Excellent point. This is why I left my mainline church. Seminary quality sermons. The world is crumbling around us and not a word about preparing ourselves and warning those around us to put on the armor of God and seek His face. There will be many caught by surprise. Jesus had a few words to say about this.
Excellent point. This is why I left my mainline church. Seminary quality sermons. The world is crumbling around us and not a word about preparing ourselves and warning those around us to put on the armor of God and seek His face. There will be many caught by surprise. Jesus had a few words to say about this.
That is why I love cornerstone chapel in leesburg VA. Pastor Gary Hamrick. I don’t live there, so I am part of their online congregation. Give it a try.
We’ve been tuned into him for almost 4 years now!! We love him! We cannot find a church to go to in person anywhere around us that isn’t blowing smoke and blah blah blahs from the pulpit. We want the Bible, we want politics involved, we want the state of our world addressed, we want the TRUTH! We get that online with Cornerstone. So as much as we’d like a community - we’ll take the truth over mingling and pleasantries.
Try looking at a Calvary Chapel in your area. I had looked for a church for YEARS. I had to settle for a Baptist church.....which shut down for months during Covid. Then I found a Calvary Chapel. I knew I was in the right place, 1) the pastor preaches ALL of the Bible, 2) he DID NOT shut down during Covid. 😍
Oh, and the pastor invites anyone who is not born again to accept Christ as Lord and Savior.......EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY! In all my years, I have NEVER heard a pastor do that.
I've attended several churches that always end that way. Baptists mostly do it and used to be Nazarenes did. I'm not exactly for it because church is for the believers.. not a place to proselytize. I get that the pastors don't want to miss an opportunity tho and actually, few churches are run according to scripture these days, so I'll just be glad the Word is going out no matter the details.
Church is for believers? Really? According to Jesus in Luke 5:30-32:
"But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” [Emphasis mine.]
Read on into Acts and Paul’s letters… Jesus was not conducting church. He was the Messiah and brought his gospel TO the people. Church itself, as in meeting together, is for the believers to encourage one another to good works, where believers learn how to grow, to relate, how to be a Christian. It is for prayer and praise. And the covenant of communion. We go out into the world to share the gospel. “church” … or the meeting together … is for believers already. I know that’s not a popular opinion. And if you’re not familiar with house churches or cell churches it will be very foreign. But small groups are where growth discipleship occurs. Not the entertainment style of big churches.
The late Frank Barker at Briarwood Presbyterian in Birmingham, Alabama always ended his sermons with, “How should we respond to this (sermon)? Well, if you’re a Christian…. If you haven’t given your life to Jesus…”
I’m live in PA and my sister and I drive down to Pastor Gary’s church, Cornerstone Chapel in VA at least twice a year. We went to hear him with his Election Sunday message in September, powerful!!! He is an amazing man of God and so compassionate and passionate about the state of our country. I too watch him online every week!
Janet, Pastor Gary is a wonderful preacher, teacher of the Word of God. He is, as I said to Elaine, a compassionate and passionate man in wanting all to come to know Jesus as Savior. If you can, listen to his message from September, it was his Election Sunday message and well done. Go to YouTube, Cornerstone Chapel VA and look for that title, Election Sunday message. 💗🙏🏻
It took us several years to find a great church in the Kansas City area but ended up in a great Presbyterian Church (PCA) which faithfully preaches God’s Word and has an active, involved congregation of all ages. But we still often listen to sermons by Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone, Pastor John MacArthur from Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. and Pastor Jack Hibbs from Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, CA. All are excellent!
My pastor said that we are to "go and tell", not "sit and listen." I should probably say*former* pastor. The church split up about a year after he left. The remnants are nothing like that church used to be.
I love my little church. Traditional song service, awesome preacher. We're finishing Revelation in the next few weeks. He preaches the Truth, only according to the Word.
Excellent point. This is why I left my mainline church. Seminary quality sermons. The world is crumbling around us and not a word about preparing ourselves and warning those around us to put on the armor of God and seek His face. There will be many caught by surprise. Jesus had a few words to say about this.
That is why I love cornerstone chapel in leesburg VA. Pastor Gary Hamrick. I don’t live there, so I am part of their online congregation. Give it a try.
We’ve been tuned into him for almost 4 years now!! We love him! We cannot find a church to go to in person anywhere around us that isn’t blowing smoke and blah blah blahs from the pulpit. We want the Bible, we want politics involved, we want the state of our world addressed, we want the TRUTH! We get that online with Cornerstone. So as much as we’d like a community - we’ll take the truth over mingling and pleasantries.
Try looking at a Calvary Chapel in your area. I had looked for a church for YEARS. I had to settle for a Baptist church.....which shut down for months during Covid. Then I found a Calvary Chapel. I knew I was in the right place, 1) the pastor preaches ALL of the Bible, 2) he DID NOT shut down during Covid. 😍
Oh, and the pastor invites anyone who is not born again to accept Christ as Lord and Savior.......EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY! In all my years, I have NEVER heard a pastor do that.
I've attended several churches that always end that way. Baptists mostly do it and used to be Nazarenes did. I'm not exactly for it because church is for the believers.. not a place to proselytize. I get that the pastors don't want to miss an opportunity tho and actually, few churches are run according to scripture these days, so I'll just be glad the Word is going out no matter the details.
Church is for believers? Really? According to Jesus in Luke 5:30-32:
"But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” [Emphasis mine.]
Read on into Acts and Paul’s letters… Jesus was not conducting church. He was the Messiah and brought his gospel TO the people. Church itself, as in meeting together, is for the believers to encourage one another to good works, where believers learn how to grow, to relate, how to be a Christian. It is for prayer and praise. And the covenant of communion. We go out into the world to share the gospel. “church” … or the meeting together … is for believers already. I know that’s not a popular opinion. And if you’re not familiar with house churches or cell churches it will be very foreign. But small groups are where growth discipleship occurs. Not the entertainment style of big churches.
The late Frank Barker at Briarwood Presbyterian in Birmingham, Alabama always ended his sermons with, “How should we respond to this (sermon)? Well, if you’re a Christian…. If you haven’t given your life to Jesus…”
I’m live in PA and my sister and I drive down to Pastor Gary’s church, Cornerstone Chapel in VA at least twice a year. We went to hear him with his Election Sunday message in September, powerful!!! He is an amazing man of God and so compassionate and passionate about the state of our country. I too watch him online every week!
Love love love his election sermon!
I listen to a few others online. I will look at him. Thnx.
Janet, Pastor Gary is a wonderful preacher, teacher of the Word of God. He is, as I said to Elaine, a compassionate and passionate man in wanting all to come to know Jesus as Savior. If you can, listen to his message from September, it was his Election Sunday message and well done. Go to YouTube, Cornerstone Chapel VA and look for that title, Election Sunday message. 💗🙏🏻
https://youtu.be/jAAWC_UROoA?si=8bjQxW3GBbg_AGGw
It took us several years to find a great church in the Kansas City area but ended up in a great Presbyterian Church (PCA) which faithfully preaches God’s Word and has an active, involved congregation of all ages. But we still often listen to sermons by Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone, Pastor John MacArthur from Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. and Pastor Jack Hibbs from Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, CA. All are excellent!
My pastor said that we are to "go and tell", not "sit and listen." I should probably say*former* pastor. The church split up about a year after he left. The remnants are nothing like that church used to be.
I love my little church. Traditional song service, awesome preacher. We're finishing Revelation in the next few weeks. He preaches the Truth, only according to the Word.
Janet, stream Tomoka Christian Church, Ormond Beach, Florida and listen to Pastor Joe Putting- Tomoka.cc