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There is a growing sentiment that sin is not so bad. Prostitution, for example, is viewed as just another “business opportunity” by many in western society. But who decides what sin is, and what are the consequences of sin? Does it matter whether we live our life with an understanding of sin and a clear grasp of the effects of sin on our future? The biblical narrative exposes just what is so bad about sin, and why it is important to you.
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Come for the Feast of Tabernacles and worship God during his Fall Holy Day season! The brethren are looking forward to their fourth inspiring year of spiritual feasting and fellowship in Penticton, BC.
The Feast will be beginning Wednesday evening October 8th with a Welcome to the Feast gathering.
Located just a few hours drive north of Spokane, Washington, on a major north-south highway, Penticton is a 4.5 hour drive from Vancouver, B.C.
There is regularly scheduled air service to airports at Penticton or Kelowna, about 45 minutes north. Flights to Seattle or Vancouver are also available, with car rental services available from there. For a map and driving directions from Seattle Airport, click here. For a map and driving directions from Vancouver Airport, click here.
The climate tends to be warm and sunny with good weather continuing even into October. The region is famous for its vineyards, fruit orchards, and water sports on two magnificent fresh water lakes, Lake Okanagan and Lake Skaha.
Services will be held at the Sandman Hotel. Children’s bible study activities will also be conducted.
Special Feast rates are available at the the Sandman Hotel and the Golden Sands Resort.
Golden Sands Resort
For families and others who would like accommodations with kitchens, we have negotiated very reasonable rates at this motel about 2 blocks from the meeting hall. The Golden Sands has just finished being completely remodeled and offers the following room types:
For reservations call 1-877-389-6888 ask for Heidi. Mention you’re with Alex Kennedy and the Winnipeg Church of God to get the great rates.
The Golden Sands is located right by the Lake Okanagan beach, Penticton’s city rose garden, and the S.S. Sicamous–an old restored Canadian Pacific Railroad paddle wheeler that provided transportation up and down Lake Okanagan in the days before modern roads were built.
Golden Sands Resort
1028 Lakeshore Dr
Penticton, BC, Canada
V2A 1C1
www.pentictonmotelgoldensands.ca
Planning on joining us? We’d love to hear from you! Alex Kennedy 204 479-0071
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Was the apostle Paul schizophrenic? Did Paul say the nomos/law was abolished in one book and then affirm that it was upheld and established in another? How can Paul’s use of nomos be understood and how does it fit in the greater context of scripture? You do not need to be confused, when you understand the myriad ways that the words torah and nomos can be used. In “Paul and Nomos” Jeff Patton clarifies Paul’s teaching concerning the law, our attitude as believers towards God’s law, and God’s attitude towards the lawless.
Learn more about Paul’s teaching:
https://cogwebcast.com/sermons/video-archives/preparing-for-passover-new-insights-about-paul-and-passover/
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Did Christ break the Sabbath, and commit “anomia,” lawlessness? The Catholic church father, Augustine, thought Christ abolished the observance of Sabbath, and most traditional Christians have bought his reasoning. But is this the truth? What was the Colossians heresy that Paul was warning the gentile brethren to avoid? What were the elemental forces of the world, and secular philosophies that Paul was combatting?
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Lid-ism: Preserving the status quo
It is now one hundred years since the beginning of World War I. It is more than a little evident that the “war to end all wars,” as they used to call it during the 1920s and early 1930s, did nothing of the sort. In fact, it would now appear that the rising levels of armed conflict and instability spreading over large parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and a whole tier of sub-Saharan African states like Nigeria, Mali, and the Central African Republic, has resulted in a higher level of violent conflict than at any other time during the last 25 years.
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Right before our eyes the common person’s hope for the “good life” is unraveling, like a loosely woven tapestry being steadily picked apart thread by tread. Life, as we know it, is getting progressively more difficult and more insecure for billions of people in this world due the dramatic rise of economic inequality…
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When the apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians that “the mystery of lawlessness was already at work,” he was confirming that the things Jesus had prophesied were already coming to pass within decades after Christ’s death. Later, John’s writings confirm that John also had to confront the false teachers who were preaching a gospel of “anomia/lawlessness” and leading many away from the truth. And what of our time? What is the reality in most of the Christian world, when it comes to teaching about God’s law; must we be aware and wary of the anti-nomians, those who teach, “anomia?”
Learn more about God’s Law:
https://cogwebcast.com/sermons/video-archives/law-lawlessness/