The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light (Isaiah 9:2a) These are the opening words from the prophet Isaiah that we have had read tonight They are words of hope for a people long ago But for us – tonight – they are the announcement – the declaration of the greatest significance that the…

According to American astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a white dwarf star in the constellation of Centaurus, next to the Southern Cross, has been found to have a 3000-kilometre-wide core of crystallized carbon, or diamond. It weighs 2.27 thousand trillion trillion tons…

Matthew 5:9 is somewhat the pinnacle of verses 7-9. As believers we are to be peacemakers, not peacekeepers. What do we mean by that? Listen to todays message and find out!

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 (NIV) But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 15 For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the…

The sense of humor, or joy, is your defense system to maintain your senity, and love is your plan of attack. Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain gives you 3 sets of plans of attack. The first set is about spiritual plan of attack, the second set is physical plan of attack, and the third set is identity plan of attack. Each set has roughly four instructions. Let’s take a look.

Years ago when I was going through seminary- along with going to school I also worked as a security guard to help pay for my education. It was an awful schedule. I was working third shift, then going directly to school in the morning and then sleeping during the afternoon. So I would go to work at 10:30…

What It Really Means to Be A Child of God Not all people are children of God. That may be a surprise for you to hear, but I want to talk about what the Bible says, not about what the culture says. It’s a feel-good quote when people bring up racial tensions that is just not what the Bible says. The Bible,…

Reaching out as The Sons of God

Intro Title: Whose Child Are We? Text: 37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.” John 8.37-38 10 In this the children of God and the children…

When we serve God there will be someone who objects to how we do it. We need to take the time to explain our ministry, how it serves God, how it is based on God's word. We need to preserve the Unity of the Body of Christ as we serve.

What was the sin of Sodom? What does its destruction by the Lord tell us about Him, and about the people of Sodom? Is there grace and mercy to be found in this horrific story, which is just as true as the story of God's love found in Jesus? Join the Grace United Crew as we recount this part of God's grand story of His judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah.

No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you.

The Distinction of the Christian 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. matt DT: When the Christian exemplifies peace, in his life, he distinguishes himself from the world Aim: We will glorify God by…

***** SERMON MANUSCRIPT***** Melburn H. Hardin, D.Min. Kerrville, Texas TITLE: The Sons of God SCRIPTURE: Galatians 3:26-4:7 TOPIC: SERIES TITLE: No Other Gospel! INDEX NUMBER: SF 1452 DATE PREPARED: 2007/02/12 DATE PREACHED: 2007/02/18 PLACE PREACHED: Kerrville Sunrise Baptist Church ********** Introduction…

As Children of God based on faith in Jesus Christ, we are called to live as overcomers, keeping God's commands and loving one another. We need to lean more and more on God and listen to the world less and less to be able to live like the overcomers we are.

Think about what the Lord's love can do for you. 1. It can give us a relationship with God (vs. 9). 2. It can lead us to rejoice (vs. 9-11). 3. It can lead us to resemble our Savior (vs. 12). 4. It can rescue us from our sin (vs. 13).

(ESV) 3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we…

Over the past couple of week’s, we have been talking about prayer – both the dos and don’ts as well as the proper and improper ways to pray as addressed by our Lord. In this Lesson we will embark on a verse by verse breakdown of the prayer our Lord shared with His disciples in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 6, verses 9-13.

We Shall Overcome It was the most powerful song of the 20th century. It started out in church pews and picket lines, inspired one of the greatest freedom movements in U.S. history, and went on to topple governments and bring about reform all over the world. Word for word, the short, simple lyrics of…

Praise God for Every Spiritual Blessing in Christ

Introduction Today is Mother’s Day, and I know that throughout the day today many of you have plans to celebrate and honor your mom or the mother of your children. I also know that today is a very difficult day for many of you, and I want you to know that I’ve prayed specifically for you that the Lord…