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Saturday, July 31, 2010

The Power of the Cross

Posted by Pastor Pat on April 19, 2009

“Jesus said to her, ‘Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’” John 20:17

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Not Forsaking Our Own Assembling Together

Posted by Pastor Pat on April 12, 2009

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:23-25)

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The Grace of God and the Resurrection from the Dead

Posted by Pastor Pat on March 7, 2009

Resurrection truth is a deep and settling expression of God’s richest grace.  In the absence of such truth our own selfish desires and appetites would consume us.  Life would cease having sunrises of hope

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The Relationship of the Cross to the Lenten Season

Posted by Pastor Pat on March 5, 2009

I would like to begin this short study on noting the relationship of the cross to the Lenten season.  Like most things surrounding us, familiarity causes them to lose their significance.  We become so accustomed to all things “Christian” that we fail to see beyond the shadow and believe the thing it represents is the shadow itself.  It is like the plastic fruit sitting comfortably in the middle of the dining room table.  What the plastic fruit represents is real fruit, but the illusion exists to make those who see it for the first time to think it is real.  The cross in our “Christian” culture is like plastic fruit.  It exists only to represent.  In many ways, we have allowed the cross to collect dust as it sits comfortably in the middle of our lives; to become familiar, and in its familiarity, our view of it diminishes and we rob it of its intrinsic value.  Albert Mohler captures this idea in his thoughts on, “The Foolishness of the Cross.”

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What is Lent? Why Lent?

Posted by Pastor Pat on March 4, 2009

The historical intent of Lent is to place the modern reader into the storyline of the Bible. If we consider the biblical storyline and three corresponding “holy-days,” it is perhaps easier to understand why Lent is notable. First, the season of Advent celebrates the foretold and pre-figured Hero’s arrival. In Advent, God’s Hero arrives. Second, the season of Lent celebrates the foretold and pre-figured Hero’s work. It is not simply the Hero’s arrival that fulfills the promise; it is His work. Lent notes the Hero’s work by marking Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. Finally, the season of Pentecost celebrates the expansive and continuing legacy that His church is left with as a consequence of the Hero’s work. Pentecost marks the certainty of God’s promise and story in the carrying out of His mission in and through the church.

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THE CHURCH CALENDAR

Posted by Pastor Pat on March 3, 2009

(Advent, Lent, Pentecost)

Why Does Waukesha Bible Church

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