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Emmaus is a Reformed Baptist church in Hemet, California. We are a community of Christ followers who love God, love one another, and serve the church, community, and nations, for the glory of God and for our joy.
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LORD'S DAY WORSHIP (SUNDAYS)
10:00am Corporate Worship
In the Emmaus Chapel at Cornerstone
26089 Girard St.
Hemet, CA 92544
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Sunday School For Adults
9:00am to 9:45am most Sundays (Schedule)
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43430 E. Florida Ave. #F329
Hemet, CA 92544
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At Emmaus we believe that God has given parents, especially fathers the authority and responsibility to train and instruct children up in the Lord. In addition, we believe that God has ordained the gathering of all generations, young to old, to worship Him together in one place and at one time. Therefore, each and every Sunday our children worship the Lord alongside their parents and other members of God’s family.
Learn MoreEmmaus Reformed Baptist Church is committed to the fullfilment of the Great Commision given by our Lord when he said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:18-20 ESV), through the planting of local churches, both at home and abroad.
Sep 14
23
Brothers and Sisters,
Do you remember how a few Sundays ago I spent a good bit of time introducing the Gospel of John, talking about different views concerning authorship and the dating of the book? All of that eventually lead to the comment, by way of application, that “we Christians need to learn to think critically about the ideas of those who think critically about the Bible.” In other words, we should not blindly buy into the ideas of these liberal scholars who seek to undermine the authority of scripture simply because they have written best selling books, or teach at prestigious universities, or appear on television. They may be brilliant, but that does not meant they are correct. They may have high IQ’s, but do not forget that their hearts may be at war with the living God, and their intellect used, not for the glory of God, but for the defamation of his name.
I would like to recommend an episode on the Reformed Forum podcast in which a number of Christian scholars do this very thing – they think critically about the ideas of those who think critically (in this case, the ideas of Bart Ehrman).
This episode will give you a glimpse into the kinds of debates that take place in scholarly circles in regard to the trustworthiness of the Bible and orthodox Christian belief. This episode is particularly timely in that it deals with the subject of the early churches view of the deity of Christ, John 1:1-14 being a central text in that conversation.
I hope you can listen in. Enjoy!
Pastor Joe
http://reformedforum.org/podcasts/ctc351/
Aug 14
26
I came across this insightful and encouraging quote by Tedd Tripp and thought I would share it with all of you.
“Give your children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of.”
Parents, I exhort you to remain faithful to the instruction you are giving your children. The Lord is and will continue to use your work to bring about His purposes. Let us also not forget to be in prayer for our children!
Jul 14
9
I came across a good article on how to prepare yourself and your family to listen to the sermon each Sunday. If you have a couple minutes, I encourage you to read it.
Click here to read the article.
Jun 14
9
I encourage you all to listen to the first episode of the Emmaus Round Table answering the questions why do we use a catechism to teach our children the truths of scripture and why did we move from using a hybrid catechism to the full Baptist Catechism?
You can listen to the podcast here.
You can also find a side by side comparison of the Westminster Shorter Catechism and Baptist Catechism here and then selecting one of the week of June 8th or later.
God Bless!
May 14
30
The end goal of teaching the catechism to our children is to systematically teach them the basic doctrines of scripture. At the root of this process is equipping our children with great biblical vocabulary. John Piper in his article, The Poverty of Theological Vocabulary, explains the importance of vocabulary.
“There is an intimate relationship, however, between our power to enjoy a sensuous experience and our capacity to describe it with words. In “Lines Composed Above Tintern Abbey” Wordsworth is not taken up nearly so much with the joy of revisiting the banks of the Wye as he is with the pleasure this moment will bring him in the coming years “recollected in tranquility.”
To put it simply, without a full and rich language of the sense, we will lose the enduring quality of our sensuous joys, and, what’s worse, with the atrophy of our descriptive capacities the power of all our enjoyment languishes. When you cease to use the word “tree” in your vocabulary, you have probably ceased to look at trees.
The relation this has to theological vocabulary is this: The fastest and easiest way to obliterate the language of the sense and the power of the senses is to read only poverty-stricken theology.”
So as we catechize our children, whether or not they are at an age to fully comprehend the doctrine, we are equipping them with biblically rich vocabulary. When we teach our little ones words like justification, sanctification, redemption, mercy, grace, they may not comprehend their meanings yet, but we have given them the vocabulary to build their knowledge upon and to experience the full joy of the Lord!
By John Piper. ©2014 Desiring God Foundation. Website: desiringGod.org
May 14
21
Hello Emmaus,
I don’t do this very often, but I would highly recommend (almost beg) that you take the time to listen to a recent episode on the White Horse Inn Podcast, entitled Youth Ministry in Crisis. There are also two other more recent episodes that would be worth listening to (The State of Youth Ministry and Keeping our Kids), but I would ask that you at least take the time to listen to the first one I mentioned.
Why do I want you to listen to this? So that you can better understand why it is that we are doing what we are doing with our children, youth, and parents! We are odd in our approach to children’s and youth ministry, there’s no doubt about that. Understanding why we are taking this approach will go along way in strengthening our commitment to having our children in the worship service, catechizing our children, and engaging our children in deep and meaningful conversations about the scriptures and spiritual things.
I look forward to hearing feedback from you!
Blessings,
Joe
Jan 14
30
Brothers and Sisters,
I recently came across this episode from the “Office Hours” podcast of Westminster Seminary California, which I though did an excellent job at communicating the role of the Holy Spirit in sanctification.
It’s 28 minutes long, and I guarantee that you will enjoy listing to Dr. Hywel R. Jones (you’ll see what I mean).
Blessings,
Joe
Office Hours Website
Office Hours Podcast
Jan 14
22
I always appreciate the insights gained from Michael Horton and the rest of the contributors on The White Horse Inn, but I found this episode to be particularly insightful.
I would imagine that most Christians have, at some time in their lives, puzzled over the texts in Joshua where God commands the people of Israel to utterly destroy all of the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. How are we to interpret these passages? Should they be in the Bible? If so, how do these texts jive with the emphasis upon love and mercy that we see in Christ? And beyond that, what do these texts say to us today about war in general, or holy war in particular?
Certainly these are challenging questions. In fact, these are the texts that critics of the Bible will often go to first. Critics will claim that the God of the Old Testament is different than the God of the New, or that the God of the Bible is, in fact, morally repulsive. In my opinion, Horton and the crew deal beautifully with this difficulty.
As you listen I would encourage you to take special note of the way that these men go about interpreting scripture. Among other things, they pay special attention to the context of the book of Joshua. Not only do they pay attention the cultural and literary context, but also the redemptive historical context.
I notice that there are also other episodes pertaining to this topic both before and after this one in the White Horse Inn archives. Though I have not listened to them, I’m confident in these men to recommend them to you as well.
Please have a listen!
Pastor Joe
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/holy-war/id356920632?i=234013247&mt=2
Web: http://www.whitehorseinn.org/blog/2014/01/19/whi-1189-holy-war/
"Him we proclaim,
warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom,
that we may present everyone mature in Christ."
(Colossians 1:28, ESV)
