Palm Sunday, March 28

8:15 a.m. Traditional Worship

9:40 a.m. Contemporary Worship

11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship

Maundy Thursday, April 1

6:00 p.m. Communion Service

Easter Sunday, April 4

8:00 a.m. Traditional Worship

9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship

11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship

sermon texts

New Member Classes start Sunday, April 11 for 4 weeks.

Call Judy Powell at 229-4132 with questions.

Finding Their Place

Our Associate Pastor Karlin Bilcher was contacted by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Louisville, KY and asked to share his call story.  The narrative became a featured article and will appear in a few different media outlets. 

You can read the story online at

http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2010/10143.htm.

Pick.Click.Give. —

This year, you can elect to  donate part/all of your PFD to a charity. There are 2 charities on the list that we routinely support; Lutheran Social Services and Young Life Alaska.  Please consider these and the many other charities as you apply for your PFD. Please note, the PFD office is making adjustments to the system so that if you have  already applied for your dividend and did not elect to give to a charity, you will be able to go back and change that before the application window closes.

 In faith, Dave Keddington

Share Your Faith Workshop Saturday, April 10 —

A truly “hands on” approach to easily sharing your faith. Using the five fingers on your hand, Evangelism Explosion (EE) has developed a Gospel presentation that’s easy to learn and hard to forget. Student handbook, lunch, and snacks provided. Training provided by Pastor Karlin Bilcher & EE Certified Trainer Mark Soquet. Suggested donation is $10. For more information, call Mark at 561-1616 or email mark@soquet.com.

The Law of Averages - 07Feb10

Psychic Network - 03Jan10

True Lies - 01Nov09

Who Told You to Stop - 25Oct09

Blind Bar Jesus - 18Oct09

Herod's Early Release Program - 11Oct09

The Antioch Affect - 04Oct09

Turning the key - 27Sept09

Exotic Foods - 13Sept09

It Ain't Magic 06Sep09 (Lois)

Role Reversal - 29Aug09

Driving Blind - 16Aug09

The Road Less Traveled - 09Aug09

More Sermons

Wycliffe Bible Translators — "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations…"   Matthew 24:14

For many years, our church has been sponsoring Wes and LeeAnn Reed (Wycliffe Bible Translators) and their work with the Yopno People of Papua New Guinea. The Mission  Committee thought you would enjoy hearing how "The Good News" is spreading.  After 25 years of translating God's word for the Yopno people of Papua New Guinea, the New Testaments/Psalms are now being printed. A dedication and time of celebrating will take place on August 7, 2010. Currently they are working on the audio recording of the Yopno scriptures.  It will be put on a tool called the MegaVoice and will be distributed at the time of the dedication. Many Yopno people are excited and looking forward to receiving God's word in their own language. The work the Reed's perform is dangerous due to the lack of stability in the local area. Please pray for their protection.

Spain this Summer? —

Are you interested in   teaching English to unchurched Spanish youth and Muslim immigrant  workers in Granada, Spain this summer, July    16-25?  This will be the second year of this pilot-program designed to fill their "strong desire to learn to speak English while teaching the grace and love Christianity has to offer".  I personally can think of no better way to show our Muslim brothers/sisters what a true Christian is all about.  If you are interested, email me dave@nearpointresources.com.

In faith, Dave Keddington

Remember to pick up your copy of The One Year Bible in the Narthex.

Question:

Is Judas documented as the antichrist? Where? What biblical evidence is presented to confirm this?

Answer:

 The word “antichrist” appears only in the Epistles of John. (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3 and 2 John 7). These verses address the issue that “antichrist” is coming and that many “antichrists” have arisen.

John further defines the term by saying, “every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus, is not from God, and this is the spirit of “antichrist”. Again in 2 John 7, “those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh is a deceiver and the “antichrist”.

John is concerned with an immediate doctrinal error, the denial of the person of Christ. He is also concerned about the manifestation of false doctrine. Scripture teaches us that those who have the spirit of antichrist precede the way for the final antichrist.

Read Matthew 24:24 and 2 Thessalonians 2. In addition, Revelation 13 describes a world ruler that is satanically energized with universal authority and military power, but the term “antichrist” is not used.

In summary, scripture does not document Judas as the “antichrist”, although in his betrayal of Jesus he certainly had the “spirit of antichrist”. Without a doubt, this “antichrist” philosophy of Satan will culminate in the “beasts” of Revelation 13, but John does not identify either of these beasts as “antichrist”. John warns anyone who denies the person of Jesus Christ, that they are walking in that system that eventually would culminate in the manifestation of the final lawless system.