The Message of the Cross Galatians 6:14 and selected Scriptures “But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14). Introduction Since 1998 black billboards with white letters have appeared…

A Powerful Demonstration We come this morning to celebrate the main event in human history, the death of Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul declared that he was determined to know nothing save Christ and Him crucified. This was the apostle’s way of emphasizing the extreme importance of the Cross to Christianity.…

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…

1 John 1:1-4 Ø Many people think of Christianity as the Historic Profession of Belief in Jesus Christ · That is to say – it is the historic movement – or religion – that has unified around some common beliefs about Jesus - But rather than speaking of Christianity as the Historic Profession of faith in…

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

Introduction: Before we get to far into todays message lets first start with the definition of what disciple and/or discipleship means. Define - Disciple is one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another. Disciple fundamentally can mean - “a follower, or someone who is a learner” A…

Select all the text in this box and paste your sermon here... Citizens of the Kingdom of God: A Life Worthy of the Gospel Philippians 1:27-2:11 Introduction: We have to understand who Paul is writing to so that we can understand the thrust of the text. Brief history of Philippi: -Founded by Phillip,…

Welcome to Legion members, Veterans, and other Guests Philippians 2:1-11 (NIV) Introduction: Lest We Forget In 1897, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called Recessional. Here are the first 2 verses... God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion…

Last week, learned how to hear God’s voice and to prepare ourselves to hear God’s voice. You can’t really have a relationship with God if you never hear from him. It has to be a two way communication between you and God. How do you discern God’s voice from the competing voices? How do you know if an…

-How do we stand firm when someone tells us they are leaving us for someone else? -How do we stand firm when we hear the bad health report? -Or how do we stand firm when someone tells us a family member has passed? -How do we stand firm when we are told something that goes against what we believe? What…

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What should be our attitude toward Christmas? When you wake up on Christmas morning and you gather together with family and loved ones, what should be the theme of everyone’s heart? What is the goal of celebrating Christmas? 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping…

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…

Introduction 2 Corinthians 9:7 We’ve come to the end - this is our last sermon in our series on Philippians It’s a bit bittersweet for me We’ve come to recognize that Philippians is a book about the Gospel Paul has repeatedly emphasized some of the greatest truths of the Gospel The beauty of Christ’s…

Review: Paul’s flow of thought 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.…

Have you ever wondered why God has called us to share our faith? Why does he ask us to step out of comfort zone? If you take some time to look around you, the why is everywhere. Your family, friends, coworkers, classmates and all the strangers on the street…they are the reason why. They are your mission…

As we come out of another Christmas season and head into another NEW YEAR... There are certain things in life that I think the world would RALLY around and declare to be - HIGHLY VALUABLE... Things that even people from different cultures and different backgrounds would say - ARE THINGS WORTHY of our…

The Significance of Humility 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:…

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. In His Book “Mastering Life Before It’s Too Late”, Rob Morgan makes this statement: “Our to-do lists may be longer at the end of the day than at the beginning and we may feel we left much undone. But if we committed the day to…

Introduction Acts 16:2 ; 1 Timothy 4:12 ; 2 Timothy 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 4:16 Greeting We’ve been studying Philippians now for just over 2 months and what we’ve found is that the book of Philippians is primarily about the Gospel-centered life We’re coming to the close of a section of the book that started…

The Gospel: Jesus took on flesh, is God, died on the cross. Salvation.