It’s now the Christmas season … my favorite time of the year. I love Christmas movies, even though they are corny… We have been doing a Wednesday series, Living a Radical Life for Jesus. Tonight, I want to look at Living with Radical Faith. What is radical faith? to understand what that is, we will look…

Today we are looking at John 6:28-29 . This passage is in the middle of Jesus’ interaction with the crowds he had miraculously fed on the other side of the Sea of Galilee from only 5 small barley loaves and two fish. He fed them, and then returned to Capernaum supernaturally walking on the water to meet…

Genesis 4:1-16 Basic Proposition: Two brothers who no doubt had personal contact with God, what went wrong to lead to betrayal and murder. When we commit ourselves to the work of the Lord it is important to give our best because when we do something half hearted it is often consumed by sin. The Action…

With God in your life there should be no fear. Be still....and Know!!

What are you still holding on to? Lay it at the foot of the cross!

The Holy Place 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place : (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren,…

Romans 13:1-7 "God & Government"

Introduction But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him. This morning we will be continue to be reminded of the faith of the O.T. saints and how that faith required immense sacrifice in their lives. That same sacrifice is required of us. Living by faith produces…

The central lesson deals with true and false worship, true and false approaches to God. (POSB)

Introduction This week we are going to talk about faith. Faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the church today... and It is even more of a confusing concept in the culture. == Faith is not wishful thinking. It is not wishful thinking with some consideration of God mixed in. Some people…

Today we are looking at John 6:16-21 . This is the third part in a Mini-series on Fear which we have been doing together. Jesus used the situation of a storm to teach His disciples about dealing with Fear. Let’s look this passage together. When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where…

Prayer With this week being Father’s Day, we thought it would be a good time to conduct a baby dedication service... as well as recognize our Graduate for 2018. With that said, we’re going to be looking at another Father in scripture... ABRAHAM 367 years after the Flood, God seeks out Abraham, and calls…

Introduction Purification v23-24 23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Copies of the Heavenly things needed purification. Copies???? “These rites” God instructed them to build…

The Power Of The Tongue 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by…

In his book, Your Reactions Are Showing, J. Peterson states, “You may be surprised to learn that your reactions to the situations you face daily may say a great deal more about you than your actions say.” When you open up God’s Word - Do you open up God’s Word? - how do you respond? How do you react?…

Intro - 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Story of running a race… I didn’t do too good because I had not gotten rid of some…

Making Friends With God Text: James 2:23 B.R.: James 2:21-23 ; 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ? 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham…

We are fighting a problem in the church that we have had throughout history of the church. too many Christians struggle to live the abundant life Jesus talked about when they don’t have to. 1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast,…

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The plaque was covered with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it. The seven year-old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked…