by GPCOG | Nov 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
As you look around at all the chaos, and uncertainty today, one must ponder: Where is God in all of this? Why would God allow all the injustice and destruction all over this nation? In fact, we see this pattern in most, if not all, of the world. How did we reach this...
by GPCOG | Nov 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
We sing that glorious song, “Stand up, Stand up for Jesus ye Soldiers of the word, lift high His royal banner, ye must not be deterred.” We are prompted by the song to lift our banners high. What Does It Mean to Stand Up For Jesus? Lifting your banner high sounds like...
by GPCOG | Sep 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
In our previous blog, we found our Bible asking where death’s sting was. We saw that death’s sting came from sin. Adam and Eve suffered death, or rather, the penalty for death only after they sinned. So many people are under the impression that the sting of death is...
by GPCOG | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The resurrection offer is just that, a free gift for the taking. And yet while many Christians look to His death and resurrection as something holy, do they look at it as something precious and something to hold on to closely, like their wallet or purse, for example?...
by GPCOG | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the book of Genesis, God made a promise to Abram. What that promise did has a great bearing on all the foundational concepts we find within the pages of the Bible. Picture Abram living in an ungodly place and put it into the concept of a sinner living in sin. God...
by GPCOG | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hebrews 11 is called the “faith chapter.” It begins in verse 1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith Begins When We Believe, and That Belief Leads Us to Hope… We read that faith involves “evidence” of things...
by GPCOG | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
In our previous blog, we saw that God created man. He put them in the garden and gave them free moral agency. They had the ability to choose. God told them a clear command, but they chose to disobey that command. This one transgression forever Changed their life. One...
by GPCOG | Aug 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Since Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution in 1859, there has been an ongoing debate about whether modern life on Earth evolved over millions of years, or was created by God over six days, with Him resting on, blessing, and sanctifying the seventh (the...
by GPCOG | Aug 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
No matter the denomination, baptism is an integral part of being a believer and follower of Christ. At Greater Phoenix Church of God, we believe it is vital to understand the meaning of baptism and its place in Christianity and why it’s an essential part of a...
by GPCOG | Aug 12, 2020 | Sabbath
“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from...
