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Know Your Enemy: The Flesh Introduced | 1 John 2:15-17

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 23, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.15%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.15–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:15–17</a></span></span></p> <p>Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and <em>also</em> its lusts, but the one who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:15–17</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Jun 23, 2024

Q&A: End Times, Millennial Reign, Final Judgment

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 23, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-9" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/questions-answers">Questions & Answers</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/end-times">End Times</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%203.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 3.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 3:15</a></span></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Jun 23, 2024

Know Your Enemy: The Devil’s End | Revelation 20

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 16, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rev%2020.1%E2%80%9315;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rev 20.1–15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Revelation 20:1–15</a></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Jun 16, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Devil’s Devices (6) Prayer | James 4:7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 9, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%204.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 4.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 4:7</a></span></span></p> <p>Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7</p> <p>Topics include: The Devil is a persistent winter soldier, not a quitter; the Devil is insidious; Presentism and chronological snobbery; the Devil is a traitor, a prideful usurper, and a false accuser who uses traitors, prideful usurpers, and false accusers, all of whom will meet an untimely end; learning from church history, Martin Luther, William Tyndale, including their mistakes; Mormonism; prayer, including intercessory prayer, spiritual warfare; watching out for our enemies.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Jun 9, 2024

Q&A: Inviting Cults, Politics, Unsaved Rulers, Christian Vote, Lesser Magistrate, Judge & Discern, Nephilim

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 9, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-9" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/questions-answers">Questions & Answers</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/qa">Q&A</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%203.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 3.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 3:15</a></span></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Jun 9, 2024

Evangelizing Mormons at the Doorstep

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Day:</strong> June 6, 2024  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-18" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/evangelism">Evangelism</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/mormonism">Mormonism</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%202.8%E2%80%9310;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 2.8–10" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 2:8–10</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%205.24;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 5.24" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 5:24</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%2017.3;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 17.3" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 17:3</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%203.15%E2%80%9322;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 3.15–22" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 3:15–22</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%205.18;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 5.18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 5:18</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%208.13;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 8.13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 8:13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Jude%201.6%E2%80%937;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Jude 1.6–7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Jude 1:6–7</a></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">This was an evangelistic encounter with Mormon missionaries, who attempted to sound Christian and Protestant, until their own material was quoted back at them. One argument against marriage and marital intimacy in heaven is the fallen angels who abandoned their proper domain, roles, and bodies in order to engage in sexual immorality (Jude 1:6-7).</span></span><span class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj"><span id="en-ESV-29992" class="text Heb-3-13"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul>

Jun 6, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Devil’s Devices (5) | James 4:7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 2, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%204.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 4.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 4:7</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%205.6%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 5.6–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 5:6–17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%2012.7%E2%80%9312;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 12.7–12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 12:7–12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%205.8;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 5.8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 5:8</a></span></span></p> <p>Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7</p> <p>Topics include law and gospel distinction; biblical remedies against Satan's devices; the Devil is an insidious tempter, ensnarer, liar, deceiver; the Book of Enoch; the Devil is a traitor, a prideful usurper, and a false accuser who uses traitors, prideful usurpers, and false accusers (Cain, Nimrod, Diotrephes, Judas), all of whom will meet an untimely end; watching out for our enemies.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Jun 2, 2024

Q&A: Unpardonable Sin, Tattoos, Author of Mark, Paul & Barnabas Split

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> May 26, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-9" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/questions-answers">Questions & Answers</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/qa">Q&A</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%203.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 3.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 3:15</a></span></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

May 26, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Devil’s Devices (4) | James 4:7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> May 26, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%204.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 4.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 4:7</a></span></span></p> <p>Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7</p> <p>Topics include: The Devil is a persistent tempter, ensnarer, isolator, liar, deceiver; the Devil uses means like social media, entertainment, people (including Christians with unresolved issues) to entice and entrap us in our flesh; demonic activity in movies like <em>Dune 2</em>; dying to self; discernment.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

May 26, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Devil’s Devices (3) | James 4:7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> May 19, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%204.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 4.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 4:7</a></span></span></p> <p>Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7</p> <p>Topics include: law and gospel distinction; the Devil is a tempter who knows your specific weaknesses and exploits them; John Bunyan's five sense-gates, in his<em> Holy War</em>; fasting and prayer; the Devil seeks to ensnare you with bad influences and isolate you in your weakness; God's means of grace.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

May 19, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Devil’s Devices (2) | James 4:7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> May 12, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%204.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 4.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 4:7</a></span></span></p> <p>Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7</p> <p>Topics include substantial changes from Old to New Covenants; What the Devil is really after now; the remedy of discernment; the Devil ain't dumb; the Devil uses means; law and gospel distinction; the spirit of Jezebel.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

May 12, 2024

Know Your Enemy: Remedies Against the Devil’s Devices | James 4:7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> May 5, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%204.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 4.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 4:7</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%205.1%E2%80%935;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 5.1–5" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 5:1–5</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Deut%204.5%E2%80%938;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Deut 4.5–8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Deuteronomy 4:5–8</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Deut%209.4%E2%80%938;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Deut 9.4–8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Deuteronomy 9:4–8</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%2012.18%E2%80%9324;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 12.18–24" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 12:18–24</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%202.29;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 2.29" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 2:29</a></span></span></p> <p>Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7</p> <p>Topics include law and gospel; sanctification through testing and trials; dealing with unresolved issues; understanding the present by studying the past and how we got here, like Mary Rowlandson in early colonial America; covenantal transitions from the Old to the New; balance and discernment in dealing with natural and spiritual problems and enemies.</p> <p>God's means of deliverance, the Six S's: (1) Scripture; (2) Sound Doctrine; (3) Sacraments; (4) Self-awareness and Self-denial; (5) Sage Counsel; (6) Spiritual Warfare.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

May 5, 2024

Gospel Memorial for Vincent Callendine

<div class="ParagraphWithScriptures__text-container"> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> March 18, 2024 <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19311/david-callendine" rel="p-19311">David Callendine</a> </span><span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/funeral">Funeral</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%202.14;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 2.14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 2:14</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Ps%2090.8%E2%80%9312;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Ps 90.8–12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Psalm 90:8–12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%206.23;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 6.23" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 6:23</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%203.1%E2%80%9315;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 3.1–15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Genesis 3:1–15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Mark%207.20%E2%80%9323;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Mark 7.20–23" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Mark 7:20–23</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rev%2021.8;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rev 21.8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Revelation 21:8</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2018.9%E2%80%9323;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 18.9–23" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 18:9–23</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Thess%204.13%E2%80%9318;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Thess 4.13–18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Thessalonians 4:13–18</a></span></span></p> <p>A gospel memorial sermon for elder David Callendine's father.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave<br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> </li> </ul> <p>Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.</p> </div>

Mar 18, 2024

Know Your Enemy: A History of the Devil’s Devices | 2 Corinthians 2:11

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> March 10, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%202.11;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Cor 2.11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Corinthians 2:11</a></span></span></p> <p>...so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes. 2 Corinthians 2:11</p> <p>Topics include creation, the fall, the flood; God's historic judgments; science and time; demons, fallen angels, Nephilim; balance and discernment of spiritual problems and maladies.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. <a href="http://lockman.org/">lockman.org</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Mar 10, 2024

Know Your Enemy: The Devil’s Offspring | Genesis 6:1-4

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> March 3, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%206.1%E2%80%934;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 6.1–4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Genesis 6:1–4</a></span></span></p> <p><sup>1</sup> Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, <sup>2</sup> that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good <em>in appearance</em>; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. <sup>3</sup> Then Yahweh said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever because he indeed is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be 120 years.” <sup>4</sup> The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore <em>children</em> to them. Those were the mighty men who <em>were</em> of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:1–4</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Mar 3, 2024

Know Your Enemy: The Devil | 1 John 2:14-17

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Feb 25, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-verse"><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%206.1%E2%80%934;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 6.1–4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference"><span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> </span></a><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.14%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.14–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:14–17</a></span></span></p> <p><sup>14</sup> I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. <sup>15</sup> Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. <sup>16</sup> For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. <sup>17</sup> And the world is passing away, and <em>also</em> its lusts, but the one who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:14–17</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Feb 25, 2024

Know Your Enemy: The World | 1 John 2:15-17

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Feb 18, 2024  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span></span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-8" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil">Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic: </strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/spiritual-warfare">Spiritual Warfare</a> <span class="sermon-verse"><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%206.1%E2%80%934;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 6.1–4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference"><span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> </span></a><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.14%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.14–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:15–17</a></span></span></p> <p>Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. <sup>16</sup> For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. <sup>17</sup> And the world is passing away, and <em>also</em> its lusts, but the one who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:15–17</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Feb 18, 2024

Contrasting Darkness with Gospel Indicatives | 1 John 2:12-14

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Feb 1<span class="sermon-listing-detail">1, 2024 </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/law-gospel-distinction">Law & Gospel Distinction</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.12%E2%80%9314;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.12–14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:12–14</a></span></p> <p><sup>12</sup> I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake. <sup>13</sup> I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. <sup>14</sup> I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. 1 John 2:12–14</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Feb 11, 2024

Is the Reformation Over? | Hebrews 10:10-14

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Nov 26<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2023 </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-11" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/the-christian-the-church-history">The Christian, the Church & History</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-history">Church History</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%2010.10%E2%80%9314;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 10.10–14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 10:10–14</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Thess%202.13%E2%80%9314;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Thess 2.13–14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Thessalonians 2:13–14</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gal%201.7%E2%80%939;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gal 1.7–9" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Galatians 1:7–9</a></span></p> <p><sup>10</sup> By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. <sup>11</sup> And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; <sup>12</sup> but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, <sup>13</sup> waiting from that time until His enemies are put as a footstool for His feet. <sup>14</sup> For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Hebrews 10:10–14</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Nov 26, 2023

The Christian, the Church & the Reformation | 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Oct 29<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2023 </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-11" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/the-christian-the-church-history">The Christian, the Church & History</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-history">Church History</a> </span> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Thess%201.6%E2%80%938;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Thess 1.6–8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Thessalonians 1:6–8</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Phil%203.17;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Phil 3.17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Philippians 3:17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%206.9%E2%80%9312;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 6.9–12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 6:9–12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Acts%208.28%E2%80%9335;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Acts 8.28–35" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Acts 8:28–35</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Sam%2017.26%E2%80%9350;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Sam 17.26–50" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Samuel 17:26–50</a></span></p> <p><sup>6</sup> You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, <sup>7</sup> so that you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. <sup>8</sup> For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. 1 Thessalonians 1:6–8</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Oct 29, 2023

The Christian, the Church & Our Family History | ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬-‭9

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Oct 22<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2023 </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-11" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/the-christian-the-church-history">The Christian, the Church & History</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-history">Church History</a> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Phil%204.8%E2%80%939;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Phil 4.8–9" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Philippians 4:8–9</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%2010.1%E2%80%9312;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Cor 10.1–12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 10:1–12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Tim%203.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Tim 3.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Timothy 3:15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%204.11%E2%80%9316;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 4.11–16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 4:11–16</a></span></span></p> <p><sup>8</sup> Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is dignified, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, consider these things. <sup>9</sup> The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8–9</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Oct 22, 2023

True to Form: Types & Shadows, Abiding in the Light & the Blinding Darkness | 1 John 2:9-11

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Date:</strong> Aug 27, 2023  </span></span><span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/typology">Typology</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.9%E2%80%9311;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.9–11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:9–11</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Isa%207.7%E2%80%93%208.4;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Isa 7.7– 8.4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Isaiah 7:7– 8:4</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%201.18%E2%80%9323;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 1.18–23" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 1:18–23</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Jude%201.12%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Jude 1.12–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Jude 1:12–13</a></span></p> <p>Includes the Apostles’ Creed, Christ’s Descent into Hell, the “holy catholic church”; the Roman Catholic Church-State; the Virgin Birth, Isaiah 7, Matthew 1:18-23</p> <p>The one who says he is in the Light and <em>yet</em> hates his brother is in the darkness until now. <sup>10</sup> The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. <sup>11</sup> But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness blinded his eyes. 1 John 2:9–11</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="__1__">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="__1__">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Aug 27, 2023

The Passing Darkness of Old & the Shining Light of the New | 1 John 2:7-8

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> </span></span><span class="sermon-listing-detail">June 25, 2023 </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/law-gospel-distinction">Law & Gospel Distinction</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.7%E2%80%938;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.7–8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:7–8</a></span></p> <p>Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. <sup>8</sup> On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining. 1 John 2:7–8<span id="en-ESV-30540" class="text 1John-2-6"><br /></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>

Jun 25, 2023

Law & Gospel, the Christian Life & the Cost of Discipleship | Luke 14:25-35

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Jun 18, 2023  </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/law-gospel-distinction">Law & Gospel Distinction</a></span> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%201.17;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 1.17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 1:17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%2012.3%E2%80%9311;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 12.3–11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 12:3–11</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2014.25%E2%80%9335;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 14.25–35" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 14:25–35</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2018.7%E2%80%939;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 18.7–9" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 18:7–9</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%206.47%E2%80%9369;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 6.47–69" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 6:47–69</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2011.28%E2%80%9330;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 11.28–30" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 11:28–30</a></span> <span class="sermon-series sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-12" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/law-gospel-defined-distinguished-applied">Law & Gospel Defined, Distinguished, Applied</a></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <h4><span class="text Luke-14-25">Luke 14:25–35</span></h4> <p><span class="text Luke-14-25">Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,</span> <span id="en-ESV-25571" class="text Luke-14-26"><span class="woj">“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-25572" class="text Luke-14-27"><span class="woj">Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-25573" class="text Luke-14-28"><span class="woj">For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-25574" class=&quot

Jun 18, 2023

The Law & The Gospel Defined, Distinguished, Applied | 2 Corinthians 3

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> May 14, 2023  </span><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/law-gospel-distinction">Law & Gospel Distinction</a></span> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Tim%202.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Tim 2.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Timothy 2:15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2010.25%E2%80%9329;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 10.25–29" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 10:25–29</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%203.1%E2%80%9318;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Cor 3.1–18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Corinthians 3:1–18</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Mark%2010.17%E2%80%9322;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Mark 10.17–22" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Mark 10:17–22</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Tim%201.8%E2%80%9311;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Tim 1.8–11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Timothy 1:8–11</a></span> <span class="sermon-series sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-12" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/law-gospel-defined-distinguished-applied">Law & Gospel Defined, Distinguished, Applied</a></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <h4><span id="en-ESV-28826" class="text 2Cor-3-1">2 Corinthians 3: Ministers of the New Covenant</span></h4> <p class="chapter-1"><span class="text 2Cor-3-1">Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?</span> <span id="en-ESV-28827" class="text 2Cor-3-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28828" class="text 2Cor-3-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.</span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-28829" class="text 2Cor-3-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28830" class="text 2Cor-3-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but

May 14, 2023

Holy Words & Holy Habits: The Categorical Test of Our Assurance | 1 John 2:3-6

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> </span></span><span class="sermon-listing-detail">Jan 8, 2023 </span> <span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong> Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-scripture sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.3%E2%80%936;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.3–6" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:3–6</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Tim%201.13;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Tim 1.13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Timothy 1:13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.6%E2%80%937;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.6–7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:6–7</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/assurance">Assurance</a></span> <span class="sermon-series sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-30537" class="text 1John-2-3">And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.</span> <span id="en-ESV-30538" class="text 1John-2-4">Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,</span> <span id="en-ESV-30539" class="text 1John-2-5">but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:</span> <span id="en-ESV-30540" class="text 1John-2-6">whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. 1 John 2:3-6<br /></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Jan 8, 2023

The Power & Extent of Christ’s Death | 1 John 2:2

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> <span class="sermon-date">Jan 1, 2023</span>  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/doctrines-of-grace">Doctrines of Grace</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.2;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.2" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:2</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%209.10%E2%80%9324;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 9.10–24" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 9:10–24</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.1%E2%80%932;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.1–2" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:1–2</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%205.19;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 5.19" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 5:19</a></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-30536" class="text 1John-2-2">He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.</span> 1 John 2:2</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Jan 1, 2023

God the Son, God the Savior, God with Us, Is Born | Isaiah 9:6-7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-speaker"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Dec 25, 2022  <strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/christmas">Christmas</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%202.1%E2%80%9312;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 2.1–12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 2:1–12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%203.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 3.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Genesis 3:15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Isa%209.6%E2%80%937;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Isa 9.6–7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Isaiah 9:6–7</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%202.19%E2%80%9320;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 2.19–20" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 2:19–20</a></span></span></span></p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;"><span id="en-AKJV-17836" class="text Isa-9-6">For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-6">and the government shall be upon his shoulder:</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-6">and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-6">The mighty God,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-6">The everlasting Father,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-6">The Prince of Peace.</span><br /><span id="en-AKJV-17837" class="text Isa-9-7">Of the increase of <em>his</em> government and peace <em>there shall be</em> no end,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-7">upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-7">to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-7">from henceforth even for ever.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-9-7">The zeal of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> of hosts will perform this.</span><sup><br /></sup></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://cpmfiles1.com/thorncrowncovenant.church/grotto-nativity-baby-jesus-lifesite-680wide.jpg" alt="grotto nativity-baby-jesus-Lifesite-680wide" width="510" data-width="75" /></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons li

Dec 25, 2022

The Gospel According to Righteousnesses | 1 John 2:1

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Dec 18, 2022  </span><span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/law-gospel-distinction">Law & Gospel Distinction</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> </span><span class="sermon-verse"><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%202.1;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 2.1" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 2:1</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.9;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.9" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:9</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%203.4;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 3.4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 3:4</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%205.29%E2%80%9330;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 5.29–30" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 5:29–30</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%205.19;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 5.19" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 5:19</a></span></p> <p>Our Sin-Bearing Advocate—Jesus Christ the Righteous & the Gospel According to Righteousnesses.</p> <p><span class="text 1John-2-1">"My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."</span> 1 John 2:1</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Dec 18, 2022

Confessing & Confronting Our Sins | 1 John 1:8-10

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Nov 6, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/law-gospel-distinction">Law & Gospel Distinction</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.8%E2%80%9310;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.8–10" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:8–10</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Mark%2010.17%E2%80%9322;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Mark 10.17–22" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Mark 10:17–22</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%206.9%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 6.9–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 6:9–13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%207.9%E2%80%9310;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Cor 7.9–10" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Corinthians 7:9–10</a></span></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-30532" class="text 1John-1-8">If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.</span> <span id="en-ESV-30533" class="text 1John-1-9">If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</span> <span id="en-ESV-30534" class="text 1John-1-10">If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.</span> 1 John 1:8-10</p> <pre><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Thus far I did come laden with my sin;</span><br /><br />Nor could aught ease the grief <span style="font-weight: 400;">that I was in</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Till I came hither: What a place is this!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Must here be the beginning of my bliss?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Must here the burden fall from off my back?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Must here the strings that bound it to me crack?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blest cross! blest sepulchre! blest rather be</span><br /><br />The Man that there was put to shame for me!"</pre> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available

Nov 6, 2022

After Darkness, Light: The Dawn & Dusk of Reformation | Acts 16:29-31

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Oct 30, 2022  </span><span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> </span><span class="sermon-series"><a id="series-6" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/the-protestant-reformation">The Protestant Reformation</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/reformation">Reformation</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gal%202.14%E2%80%9316;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gal 2.14–16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Galatians 2:14–16</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%205.24;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 5.24" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 5:24</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%205.12;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 5.12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 5:12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Acts%2016.29%E2%80%9331;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Acts 16.29–31" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Acts 16:29–31</a></span></p> <p>A<span class="text 1John-2-1"><span id="en-ESV-27499" class="text Acts-16-29">nd the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.</span> <span id="en-ESV-27500" class="text Acts-16-30">Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”</span> <span id="en-ESV-27501" class="text Acts-16-31">And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.</span></span> Acts 16:29-31</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Oct 30, 2022

Forsaking the Darkness of Halloween | 2 Corinthians 11:12‭-‬15

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Oct 30, 2022  </span><span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> </span><span class="sermon-series"><a id="series-6" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/the-protestant-reformation">The Protestant Reformation</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/reformation">Reformation</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gal%202.14%E2%80%9316;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gal 2.14–16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Galatians 2:14–16</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%205.24;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 5.24" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 5:24</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%205.12;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 5.12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 5:12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Acts%2016.29%E2%80%9331;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Acts 16.29–31" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Acts 16:29–31</a></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-28985" class="text 2Cor-11-12">And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28986" class="text 2Cor-11-13">For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28987" class="text 2Cor-11-14">And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.</span> <span id="en-ESV-28988" class="text 2Cor-11-15">So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. 2 Corinthians 11:12-15<br /></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <h4><strong>What is Halloween? What is its Purpose?</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Satanic Bible</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, published by Anton Lavey, who got most of his inspiration from Aleister Crowley, who wrote the satanic </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book of the Law</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and inspired many famous people and artists today: “After one's own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht and Halloween (or All Hallows' Eve)” (p. 67):</span></p> <h5><strong>Birthday</strong></h5> <ul> <ul> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span

Oct 23, 2022

The Source & Manner of True Joy | 1 John 1:4-7

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Oct 16, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> </span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/the-christian-life">The Christian Life</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.4%E2%80%937;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.4–7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:4–7</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/3%20John%201.4;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="3 John 1.4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">3 John 1:4</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%2013.6%E2%80%9312;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Cor 13.6–12" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 13:6–12</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%208.1%E2%80%933;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Cor 8.1–3" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 8:1–3</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%2013.5%E2%80%936;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 13.5–6" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 13:5–6</a></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-30528" class="text 1John-1-4">And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. </span><span id="en-ESV-30529" class="text 1John-1-5"></span><span class="text 1John-1-5">This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.</span> <span id="en-ESV-30530" class="text 1John-1-6">If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.</span> <span id="en-ESV-30531" class="text 1John-1-7">But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:4-7<br /></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Oct 16, 2022

Sojourners in a Strange Land: Immigration & the Bible | Numbers‬ ‭20:14-21

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Sept 18, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-13" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/current-issues">Current Issues</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/immigration">Immigration</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Num%2020.14%E2%80%9321;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Num 20.14–21" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Numbers 20:14–21</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%2013.1%E2%80%932;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 13.1–2" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 13:1–2</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%203.13%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 3.13–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 3:13–17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%2010.10;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 10.10" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 10:10</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%2015.13%E2%80%9314;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 15.13–14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Genesis 15:13–14</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Num%2015.14%E2%80%9316;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Num 15.14–16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Numbers 15:14–16</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Prov%203.5%E2%80%938;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Prov 3.5–8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Proverbs 3:5–8</a></span></span></p> <p>M<span id="en-ESV-30531" class="text 1John-1-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">oses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the </span><strong>hardship</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that we have met: how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. And the </span><strong>Egyptians dealt</strong> <strong>harshly with us and our fathers. And when we cried to the Lord [they trusted God]</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. Please let us pass through your land. We will </span><strong>not</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> pass through field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway. We will </span><strong>not</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.” But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.” And the people of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, </span><strong>and if </strong>w<span style="font-weight: 400;">e drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will </span><strong>pay</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for it. Let me only pass through on fo

Sep 18, 2022

True Fellowship with God & His Church | 1 John 1:3

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Sept 4, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> </span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/the-church">The Church</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.3;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.3" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:3</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%205.14;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 5.14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 5:14</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Prov%202.1%E2%80%9315;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Prov 2.1–15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Proverbs 2:1–15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Tim%203.16%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Tim 3.16–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Timothy 3:16–17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/James%201.5%E2%80%936;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="James 1.5–6" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">James 1:5–6</a></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-30531" class="text 1John-1-7"><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3">...that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:3<br /></span></span></p> <p><span class="text 1John-1-7"><span class="text 1John-1-3">Includes an explanation of why we are a free, unincorporated church; unbiblical spiritualities that may dangerously over-spiritualize the Christian life, such as mysticism, pietism, anti-doctrinal and anti-intellectual movements; and how even great men of God like Charles Spurgeon can still struggle with imbalances in ministry.</span></span></p> <p><span class="text 1John-1-7"><span class="text 1John-1-3">Please contact brother Peter Kershaw for more information on becoming a free, unincorporated church at </span></span><span class="text 1John-1-7"><span class="text 1John-1-3"><a href="https://hushmoney.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://hushmoney.org/</a></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quote

Sep 4, 2022

The Message, the Incarnate Son, the Eternal Son | 1 John 1:2-3

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Aug 28, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> </span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/christ">Christ</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.2%E2%80%933;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.2–3" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:2–3</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%2014.6;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 14.6" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 14:6</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%201.1%E2%80%932;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 1.1–2" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 1:1–2</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%206.14%E2%80%9318;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Cor 6.14–18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Corinthians 6:14–18</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span class="sermon-verse"><span id="en-ESV-30526" class="text 1John-1-2">...</span></span><span id="en-ESV-30526" class="text 1John-1-2"> the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—<span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3">that</span></span><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"> which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:2-3<br /></span></p> <p>Topics include different kinds of preaching; personality and personhood; Paul Washer and Lordship Salvation; Biblical spirituality and Pietism; what defines a true church; Christ before and after His Incarnation and His Gospel.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Aug 28, 2022

The Logos of Life | 1 John 1:1

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Aug 21, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> </span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/christ">Christ</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.1;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.1" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:1</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Acts%2015.7;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Acts 15.7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Acts 15:7</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2016.15%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 16.15–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 16:15–17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Mark%208.17%E2%80%9326;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Mark 8.17–26" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Mark 8:17–26</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Mark%204.10%E2%80%9320;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Mark 4.10–20" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Mark 4:10–20</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%206.63%E2%80%9369;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 6.63–69" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 6:63–69</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"><span class="text 1John-1-1">That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life... 1 John 1:1<br /></span></span></p> <p>Topics include metaphorical language of sense perception in Scripture; personality and personhood; Christology.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Aug 21, 2022

That Which Was from the Beginning | 1 John 1:1

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Aug 14, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> </span><span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/christ">Christ</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.1;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.1" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:1</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Mark%208.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Mark 8.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Mark 8:15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2012.30;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 12.30" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 12:30</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%203.19%E2%80%9320;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 3.19–20" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 3:19–20</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%201.1%E2%80%932;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 1.1–2" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 1:1–2</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"><span class="text 1John-1-1">That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life... <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20John%201.1;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 John 1.1" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 John 1:1</a><br /></span></span></p> <p>An introductory sermon on the first letter of John. Topics include Christology; <span class="text 1John-1-7"><span class="text 1John-1-3">why we are a free, unincorporated church; voting and political corruption; the analogies of Scripture (<em>analogia Scripturae</em>) and of faith (<em>analogia fidei</em>).<br /></span></span></p> <p><span class="text 1John-1-7"><span class="text 1John-1-3">Please contact brother Peter Kershaw for more information on beocming a free, unincorporated church at </span></span><span class="text 1John-1-7"><span class="text 1John-1-3"><a href="https://hushmoney.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://hushmoney.org/</a></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy

Aug 14, 2022

Drawing the Biblical Dividing Line on Abortion

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> July 10, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-16" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/abortion-pro-life-eternal-life">Abortion, Pro-Life, Eternal Life</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/abortion">Abortion</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Ps%20127.1%E2%80%935;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Ps 127.1–5" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Psalm 127:1–5</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%208.28%E2%80%9329;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 8.28–29" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 8:28–29</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Prov%2026.4%E2%80%935;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Prov 26.4–5" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Proverbs 26:4–5</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Thess%205.21%E2%80%9322;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Thess 5.21–22" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Thessalonians 5:21–22</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%206.10%E2%80%9318;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 6.10–18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 6:10–18</a></span></span></span><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15"><br /></span></p> <p><span class="text Matt-18-20">Topics include the Christian response to be biblically pro-life, without compromises, as individuals and as a church, in politics and in society; evaluation of several pro-life organizations and ministries.<br /></span></p> <p>It was a long and intense day of spiritual warfare on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Over 100 people spoke on the wicked abortion agenda. Many were surprised that city council voted against it. The pro choice side became unhinged and started screaming and cussing. They even threatened the police, who escorted us outside the building.</p> <p>We should thank and encourage those who voted against abortion, and admonish those in favor. It was also encouraging that the police chief was also against the abortion item.</p> <p>You can watch our brothers and sisters speak starting at 02:49:12:<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/8L2S5VdgbbM?t=2h49m12s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/8L2S5VdgbbM?t=2h49m12s</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/8L2S5VdgbbM?t=4h5m25s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/8L2S5VdgbbM?t=4h5m25s</a></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-17091" class="text Prov-24-11"></span>You can attend and protest against evils in your city at city hall and <a href="https://epcounty.com/public-comment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">county commissioner meetings</a>. If you cannot attend in person you can typically still participate online and speak via phone or video call. <span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">You can view our church's abortion protests at the local County Commissioner's Court <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsPR0uloT4&t=1h25m20s&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</span></span><span class="text Matt-18-20">

Jul 10, 2022

Abortion, the Church & the State

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> July 3, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-16" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/abortion-pro-life-eternal-life">Abortion, Pro-Life, Eternal Life</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-state">Church & State</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%202.10%E2%80%9311;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Cor 2.10–11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Corinthians 2:10–11</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Col%202.8;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Col 2.8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Colossians 2:8</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%204.27;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 4.27" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 4:27</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%209.39%E2%80%9341;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 9.39–41" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 9:39–41</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Tim%202.14%E2%80%9315;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Tim 2.14–15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Timothy 2:14–15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2010.16;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 10.16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 10:16</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%207.15%E2%80%9327;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 7.15–27" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 7:15–27</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Isa%205.7%E2%80%9324;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Isa 5.7–24" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Isaiah 5:7–24</a></span></span></span><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15"><br /></span></p> <p><span class="text Matt-18-20">Topics include feminism, pro-choice; the Christian response to be biblically pro-life, without compromises, as individuals and as a church, in politics and in society.</span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-17091" class="text Prov-24-11"></span>You can attend and protest against evils in your city at city hall and <a href="https://epcounty.com/public-comment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">county commissioner meetings</a>. If you cannot attend in person you can typically still participate online and speak via phone or video call. <span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">You can view our church's abortion protests at the local County Commissioner's Court <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsPR0uloT4&t=1h25m20s&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</span></span><span class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj"><span id="en-ESV-29992" class="text Heb-3-13"><br /></span></span></spa

Jul 3, 2022

The Spiritual Reality & Warfare of Abortion | Isaiah 34:14

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 26, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-16" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/abortion-pro-life-eternal-life">Abortion, Pro-Life, Eternal Life</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/abortion">Abortion</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture: </strong><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%201.18%E2%80%9320;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 1.18–20" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 1:18–20</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Lev%2020.1%E2%80%935;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Lev 20.1–5" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Leviticus 20:1–5</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Ps%20106.34%E2%80%9341;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Ps 106.34–41" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Psalm 106:34–41</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Isa%2013.1%E2%80%9321;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Isa 13.1–21" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Isaiah 13:1–21</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Isa%2034.14;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Isa 34.14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Isaiah 34:14</a></span></span></span><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15"><br /></span></p> <p><span class="text Matt-18-20">Topics include feminism; spiritual warfare, Molech and Lilith; what it means to be truly, biblically pro-life, without compromises, as individuals and as a church, in politics and in society.</span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-17091" class="text Prov-24-11"></span>You can attend and protest against evils in your city at city hall and <a href="https://epcounty.com/public-comment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">county commissioner meetings</a>. If you cannot attend in person you can typically still participate online and speak via phone or video call. <span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">You can view our church's abortion protests at the local County Commissioner's Court <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsPR0uloT4&t=1h25m20s&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</span></span><span class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj"><span id="en-ESV-29992" class="text Heb-3-13"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version&a

Jun 26, 2022

The Local Church | Romans 12:1-21

<div class="ParagraphWithScriptures__text-container"> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 19, 2022 <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19311/david-callendine" rel="p-19311">David Callendine</a> </span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/the-church">The Church</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%2012.1%E2%80%9321;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 12.1–21" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 12:1–21</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Thess%203.6;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Thess 3.6" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Thessalonians 3:6</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2018.15%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 18.15–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 18:15–17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%204.2%E2%80%933;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 4.2–3" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 4:2–3</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%2016.1%E2%80%932;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 16.1–2" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 16:1–2</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/3%20John%201.8%E2%80%9310;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="3 John 1.8–10" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">3 John 1:8–10</a></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span class="text 1John-1-7">Join the local church</span></li> <li><span class="text 1John-1-7">Participate in the local church, despite conflict</span></li> <li><span class="text 1John-1-7">Associate the local church with like-minded churches</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <h4><strong>1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 26: Of the Church</strong></h4> <p><strong>12. </strong>As all believers are bound to join themselves to particular churches, when and where they have opportunity so to do; so all that are admitted unto the privileges of a church, are also under the censures and government thereof, according to the rule of Christ.<a id="top-0_25" class="superscript" href="https://1689londonbaptistconfession.com/all-chapters#0_25"> </a><span class="scriptures-section"><span class="scripture">1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14-15</span></span></p> <p><strong>13. </strong>No church members, upon any offence taken by them, having performed their duty required of them towards the person they are offended at, ought to disturb any church-order, or absent themselves from the assemblies of the church, or administration of any ordinances, upon the accou

Jun 19, 2022

God's Case Against Abortion & Regard for the Unborn

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> June 12, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-16" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/abortion-pro-life-eternal-life">Abortion, Pro-Life, Eternal Life</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/abortion">Abortion</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Exod%2021.22%E2%80%9325;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Exod 21.22–25" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Exodus 21:22–25</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gen%209.5%E2%80%937;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gen 9.5–7" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Genesis 9:5–7</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Ps%20139.13%E2%80%9316;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Ps 139.13–16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Psalm 139:13–16</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Ps%2022.9%E2%80%9311;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Ps 22.9–11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Psalm 22:9–11</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%201.34%E2%80%9344;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 1.34–44" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 1:34–44</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Prov%2024.11;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Prov 24.11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Proverbs 24:11</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Prov%206.16%E2%80%9319;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Prov 6.16–19" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Proverbs 6:16–19</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Amos%201.13%E2%80%9315;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Amos 1.13–15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Amos 1:13–15</a></span></span></span><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15"><br /></span></p> <p><span class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj"><span id="en-ESV-17091" class="text Prov-24-11">Rescue those who are being taken away to death;</span><span class="indent-1"> <span class="text Prov-24-11">hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. Proverbs 24:11</span></span></span></span></p> <p>You can attend and protest against evils in your city at city hall and <a href="https://epcounty.com/public-comment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">county commissioner meetings</a>. If you cannot attend in person you can typically still participate online and speak via phone or video call.</p> <p><span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">You can view our church's abortion protests, including the one on June 6, 2022 at the local County Commissioner's Court <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsPR0uloT4&t=1h25m20s&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</span></span>&lt

Jun 12, 2022

The Resurrection: Its Veracity, Counterfeits, Power & Significance | Luke 24:1-27

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> April 17, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-14" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/seasonal">Seasonal</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/resurrection">Resurrection</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2024.1%E2%80%9327;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 24.1–27" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 24:1–27</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%2015.1%E2%80%935;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Cor 15.1–5" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 15:1–5</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Jer%2044.15%E2%80%9327;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Jer 44.15–27" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Jeremiah 44:15–27</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%204.23%E2%80%9325;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 4.23–25" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 4:23–25</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/John%205.19%E2%80%9329;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="John 5.19–29" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">John 5:19–29</a></span></span><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"><span class="text 1John-1-1"><br /></span></span></p> <p>Sermon on Resurrection Sunday.</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Apr 17, 2022

Church Discipline (3): The Right Scripture for the Right Problem | Hebrews 3:12-13

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Jan 23, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-15" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/biblical-church-discipline">Biblical Church Discipline</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-discipline">Church Discipline </a></span><span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%203.12%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 3.12–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 3:12–13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Tim%204.1%E2%80%934;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Tim 4.1–4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Timothy 4:1–4</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Col%203.12%E2%80%9315;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Col 3.12–15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Colossians 3:12–15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2018.15%E2%80%9317;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 18.15–17" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 18:15–17</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%205.21%E2%80%9326;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 5.21–26" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 5:21–26</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%206.1%E2%80%938;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Cor 6.1–8" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 6:1–8</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Eph%205.1%E2%80%9314;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Eph 5.1–14" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Ephesians 5:1–14</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gal%201.6%E2%80%939;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gal 1.6–9" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Galatians 1:6–9</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/3%20John%201.9%E2%80%9310;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="3 John 1.9–10" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">3 John 1:9–10</a></span></span><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"></span><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15"><br /></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">Topics include adultery and divorce; excommunication and sins that imply finality; Diotrephes and domineering, abusive church leaders.<br /></span></span></p> <p><span class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj"><span id="en-ESV-29991" class="text Heb-3-12">Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.</span> <span id="en-ESV-29992" class="text Heb-3-13">But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the d

Jan 23, 2022

Church Discipline (2): Repent, Forgive, Reconcile, Restore | Matthew 18:15-35

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Jan 16, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-15" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/biblical-church-discipline">Biblical Church Discipline</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-discipline">Church Discipline</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%203.12%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 3.12–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 3:12–13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Lev%2019.16%E2%80%9318;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Lev 19.16–18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Leviticus 19:16–18</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%205.38%E2%80%9345;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 5.38–45" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 5:38–45</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Deut%209.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Deut 9.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Deuteronomy 9:15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2018.15%E2%80%9335;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 18.15–35" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 18:15–35</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2017.3%E2%80%934;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 17.3–4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 17:3–4</a></span></span><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"></span></p> <h3><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15">If Your Brother Sins Against You</span></h3> <p><span class="text Matt-18-15"><span class="woj">“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23741" class="text Matt-18-16"><span class="woj">But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23742" class="text Matt-18-17"><span class="woj">If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23743" class="text Matt-18-18"><span class="woj">Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23744" class="text Matt-18-19"><span class="woj">Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Matthew 18:15-20<br /></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrownc

Jan 16, 2022

Church Discipline (1): Its Purpose & Process | 2 Corinthians 13:11

<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Jan 9, 2022  <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-15" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/biblical-church-discipline">Biblical Church Discipline</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-discipline">Church Discipline</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture: </strong><a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%2013.11;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="2 Cor 13.11" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">2 Corinthians 13:11</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Pet%201.14%E2%80%9316;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Pet 1.14–16" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Peter 1:14–16</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Rom%207.13;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Rom 7.13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 7:13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/1%20Cor%205.1%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="1 Cor 5.1–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 5:1–13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Col%203.12%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Col 3.12–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Colossians 3:12–13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Gal%206.1;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Gal 6.1" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Galatians 6:1</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%207.1%E2%80%935;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 7.1–5" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 7:1–5</a></span></span><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"></span></p> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Part 1: The Purpose & Process of Biblical Church Discipline</h3> <p>Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 2 Corinthians 13:11</p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>

Jan 9, 2022