Introduction: As the second day dawned, the earth was still covered with water. It probably had the appearance of mud, with no dry land and no breathable atmosphere. Its entire surface was liquid elements, predominantly water, situated in a spherical shape and hung on nothing in space (Job 26:7). Also…

God had spoken. The one who speaks expects to be heard. And God was heard. Speaking is the first active verb of the universe. The only verb that existed before creation was the “is-ness” of God. There can be no speech without a speaker. Speaking is how God created the universe. This is the metaphor of…

What Is So Important About The Cross? For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The next day John saw Jesus coming…

James Montgomery Boice: It would be difficult to say anything negative about any one of the psalms, since each is a part of sacred Scripture and is given to us by God for our benefit. Every psalm in the Psalter has undoubtedly been of great spiritual benefit to many millions of persons. Yet we cannot…

Introduction: A. God’s Word created water creatures and air creatures (v.20). 1. “Then God said…” (v.20). a) The power of God’s Word. (1) God’s Word can set the hardest heart afire or else pound it like a hammer until it breaks and surrenders to Christ. The Lord says in Jeremiah "Is not My word like…

We're going back to Bible College to unpack the details behind the plagues account in Exodus. Welcome to Plagues 101! Mankind has always been tempted to look past the Creator and worship creation. The Egyptians fell into this trap as well. God uses Pharaoh's hardened heart to pour out a calculated attack on every Egyptian false god. One by one, they all fall until the only one left standing, is Pharaoh. In the end, we see that what is created should lead us to the Creator, then to the Cross.

Prayer So this week, we’re actually going to PAUSE from our walk through the gospel of John... and we’re going to stay on this topic that we’ve come across in the 1st chapter of John... Baptism Two weeks ago, we looked at how John the Baptist was sent by God the Father to prepare the way for Jesus Christ...…

Rev. Mark A. Barber Several years ago during the Great Recession, several retailers in an attempt to increase slumping sales advertised a “Christmas in July” sale. They put out the Christmas decorations and even played “Christmas” songs in the stores to try to get shoppers in the buying spirit. To me,…

Announcements: How many of you long to have the FAITH of the Abraham? How about the faith of David? How about - the Apostle Paul? How about ANY of the apostles? How about Jim Elliot? I think if we’re honest, we’ll read about all these men in scripture or in history... …and we find ourselves - LONGING…

Title: The Great God of Creation Text: Genesis 1:1-19, Psalm 8:1-4 Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on June 17, 2007 www.goldcountrybaptist.org NOTE: To view the presentation played by Pastor Phil in the beginning of the sermon about how the heavens and earth declare the…

First of all, we are all ministers. Jesus did not come to our world and live here so we could just come to church and hang out, He came to empower us to change the world. Why did God create us? Let’s review God’s purpose for creating us in the first place. 1. We were made to have a relationship with…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Edwin Conklin the biologist said, "The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop." The Christian says that life was created by God, but modern science feels that it will…

Romans 10:14-17 "Share it"

God Reveals Himself to Us – Part I In a General Sort of Way I was recently at a wedding reception (yes we have had a few at this church lately) and all of us at the reception watched a video. The video captured the events just prior to this couples’ engagement – just prior to the actually proposal. Everybody…

Examining what Visionary Faith is not and what it involves.

Doctrine: Sin Theme: Refusing the truth in unrighteousness destroys divine order. Proposition: That post-modern society is perpetuating a continual descent out of God’s divine order. Only society’s understanding of and holding onto the gospel of Christ through faith can/will restore God’s order. Scripture:…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time! I wanted to take a moment and say thank you to all who participated and coordinated our Christmas Eve service, “What a Blessing!” Also, thank you for your kindness that you…

It’s dangerous to use a word and not know what it means. (Mr. Barrett illustration) There is a chance that you have used the word worship for a long time without knowing exactly what it means. And yet, so much can be said and only begin to scratch the surface talking about worship. Churches have feuded…

INTRODUCTION: Today is Easter, and I know many of you treasure this day and what it represents. I also know that for some the idea that we are not gathered on Easter as a church is disappointing and discouraging. But I also want to challenge you today to consider why we gather regularly on Sunday to…