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The church is most healthy when everyone lovingly exercises his/her gift(s)!

William Booth’s Passion The story is told of General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, and the day Queen Victoria of England asked to meet with him. Because she had heard so many favorable things about his work in the slums, she asked him for the secret of his success. “Your Majesty,”…

What is a church? What is not a church? What is church for? What is church not for? Why have church? How do you justify having church? What is its reason for existence? What is its settled determination, the ultimate justification for being? These are the kinds of questions which, when answered, lead…

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! I’m not much of a morning person, but yesterday I made a commitment to rise early and attend the Men’s Breakfast held at the Wesleyan Church here in town. It has been several months since I’ve attended one of these events, but I sensed…

The whole counsel of God is the Grace needed for mankind as we proclaim the Kingdom which has come to earth.

There was / is something that the Holy Spirit has planted in your life to do. We all are given an empowerment by the Holy Spirit. Fan and kindle that gift that God has given you.

When we were last in the book of the Revelation we finished looking at chapter 19 which contains the briefest, most lopsided, most decisive battle that will ever take place on this earth - Armageddon. We then come to chapter 20 which is simply a continuation of the events of chapter 19. Turn to and read…

Summary: What is the big picture? Does all the small stuff fit into something bigger? How? Does all the bad stuff fit into something good? How? Is there a bigger picture here? Yes!… God’s Plan What He has decided to do, and is doing, and will perfectly accomplish. This is Paul’s subject for verses 28-30.…

When we were last in the book of the Revelation we finished looking at chapter 19 which contains the briefest, most lopsided, most decisive battle that will ever take place on this earth - Armageddon. We then come to chapter 20 which is simply a continuation of the events of chapter 19. Turn to and read…

There are many nice things about San Diego, and one of them is the Wild Animal Park, which is part of the San Diego Zoo. The Wild Animal Park is a ride on a tram that takes you through hundreds of acres of back-country to see some spectacular animals in a natural setting. Tanya and I had a wonderful…

One God in Character The Father is Eternal 26 but now made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith— The Son is Eternal 6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government…

Jesus Sent them out with Instructions Mark 6:7–13 (ESV) 7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— 9 but to wear sandals…

Evening 24 December 23

Video: Every Praise Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside…

25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Introduction: How do we apply forgiveness? What does it look like in our lives? How should it operate? Thesis: God’s forgiveness of believers’ sins…

There is a title of Jesus that in our modern cultural context rubs us the wrong way. Most modern westerners like ourselves can hardly fathom that Jesus is the firstborn son and that ought to be great news to you and me. Smell of snobbishness and unfair to individualistic Western sniffers - why should…

Armor of God

Introduction: Good morning once again. I am overjoyed to be entrusted with the proclamation of God’s Word today. Let me quickly take care of a bit of housekeeping. Today we are in I Timothy 2:1-7 . Next week I will be out of the pulpit and we have Ron West from down the street at Bethel EC church who…

Last week we started a sub theme of our study of the church. There are certain things good churches do; just as there are certain things bad and dying churches do (think Revelation 2-3 ). Last week I took the whole sermon to preach about the most important activity of a healthy church - The preaching…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Intro & Recap Exegetical Point: Jesus’ saved body is equipped with varying gifts for varying service. Application point: Find your gifts and use them! Kids, What do you think is your most important body part? Eyes? Ears? Legs? Let me tell you a story... Liv. 2.32 - Paraphrase Menenius Agrippa from about…

Mark 1:14–15 (ESV) 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Introduction Authority is an unfashionable concept today. The whole idea that one person…

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 first session Introduces Basics and lays the 'basic' foundation of everything done here at Hickory Corners Bible Church. Video presentation is also at https://youtu.be/_xsicqBVp5o.