Take up Your Cross and Follow Me: Mt. 16:24-28 Everton Community Church. Sunday September 30th 2007. At this time of year, most people have completed their holidays and are back focusing on work. Were your holiday’s what you expected? The following are actual responses from comment cards given to the…

Series that will take us to Easter Sunday. FRAN - people will come to church on Easter more than any other time. A lot of people have ideas about Jesus but they are not based on the Bible. They are based on tradition, culture, Christmas stories… movies. 1 Y ou’ll remember, friends, that when I first…

Prayer As we continue this week making our way through the 1st chapter of the gospel of John, …we come today to - basically - the second part to last week’s sermon... Last week we looked at John the Baptist being sent BY GOD to water baptize... with the purpose of REVEALING Jesus to Israel... And what…

God’s Character Commands our Joy, Trust and Submission Let’s go ahead and turn to Psalm 100 this morning and as we look at the what God’s Character demands of us. A Psalm for Thanksgiving. 1 Shout joyfully to the Lord , all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.…

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus…

Today Pastor Chase continues the series on "Your life in Christ" and discusses the Work of Christ. Follow along and discover how Christ accomplishes this work through His status as Prophet, Priest and King.

Blood is used for different things in the Bible. What did the blood of Jesus do?

What is the real definition of love? What does God's love mean for us? Also, learn what God's love is not.

My sermon is going to be different today. If you are visiting, I’m so glad you are here, but I need to inform you that today’s sermon is nothing like every other sermon I preach from week to week. And this is why: According to Bob Smietana, from LifeWay Research, “more than half of Americans have read…

This study is about relationship. Don’t think of this as a study of someone who walked this earth 2018 years ago. Any study of Jesus is a relationship building study. Share short testimony Your Testimoney My life Before Christ How I came to know Christ My life since I’ve come to know Jesus Goal tonight…

Jesus' Formula for Prayer Introduction: Think: "Prayer" is letting God communicate with you. Five Keys To Effective Praying: I. Praise God. - L- v.9a; 13b A. Acknowledge His holy name. - L- v.9; Psalm 16:8; L- Matthew 7:21 B. Acknowledge His name has authority.- L- v.13b; L-Matthew 28:18 C. Acknowledge…

Romans 8:31–39 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.…

1. To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. — Chinese Proverb 2. He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning. — Old English proverb Over the years I have learned a great deal about the family I come from. Research,…

(*) Virtual Service for the First Baptist Church of Kewanee, Illinois (*) Music: Jim Blucker (Keyboard), Brock Tumbleson (Organ/Piano), Steve Martin (Guitar), and Chris Cinnamon (Drums) (*) Sermon: Pastor Jon Vincent begins around the 20 min mark (*) Service video available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/1o2KxZMEFeY

Prayer Where last week, we saw how The Word Became Flesh... How: God Himself entered into His creation... How Jesus Christ HUMBLED himself - by emptying Himself - to the point of obedience... How Underserved Favor from God came to man And all of this - in the Word becoming flesh... THIS WEEK... We’re…

Does God offer us a smorgasbord when it comes to religion, or does He offer something else? What happens when we treat religion like a smorgasbord? How did Jesus treat God's commandments?

How are we as Christians to face the uncertainty and chaos around the world as COVID-19 touches every community and neighborhood? Pastor Clay shares with us a common thread through Matthew 24 where Jesus speaks to us about how to be strong in our faith while watching the world around us.

This morning we are going back to what Jesus told His disciples as He commissioned them for ministry. Rick showed you last week that they were to go out trusting in God to equip them, provide for them, and protect them. We learned Jesus told them there would be difficult times. In those difficult times,…

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to…

Celebrate Our Heritage Our passage that I’ve chosen for today displays a contrast that I believe speaks to us as we celebrate our nations heritage and also our commitment as Christians in the world today. Our passage is Galatians 6:1-10 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are…