# 13 Sermon on the Mount 9/9/90 Text: Matt. 5:21-26 E.B.C. ANGER; THE SPIRIT OF MURDER INTRODUCTION A. People often have great difficulty telling the difference between what is in fact the case and what they would like to be the case. Ie. The gang of teenagers who murdered a pedestrian, stabbing him…

Not Easy, But Worth It When God called me to the ministry in April of 1996, I knew very strongly that He gave me a passion for common sense practical disciple-making. Starts with salvation and continues on with learning to live for Him through His Word in our daily lives. He continues to affirm that…

FINISH WHAT YOU START INTRODUCTION A. Illust. of finishing all your porrage. B. One of the things we admire in Wayne Gretzky, is his staying power (Illust. of Stephen Woodward). C. That is what we as Christians need -- staying power to finish the course just as we have begun it. D. Joshua and Caleb offer…

“THANK GOD FOR THE CHURCH” (Philippians 1:1-11) A. The Relevance of the Sermon I heard about a little boy who had a jigsaw puzzle that on one side had a map of the world and on the other side had a picture of a man. His mother asked him to try and work it and before long the little fellow had put the…

Title: Empowered Services Theme: Preparing for Life Changing Worship Services “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6) Christ Seeking Not Crowd Pleasing It is imperative…

#18 Sermon on the Mount 10/28/90 Text: Matt. 6:25-34 E.B.C. "DON'T WORRY - BE HAPPY" INTRODUCTION A. Someone has called anxiety "fear in search of a cause." I think this person is right. People today are swamped with worry and anxiety. We worry about anything and almost everything. Example: When I have…

#16 Sermon on the Mount 10/14/90 Text: Matt. 5:38-41 E.B.C. HAVING YOUR RIGHTS READ IN GOD'S KINGDOM A. The battle cry of the 80's and these early 90's must be "give us our rights" - Human rights, civil rights, women's rights, children's rights, animal rights, property rights, worker's rights, prisoner's…

4/6/2007 evening service Can You Testify To The Resurrection? Read Matthew 28:1-10 I know we discussed Easter and the resurrection this morning…. But what a topic… And tonight… we are going to look at it from a different perspective… Today, is a day that most of the people in America celebrate. Easter…

#19 Sermon on the Mount 11/18/90 Text: Matt. 7:13-14 E.B.C. CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES! INTRODUCTION A. One of our most pleasant pastimes, as North Americans, is to make choices. We love to go to the ice cream shop and choose between 39 different flavors of ice cream. Our entire retail industry is based…

The Family That Prays The family is being tested as never before. But God is saying to us that this is an open book test. An open book test is when the answers are given to you in the book but you must search for them. My brothers and sisters God is always willing to help man on his journey of life.…

#17 Sermon on the Mount 10/21/90 Text: Matt. 5:43-48 E.B.C. LOVING THE UNLOVELY INTRODUCTION A. With all the turmoil which has been created by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait the war propaganda machine of both sides have been heating up. The basic tenant of any war propaganda is "Thou shallt hate thine enemy."…

Get the Facts Straight When you get the “facts” of your faith straightened out then your situations will straighten out. Faith must be founded upon facts. And these facts of your faith then becomes the foundation upon which everything stands. So if my facts are off then everything else will be off. “I…

There are few things that are both more foundational to our experience as Christians and more difficult to maintain than the act of meeting together with other Christians. Even in a society where Christianity is not met with active persecution, meeting together requires substantial effort. Is it worth it? Why do we bother? What is the purpose of meeting together and why should we prioritise it? Join us as we explore the first of our Church Practices.

Don’t Give Up !: Be Steadfast The greatest challenge for most Christians is simply to lay down the old life the world offers and pick up only the life that Christ died & rose again to give us. It seems so simple, yet so many fall into the same sins over and over. Paul is here to make a request and to…

Grief: What Do I Do With It? Grief is a very powerful emotion that God gave us. But What Do I Do With It? My recollections of grief: watching Grandma Beatty grieve, funeral for little boy, friend whose husband died & person told her God had someone else, attending funeral of young person who took own…

The Results of Sin Genesis 3:7-15 By Orpheus J. Heyward The Text of Emphasis 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. Up until this point we have studied sin in its origin, in which we discovered that it…

# 15 Sermon on the Mount 9/23/90 Text: Matt. 5:33-37 E.B.C. TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING INTRODUCTION A. In one of the more strategic battles of the First World War Great Britian's fate hung in the balance. Everyone fearfully awaited word of the outcome. Late that night the signalled message was seen flashing…

#3 Christmas Series 12/15/91 E.B.C. AWAITING THE MESSIAH INTRODUCTION A. I don't know about you, but at our house the sense of anticipation regarding Christmas Eve is mounting by the minute. Everyone is busy buying presents, wrapping presents, thinking about what might be in the presents marked for them.…

HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? INTRODUCTION A. As the body counts continue to mount after last Sunday’s Tsunami in Asia…as our federal government considers re-defining marriage…as we continue to hear of daily bloodshed in Iraq…as we hear about high-ranking UN officials charged with the responsibility of bringing…

The cross is where God showed His great love for us. The question for us is, “How will you respond?” We respond to God by obedience and expect that God helps us when we do. ‌The resulting recognition is described as an encounter. An encounter which takes you beyond your natural existence and makes you spiritually alive.

#3 Christmas Series 12/08/91 E.B.C. WHY I LIKE CHRISTMAS INTRODUCTION A) If one were to take a random survey about people's feel-ings regarding Christmas the results would vary from extreme-ly positive to extremely negative. B) The reasons people would give for holding the views they do would likely…

The Gift of Love (and why Christians imitate it) PGBC-12/16/07 Bill Glick Recently, I interviewed three people involved in ministries to the poor. “Project H.O.P.E. is an interdenominational Christian service organization dedicated to meeting the immediate physical needs of impoverished people, while…

Way To Go EX: College—trying to start a Christian group, but told no in May Committed it to prayer—September—start a group! Sometimes when we go through the Christian life we encounter despair and frustration. That is OK! Especially when we are trying to spread the Gospel and disciple others and we meet…

#20 Sermon on the Mount 11/25/90 Text: Matt. 7:21-23 E.B.C. A PERSONAL GUIDE TO CHRISTIAN FALSE SECURITY INTRODUCTION A. Now, just as the twentieth century is drawing to a close, I have finally entered the twentieth century myself. Yes, I have purchased a personal computer. But having done so, despite…

Baptismal Service for Kelsey Patterson April 2007 Please turn with me to Matthew Chapter 28… Introduction… Tonight we are here for the specific reason of Baptizing Mrs. Kelsey Patterson… Kelsey is a wonderful young lady who has been a Christian for years… But Kelsey was Baptized as a Baby in one of many…