Happy Mothers Day!! What is your heritage?

Colossians 4:15-18 Stephen Caswell © 1999 The Danger of Standing Alone A few winters ago, heavy snows hit North Carolina. Following a wet, six-inch snowfall, it was interesting to see the effect along Interstate 40. Next to the highway stood several large groves of tall, young pine trees. The branches…

If you thought water to wine was good, think about turning stain to saint!

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such…

Greet One Another Romans 16:1-16 ; I Peter 5:14 ; 1 Corinthians 16:20 ; 2 Corinthians 13:12-13 “Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings.” Romans 16:16 Today we begin a Lenten series based on the “One Another” passages found in the New Testament. As I have been praying…

Introduction 1Th 5:16-18 , “ 16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” It’s amazing to see how God keeps arranging these little intersections of texts and teachers on Wednesday night. Tonight we are going to be looking at…

To see Christ’s power in our lives, we must begin with a proper understanding of God’s Word, coupled with prayers for believers.

Setting up the series Paul’s life is drawing to an end. The times have changed and he knew what was coming. We have before us now his final instructions, final appeals to his young protege Timothy. (intro to 2nd Timothy slide here) Paul as certain of his death ( 2Tim4:6 ) and many of his contemporaries…

Study of Paul's Doctrine found in Romans 1:1 of his greeting to the Church in Rome

I. Paul's Focus on Christ in His Own Life (vs. 1) II. Paul's Focus on Christ in the Life of the Colossians (vs. 2)

In this sermon we introduce the letter of 1 Corinthians, focusing particularly on how Paul's introduction roots the Corinthians believers in their identity in Christ. It all begins with our identity in Christ.

There is no "audio only" option for this message, but you can view it on our YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/8A3FEMzAN78. We are starting a new sermon series entitled, Practical Faith. This series is an in-depth study of the Letter of James. The purpose of this message is to introduce you to the author, his audience and other pertinent background information that will assist us in better understanding this letter. This sermon is based on James 1:1.

Colossians 4:2-6 – 2 Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. 3 Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains. 4 Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.…

Live joyfully in Jesus Christ through generosity in gospel partnership, gratitude for God's provision, greeting the saints through fellowship, and living a grace-centered life.

We see the power of the Holy Spirit helping testify to Christ who is to come. who was sent from the Father in heaven to bring joy to those lost in sin.

At the end of a letter we expect to see personal details. In a letter written almost 2,000 years ago, we would expect some of these to be obscure to us. A lot of ink has been spilled trying to work it all out, but instead this sermon from Heb, 13:8-25 focuses on the common theme which answers the question, "How can we finish the race well?" Sermon begins at about 16:30.

So to start today, I have a video I want to show you. Now, do you remember what the angels said to the shepherds? They said, “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy.” Do you know what a tiding is? It is news, it is an announcement made, an important announcement. An announcement that would bring…

Paul closes the Philippian letter with a reminder of God's Glory, Greeting, and grace.

To prepare for glory, we must have the proper attitude towards Christ.

the sixteenth chapter of Romans is unusual in the Pauline epistles. Verses 3-16 record paul's greeting to no less than 26 people. An occasional greeting occurs in just a few of Paul's letters, but just one or two names are mentioned. The last letter we have of Paul's is Second Timothy, there he mentions a few names, and this may be because his approaching execution may be making Paul somewhat more emotional. Still, nothing comes close to the closing section of Romans. What can we learn from this? Perhaps we can learn a little about ourselves.

Those who are with Paul and their greetings

Message One of Series: Encouragement for Foreigners- 1 Peter Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those chosen, living as exiles dispersed abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to…

You Greet This week we bring our time in Philippians to a close. What makes this Please open your Bibles to . Read . I read this passage and thought that it was appropriate not only for this week but also what is to come. Later this week, 12 of us are going to be flying from LAX to the Czech Republic.…

walking through the book of Ephesians