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Empty is typically negative, except when it isn’t! Amen! Perhaps you are asking the question, what is the big deal about this Jesus Christ and him being raised from the dead? And friend, that’s a valid question. And our initial response is that it is the central point of our eternal hope as humanity!…

Colossians 3:18-4:18 Good morning church! A couple of things quickly before we get started. First I want to encourage you to check out our on line digital bulletin. We print bulletins every week and not many are taken, so what we’ve done it add it to our website. We do quite a bit of printing for our…

Reset We have been through a lot over the last two years. We have aged. We have grayed. And yes, many of us have transitioned. A lot has changed, but one thing remains the same. Many of the processes we used in the past don’t make sense anymore… Before COVID, we passed out paper bulletins. Now our bulletins…

Exodus 2:23–25 (ESV) — 23 During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with…

Jesus’ Last Night Message One Washing Feet Passage John 13:1-17 Me: How to write a sermon Intro-3 points - Ending How to write a sermon Me-We-God-You-We A good story about humility i. How do you tell a story on humility? ii. How do you tell a story about yourself without sounding prideful? iii. Well,…

Before we get to this morning’s message, I want to encourage you to please read the Worldview Magazine about the challenges of taking the Gospel to the Asia Pacific region: How great is the need? On Page 14 we see it: 40 countries with close to a Billion people — 20 of which have no AG missionaries (maybe…

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Deuteronomy 8:7-20 : For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees…

Today’s Text 4 God’s various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. 5 God’s various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. 6 God’s various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. 7 Each…

Worship is a part of what God calls us to do; when we come into worship, we do so in a way which responds to the invitation we have been given to enter the presence of God.

World vs church - influence Harvard and Yale example - Slide Read paper description A Jesus-examination of the church READ John 2:13-25 1) Purpose of the Temple/Church Comparing temple in 1 Kings and John 2 1 Kings 8:10-11 , 57-58 , 61 Explain the temple court, sacrifice purchases Leaders were making…

We all hunger and thirst for something. in life. Hungering and thirsting for God's righteousness is what we are called to do. But what is God's righteousness? Grab your Bible, open up to Matthew 5:6 and take a listen to this week's sermon!

Welcome Prayer Introduction: Last week we looked at Acts 10:1-35 and saw how God opened Peter’s thinking to understand that the Gospel wasn’t just for the Jews, and, we applied it to ask ourselves who, in our lives, do we treat like Peter and the early Church treated the Gentiles. Additionally, we pondered…

Quote from the bulletin: The Hebrews who converted to Christianity face great opposition. They were often divided from their friends, separated from their livelihood. How would they persevere ? By fixing their eyes on Jesus! Jesus makes this journey to cross and resurrection. We notice how He does not…

For the past few weeks I have been encouraging us to make sure we have enough weight below the waterline to keep our ships from being capsized in the storms that are raging all around us.. That is what the picture on the front of the bulletin is meant to convey. In connection with this series of messages…

What is your view of humanity and why does it matter?

Introduction Our parable this morning reminds me of the words of the Apostle Paul. We’ve been studying the opening chapter of Romans in our adult catechesis, and in Romans 2 Paul says this: For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.…

Isaiah 40 Good evening, thank you for coming tonight. I know it is a busy season for folks right now. Our ladies are preparing for their retreat this weekend and I know that takes ministry planning, but also planning on the home front. I would love it if our mid week gatherings when we are on break from…

What do you think of when you hear the word “worship”. Is it an action? A gathering? An event? We’re exploring what it means to worship, today.

Announcements Please take the time to look over the online bulletin and the online events calendar that you can find at southcharlottebaptist.org/hub. Those ladies planning to attend the Mountain Retreat in November will have a meeting this coming Sunday morning right after the service. All Staff Meeting…

This morning I said that the Church Covenant in your bulletin is an “oath” that is made between believers of Westview Baptist Church with God and one another to grow in our relationship with Him and one another through the various Christian practices mentioned in it. ‌That covenant is not worth the paper…

Servant Leadership When you think of great leaders, who do you think of? Perhaps your mind goes to presidents we’ve had: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Barak Obama, and I’m sure we could all name others that we consider…

Intro: One witty person has written: * "A dentist's mistake is pulled out, * A lawyer's mistake is imprisoned. * A teacher's mistake is failed, * A printer's mistake is corrected. * A pharmacist's mistake is buried. * A postman's mistake is forwarded. * An electrician's mistake could be shocking!" We…

Scripture Reading Ephesians 4:1-15 Title: Vision Sunday 2023 Message Last week, I took the opportunity to briefly consider the purpose of SCBC... Our Purpose Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe…

John 5:31-47