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Our identity is our “sameness,” that thing that makes us a whole, cohesive person. Our culture has us build our identity on all sorts of things, but Psalm 8 has a different approach.

Paul calls for the Colossians to beware of false teachings or be taken captive by them. Our world today is filled to overflowing with just such false teaching. We need to "See to it" that we are not taken captive by teachings that are "not according to Christ."

In a continuation from last weeks message, Pastor Dean takes a look at the biggest problem facing the church in Corinth - UNITY. Like a good parent, Paul takes time to explain why there should be no factions in the church.

Introduction It had been a most strenuous journey for Paul. He had responded to the man in the Macedonian vision and came over to preach Jesus. At Philippi, he and Silas had been beaten for the faith and cast into prison. Even so, the Lord made something good happen as the jailor and his family had been…

Studying the Bible with Brother Jack Part III: Does Prayer Work? July 24, 2011 Q Do you know what one of my biggest insecurities has been? Prayer, especially praying out loud. I have worked with pastors who are eloquent and insightful; I am stumbling and clumpy (whatever that means). · I know that it…

Colossians 2:8-17 Stephen Caswell ©1999 False Religion There are only two kinds of religion in the world ... You can list every "ism," every cult, every religion in southern California under one category. They all say, "Do, do, do." Only Christianity says, "Done." Christ has done it all. Two weeks ago…

Wisdom for the Good Life, III (Inscription 45) Ecclesiastes: The Good Life is Meaningless March 6, 2011 Prep: · 146 · Listen to “Imagine” Greeting and communication card · Lent · Membership Class Prayer Scripture reading: Eccl 1:1-8a (michael Pompeo) Intro Q Have you ever read Eccl? Isn’t it amazingly…

Introduction: The Lycus River Valley had been overtaken by a philosophy that was threatening the spiritual health of the church at Colossae and presumably at Hierapolis and Laodicea. No one knows with certainty what the philosophy was. There has been speculation. Some think a Gnostic type heresy. Jesus…

Colossians Series #07 Followers of Jesus Are Not Captives of Empty Philosophies By Bill Denton Introduction A. Illustration Pastor Wilkins sat behind his desk, a look of utter disbelief upon his face. Standing in front of him was church member Mrs. Trent. "According to my horoscope," she said, "this…

Introduction to Colossians Colossians 1:1-2 Take your Bible and turn with me to Colossians and I want us to, at least, begin to look at what God might have for us here. In introducing a book like this, it is critically important for us to have some overall understanding in background. Tonight we're going…

I AM! My wife and I have just one daughter who is nine years old, and she is learning to play the violin. Recently I have had a few Saturdays off and went with her to her orchestra lessons – they play a piece: “I have a dream”, based one Martin Luther King’s famous speech. Well Martin Luther King is…

Introduction: Just a few of the practical things. If you will take out the first page on the top it reads “Philosophy of Ministry” and then Roman Numeral I the Purpose of the Class. We will go over the requirements. Now, the purpose of the class is to help us build a biblical foundation for your ministry.…

Apologetics to the Glory of God: Sharing the Gospel in a Post Modern World Preamble Privilege of interacting with some – heart of this body. I am not a preacher – possibly a teacher. I do not teach dogma or give rules. In most cases I leave the conclusion open to my audience. My desire is to see the…

Introduction: Ephesians Chapter 4 - Topic - Accountability in the Local Church. And what I mean by that is that if you were to have a calling of God, I believe that as God’s vessel that he wants to use to see that brought about is your local fellowship. As I go back to the scriptures, I see there is…

Introduction: Alright, the heart of a shepherd. I think a certain kind of a shepherd, if you are looking at the heart of a shepherd, it would be somebody if we were looking at the Pastor of a church. It would be somebody who’s thinking about his building all the time and thinking about the building projects…

Introduction: Number one there on your notes it says -the wormwoods manual. Now, if you are into C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters, there was a little demon that was being trained on how to stump this Christian. So, I’ve kind of taken off on that analogy and it seems as if there is a manual that is out…

Introduction: Well, tonight is one of my favorite subjects to discuss and that is on the Power of the Word of God. And what I want to focus in on is that our ministry, that is where our trust needs to be is in giving out the scriptures because that’s the power of God that is going to touch people’s lives,…

Apologetics to the Glory of God: Sharing the Gospel in a Post Modern World Preamble Privilege of interacting with some – heart of this body. I am not a preacher – possibly a teacher. I do not teach dogma or give rules. In most cases I leave the conclusion open to my audience. My desire is to see the…

Sunday Morning Sermon Series: Easter Sunday Title: “Its Reasonable” File: 20070408am. Key Passage: Acts 17:16-33 Location: FCC Date to be Preached: 4/8/07 Date Prepared: 4/5/07 Intro. About six hundred years before Jesus came to earth, the prophet Isaiah opened his book with a proposition. Some of God’s…

Paul at Athens Acts 17.16-34 – Part 1 April 29, 2007 Do we care about those who do not know the Lord? Are our hearts stirred when others blaspheme the name of Jesus? Or are you upset when on national radio, you hear that the bishop of New Hampshire is pressing to be married to his partner. Does that…

Introduction: Welcome to this study in the class for Philosophy of Ministry. In this week, Pastor Ronnie Mitchell will be speaking on the subject of The Character of the Minister. And we know that the Lord’s desire that his servants would have a Godly character. So Pastor Ronnie goes back to the Bible…