Archive for 2010

Bowling & Pizza

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Several members and friends of the church gathered together for what has come to be an annual event: The New Year’s Eve Bowling and Pizza Party.

As always, it was a time of good fellowship and partially-sanctified competitiveness.

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Foundations of the Faith

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

An astonishing aspect of the church in America is her apparent lack of knowledge and understanding of the Fundamental doctrines of the Christian Faith.

One would think that with all the media and publishing tools available the opposite would be true. Sadly, many Christians in the modern church neither know nor can articulate the essential doctrines of our faith.

In this sermon series, Elder Baldridge provides a clear understanding of our historical core beliefs. He has also written a new hymn for each in hope that these key concepts will be engrafted into believers’ hearts.

Join us soon to hear the next sermon in this series, or listen to past sermons online (* indicates most recently delivered sermon).

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Papist vs. Protestant Holiday Observance

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Question: What is the difference between Roman Catholic and Evangelical holiday observance?

If some Reformed churches still observe some festivals (as the conception, nativity, passion and ascension of Christ), they differ widely from the papists because:

1. They dedicate these days to God alone and not to creatures.

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Family Advent Program – 2010

Monday, December 20th, 2010

After worshiping God and enjoying fellowship over a shared meal, members and friends of the church participated in our annual Family Advent Program.

This is an event at which we share the various gifts God has given us in celebrating the birth of Christ.

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What is Orthodoxy?

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Many years ago, in that ancient time when jokes now hoary with age had the blush of early youth upon their cheeks, when a man first asked, “When is a door not a door?” and when the answer seemed to be a marvelously fresh and brilliant thing—at some happy moment in that ancient time, some brilliant person said: “Orthodoxy means ‘my doxy’ and heterodoxy means ‘the other man’s doxy.’ “

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