Sometimes kids ask some rather perplexing, and to be quite frank, hard questions. “What is heaven like?” “Why couldn’t God make us perfect?” And “How was God always there?” This is the topic we will address this Sunday. What does the Bible teach us about God’s eternal nature? And more importantly: why is it important? Psalm 90:2 reminds us, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”

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Childlike Faith - How Was God Made?

Since the Garden of Eden, man has rebelled against God. To help free humanity from this inclination to sin and help each of us to lead our best lives, God handed down the Ten Commandments as a code of moral laws for us to live by. The Ten Commandments are not a burdensome set of rules we should follow out of fear or guilt. Rather, the Commandments serve as signposts that point us to the straight and narrow path of righteousness while showing us our need for a Savior when we inevitably stray from that path.

Childlike Faith - Rules, Rules, Rules

The actual story of Christmas – the birth of our Lord – also involves a miracle, but this one happens on an unknown street in Nazareth some 2000 years ago. A young lady named Mary was told she was going to give birth to the Son of God. “So, what?” you might say…births happen all the time. But this was slightly different, seeing that Mary was a virgin. Let me ask you, do you really believe in the miracle of the virgin birth or do you think that part was just made up? Is the miracle of the incarnation literally true or is it a myth that we have pretended to believe for so long that it just seems real?

Christmas, It's a Classic - A Miracle Greater than the One on 34th Street

The promise of a Savior meant God would not leave us home alone.

Christmas, It's a Classic - We're Not Home Alone

Sunday will allow us to peer into the events surrounding the first Christmas this world would ever experience, the year in which our Lord and Savior, Jesus was born. In the second chapter of Matthew’s gospel letter he provides for us a unique story illustrating the hard-heartedness of Herod which caused him to come down from his lofty chambers and set forth a plan to destroy any celebration that might occur because of the birth of a baby who would be king.

Christmas, It's a Classic - How the Grinch Tried to Steal Christmas

Long before we came into existence to put our personal touch on history, the prophet Isaiah spoke about one who would come and change the world so significantly that it would never be the same again. This week, as we open up our Christmas series on Sunday morning, we are going to examine the wonderful life that Isaiah spoke about and how “He” changed the world.

Christmas, It's a Classic! - It Really Is a Wonderful Life )Isaiah 9:6-7

Every Christmas, our church takes on a special mission to help serve, love and support ministries that are in need. This year we are partnering with Camp David of the Ozarks, a non-profit camp that helps children of prisoners learn about Jesus and the God who loves them. This year we are raising funds to provide 84 mattresses, mattress covers and pillows.

Christmas Mission 2020 - Camp David of the Ozarks

We have come to the end of our study in the letter from James and in it we’ll discover that prayer is a very powerful and much-needed attribute in the life of the Christian. It is through prayer that we garner the full attention of our Father in Heaven as if He ever looks away from His children, and we give Him not only our petitions but honor Him with our gratitude and praise.

James 5 - Prayer and Thanksgiving

In our passage of Scripture this week, James 5:1-12, we will discover that it is best to put patience before profit, trust before treasure, blessings before bounty. By letting God work things out, rather than relying on the treasures of our labors, we will find greater satisfaction in life.

James 5 - Patience Before Profit

While Shaun has been serving along-side us for a number of years, and while we have employed him as our Student Minister the past year, God has been working in his life since before the creation of this world. He has been molding and shaping Shaun for just this very reason and now we get to join Him in acknowledging Shaun’s calling, and we get to be a part of those who support and encourage him.

Ordination of Shaun Ratcliff - Sunday, November 8th, 2020

An understanding of this section of the New Testament book of James can become sweet and soul-refreshing to you.  These truths will help you face the challenges of your day, week, pandemic, and whoever is in the Whitehouse this coming year.  God said He put a desire for more in our hearts.  Would it be possible to have it all and please God?

James 4 - Boasting About Your Plans Tomorrow

“Be warned,” James tells us about identifying as one with that type of character. For those who oppose God will find themselves in some extreme danger. We must resist the urge to sin and unite with Satan, and rather flee from him. By humbling ourselves before God, he lifts us and draws us unto himself.

James 4 - Humility of Faith

As we come to the ending of the third chapter of James, we discover the tail of two different kingdoms, as well. There is the kingdom of earth with all its bitterness, jealousy, and selfish ambition which leads to disorder and every vile practice. And then, there is the Kingdom of heaven, which is first of all pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits all while being impartial and sincere.

James 3 - Wisdom in Faith

How can something so small possess great power? Our tongues, though small can produce both words of encouragement and words that tear down. So what does the book of James have to say about this? Much!

James 3 - Taming the Tongue

We live in a world full of hatred and ignorance but as a Christ-follower, we're called to live above that. What does the book of James have to teach us about favoritism and racism and the gospel? Much!

James 2 - Colorblind Faith

These are the sermons from First Christian Church in Union, MO. We pray that you are built up in Christ by listening to these teachings of the Word.

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