"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil."Ephesians 5:1516 ESV Paul gives this instruction in this middle of a passage in which he is calling the Ephesians to holy living and warning them against sin and foolishness. Look at how he ties the first three clauses together. How you walkPaul i...
Keep ReadingWorship Location for May 9th THE MARTIN CENTER 960 Heritage Way Brentwood TN 37027 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (The Martin Center in Brentwood) and via live stream at 9am. Children's Sunday school and adult Sunday schoolwill begin at 10:30am following worship. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this Su...
Keep ReadingMy next two weeks are reserved each Monday through Friday. It will be His time and my heart is full of praise to the Father for the open door to teach into Rwanda and the DR Congo. Twenty of the top pastors are traveling now throughout early morning to gather to focus on God's Word once again. The lockdowns were recently lifted by the government allowing 20 to gather for t...
Keep ReadingWorship Location for May 2nd THE MARTIN CENTER 960 Heritage Way Brentwood TN 37027 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (The Martin Center in Brentwood) and via live stream at 9am. Children's Sunday school and adult Sunday schoolwill begin at 10:30am following worship. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this Su...
Keep ReadingWorship Location for April 25th THE MARTIN CENTER 960 Heritage Way Brentwood TN 37027 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (The Martin Center in Brentwood) and via live stream at 9am. Children's Sunday school and adult Sunday schoolwill begin at 10:30am following worship. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this...
Keep ReadingOur relationship with God is both an objective and a subjective thing. On the one hand, God graciously brings us from death to life, grants us faith and repentance, declares us to be righteous, adopts us to himself, sanctifies us, keeps and preserves us, and will one day make us perfect. These are all objective realities. They are true regardless of how we feel on a given ...
Keep ReadingIn the last three verses of Sunday's text Christ speaks of being a eunuch. His comments are in response to the disciples who have reacted to his difficult teaching on marriage with the (comical? exasperated?) observation that it would be better to remain single. It's an extreme observation, since voluntarily remaining single was culturally very unusual and suggested a refu...
Keep ReadingWorship Location for April 18th THE MARTIN CENTER 960 Heritage Way Brentwood TN 37027 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (The Martin Center in Brentwood) and via live stream at 9am. Children's Sunday school and adult Sunday schoolwill begin at 10:30am following worship. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live stream this...
Keep Reading"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our thoughts, minds, hearts, and spirits . . . A person who . . . does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God . . . does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs." - Martin Luth...
Keep ReadingWorship Location for April 11th THE MARTIN CENTER 960 Heritage Way Brentwood TN 37027 IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: We will worship in person (The Martin Center in Brentwood) and via live stream at 9am. We will begin children's Sunday school and continue adult Sunday schoolat 10:30am following worship. The following links will enable you to join us for our Worship live...
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