Month: September 2025

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Introducing Wisdom :: The Paradoxes of Wisdom

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 9/21/25 by Pastor Steve Shields.

Wisdom is a gift that must be pursued. While wisdom comes as a gift from God, you must pursue it as though it depended upon you.

Wisdom expands your life by limiting you. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Wisdom is both earthly and spiritual. Biblical wisdom protects you spiritually.

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What Are We Doing Here? – The Church and Its Mission

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 9/7/25 by Pastor Steve Shields.

What is the church? A building. A family. A gathering. A moral and cultural fixture. A body. God’s implement to shatter the gates of hell.

Why I’m committed to Alliance Missions.

Our message is the centrality of Christ. Jesus answered “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6.

Our mission is to complete the great commission. A commission is a calling to complete a task. “…go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20

Our method is to plant missionary churches.

Our members are a missionary movement.

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Are You Ready? :: PARABLES

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 8/31/25 by Pastor Steve Shields.

Pastor Steve takes us through Luke 12:35-48 and asks the question are you ready for the end times?

What are the essentials? The return of Jesus Christ is an absolute certainty and He expects us to be ready. Don’t confuse end-times study with end-times preparedness.

Being prepared means being the people who do what Jesus commanded. Love one another, Love your neighbor, Love God. Love your enemies, Turn the other cheek. Do good to the “least of these”. Go above and beyond. Your preparedness reveals your heart!

What does a ready heart look like? Watchful, faithful and diligent.

What kind of servant am I? Are you thinking about what matters? Are you doing what matters? Are you being who you were made to be?

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I Need To Be A Grace Filled Person :: PARABLES

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 8/24/25 by Pastor Steve Shields.

Listen as Pastor Steve leads us through Matthew 18:21-35.

When we fail to forgive, we show we don’t get it. God shows us grace, and we need to show others grace.

God shows us a grace that is grace, that is faithful, that is available to all, that is counterintuitive, that is effective, that brings glory to Himself.

We show others grace that is grace, that is faithful, that is available to all, that is counterintuitive, that is effective, that shows God’s glory and goodness. So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. I Corinthians 10:31

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