Understanding Church Membership

Introduction: We live in a country where it is fashionable and accepted to claim to be a Christian. Yet many who make that claim commit adultery, abandon their wives, get drunk, frequent the clubs, cheat their employers, engage in corrupt business, display out of control temper and  engage in slanderous speech. Jesus warned that in…

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One Philosophy – To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain

What is your philosophy of life? To what in life would you respond with the words, “Man! This is Living!”? Everyone lives by a set of values – things you believe are important. These beliefs form your philosophy of life. Your philosophy of life determines how you view the world.  They shape how you view…

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Why Join A Church

In his excellent book, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Pastor Mark Dever gives the following reasons why every Christian Should join a local church: To assure ourselves. We do not join a local church so that we can be saved. Salvation is by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ. You may however want to…

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ONE PLEA – Glorify God With Your Life

We have all been guilty of offering habitual prayers, or even casual prayers. You know, the kind of thoughtless prayers like “Lord bless all the missionaries today.” I will never forget the night Carman was born. It was 9:30 in the evening on April 8, 2002 when Lori said that she thought it was time.…

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One Fellowship – The Fellowship of the Gospel

Our text is taken today from Philippians 1:3-8. We all live for something, each of us have a purpose in our life. Whether or not you could articulate what you are living for right now or not, doesn’t change the fact that it exists. When people share a common goal, there is a very high…

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One Resolution To Keep

CS Lewis once said, “All that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” People today are consumed with the pursuit of happiness – books, conferences, internet blogs all claim to provide the secret. Religious…

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2015 in review

We are thankful for the international outreach of our blog this past year!  In December we failed to post our Bible studies, but we will be back to it regularly in this new year. By reviewing the submissions in this blog you will get a feel for who we are at Kitwe Church.  You can…

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Back to the Beginning: Meet Our Powerful God

This morning I would like for you to meet God. When we make an introduction of someone we often give a framework by which others can understand and identify themselves. How would you introduce yourself? Genesis means beginning and the first in our Bible is the Book of Genesis. Genesis gives us the beginning of…

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Back to the Beginning: Meet Our Personal God

In Genesis 1:26-2:17 we meet the personal God of Creation. The Book of Genesis gives us the beginning: Universe, world, home, family, marriage, sin, and redemption.  Right at the beginning we are given the answers to life’s greatest questions: Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? Genesis written by Moses…

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