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Through the year (or years) we touch on several things. We make statements. We use words. We use passages and verses. I want to take all those puzzle pieces and put them together in the big picture. We are going to spend a few weeks talking about church membership. I didn’t sell that well. Some of you…

Knowing what it is we here at Hickory Corners Bible Church believe and how it is we operate is important. HCBC Basics is a condensed class to look at our statement of faith, and how it is we apply what we believe to our church life. This session will focus on Godly living in this present age.

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our…

Passage 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they…

Growing In Grace and Truth 2 Peter 3:14-18 Central Truth: Divine P erspectives Define MY J oyful E xpectation ! Peter’s P urpose : To ‘ Stir Up’ > 2 Peter 1:12-15 and 3:1-2 To see believers G row in G race and K nowledge of God! > 2 Peter 1:2 and 3:18 Can I have M ore G race ? ‘Unmerited Favor’ Grace…

This Week’s Theme: Put on the Mindset of Christ Word for the Week is Mind: I t is the seat of human consciousness, thought, and desires. Scripture stresses that the minds of believers must be shaped by the knowledge and love of God, as their ways of thinking and acting become more like the pattern set…

How are you doing? Have you taken the time to assess how you’re doing? It really is important for our own health (not just personally, but as a church) to take the time to stop and ask ourselves, how are we doing? When we see unrest around our world, and in our own communities it can raise the anxiety…

Prayer is coming into communication with the living and active God... Prayers moves us from the: Physical to the Spiritual Temporal to the Eternal From self-focus to God-focus This week we are going to look at the NT How Not to Pray 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to…

We are finishing our Back to School Series today as we discuss Team Spirit. I don’t know about you but our school had horrible team spirit even though we were awesome in football, so in our senior year, a group of us Seniors decided to take matters into our own hands. Each week we would introduce a new…

Good morning Church, take your copy of God’s Word turn to 1 Peter 4:7-11 In today's message, we will explore what it means to serve for God’s glory. 1 Peter 4:7 (NKJV) 7 But the end of all things is at hand; Lets stop right there. What does Peter mean by saying this? Serve God with the End in Mind 11…

1 Peter 4:7-19 Good morning church! I want to dig right in this morning, so turn to 1 Peter chapter 4 if you haven’t already and I’ll begin reading where we left off. 7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for…

Introduction While I was preparing this sermon I came to realise that God had been doing a work in me not only during my Christian life, nor in the period just before I was reborn, nor during adolescence, nor during my childhood but even before my birth. And do you know what? It’s true for you too! As…

We exist to: Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ Prepare for the Work of Ministry Participate in Community & Service Would you join us?

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.…

1 Peter is the first letter that we have from the Apostle Peter in the New Testament. The overall theme of the book is that believers should follow Christ’s example by joyfully enduring persecution. 1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because…

We have allowed comfort to over shadow sanctification If you have spent anytime reading the New Testament you know we have two natures: flesh Spirit We can only nurture one or the other each has an inverse impact on comfort and suffering Serving the flesh means immediate comfort and long term suffering…

10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Everyone Has a Gift Peter was one of Jesus’s close friends He was ++A Fisherman ++Called to follow Christ ++To be a fisher of men He was a target of Satan 31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon!…

1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ” 2 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” 3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became…

14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. 15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the…

The end of all things is near . This isn’t as doomsday as it sounds. But it is true. The end of all things is near. Peter has just written about Jesus’ suffering, His death, His resurrection, and His ascension. It makes sense now for Peter to talk about the end. The end of all things is near. This doesn’t…

If you have your Bible (and I hope you do), please turn with me to 1 Peter. If you are able and willing, please stand for the reading of God’s Holy Word. 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2…

1 Peter 3:18-4:6 Good morning church! We are going to resume our study in 1 Peter chapter 3 this morning. We left off on the 17th verse which says, 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. Yes sadly, the idea is that as Christians we may still suffer…

Today is special. Today we celebrate communion. We begin again with a fresh understanding of God’s grace. With the week in between Christmas and the new year, I am hopeful we have had some time of peace. That we have had some time of rest, and we have new joy in our lives. And that is an incredible thing.…

Not long ago I was watching a video online about how to survive stampeding crowd. Let’s say you’re on the riverfront for thunder over Louisville, and something goes down that causes everyone to run or press in one direction. These can be very dangerous scenarios. if you fall down, you are likely to trampled.…

Matthew 25:31-42 We began last week a series on the Truth about Our Hope. We saw that Hope Motivates us to Holiness. The Hope that we see when we look at this manger scene down here on this communion table is not a coming child, but the hope of a coming king. The Christ child has already come, He has…