February 21, 2021
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, prayer, Jesus, salvation, redemption, pray
Today we continue with our new sermon series "God's Blueprint for the Church." Our 6th message, Praying for The Lost focuses on our conduct and our need to pray for the lost and their salvation. Join us again and for the next few weeks as we continue to carefully study 1st Timothy a marvelous letter.
As Paul begins to tell Timothy how to conduct oneself in the local chu...
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February 16, 2021
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, eternal life, Jesus, salvation, redemption, repentance, greatest gift
Dear Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to theLord's Day.
John Taylor Smith was the honorary chaplain to Queen Victoria and the Chaplain General of the British Army during World War I.
John Smith used to ask all the candidates for the chaplaincy one question:Now, I want you to show me how you would deal with a man. We will suppose I am a sold...
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January 31, 2021
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: God, Jesus, salvation, sin, Moses, Timothy, Ten, Law, Lawful, The Ten Commandments
1Timothy 1:8-11
AwfulLawlessness
Today we continue with our new sermon series "God's Blueprint for the Church." Our 3rdd message, AwfulLawlessness focuses on the proper standing of the Church's regarding God's Law and human law. Join us again and for the next few weeks as we continue to carefully study 1st Timothy a marvelous letter.
The greatest sound and light show i...
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January 24, 2021
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, message, Jesus, salvation, forgiveness, truth
Big Mouths -Bad Message1 Timothy 1:3-7
As we continue with our new sermon series "God's Blueprint for the Church." Our 2nd message, Big mouths bad message focuses on what should the Church's message be. For the next few weeks we will continue to carefully study 1st Timothy a marvelous letter.
If the world were free of all disease, we would not need doctors or hospitals a...
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September 27, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, eternal life, Jesus, salvation, forgiveness, sin, family, repentance
Dear Members and Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to our service this coming Lord's Day!
One of the lessons I'm going to share from our study of Gideon in Judges 6 is that family relationships can be the most challenging. This is particularly true in spiritual matters, particularly evangelism. One of the greatest burdens on earth is reali...
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August 28, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
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Spiritual Life | Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, redemption, hope
Dear Members and Friends,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to our service this coming Lord's Day!
Last Monday Connie and I went shopping at Costco. As I followed with the shopping cart I noticed 4 young men wearing black pants, white shirts and dark ties and name tags identifying them as Elders of the LDS Church. I was hoping to talk with them and pur...
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July 12, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, forgiveness, repent
Dear Precious Saints of MBC,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to this coming Lord's day.
People are coping with the current crisis in differing ways, most of which are only making matters worse. I have long held the belief that the best way to manage the anxiety and fears that arise from earthly chaos is by meditating on the peace and blessings ...
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June 30, 2020
by James Thacher
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Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, faith, repentance, rescue
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that we have been freely given to us by God.(1 Corinthians 2:12, NKJV)
When God enters our lives, we're changed by His grace, even if we don't think it worked. One day some friends invited a student nurse to a camp meeting in the suburbs. Wavering but not wanti...
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March 3, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, freedom, payment, paid debt
Dear Friends,Welcome to Midvalley Bible Church. We are always grateful to be able to meet on the Lord's Day, to fellowship with one another, to sing God's praise and to hear God's Word. This morning as part of our worship celebration, we gather to remember what Jesus did for us on the cross of Calvary.Have you noticed that we live in a love starved world? Maybe, you have p...
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March 1, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, Prophecy, Ariel, prophets, end of times, Ariel Ministries
Dear Precious Saints of MBC,
I trust you are doing well and looking forward to this Sunday.
During the 1992 Presidential Election, Presidential Candidate, Bill Clinton had played at every rally and the Democrat Convention, as his theme song, Fleetwood Mac song "Don't Stop." His rallying cry was simply this:Don't stop thinking about tomorrow.That advice is applicable t...
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March 1, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, redemption, temptation
Among Evangelicals, the security of the believer is not a settled issue. Good people differ on the issue. The question is simply this: Can a born-again, justified by faith, adopted child of God ever lose their salvation? Or as others have expressed it, is it possible for a born-again, justified by faith, adopted child of God to forfeit their salvation by fully and finall...
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February 23, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, Crucifixion, sacrifice, death on a cross
All of us are in some form of financial debt. We all owe money, either on a car or a home, a student loan, or something of the sort. Although it can be burdensome, most of us can at least see a light at the end of the tunnel. We are energized by the hope that one day it will be paid in full and we will receive from our creditors a piece of paper releasing us from any fu...
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February 2, 2020
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, grace, Jesus, salvation, faith, forgiveness, Galatians
Next Sunday we bring to a close our long and methodical journey through the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. 29 messages ago, one Sunday shy of one year (2/22/2019) we began our study of this marvelous letter. It's been an exciting trip. The topic of God's grace has been dealt with so forcefully and effectively in this book that one cannot escape the overwhelming truth ...
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November 10, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, gospel, peace
Telling other's about God's love is not hard, because God's love is not hard to understand. He loves us so much He gave up his only Son to die for us and our sins and all we have to do is believe and accept the gift of salvation....
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October 22, 2019
by James Thacher
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Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: AWANA, love, God, Jesus, salvation, generation, lost, lost generation
Telling the generations to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. (Psalm 78:4 NKJV)
I know we all hear and have heard many comments regarding our younger generations, such as "The world is going downhill rapidly. The present generation is on a destructive path." The media complex, the new explosion of social media accent...
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July 7, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: 9/11, love, God, grace, Jesus, salvation, faith, law of Moses
Are we redeemed by faith alone? What about The Law given to Moses? Are we saved by grace also?...
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June 30, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: God, Jesus, salvation, sin, freedom, slave to sin, sinful, human nature
Why do we believe in Christ? Are we truly forgiven? Do we think we are tied to a religion or The Truth?...
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May 19, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, freedom
We need to be grounded in God;s Word so we are deceived by false teachings. Our beliefs are under attack, and so are we!...
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May 12, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: 9/11, love, God, Jesus, salvation, redemption, free, freedom, Crucifixion
Can I earn my salvation by doing good deeds or works? Some will have us believe we need to do certain jobs or works to earn salvation, but God through Jesus, gave it to us as a gift. WE are redeemed by the old rugged cross!...
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April 28, 2019
by Pastor Doug Hornok
| Tags: God, love, truth, gospel, Jesus, salvation,
There are may churches but only one True God and Gospel, are we able to discern and tell the difference?...
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April 16, 2019
by James Thacher
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Mud Pies and Memories | Tags: love, God, Life, eternal life, Jesus, salvation, plan
All things work together for good to those who love God. (Romans 8:28 NKJV)
As a high school senior I had my heart set on an engineering career as my future goal. I had passed and met all the academic requirements for a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. The only thing I needed to do was pass the physical. I had an excellent chance for a full scholarship, f...
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April 13, 2019
by James Thacher
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Spiritual Life | Tags: love, God, Jesus, salvation, forgiveness, sin, hell, Devil, John 3:16
Is my salvation free? Can I help my salvation by being good and doing good deeds? What I don't believe in God, but I am still a good person, can my good works and deeds save me?...
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