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Advent Joy
Advent traditions vary but if you have three purple candles and one that is pink, that brightly colored candle is lit on the third Sunday of Advent. The angels brought good tidings of great joy to a small group of … Continue reading
The Gospel Goes to Ethiopia
Acts 8:26-40 Phillip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch leads to the Gospel making its way from Jerusalem to Ethiopian. As long as Christianity has existed there have been Christians in Ethiopia. There are also a couple of lessons about responding … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 8, Africa, church history, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Eunuch, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Phillip
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Simon the Magician
Acts 8:9-25 Simon the magician is impressed by the power of the Holy Spirit and offers to pay the Apostles for it. The Gospel is spread throughout Samaria.
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Tagged Acts 8, Gospel, Peter, Samaritans, Simon the Magician, Simon the Sorcerer
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Start Your New Beginning
Easter is this coming Sunday. People tend to think about church around Easter Sunday and Christmas time each year. You are certainly welcome to visit Unity Baptist Church anytime but we expect to have guests and first-time visitors on those … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, church, church services, Clark Bunch, Easter, Gospel, invitation, Jesus, Start your new beginning, Unity Baptist
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Sow Gospel Seeds
In Mark 4 Jesus shares some now well known parables about sowing and harvesting. Today we relate a couple of those to The Big Invite. Keep sowing Gospel seeds because some will find good soil, take root, and produce much … Continue reading
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Tagged Gospel, Jesus, Mark 4, parable of the growing seeds, parable of the seeds, parable of the sower, parables
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The Advance of the Gospel
June 5, 2016 | text: Philippians 1:12-18 (Please visit https://youtu.be/z9C2bHjc-Cw for full description and details, including copyright notices.) About this time last year I preached a three part series titled What is the Gospel? In the final … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 1, 1 Corinthians 2, Apostle Paul, Gospel, Philippians 1, Romans 9
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Whoever Receives You Receives Me
Part 4 in the Things Jesus Said series. March 13, 2016 | text: Matthew 10 We have been reviewing some of the things Jesus said in preparation for the Passion week and celebrating Easter. For the … Continue reading
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Tagged already but not yet, disciples, Gospel, Great Commission, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Matthew 10, mission, preach
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What is the Gospel?
Originally published in The Calhoun Times October 11, 2015 The short answer is “good news.” Gospel is a Greek word that was transliterated into English Bibles. Instead of translating the word we just use the Greek word and learn its … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Christians, doctrine, Good News, Gospel, theology
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Heaven, Hell and the Gospel
October 4, 2015 | text: Isaiah 11:1-10 Billy Graham once sat down to write a sermon on angels but found his library offered very few resources on that topic. He set out to look up every … Continue reading
