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Love is not
affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

 


University church of Christ

 

Assembly Times

 Sunday

   Bible Classes (9:30)

   AM Worship (10:20)

   PM Worship (6:00 pm)

 Wednesday

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Location

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Auburn, AL 36830
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Evangelist

Larry Rouse
1174 Terrace Acres Drive
Auburn, AL 36830

Cell:    (334) 734-2133
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A Study of the Local Church
Wed. Night Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse
Download the outlines:
Lesson1 - Attitudes Towards Open Study and Resolving Differences
Lesson 2 - The Need to Find Bible Authority
Lesson 3 - The Local Church and the Individual Christian
Lesson 4 - The Work of a Local Church
Lesson 5 - The Organization of a Local Church
Lesson 6 - The Fellowship of a Christian

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A Friendly Discussion on Mormonism

Held at the University church of Christ -
February 17, 2011

 


Following the Footsteps of Jesus
Bible Class by Larry Rouse

Download the current outlines:
Lesson1 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus in Baptism
Lesson 2 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus in Praying
Lesson 3 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus in Teaching
Lesson4 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus to the Cross

Lesson 5 - Follow the Footsteps of Jesus to Heaven

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Building a Biblical  Faith

College Class

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A Study of Evangelism
(Studies in the Cross of Christ)
College Bible Class by Larry Rouse

 

A Study of the Life of Joseph



Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse

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Building a Biblical Home Bible Class Series

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Effective Prayer

by Steve Klein

Prayer is the means by which weak and frail men tap into the boundless power of an Almighty God.  There is "nothing too hard" for God (Jeremiah 32:17).  He is "able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us" (Ephesians 3:20).  Despite this, there are Christians who have little confidence in their prayers. They may know their responsibility to pray (1 Thessalonians 5:17), but they do not feel that their prayers have much effect.  Perhaps this is the way you view your own prayers.  What can be done to make our prayers more effective, powerful and life-changing?  Try the following:

Pray Before All Else Fails

All too often, we use prayer as a last resort.  We try everything under the sun to solve our own problems, allow those problems to overwhelm us, and then we think to call upon God.  In Psalms 63:1, David said, "O God, You are my God; early will I seek You." Note the word "early."   We need to realize that the first and best solution to every problem is to seek God's help.   We need to give it to God before it overwhelms us! "For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him" (Psalms 32:6).  Lincoln once said, "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go."   If we'd start with that mindset, we might be amazed at how effective prayer suddenly becomes for us. 

Pray in Faith

We need to understand not only that God has the power to give us what we need, but also that He wants to give it!  When we ask God for anything according to His will, He hears us (1 John 5:14).  If we do not trust that He has our best interest at heart, or that He has the power to grant our requests, it does little good to ask Him.  James commands that we "ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord" (James 1:6-7).

Work to make it happen

Faith without works is dead (James 2:26).  If we are praying in faith, we will work to make our prayer happen.  Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became one of the most eloquent voices for freeing the slaves in the years leading up to the War Between the States; Douglass once said, "I prayed for twenty years (for my freedom) but received no answer until I prayed with my legs."  We need to pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended upon us.

Live a Righteous Life

James 5:16 says, "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."  God listens to people who listen to Him. "The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." (1 Peter 3:12).  But God does not listen to those who pay Him no attention.  "One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination" (Proverbs 28:9). 

Your prayers can be powerful!  "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened" (Matthew 7:7-8).

 

Other Articles by Steve Klein
Doing Odd Things to Get Even
Are You Tired of Doing the Right Thing?
How Men Act When They Repent

 

 

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Student Sunday Night Home Study and Singing

 

 

Our God He Is Alive! (Evidences From DNA by Buddy Payne)
PowerPoint
Audio of Lesson

 

Making God Real to Us by Joshua Carter - Nov. 27, 2011
Outline
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

The College Christian by Harold Carswell - Nov. 6, 2011
Outline
Audio of Lesson (Part 1)
Audio of Lesson (Part 2)
Audio of Singing

My Struggle as a College Student by Kyle Gibson- Oct. 23, 2011
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

"I Press" by Dee Bowman
Aug. 21, 2011
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

When Evolutionist Tell the Truth by David Tant
Outline
PowerPoint
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

Situation Ethics by Caleb George - March 30, 2011
Audio of Lesson
Audio of Singing

 

 


Studies by David Tant at the University church of Christ

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How to Study the Bible
College Class

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Monthly Bible Study in Lagrange
at the Eastside church of Christ in LaGrange, Georgia

Overcoming the Present Apostasy by Larry Rouse

 

Saturday October 9, 2010


9:30 AM
- How do We View the Bible?

Outline
PowerPoint
Audio

 

Saturday December 11, 2010

9:30 AM - How Do We View the World?

Outline
PowerPoint
 

Saturday May 14, 2011

9:30 AM - How Do We View God's Order for Leadership?

Outline
PowerPoint
 

Saturday June 11, 2011

9:30 AM - How Do We View the Local Church?

Outline
PowerPoint
Audio

 

Saturday July 9, 2011

9:30 AM - How Do We View God's instruction on Fellowship?

Outline
PowerPoint
 

 


Messianic Prophecies in the Book of Isaiah
Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse
Sunday Mornings at 9:30
Download the current outlines:
Lesson 1 - The Time and Reign of the Messiah
Lesson 2 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 42)
Lesson 3 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 49)
Lesson 4 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 50)
Lesson 5 - The Servant Songs (Isaiah 52-53)
Lesson 6 - The Virgin Birth (Isa. 7)

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Sermon Series on the Book of 1 John
by Robert Harkrider

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Themes From the Life of David
Sunday Adult Bible Class by Larry Rouse

 

A Study of Religious Beliefs

Wednesday Night College Bible Class

Download the current outlines:
Lesson 1 - Introduction and Approach
Lesson 2 - The Roman Catholic Church
Lesson 3 - An Overview of Islam
Lesson 4 - An Overview of Mormonism
Lesson 5 - An Overview of Pentecostalism
Lesson 6 - An Overview of Calvinism

 


Student Sunday Night Home Study and Singing

 

 

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