday’s sermon: #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

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Matthew 15:27: “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs.” She does not dispute the framing. She presses through it. She presses the metaphor further: even within his own analogy, there is room for her. “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs.” That is what great faith does with an apparent refusal. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

"Great Is Your Faith." Matthew 15:21–28. A Canaanite woman comes to Jesus in Gentile territory. He is silent. The disciples want her gone. She kneels and says: "Lord, help me." Then she presses the metaphor of crumbs from the table until he answers. Jesus calls what she does great faith. It is what great faith has always looked like. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

https://www.mountainvicar.com/great-is-your-faith-matthew-ch-15-vv-21-to-28/

Sermon: Sermon: “She Said Yes.” Luke 1:46–55. The Feast of the Virgin Mary. We simply honor her for what Scripture says plainly: she is the mother of the incarnate Son of God, and she said yes before she knew the full cost. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr

https://www.mountainvicar.com/she-said-yes-the-feast-of-the-virgin-mary-mother-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-luke-ch-1-vv-46-to-55/