September 29, 2019 • 11:00 am

What Manner of Man Is This?

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Surveying the Gospel of Mark: Christ the Ideal Servant Savior

Synopsis: Today we look at a second portrait of Jesus that John Mark presents to us in His gospel. We're surveying this gospel to answer the question posed by our text, "What manner of man is this?" No one else can do what He does nor speaks like He does! No man died like He did!

September 22, 2019 • 5:30 pm

Angels: Messengers & Ministers

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Angels

Synopsis: To begin this series, we look at Scripture regarding a word of warning regarding "Angel-mania" and a word of instruction regarding what the Bible actually says about angels.

September 22, 2019 • 11:00 am

Our Sympathetic, Servant-Savior

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Surveying the Gospel of Mark: Christ the Ideal Servant Savior

Synopsis: Mark develops a portrait of Christ that is to be firmly fixed in our minds. He presents five different arenas which qualify the Lord to be our Sympathetic, Servant-Savior!

September 15, 2019 • 5:30 pm

An Introduction to Mark

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Surveying the Gospel of Mark: Christ the Ideal Servant Savior

Synopsis: When you finish reading the sixteen chapters of this second gospel in the New Testament, what is the designed impact this gospel is to have on you? What's the takeaway?

September 15, 2019 • 11:00 am

Good News!

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Surveying the Gospel of Mark: Christ the Ideal Servant Savior

Synopsis: In this first message in the series on the Gospel of Mark, we note the purpose in writing this gospel and summarize the message of this book in one sentence. When that message is embraced, born-again believers will be expressing the distinctiveness of a Christianity that "shines as light" in a dark world!

September 8, 2019 • 5:30 pm

Two Doors

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Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Heaven: Land of the Free and Home of the Saved

Synopsis: In this final message in the series on Heaven, we answer two final questions: How does one get to be with Christ forever? (There are only two doors!) and Who is going there?

September 8, 2019 • 11:00 am

An Anchor for the Soul, Part 2

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: This message covers the last two statements of Psalm 118:6 which grow out of the conviction expressed by the first statement in v. 6. There is a cause/effect relationship here. Once we embrace the first truth, we can enjoy and employ the perspectives found in the second and third statements the Psalmist declares. What is said has nothing to do with having a certain personality type enabling one to enjoy what is said. It has everything to do with taking what God says at face value and living in the reality of it. When we do, this verse tells us what that looks like in life.

September 1, 2019 • 5:30 pm

In the Eye of the Storm

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Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: All eyes are upon Hurricane Dorian as it slams into the Bahamas with sustained winds at 185 mph - a strong Category 5 storm. Storms naturally carry a lot of uncertainties and with them the temptations to worry and fear--whether those storms are meteorological in nature or circumstantial. During these times it is good for us to fill our minds with the certainties of God's nature, character and work. Doing so, we can know the calm that is to be found "in the eye of the storm."

September 1, 2019 • 11:00 am

An Anchor for the Soul, Part 1

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: Psalm 118:6 is one of those verses that can function as "An Anchor for The Soul," for one’s life. It’s a stabilizing & securing truth; it's a great text to quote to one’s self when going through times of distress as the psalmist did & to receive assurance as he did. There are three truths about our God that I want us to notice in this text. This morning's message presents the first one: the LORD is my constant Companion.

August 25, 2019 • 11:00 am

Two Kinds of Faith: True/False, Part 2

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: In part 2 of this message, we look at the second kind of person that has a second kind of faith - the blessed man who expresses true faith. Here Jeremiah will also present the true nature of faith and the sensibility of expressing it. What type of faith does your life evidence--true or false?

August 18, 2019 • 11:00 am

Two Kinds of Faith: True/False, Part 1

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: Hard to believe the summer is almost over and schools are open and others are about to be! Soon students will be taking quizzes to evaluate their progress in learning. Quizzes with true/false questions are often the more preferred type of evaluation due to its easiness and simplicity. Jeremiah 17:5-10 presents two types of people that operate with two types of faith--True/False. That raises two necessary and important questions: How does one know which person God considers him to be and how does he know if he has true or false faith? In part one of this message, we look at the first kind of person who expresses the kind of faith that operates under God's curse. Do you express these three characteristics that Jeremiah mentions that are the stated condition of those under God's curse?

August 11, 2019 • 5:30 pm

The Thorns of the Curse and Crown

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: The Lord's Supper

Synopsis: In preparation for the observance of the Lord's Supper, this message is a call to remember "The Thorns of the Curse and Crown" - what the first Adam did and what the Last Adam did. It is a call to thank God we have a Redeemer Who defeated Satan and Whose sacrifice not only covers our sin and shame so that we don't stand before God naked, but also clothes each born-again believer with the garments of Christ's righteousness.