Romans 12:1-8 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Servant hood The Navigators are well known for their emphasis on having an attitude of servant hood. A businessman asked Lorne Sanny, then president of the Navigators, how he could know when he had a servant like attitude. Lorne replied, by how you act when you are…

The call of God and service

True and Proper Worship 1. The mission is a statement of what the church is supposed to be doing, while the vision is a snapshot or picture of it. 2. The mission is used for planning where the church is going; the vision is used for communicating where the church is going. 3. A mission statement must…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Introduce the Kingdom of God The Bible is one grand continuous story. It’s God’s story. The Old and New Testaments are not two completely different stories. The New Testament and Jesus and His teachings do not somehow do away with or replace the Old Testament. Jesus taught and proclaimed the exact same…

Intro Today we are looking at Psalm 51 . As you turn there in your Bibles or look it up on your device, I want to tell you about Timothy Keller and his brother-in-law. Timothy Keller tells this story in his book Preaching to the Heart: “My brother-in-law would never wear a seat belt in the car. I berated…

Please turn to Acts 1 . It is Memorial Day, And we remember our soldiers who gave their lives for our freedoms. Sometimes people ask how soldiers do it - how do they face such dangerous situations knowing that they could be captured or injured or even killed. How do they face combat with bullets and…

What is Pentecost? What do you think of? 22 “You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. The feast of weeks or harvest (in gathering) 9 “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count…

The Thriving Church Acts 1:1 - 6:7 - Part 1: the growth of the church in Jerusalem Acts 6:7 - 9:31 - Part 2: the growth and spread of the church into Judea, Samaria, Galilee and beyond Acts 9:32 - 12:24 - Part 3: the end of Peter’s recorded ministry with the spread of the gospel to the Roman Centurion,…

The enemies attacks are not always plain to see. But we always have victory & hope in the Lord.

Over the past several weeks we have mentioned the attributes of God - His character. There are certain attributes of God that we cannot possess - omnipotence and omniscience - and so forth. There are, however, attributes of God that we can and should possess and reflect ( Image-bearer ) I recommend A.W.…

The Promise to the Overcomer 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. The genuine Christian, the one who overcomes by faith and is victorious over the world (cf. 1 John 5:4–5) (Walvoord), will join Christ not…

Gazing Upon the Ascended Jesus

Please turn to Matthew 3 and 1 Peter 3 . We’re in the middle of studying Acts 1:1-5 , but I’m not going to read the passage this morning - let you do that. If you recall from last week, in those 5 verses we find a reference to three things: 1) The Promise of the Father 2) The Baptism of the Son 3) The…