SCRIPTURE TEXT: Judges 10:1-18; 11:4-6; 12-18; 12:8-15 ​In the hundreds of years that transpire over the course of the Biblical book of Judges, many situations arose in which the people of Israel had to deal with animosity & adversity, both within their own nation among the tribes & regions, and with other groups around them, including the animosity with Ammon that gave rise to the judgeship of Jephthah. But many other “minor” judges also ruled in this time, such as five that we review in this message (Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, & Abdon). Through it all, we see that the one problem paramount in Ancient Israel remains the primary problem of our own day: idolatry. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: Oct. 3, 2021, JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10 AM* SERVICE TIME: 10:00am (In-Person & Online) SERIES: The Judges Cycle (Part 10) SERMON: "Animosity With Ammon" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

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Animosity With Ammon | Pastor Courtney Hall

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Judges 8:1-35  ​   As our life lengthens, each of us becomes more likely to ask "What have I accomplished..." (Judges 8:2a). Coming to the conclusion of our study of the life of Gideon the judge, we see that while God used Gideon to accomplish great & liberating victory for Israel, the legacy of strife, snares, & sin wrought by idolatry reared again in the leader's latter days and even more after his passing. Yet in both positive & negative ways, Gideon's life & legacy lend lessons on handling hindrances to harmony, health, & holiness.   SUNDAY SERVICE   PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall   DATE: Sep. 19, 2021  JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10 AM*   SERVICE TIME: 10:00 am (In-Person & Online) ​  SERIES: The Judges Cycle (Part 8)​   SERMON: "What Have I Accomplished?" - Gideon’s Conclusion --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

What Have I Accomplished? - Gideon’s Conclusion | Pastor Courtney Hall

SCRIPTURE TEXT: Judges 6:1-24 Judges chapters 6-8 tell the tale of Gideon, one of the most notable of the major judges & one whom the Lord Himself called a “valiant warrior” (Judges 6:12). That greeting from God proves all the more remarkable because it came to Gideon while he was effectively in hiding. Indeed, Gideon’s initial call to courage can arouse faith in our hearts today, too, as we see how God moved Gideon past his fears, failures, & doubts into the place of peace found in trusting the Lord above all else. SUNDAY SERVICE PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall DATE: Aug. 22, 2021, JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10 AM* SERVICE TIME: 10:00am (In-Person & Online) SERIES: The Judges Cycle (Part 5) SERMON: "The Lord is Peace: Gideon's Call" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Lord is Peace: Gideon's Call | Pastor Courtney Hall

The Name of Jesus, like Christ Jesus Himself, has been highly exalted as “the Name above all [other] names” (Philippians 2:9). Jesus taught His disciples to “ask anything in My Name, and I will do it” (John 14:14). When the Apostle Peter declared healing to a lame man in Acts 3:6, he did it “in the Name of Jesus Christ” and informed the astonished crowd, “It is Jesus' Name & the faith that comes through Him that has completely healed [this man]" (Acts 3:16). Speaking on faith in the Name of Jesus, guest Preacher Emanuel Madeja uses this message to encourage believers to call upon the Name of Jesus with faithful expectation, for there is no other Name by which we are saved (Acts 4:12) & enabled to boldly ask of God (John 16:23). SUNDAY SERVICE  GUEST PREACHER: Pastor Emanuel Madeja   DATE: July 11, 2021  SERVICE TIME: 10:00 am (In-Person & Online)   2021: The Year of Purpose --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Name of Jesus | Pastor Emanuel Madeja

Romans chapters 9-11 explain God’s faithfulness to & through His people Israel. Even when they did not remain fully faithful to Him (just as no other people have), “It is not as though God’s word had failed” (Rom 9:6) for the promise of God’s righteousness could only ever be received by faith (Rom 4). In Christ “there is no distinction between Jew & Gentile” (Rom 10:12). Yet in chapter 11, God reveals a special purpose at work even in the predominant historical Jewish rejection of the Gospel, whereby Gentile people once outside can be grafted into faith, ultimately enticing a restoration of faith among the Jewish people maintained as a remnant by God’s grace (Rom 11:5). All the branches of this holy tree live by God’s grace through Jesus Christ the righteous root (Rev 5:5; 22:16), verdant vine (John 15:1-5), anointed branch (Isaiah 11:1-2; Zech 3:8; 6:12), living firstfruit (1 Cor 15:20-23), & crowning glory of all life (Rev 2:7; 22:2)  -SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 11:1-36   *For those online: prepare your supplies to join us in Communion.   SUNDAY SERVICE  PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall   DATE: June 6, 2021   JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10AM*   SERVICE TIME: 10:00am (In-Person & Online*)   SERIES: ROMANS (Part 14)   SERMON: "The Root and the Branches" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Root and the Branches | Pastor Courtney Hall

In chapter ten of his letter to the Roman church, the Apostle Paul declares Jesus Christ as "the culmination of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes" (v 4). The Greek term translated "culmination" or "end" can also be rendered as "purpose." God's purpose for His people is made known & available through our Savior Jesus. He is not far removed from us but is as close as God's word & our own hearts (vv. 6-8). If we confess Him with our mouth & believe Him in our heart, we are saved (v. 9).   SUNDAY SERVICE  PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall  DATE: May 30, 2021 - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND  SERIES: ROMANS (Part 13)  SERMON TITLE: "Christ: The Purpose of the Law"  SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 10:1-21 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

Christ: The Purpose of the Law | Romans 10:1-21 | Pastor Courtney Hall

At the heart of one of the greatest books of the Bible, the letter to the Romans, we find the heart of God. In this second of three sermons on Romans chapter 8, Pastor Court discusses the LOVE of God that intercedes for those who love Him & are called according to His PURPOSE (Rom 8:28). Though we live in frail bodies & in a fallible world, in which all creation groans & we ourselves groan (Rom 8:22-23), the love of God revealed in Christ animates the Holy Spirit to help & intercede for us “with groans too deep to be uttered” (Rom 8:26).   SERMON BEGINS AT 0:47:14 SUNDAY SERVICE (MOTHER'S DAY)  PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall  DATE: May 9, 2021  SERIES: ROMANS (Part 10)  SERMON TITLE: "All Creation Groans: Revealing the Love That Intercedes"  SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 8:18-27 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

All Creation Groans: Revealing the Love That Intercedes | Romans 8:18-27 | Pastor Courtney Hall

In the center of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christians of first-century Rome, we find one of the greatest chapters of the Bible, Romans 8. In this first of three sermons on that chapter, Pastor Court leads us to examine the LOVE that is not only at the heart of the book of Romans but is indeed the very heart of God towards those who love Him & are called according to His PURPOSE (Rom 8:28). This love we find IN Christ overcomes all our sin, guilt, & bondage to death, for "there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom 8:1).   -SERMON BEGINS AT 0:40:09 SUNDAY SERVICE  PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall  DATE: May 2, 2021  SERIES: ROMANS (Part 9)  SERMON TITLE: "No Condemnation in Christ: Receiving the Love That Overcomes" SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 8:1-17 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

No Condemnation in Christ: Receiving the Love That Overcomes | Romans 8:1-17 | Pastor Courtney Hall

Continuing our study of Paul’s letter to the Roman Christians, we come in chapter seven to the Apostle’s discussion of the freedom available in Christ from the burdens of breaking the law as we “serve in the new way of the Spirit & not in the old way of the written [law] code” (v. 6). That very Spirit bears witness that all in Christ are children of God & “fellow heirs with Christ” of all the treasures of the Father’s will (Rom 8:16​-17). Through Jesus’ death & resurrection, we’re liberated from the lethal “letter of the law,” even while the legacy of the law provides us lessons as we face the inner struggle of a renewed spirit living within the still fallible form of our flesh.   SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 7:1-25   SUNDAY SERVICE   PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall   DATE: April 25, 2021   JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10AM*   SERVICE TIME: 10:00am (In-Person & Online)   SERIES: ROMANS (Part 8)   SERMON: "The Father's Will: A Living Trust" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Father's Will: A Living Trust | Pastor Courtney Hall

Our attitude & actions reflect our internal thoughts and contemplation (Proverbs 23:7), or, as Jesus said, "Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45​). As followers of Jesus, we're told in Ephesians 3:20​ that God "is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us." Such admonitions embolden us to think great thoughts for the Kingdom, confident that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37​) & we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Phil 4:13​).   SCRIPTURE TEXT: Ephesians 3:20 SUNDAY SERVICE   PREACHER: Assoc. Pastor Venida Antonio     JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10AM*   SERVICE TIME: 10:00am (Indoor & Online)   2021: THE YEAR OF PURPOSE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

Think Great Thoughts... | Ephesians 3:20 | Pastor Venida Antonio

For thousands of years, Jesus' coming was foretold, including details as  specific as His riding into Jerusalem on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9;  Matthew 21:4-5), a central event of Palm Sunday & the beginning of  Jesus' final week before His death on the Cross. Thousands more years  have now passed, but the promise of His return remains, "for the coming  of the Lord is near" (James 5:8). This message examines why Jesus died  for us and the PURPOSE of His sacrificial service to humanity (Matthew 20:28).   PALM SUNDAY SERVICE  PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall  DATE: March 28, 2021  SERIES: THE POINT OF SACRIFICE (Pt. 1)  SERMON TITLE: The Lord's Coming (SERVICE)  SCRIPTURE TEXT: Zech 9:9; Matt 21:1-9; Luke 19:41-44; James 5:8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Lord's Coming (SERVICE) | Palm Sunday 2021 | Pastor Courtney Hall

We often rightly hear of the Creator that all of history is really HIS story. Yet He who made human beings in His own image has also placed them squarely within His story (Ephes 1:4-6), & put the Man Jesus Christ--Himself truly God--at its very center (cf. John 1:1-5; Col 1:15​-19). As we come to new birth in Christ, we discover that God's story of Good News is for us! And as we see our lives through His eyes, according to His purposes, we discover that our story is HIS. Come hear how your testimony can reveal God's glory!  - SCRIPTURE TEXT: Ephesians 1:3-14 SUNDAY SERVICE  PREACHER: Assoc. Pastor Art Cabrera  DATE: March 21, 2021  SERVICE TIME: 10:00am  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

My Story Is God's Story | Ephesians 1:3-14 | Pastor Art Cabrera

Sin & its result, death, entered the world through the disobedience of one man, Adam. All people since then have also sinned and died, except for one Man, a "new Adam," named Jesus. Though Jesus never sinned, nevertheless He died for the sins of all people. Yet He rose again from the dead "so that God's abundant provision of grace...might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:17​, 21).   SUNDAY SERVICE   PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall   DATE: March 7, 2021   JOIN US LIVE ONLINE AT 10AM*   SERVICE TIME: 10:00am   SERIES: ROMANS - Part 6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

That Grace Might Reign | Romans 5:1-21 | Pastor Courtney Hall

Three major world religions trace their origins to Abraham of Ur, surely fulfilling the name God gave him as "the father of many nations"(Genesis 17:5). For the Jewish people, Abraham is patriarch & progenitor, but as the Apostle Paul observed, all God's people are to follow in the footsteps of Abraham's FAITH, for it's his trust in God that makes Abraham a model for us to this day. Abraham is a father of faith. -SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 4:1-25 SERIES: ROMANS - Part 5 Sunday Service --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Faith of Abraham | Romans 4:1-25 | Pastor Courtney Hall

In his famed letter to the early Christians of ancient Rome, the Apostle Paul describes the Law as revealing how “all have sinned & fallen short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:23​). Efforts to fulfill the Law in our own strength inevitably fail yet ignoring the Law on the basis of presumed grace mistakes God's purpose for His people to be justified by a faith that fulfills the law.  SCRIPTURE TEXT: Romans 2:17​ - 3:31​  SERIES: ROMANS - Part 4   Sunday Service --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcflosangeles/message

The Law of Faith | Romans 2:17 - 3:31 | Pastor Courtney Hall

Praise Christian Fellowship is a family of Christian faith and a local expression of the Body of Christ composed of people who have encountered the love, redemption, & transformation available in our Risen Lord & Savior, Jesus. As followers of Christ, we of PCF Los Angeles dedicate ourselves to serving our Lord, studying the Scriptures, caring for one another, calling all to Christian discipleship, and carrying out our mission of Good News and kind works to the world in the Name of the Son, by the power of the Spirit, to the glory of our heavenly Father. Cover art photo provided by Matt Power

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