The Life-Changing Power of the Gospel ~ Titus 2:11-14 Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on August 17, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live…

Text: Colossians 2:1-7 Title: Paul’s Concern for the Church Theme of the book of Colossians: Jesus Christ: The preeminent and all-sufficient Savior Theme of Text: Don’t be deceived by false teachers, Christ should be the center of your life! Proposition: Make Christ the center of your life! Introduction…

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

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…

Good Morning, we are in a series on “The Generous life,: and we have been talking about a flow of Generosity… That there is inputs and outputs of Generosity.... The funnel of Generosity begins with the God’s gifts or grace towards us… A key passage is found in James chapter One.. 17 Every good gift and…

Paul has two major goals in his letter to the Colossians. Number one, Paul wants to encourage these believers that they might grow in their relationship with God IN CHRIST. Number two, Paul does not want these believers to be deluded by a man made system of artificial spiritual growth. And so with these…

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…

The Shepherds’ Response to God Luke 2:8-20 December 21, 2008 Intro: · Speaking at Temple Christian Academy last spring · Can’t remember topic, but I will remember the lead up & intro · Routine, principal Wes Harding introducing – police officer… · Rules about speaking out, put up hand, etc. · Police…

THIS WORLD CROOKED PERVERSE IF CHRISTIANS ARE NOT MINDFUL THEY WILL NOT SURVIVE IN IT; SO THEN, IT IS IMPARATIVE THAT WE LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE IN A WICKED WORLD. I WANT TO SHARE 4 STEPS THAT WILL HELP US. STEP 1 Recognize the Causes of Wickedness The Wicked One Wicked spirits Fallen Human nature STEP…

As we step out of a decade, a year gone by, and as we step into 2020; I want you and I to clearly see how God desires, even mandates that you and I should live. This Christmas season we looked at what was entailed in God sending us His Son Jesus Christ. We closed up the various sermons of Acts seeing…

The stages of Forgiveness.

Learn the requirements, functions, and actions of a mover and shaker in the kingdom of Christ.

How can you be a winner? 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Admiral Richard Byrd, the famous polar explorer, had adventures of being lost and then found that are amazing. In his book Alone, he tells of being alone for six months in his little shack in 1934 living through a long Antartic winter. Every day he would take a walk, but he would…

1 Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.…

Reality Life- Existence, meaning, resource for life exists outside of yourself Death- Creating your own view of living and living by your own resources. And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent,…

If you were to ask me what you wore last week to church, I probably could not tell you. However, if you were to ask me what a particular person 25 years in a little town of Arkansas wore, I could still tell you to this day. His name was Vern. Prior to a circumstance 25 years ago I had never seen Vern…