40 Days That Changed the World

Acts 1:1-9 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his […]

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How to Gratefully Endure Suffering

Acts 7:54-60; Philippians 1:29 Order of Service (PDF) Sermon Transcript (PDF) Powerpoint Presentation (PDF) Sermon (audio only) Tithes & Offering We praise the Lord that despite the Coronavirus pandemic, we can still worship online together. If FEC is your home church and you are moved to give at this time, you may deposit your offerings […]

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Mark 16:1-8 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Has Risen 16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the […]

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Salvation in No Other

Acts 4:7-12 New International Version (NIV) 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account […]

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How to overcome disappointments of life

Download the sermon transcript (PDF) Download sermon slides (PDF) Mark 9:14-29 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by an Impure Spirit 14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them. 15 As soon as all the people […]

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God’s Promise to the Frightened

Hebrews 13:1-2 New International Version (NIV) Concluding Exhortations 13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:5-6 New International Version (NIV) 5 Keep your lives free from the love […]

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We are Called to Do Good Works

Ephesians 2:8-10 New International Version (NIV) 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God […]

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Who Has What It Takes to Do the Job?

2 Corinthians 2:12-17 New International Version (NIV) Ministers of the New Covenant 12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I […]

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How Love Can Hurt – Part 2

2 Corinthians 1:23-24 New International Version (NIV) 23 I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by […]

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Remain in God’s Love

Revelation 2:1-7 New International Version (NIV) To the Church in Ephesus 2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I […]

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