Let's Talk About Preparationism
January 12, 2025
Pastor Chris Oswald
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The three sermons immediately preceding this one in the preaching schedule.
Dec 22, 2024
Jesus came not simply to relocate people from one family to another, but to create a fundamentally new kind of human being — people born of God with a transformed nature who live as children of the Father.
Dec 23, 2024
Christians should cultivate active kindness toward others as a response to and reflection of God's overwhelming kindness to us in the gospel.
Dec 29, 2024
Jesus' transformation of water into wine at Cana signifies the replacement of the incomplete, repetitive purification rituals of the old covenant with the complete, effectual, grace-based salvation of the new covenant, calling us to rest in His finished work rather than our own efforts.
January 12 · This sermon
Let's Talk About Preparationism
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Discuss · apply · pray
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Providence Community Church
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