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We continue in our journey through the book of Ephesians today, and our text for today comes from the Lectionary is Ephesians 5:15-20 . So lets jump in and see what God has for us in our reading from the Holy Bible. Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the…

Intro Last week we pulled from the first letter of John Today We are going to see what Peter has to say. Peter - Who was he? He was a fisherman -He had a brother named Andrew He is the only married disciple He walked on water- He was also recorded as rebuking Jesus He was part of the inner three with…

Intro Last week we spoke about , Hope, Peace,Joy and Love The same topics that we preach during Advent - leading up to Christmas Paul now moves from Justification ( our standing with God) to Sanctification Growing and being more like Jesus. This Chapter really deals with “Freedom”. Lets read it and talk…

“I shall be telling this with a sigh; Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost In John 14:6 , Jesus said: John 14:6 (NRSV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.…

The World of Bonhoeffer 7/29/1921 Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist Party 7/18/1925 Hitler publishes Mein Kampf 9/14/1930 Germans elect enough Nazis to make them the 2nd most powerful party in Germany 1/30/1933 Adolf Hitler is made chancellor of Germany 3/12/1933 The first concentration…

His Obedience our Salvation Isaiah 50:4–11 (ESV) 4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. 5 The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not…

One of the best opening sentences to any book I’ve ever read comes from M. Scott Peck’s book, The Road Less Traveled. It begins with this line. Life is difficult. There is a truth that we can all agree on. Life is hard. Life IS hard. Family, friends, co-workers, relationships get strained, feelings get…

Let’s begin with prayer: Lord Jesus, we are still in the shadow of celebrating your birth. Give to us ears to hear now as we open the Word. Give us minds to think and hearts to understand. Give us courage to act upon what we learn here today, and love to share with all around us. We pray in your name,…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church - it is our pleasure to have you with us today as we seek to worship and glorify our Lord together. To that end, please take your Bibles and turn with me to the little epistle of Jude. Jude started off this short epistle telling us all about ourselves…

What a great day to worship Jesus Christ There are billions of people who will never know what it is like to gather with God’s people There are billions of people who will never know what it is like to know Jesus But for us WE ARE BLESSED! We have something so much greater than this world could ever…

Disclaimer - pretty awful joke in many respects - but I think it dramatically makes the point Two hunters head out with rifles for a day of shooting. Hunter 1 collapses and Hunter 2 calls 999 as he just doesn’t know what to do... When his call was put through he explained that he was concerned his friend…

In this series on Discipleship, we have already spoken of the dangerous doctrine of “cheap grace.” Grace covers everything, so just act as you wish, as if there has been no change in your life as a result of following Jesus. Rather, we encourage every believer to understand the concept of “costly grace,”…

Upon this Rock The First Days of the Church Message 4 The Gospel Driven Church Acts 2:42-47 Me: That first church a. What was is like? i. I’m really curious about it. ii. My original plan was to be a house church b. Notice a couple of passages 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in…

From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord . And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from…

Intro This is the first week of a 6 week sereis through Romans 12 and 13. Examines the comand, that we are looking at this week, to be a living sacrifice and to live our lives in light of what God has done for us through Christ. Each message will help us to “flashback” to the life of Jesus so that we…

What I want to begin with is the difference between Anthropocentric and Theocentric ideology. What is the difference between Anthropocentric and Theocentric? Anthropocentric comes from the Greek word Anthropos meaning man. So this would be a view with man in the center. Theocentric comes from the Greek…

To Be, or Not To Be? “To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand…

Paul’s Plea Paul writing to Philemon about his runaway slave Onesimus who is returning V 8 - 16 read V 17-21 Pray Partnership V 17 If you Regard me as partner, comrade, brother in arms, brother in Christ Paul is assuming Paul is putting the responsibility on Philemon to regard Paul the same then accept…

Ephesus-Cold othordoxy; Smyrna-Suffering under persecution; Pergamum-Cheap grace These are rough synopsis of where we have been. Craig Keener in his commentary, NIV Application Commentary , summarizes this way, “Ephesians Christians were tempted by rigidity and lovelessness, Smyrnean Christians by persecution,…

Main Idea Discipleship is the collective pursuit of growth toward Christlikeness. Have you ever heard of Companion Planting? I haven’t either. According to Madison Fields (an agricultural resource center): “Planting a garden that utilizes the strengths of each plant to form a healthy plant community…

Boomerang Meme OK Boomer Chloe Swarbrick My kids The “N” word of ageism Only appropriate response? OK Boomer. Avocado on toast Lines that divide. Walls in between us Not just generational Political Geographical Sporting Familial All of these divisions build walls in between us, and separate us from the…

Jeremiah visits a local pottery maker. God had promised Jeremiah his words would be revealed at the potter’s house. Pottery making was common in this era. They were multi-purpose and bio-degradable containers. God often uses common things in the world to make a point. The potter was working clay into…

There are many gospels out there that could be preached. Ultimately false gospels. We probably don’t have to worry too much about the prosperity gospel. What about the forgiveness only gospel. God wants to forgive your sin and give you eternal live. The forgiveness gospel is a consumer gospel. Not really…

Life on Life Our faith is all about relationships Paul had a special relationship with Timothy Son like Shared lives We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. Who’s Your Paul You were invested…

Getting Hedged Out of the Kingdom Get On The Bus 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. What would it look like to receive the grace of God in vain? How would it appear to be a recipient of God’s grace, but to have none of its authority…