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Jun 29, 2009
by Matt Payne
On Sunday July 5th we are joining the Somerset Christian Church for a special July 4th weekend worship service. The service is at 10:00 AM and the church is located at 16260 NW Bronson Rd in Beaverton. Nursery and Children's Ministry will be provided.
Somerset Christian is one of our ... Read more
Jun 18, 2009
by Matt Payne
Join us this Sunday as we start a new message entitled, "Renegade Joy." God wants to help us all experience joy. Joy doesn’t come from the things that our culture says can make us happy. Joy is a very counter-cultural, renegade thing.In this series we’ll help people experience and ... Read more
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May 10th, 2009
On May 10th we start a new series entitled, "Suburban Legends." There are legends that lead us away from the kind of family relationships we were meant by God to have that bring joy and fulfillment and meaning and purpose.
Articles
January 29th, 2008
One thing is certain - there is no shortage of churches. You can take your pick among the hundreds of different kinds, from the proud old denominations like the Episcopalian and Presbyterian to the newer, more energetic Assembly of God or Seventh Day Adventists, to say nothing of those amazingly numerous and various cults that keep springing up.
In the midst of such diversity, what is special about our church? What kind of a church is it, anyway?
January 28th, 2008
The Bible did not drop out of Heaven with a black leather cover, printed in English on paper, with 66 books bound in one volume. How did the Bible originate? How has it come to us?
Knowing how we got the Bible can strengthen our faith in the Bible as God's Word. This series investigates the Bible's origin and how it came to be in its present form. This article will explain how the Bible was written through God's revelation to prophets and apostles whom he guided to write it.
January 28th, 2008
What are we to think about books entitled Lost Scriptures and Lost Christianities? Who decided and how did they decide which books would be included in the Bible? Was the decision of human or divine authority?
These questions concern the canon of Scripture. The word canon comes from a cane or measuring rod, and came to be used for a standard. In regard to Scripture, canon means a list of authoritative, normative books of Scripture. When God's Word was written it became Scripture.
God's people recognized the inspired Scriptures and later collected them together.