Welcome to the season of Advent! Advent is the last four Sundays before Christmas, but it marks the first four Sundays in the Christian calendar. Advent is from the Latin "adventus," meaning "arrival." It's a season of anticipationas we recall the hope of Israel in the coming of the Messiah; a hope fulfilled by the birth of Christ! We also are reminded, though, of our own ...
Keep ReadingClick hereto view this week's Order of Worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 25 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Genesis 12:13, 15:16, A Promised Child. Our first Scripture Lesson will be...
Keep ReadingScripture is full of images to help us understand the important truths it reveals. One of my favorite images for pastoral ministry is that of the shepherd. This is the image Christ uses to describe his own loving care of us, his sheep. It's also an image used to describe the work of pastors (in fact, the title "pastor" reflects this shepherding nature of the work). Another...
Keep ReadingOnce again, we are in the process of receiving new members into our fellowship at All Saints. The idea of church membership isn't one that the modern church made upbut one we find in Scripture. It is true enough that we don't have a verse we can quote that commands, "Thou shalt be a member of a church!" However, it is quite clear when we read Scripture as a whole that chur...
Keep ReadingClick hereto view this week's Order of Worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 24 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Ruth 4:1322, To Us a Child Is Born. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Eze...
Keep ReadingClick here to view this week's Order of Worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 22:2231 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Ruth 3, Rest for the Weary. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezeki...
Keep ReadingClick hereto view this week's Order of Worship. Join us for Sunday School at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. this Sunday at Lipscomb Elementary! Lipscomb is located at 8011 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027. We will consider Psalm 23 in Sunday School this week.Our sermon text for this Sunday will be Ruth 4:112, A Complete Redemption. Our first Scripture Lesson will be Ezek...
Keep Reading"Jesus is King" indeed, and if he is able to rescue and redeem those of us worshipping at All Saints in Brentwood, he is equally capable of bringing Kanye West from death to life. Praise God for this profession of faith!Are you skeptical? That's fair. As I think of my own spiritual walk, I can think of many who could rightfully be skeptical of my personal testimony of fait...
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