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November 9, 2025

Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 11:4

What gospel was preached by Jesus and His apostles and disciples? Were there different gospels preached when the church began? Did they preach the Calvinistic gospel, or the Arminian gospel, or the gospel of the kingdom? There wasn’t any Calvinistic or Arminian gospel when the church began; these gospels came many years later (around the 1500s). Calvinism came first followed by the Arminian which was a rebuttal of Calvinism by Dutch Reformed theologian in the late 16th century, Arminius. But does it make any difference today which one is preached?

The gospel began to be changed in America, from its beginning fifty years before the colonies’ Declaration of Independence till now, from Calvinism to Arminianism. Arminianism has grown until it eventually passed Calvinism in the twentieth century. And now it is practically all that one hears in churches, on television or radio broadcasts or on the internet. What is the difference between the two gospels?

The Holy God

by Rev. James Jester

November 2, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 6:1-3

Psalm 99 is a triple proclamation of God’s holiness, as Isaiah would do at a later date, and as we read: “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts”(Isa. 6:3). The two divisions of the psalm (v. 1-5, 6-9) both end in the refrain exhorting the worshippers to exalt the God who is holy (v. 5, 9). This psalm is a call to praise God because of the glories (and blessings) of His Kingdom among men (Adamkind). It is a song of praise describing Christ’s reign.

How Rockefeller and Carnegie Rewired Modern Medicine and Why It Still Affects You Today 

By Harald Zieger 

October 26, 2025 

Few systems are more influential — or more taken for granted — than modern medicine. Most of us grew up believing that the medical system has always been scientific, trustworthy, and built to help us heal. But the truth is more complicated.

In the early 1900s, two of the most influential figures in American history — John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie — played a pivotal role in reshaping medicine. 

This transformation continues to impact how we’re diagnosed, treated, and even taught to think about health today. This isn’t about conspiracy — it’s about following the money, the motives, and the long-term impact of decisions made over a century ago. 

by Brian Jones

October 19, 2025

How many other gods are there in the religious world?  There are very, very many.  Many are under the name of Christendom.

Available in audio only.

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October12, 2025

Scripture Reading: Revelation 18:4

The first part of this message speaks to how Zionism was created as a replacement of Judaism in an effort to counter the "hatred" that Christian nations had for them, so in the 1800's the Zionists changed the definition of a Jew to that of a nationality. They turned it into Jewish nationalism , which means they needed to create a language, a flag and a specific piece of land to call a country. The second part of this message talks about how the Three Great Awakenings were instrumental in changing the nation's churches, moving away from the original gospel of who the promises of God were intended for, creating many denominations, and weakening, if not destroying, the church.

The Lord of All the Earth

by Rev. Jim Jester

October 5, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: Hebrews 1:1-4

Psalm 97 continues in the theme and tone of the previous psalms. It uses phrases found in other psalms and other Old Testament passages.

J. M. Boice has commented, “Psalms 96, 97, 98 each hail God’s coming as the world’s King. But psalms 96, 98 soar with delight at what is in store for the world when Jesus returns, while in Psalm 97 the frightening and awesome side of God’s kingly rule is emphasized.”

The psalmist celebrates the Lord’s dominion over nations and nature, describes its effect on foes and friends, and then encourages the latter.

“They took him down from the tree”

By: Walter Giddings

September 28, 2025

Featured Scripture: Acts 13:39 

(John 18:1-2).  There was a location in the garden.  Judas knew “the place”.

What was this place?  Was this place in a garden? Did this place have a name? Golgotha” the Hebrew name for “the place of a skull”.

“The place, which is called Calvary”  If Golgotha and Calvary are “the place” where Jesus and his apostles “ofttimes resorted thither”, is then “the place” where Jesus prayed three times, in agony, to sweat, as it were, drops of blood?! Could it be that “the place” that Judas knew, to where Jesus and the disciples “ofttimes” returned, was “the place” which was the very site of Christ’s Crucifixion?

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September 21, 2025

Scripture Reading:  Revelation 18:4

This is the first of two sermons that will tell the brief story of my church life when I was not a preacher. It covers about the first 40 years of my existence here on earth and tells of my search for the truth of what the Bible teaches.

What church should a person go to? Who is a Christian, is a question that is seldom answered. It is implied by their “no answer” that everyone, or almost everyone, on the list below is a Christian. But how could all the following denominations, with large memberships, be Christian when they hold opposite theological opinions to other Christian churches? Here are the approximate numbers of all the members of the largest and different Christian denominations in the world:

King and Judge

by Rev. Jim Jester

September 14, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Chr. 16:23-24

The call to the people of Israel in the previous psalm to praise the LORD as a great King (Ps. 95:1-7) is also now made to the nations in the following psalms (96-100). In these psalms, it is not the kingship of David that is sung, but that of the Lord Jesus Christ. The kingships of David and of Jesus are very closely related to each other, for the great Son of David is the Lord of hosts. Psalm 96 looks forward to the fulfillment of these promises when God openly exercises His authority over the nations.

There is no author attributed in the Hebrew text, but Psalm 96 contains the middle verses of the psalm David sang for the entrance of the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, suggesting that David was the author.

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September 7, 2025

Scripture Reading: Titus 1:14:

“Not giving heed to Jewish fables [or myths of Judaism], and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 

The apostle Paul’s letter to Titus, who was one of his co-workers during part of a couple of his missionary journeys, gives to his fellow helper a stern warning. He gave him instructions to not give any credence to … it wasn’t any Oriental fables or Negro fables or Greek fables … but only to Jewish fables. I wonder why that was. Was Paul anti-Semitic?

Ken Ham, of Answers in Genesis, wrote an article that appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper in 2017. The article was entitled "There is Only One Race -- The Human Race."  This  sermon will examine Ken's article.