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Baptizing Juana Albertine Armas into Christ using a Pila (wash basin), because she has no use of her legs. Today was a great day in Namasigue. We started with a fantastic worship service, and then I had an opportunity to study with Juana as she waited for the medical brigade. In the afternoon we visited with a number of members of the local church to deliver food and offer encouragement. We also had the opportunity to study with a couple that has recently been visiting. Please keep praying for our group and this wonderful community.

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Namasigue, Honduras Mission Trip

The Maple Hill group made it safely to the Mission Lazarus Posada in southern Honduras and is about to sit down for our nightly devotional. Tomorrow we will travel to Namasigue for morning worship and then to setup the medical brigade.

We would appreciate your prayers for our safety and success in reaching souls for Jesus Christ. Looking forward to a great week.

Jesus Feeds the 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21)

 

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“Jesus Feeds the 5000” (Matthew 14:13-21) – Audio recording of my Sunday evening sermon at Bellevue Church of Christ in Nashville, TN on January 6, 2013.

This sermon looks at the text of Jesus feeding the 5000 from Matthew 14 and the insight we can gain into the nature and character of our savior from this great story.

Matthew 14:13–21 (ESV)

13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” 17 They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” 18 And he said, “Bring them here to me.” 19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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betternikki replied to your link: Romans Chapter 6 Handouts and Notes are Now Online

I really like the way you organized your outlines. We’re studying Romans on Wed. night, too. Dr. Dave Miller from Apologetics Press is our teacher, and he’s going pretty in-depth- It’s been over a year (minus summers) & we’re in Ch. 4.

Thanks Nikki…I inherited the style from my preaching / teaching mentor Dr. Marlin Connelly, who would prepare his handouts by using a xeroxed copy of the lesson text, and then hand-write his annotations. I decided to do them electronically so I could use them later, which has been a big blessing through the years.

Romans is by far my favorite book in the New Testament, and I hope you are enjoying the exhaustive study with Dr. Miller. I’ve taught Romans numerous times, and it normally takes me 9 to 12 months to get through it. Four chapters in a year is INTENSE, but that is the way I love to study. For my current class I had to negotiate with the deacon over adult education to get two quarters (6-months) instead of one (3-months). Tonight is the last week of the first quarter, and I’m starting chapter 6. Not sure how I’m going to get through 10 more chapters!

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