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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
While many may think eschatology is too obscure and difficult to understand to make it appropriate for authoritative preaching, much of the difficulty is accounted for if we simply allow the Bible to speak for itself.
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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
Reformed churches have historically maintained the “regulative principle” in evaluating the appropriateness of conduct in the corporate worship service, but is their biblical justification for regulation? In this message, Pastor Matt shows that there is not only justification for it in Scripture, it is actually commanded.
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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
If the purpose of the church is to worship God, then it would certainly be important to have a biblical understanding of what “worship” is. We often think of worship in the context of a certain emotion or music, but is that all that worship is? Furthermore, what are the considerations we need to make in evaluating what is appropriate worship for the corporate assembly, and what is not?
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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
What is the church? That is among the most basic questions we can ask in theology, but the implications are far reaching in developing a biblical philosophy of ministry. We must answer questions such as, “Why do we exist?” “What is our purpose?” And, “What are our priorities?”
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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
The assault against the Deity of Christ is a critical issue in Christianity. But are accusations such as “the Old Testament never teaches the Deity of the Messiah,” or “Jesus Himself never claimed to be God” true? Answering these questions is crucial. This is the very bedrock of our faith.
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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
The Trinitarian God-head is the foundational doctrine of the Christian faith. It is this singular God, expressed in three Persons that we worship. Any other God is not the God of the revealed Word.
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Scripture: Selected Scriptures
The sovereignty of God is one of the most comforting and freeing aspects of God’s character, but it also happens to be the character many people struggle with the most. It is not because God’s sovereignty isn’t clearly taught however. Rather, the fact that most have no problem accepting God’s absolute sovereignty over creation, but only as it relates to salvation, ultimately reveals that the real struggle is with our fleshly desire for independence.
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God commands all people, “Be holy as I am holy.” But what exactly does that mean? He is holy in all his attributes, and infinitely set apart in all His ways. Not only that, but understanding the holiness of God causes us to realize the complete impossibility of that command without obtaining the righteousness of Christ.
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Scripture: Selected Scriptures
When we speak of inspiration, we mean that the Bible is wholly correct and completely without error on all matters about which it speaks and in all its assertions. While that might seem like a basic truth, the term “inspiration” has been twisted and modified from its historical use, even among major leaders of evangelicalism. The Bible’s revelation about its own words is quite clear though. If the Bible is not absolutely pure, then it isn’t the Word of God.
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Pastor Matt Tarr – PM Sermon
Scripture: Selected Scriptures
As Christians, we readily give lip-service to the authority of the Scriptures, but often we fail to live like we believe the Scriptures are authoritative. This begs the question, “Are they authoritative, or are they not?” The clear testimony of the Bible is that because they are the very words of God, they are absolute in their authority, and must be obeyed and conformed to.