Mark Wattenbarger spoke about Land of Hope (by Wilfred McClay) referencing how that Christopher Columbus found what he wasn’t looking for. This lead into his main subject: “Unplanned but Good Events (serendipity)”
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This sermon was recorded at
Oxford Primitive Baptist Church
Located in Oxford,Kansas
Brother Randy opened services reading from Proverbs 19:21-23.
Randy McCarthy
Text: Matthew 5:43-45
Scriptural References: Acts 17:16-18; Ephesians 3:10; 1 Kings 16:29-33; 1 Kings 21:7-23; 1 Kings 22:1-40; 2 Chron 19:1-3; 2 Chron 20:1-30; Romans 12:14-21
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Randy McCarthy
Subject: “Liberty, Freedom & John Leland”
Galatians 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
Question: Is America a Christian Nation?
Hebrews 13:1-2 “Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.“
John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.“
U. S. Constitution – Amendment 1: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
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Referenced Biography: John Leland (1754-1841)
John Leland led Baptists in Virginia in the struggle for religious freedom. He ardently opposed the idea that the United States was a Christian commonwealth and fervently championed separating church and state.
He wrote: “No national church can in its organization, be the Gospel Church. A National church takes in the whole Nation, and no more; whereas, the Gospel Church, takes in no Nation, but those who fear God, and work righteousness in every Nation. The notion of a Christian commonwealth should be exploded forever. . . . If all the souls in a government were saints of God, should they be formed into a society by law, that society could not be a Gospel Church, but a creature of state.”
Randy McCarthy discusses the rebuilding of the second temple in Jerusalem (around 520 B.C.) as chronicled in the books of Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah. Randy examined the 8 night visions of Zechariah as recorded in chapters 1-6 (Zech 1:7-6:15), with emphasis on the vision of the BRANCH in Zech Chapter 3.
Mark Wattenbarger focuses on the letter to the Church of Ephesus. In the midst of divine culture, with all manner of influences; the scripture teaches us to walk worthy of our vocation (Eph 4:1-2), and to put forward the effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit (Eph 4:3).
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Randy McCarthy
Introduction: Justification (Romans 5:1-5)
Main Subject: Looking into 2014
Scripture References: Matt 16:13-18; Isa. 44:24-28, 45:1-7; Ezra; Haggai; Zech 1:1-6
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Mark Wattenbarger
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Text: 2Pet 1:16-18, 1John 1:1-4, Phil 2:5-8, John 1:1-4, 12-13, 5-8
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Randy McCarthy
In this sermon, Randy continues his discussion of the authenticity and reliability of the New Testament, and identifies four facts accepted by essentially all historians, secular and Christian, concerning the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Luke 24:13-35)
These facts are:
The best explanation for these and other facts is that God raised Jesus from the dead exactly as described in the NT Scriptures.
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This is a continuation of the previous week’s topic “The Authenticity and Reliability of the New Testament“.
Bill McCarthy
Subject: (Introduction) – The Holiness of Jesus
Text: 1Timothy 4:16
Randy McCarthy
Subject: The Authenticity and Reliability of the New Testament.
Randy cites to the early Christian creed in 1 Cor 15:1-8 and the writings of several secular historians and church fathers that confirm the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. From these and other evidences it is conclusive that the New Testament books we have today were written before the close of the first century AD and accurately reflect real events that took place exactly as described in the Bible. Statements by scoffers today that Jesus probably didn’t ever live at all, and that the NT books were written hundreds of years later, are absolutely false and cannot be reasonably supported by the overwhelming evidence that proves otherwise.
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Randy McCarthy
Subjects: Christianity, Culture, & Christmas; Sermon on the Mount
Texts: Luke 2:8-20, Matt 5:1-16
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