Who Is on the Lord’s Side?

This week in worship Pastor Doug shares the story from Joshua 5:13-15, when he saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us, or one of our adversaries?” He replied, “Neither; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped.

Pastor Doug will be sharing about how God shows no partiality. He treats everyone fairly.

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Why God created man?

I have heard many explanations, the most plausible being that God wanted to love us because He is love.  It is certainly correct that God loves us, but is this really the reason why He created us?

The Bible tells us exactly why God created man.

Gen 1:26  Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Gen 1:27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

By: Klaus Meyer

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Why Did God Choose Israel?

The Bible clearly identifies the people of Israel as God’s chosen people. But He loves and has a plan for all people, so why did God choose Israel?

Who are God’s chosen people?

The Scriptures are quite clear that among all the nations in the world, God chose Israel as the one He would work with. God said through the prophet Isaiah, “Yet hear now, O Jacob My servant, and Israel whom I have chosen” (Isaiah 44:1).

This was the nation that God delivered out of slavery in Egypt, the nation to whom God gave the land of Canaan, and the nation through whom would come Jesus, the Messiah. 

Was there something special about these people unlike others?

By David Treybig

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Book Sales - Birthday Commemoration (Olagunju Success Taiwo).

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And before the 21st of April 2026, which is the birthday of the author, a planned event to mark his birthday will be announced.

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The Importance of Celebrating Easter

For many years now, my favorite passage of Scripture has been Psalm 103. God frequently uses the first five verses of this chapter to reorient my heart and remind me of His faithful love. David’s words in this Psalm are penned to his very own soul, and his direction in verse 2 is simple: “My soul, bless the Lord, and do not forget all his benefits” (CSB).

How easy it is to forget all that God has done for us. We are fragile and finite beings with a tendency to be distracted and discouraged. I’m afraid it doesn’t take much to entice our focus and affection from Jesus.

The Lord knows this about us, and that’s why over and over in Scripture, He instructs us to remember. Remember who God is and what He has done. Remember His faithfulness for all the generations that have come before. Remember His faithfulness in our very own lives. Like David’s example in Psalm 103, it’s important for us to intentionally preach to our own souls the goodness of the gospel and the greatness of our God. Remembrance is a vital aspect of what it means to follow Jesus.

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If God is for us, who can be against us?

In Romans 8:31 Paul declares boldly: ‘If God is for us, who can be against us?’ He is implying, of course, that nobody can be against us. Perhaps you are thinking: But many people are against me. The tax man is against me! My in-laws are against me! My boss is against me! My bank manager, terrorists, corrupt politicians, the list is endless. So, what is Paul getting at?

* First, we should remember that our real struggle is not against flesh and blood. Our greatest enemies are not the people I have just mentioned. There is a more serious battle going on in the life of a Christian.

* Secondly, Let’s read the verse in context. I’ll start at verse 28, which is a favourite for many of us.

“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:28-32)

By Graham Brooke-Smith

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