• What is the Christian Life?
    Jan 7 2025

    In this message from 12/29/24, Michael Gowens considers Galatians 2:20 to answer the question, "What is the Christian life?" From this familiar verse, Gowens extracts four characteristics of authentic Christian living, as well as the dominant feature of the Pauline example, namely, the Christ-centered nature of Christian living.

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    47 mins
  • Christ the Word
    Dec 31 2024

    This sermon by Mike Gowens was delivered on Sunday, 12/22/24. Gowens focuses on the prologue to John's Gospel (Jno 1:1-18), showing how John captured both his Jewish and his Greek readers with this important concept of the Divine Logos. In a logical progression of thought, John identifies the Word as the Son of God, names him Jesus Christ and reveals that this One who was both with the Father and coessential with the Father from all eternity past is the Lamb God provided as the sin-bearer.

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    43 mins
  • Wonderful is His Name
    Dec 26 2024

    On Sunday 12/15/24, Michael Gowens considered the prophecy in Isaiah 9:6 and explored the several ways that Messiah's name is wonderful.

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    51 mins
  • Trusting the God of Providence
    Dec 26 2024

    Elder Gowens' sermon on 12/8 is message #5 in the Elijah series. In this message, Gowens looks at 1 Kings 17 and the account of Elijah at the Brook Cherith, drawing several practical lessons from the narrative as well as an overarching doctrinal lesson concerning Divine providence.

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    45 mins
  • Elijah & the Power of Prayer
    Dec 12 2024

    Message #4 in the Elijah series by Elder Mike Gowens was delivered on Sunday, 12/1/24. In this sermon, Gowens considers James 5:16-18 in which Elijah is cited as the premier example of the power of prayer.

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    50 mins
  • Living Before the Face of God
    Dec 5 2024

    In this message from the Elijah series, Mike Gowens considers a single phrase in 1 Kings 17:1: "...before Whom I stand..." Elijah was God-conscious. He lived all of life in the presence of God. Study along as Br Gowens explores the implications of this important concept.

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    45 mins
  • Pray With Thanksgiving
    Nov 25 2024

    In this 11/17/24 message, Michael Gowens considers Philippians 4:6-8, focusing on the phrase "with thanksgiving." It is appropriate to make requests of God, but such petitionary prayer should always be framed in thankfulness of the Lord's manifold mercies.

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    46 mins
  • The Lord God of Elijah
    Nov 25 2024

    What was the secret of Elijah's courage and holy boldness? In this 11/3/24 sermon, Elder Gowens traces the answer to that question to the prophet's conviction that Jehovah is the true and living God. The scripture text for message #2 in this series is 1 Kings 17:1.

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    44 mins