“Growing the Local Church”, 1 Corinthians 3 (Pastor Steve Garrick)

This session was preached by one of my pastors, Pastor Steve Garrick, on the Foundation of the Church, namely Jesus Christ.  I’ve provided a few quotes below for your digestion, as well as the video of the sermon and some pictures, like always.    Enjoy!  Slán go foill!
1 Corinthians 3
Is it acceptable for us [...]

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“Growing the Local Church” – Evangelism and Church Growth (Pastor Jason Montgomery)

My notes verbatim from “Evangelim and Church Growth” by Jason Montgomery: (remember, my words, NOT JASON’s    )

Did Jesus have to die for the Church to grow?  (first question)
This is a question that needs to be considered by every faithful preacher of the Word of God.
The Gospel is absolutely unexpected.
The Word of the Gospel [...]

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Spurgeon and Johnson on The Church and Her Witness

“We need to have more confidence in the ability of the Word of God to penetrate people’s hearts. This is one of the real deficiencies in this generation of evangelicals. We don’t have enough faith in the power of God’s Word to penetrate a hardened heart. Some Christians-and even lots of churches-actually back away from [...]

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