January 16th, 2012 by Pastor Leonce Crump II
When something is stagnant it is no longer fresh or life giving. That is what all relationships, but especially marriages become if they are no growing in and toward something.
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January 4th, 2012 by Debbie Roszel
It was an intense time in church today, for the community and for me. It was a time when the Spirit was very evidently present, and not to me alone. The congregation was more responsive than I've seen-more hands raised, more clapping, more verbal responses. Not just in the singing, but during the sermon. There was spontaneous applause during the sermon, at one point! I thought, with an internal chuckle, "Well, that's not very PC...A."
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December 2nd, 2011 by Pastor Leonce Crump II
The Mormon Scriptures do reference Jesus Christ as the Son of God (Helaman 5:12; 3 Nephi 14:24-6; Mosiah 3:8), and their Articles of Faith open with the idea that Jesus Christ is the Son of God the Eternal Father, but they mean something different by it.
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December 2nd, 2011 by Pastor Leonce Crump II
Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry (CARM) points out, “The doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are very interesting. Most of the ‘odd’ ones are not initially taught to potential converts. But they should be. Instead, ‘they are revealed later as one matures and gains the ability to accept them.’ The LDS Church tries to make its official doctrines appear Christian but what underlies those Christian sounding terms is far from Christian in meaning.”
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November 30th, 2011 by Pastor Leonce Crump II
As we dwell on the promise of our coming King in this season of Advent, I'd like to share a new song just written by one of our lead worshippers that we will be doing this Sunday as we launch our Advent series.
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April 7th, 2011 by Pastor Leonce
This is the lynch pin, because He chose us before the foundation of the world, and in love, He predestined us for adoption. So we are predestined, chosen, and adopted.
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April 6th, 2011 by Pastor Leonce
How great a Father is God? How wonderful the nature, character, and goodness of the Father of Lights? How otherworldly this love? Not only did He willingly give Jesus as a sacrifice to rescue us from sin, hell, and death; and not only did He sacrifice Jesus as a wrath-consuming propitiation, turning His wrath to favor and saving us; not only did He place Jesus as an Advocate between Him and us, pleading our case before the righteous Judge, God went far beyond that. Far beyond kindness and clemency to His rebellious creation and invited us into His family.
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March 11th, 2011 by Ethan Seifried
Jesus is called the Word because he is the fulfillment of all God’s previous words to his people. He is the exact nature, personality, and being of the Father in human form, and we can know him through the eyewitness testimonies contained in the Bible.
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March 3rd, 2011 by Pastor Leonce
Last weekend at Renovation I preached a message called "spirituality" from Psalm 119, in which we concluded that true spirituality is a delight in God, his will, and His word.
February 1st, 2011 by Renovation Church
The evidences and rewards of that main thing perspective in people is what drives and should drive the heavy lifters. Is God showing up and doing what He does? Is He blessing us and others by changing hearts and lives? Do we see evidence of the Grace of God in this ministry and mission? We get a tangible yes each week if we look for it through the lens of God and the Gospel as the main thing.