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  • Debate- Is The Original New Testament Lost? A Dialogue with Dr. Bart Ehrman & Dr. Daniel Wallace

  • Article- The Christian Mind by Jerry Soloman

    The Need for a Christian Mind “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 4:17).(1) This familiar admonition was first spoken by John the Baptist and soon after it was echoed by Jesus. The phrase is certainly worthy of a great deal of attention; it provides a lot of food for thought. For…

  • A Dummy’s Guide to Preparing For Christmas

    A Dummy’s Guide to Preparing for Christmas: Luke 3:7-14 Click above link for a video presentation of this message…click here to listen to my other sermons. Today we start our Advent sermon Series. I trust that everybody had a great Thanksgiving and now you’re getting geared-up and looking forward to Christmas- the “big papa of all theholidays. And this morning we’re…

  • A Clash of Kingdoms

    A Clash of Kingdoms Today we’re back into the Amazed by Jesus Sermon Series- The message is the third of the series and is titled “A Clash of Kingdoms” because we’ll be looking at Mark 5:1-20 where we see Jesus attacking the Kingdom of darkness. We see the Kingdom of God engage the Kingdom of evil.…

  • Courage Under Fire

    Courage Under Fire. Exodus 20:3-5  3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.  4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol…  5 “You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God.” You shall have no other gods before me and shall not worship them…

  • Giving 101

    Giving 101 This week I received a phone call from Kaylee while I was preparing this message. We had just received 3 huge boxes from my ant that were full of kitchen supplies, and toys, and clothes for the kids. It looked like she went on a shopping spree just for us. Who here likes…

  • Why is Jesus’ Death Good News?

    Here is the link to my most recent audio sermon. The following is the basic transcript for it: Good morning everyone. I’m Rand one of the Pastors here at Grace Valley Fellowship. Let me pray for us and we’ll get right to it…(Prayer) I trust that you all had an enjoyable Christmas and that with most of…

  • Christmas: It’s All About Jesus

    Here is a link to my most recent audio sermon entitled…Christmas: It’s All About Jesus. It is an expository message from John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” Also, I’ve developed a new…

  • Jesus- Better than Obama

    In the wake of the election, I decided to preach on a topic of critical importance.  Here is my most recent audio message entitled Jesus-Better than Obama.

  • Soul Piercing (Romans 12:1-2)

    Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual(rational) worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the…

  • Soul Piercing (Colossians 1:13-14)

    Scripture: Colossians 1:13-14 “For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Who can stand before the infinite God whose Holy glory outshines the sun? Does not His light make our sins more visible… shining on what is obviously born in…

  • Misquoting Jesus

    Critical Review of Bart D. Ehrman’s book… Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why       Bart D. Ehrman, chair of the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is a brilliant scholar who has worked for many years studying and teaching the New Testament; especially being involved…

  • Auditory Learning

    I am getting close to having the basic shell of this blog in order so I thought I’d give a heads up to some of its parts. Over the course of our journey through life, we are impacted by various things- such as people’s ideas, music, art, etc. This blog spot includes several items that have been instrumental…