What is the Purpose of the Church? Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on January 20, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org I want to ask you guys this morning a question that is not intended to insult but to initiate some thinking: why did you come to church today? What was your…

Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 9: Good Signs of Godly Wisdom James 4:1-7 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - April 15, 2012 BACKGROUND *Everybody needs Godly wisdom. And last time, the key verse for us was James 3:17, which tells us that the wisdom from above “is pure,…

Dead Men Walking Ephesians 2:1-3 Introduction A man went to visit his well to do friend who had been taken ill. When he showed up at the door, the butler at first refused to let him in stating that the man will ill and could not be disturbed. “Nonsense,” said the friend. “It’s all in his mind. He just…

Ephesians sets forth what no other book of the New Testament describes so completely — the nature of the body of Christ, which is the true Church. This letter, in many ways, is the crowning glory of the New Testament.

Where could the idea of "Saved by grace alone" come from? Can we work and earn our way to Heaven? Are there any works we have to do to be saved?

Title: Ever-flowing Stream of Grace Theme: Results in Trusting in God “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the…

The letter of 1 Peter was written to Christians who were facing persecution in life. They faced economic, social, and physical suffering because of their faith. In his letter, Peter has encouraged them, and us, to hang on in the difficult times in the realization that the hard times are the very things…

La disciplina que estaremos mirando en este mensaje es uno de los más fundamentales para la fe cristiana: la oración. Más específicamente, ¿cómo oramos por los demás? ¿Cómo lo practicamos? ¡Señor, enséñanos a orar!

The story goes that in 1979 a large passenger jet with 257 people on board left New Zealand for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica and back. Unknown to the pilots, however, someone had modified the flight coordinates by a mere two degrees. This error placed the aircraft 28 miles (45 km) to the east of…

“Jesus went with [his disciples] to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to [them], ‘Sit here, while I go over there and pray.’ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, ‘My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here,…

7 Sept 2013 Colossians 4:2-6 God’s Grace Enough for me! Amen and Amen Listen I am in the beginning of reading a book about Prayer, it is called: “Power through Prayer” by E. M. Bounds. I haven’t really gotten past the first paragraphs though, because what I am getting out of it, is this, We go to church…

Are real giants talked about in the Bible? If so, who are they? Or is this to be considered a no kidding mythical tale? What does this sort of thing have to do with God, with God's people, even with Christians in teh 21st century? Join the Grace United crew as we dive in to the "Gospel According to Moses" exploring a "giant" issue.

The Galatians were tempted to believe a variation of the gospel. Paul addresses one of these variations called legalism.

Living in Christ through the Holy Spirit changes the world !

How do we resist the devil? Do we use some kind of formula? Join Pastor Steve as he looks at 1 Peter 5:8-9.

1 Timothy 1:12-20. Intro: - Paul writing to Timothy regarding the church in Ephesus - the key issue needing addressing was that of false teaching: legalism and Gnosticism (mystical revelations). - The false teachers were not godless, they appeared very pious and super-spiritual upholding high standard…

The Best Teacher Titus 2:11-14 (NKJV) Trained by Saving Grace 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious…

You were dead, God gave you life.

1 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. vs. 3-6 Praise to the Sovereign God who Chose Us and who Changed Us Ephesians 1:3–6 (KJV…

Grace and Peace Colossians 1:2 grace, unmerited favor in action, his sovereign, freely bestowed lovingkindness in operation. § Eph. 2:8. “For by grace have you been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” § 8 fold description: Great. Acts 4:33. Sovereign. Rom 5:21. Rich.…

Final Encouragements of Grace Sermon 1 Peter 5:1-14 Big Idea: We can experience God’s grace while suffering through the organization of the local church, the promise of future exaltation and the exhortation of this epistle. Outline I. Introduction A. DL Moody was once asked if Moody had the grace to…

God makes us alive by grace through faith!