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Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven as something which starts in our world right now and is available to everyone; how do you see the kingdom in your own backyard?

After a couple of weeks of living under the oppression of the pandemic, with statewide lockdown and social distancing, we have a different appreciation of what Palm Sunday was like in the first century Israel. It was a turbulent time in Israel, and they were looking for the Messiah to bring them stability. Jesus had a message for them but he used the greatest art form to deliver the message. We need to learn this art form to make our message impactful. Let's take a look...

A PARAMEDIC was asked on a local Dallas TV talk-show program: “What was your most unusual and challenging 911 call?” “Well Recently,” the paramedic began, we got a call from that big white CHURCH on 11th and Walnut. A frantic usher was very concerned that during their WORSHIP service an elderly man PASSED…

The comic strip character Curtis walked into the kitchen one day and asked, "Mom, can I have five dollars?" "No!" his mom emphatically answered. "But," Curtis explained, "It's to put in my offering envelope for church tomorrow mornin'." His mother warmed up. "In that case, okay." In the final frame of…

This is now the twelfth sermon on Spiritual Gifts. Over the last seven sermons we have looked in detail at the seven motivational gifts found in Romans 12 . We learned that a person with the motivational gift of prophet is motivated by the Holy Spirit to Proclaim truth and expose sin. We learned that…

Christian What comes to mind? Early follower did not call themselves Christian Word only used 3 times - word disciple used 281 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch. Being…

A shaved Head V 21 the long hair represented the power of God he being separated unto God But now the head is shaved no power, no eyes, shackled, grinding wheat A great powerful man of God, disgraced, reduced to a comic diversion led around by a small boy, like a puppy The Ungodly Rejoice V 23 the Philistines…

This past Monday and Tuesday Pastor Shawn and I went to the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. We go to this every year, and always have a great time, but this time we were joined by Brandon Shull, Drew Broughton and Brian Kelly. This morning we want to share what the Lord…

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. “Blessed are the merciful,…

INTRODUCTION You ever have someone mistake you for someone else ? They swear your are the spitting image of someone else? I had no idea what a doppelganger was until I watched the television series “The Flash” Kathryn and I got into it. Every night we would look at each other and say, “Flash?”. Later…

The scene in our Gospel reading is incredible. If we weren’t all so familiar with it, we’d call it absurd. It’s one thing for Paul to rebuke Peter to his face, which we hear about in the letter to the Galatians, but for Peter to pull Jesus aside and rebuke him to his face is something else entirely.…

I want to thank Ashley and our wonderful children this morning for putting on all of this for us. It does my heart good to see our children learning and singing about the Lord. Hopefully you have brought your Bibles this morning and i want you to turn with me to Psalm 63. I want to share this Psalm with…

INTRODUCTION: What comes to mind when you hear the word Christian? Odds are you associate that word with certain characteristics as well. The broader culture also forms impressions of what a Christian is and whether or not they are one. The first followers of Jesus didn’t call themselves Christians.…

Failing to Plan, is Planning to Fail - how many of us have been told if we are to be successful we have to plan for that success? We are to set goals, and benchmarks to reach those goals. This month, I am writing my annual faculty report, but it started last year with a plan of work - setting goals for…

Lies we believe about Jesus next few weeks. We have a messed up image of who God is thought reality was a comic book and God was just reading our story. God was just like the air, you couldn’t talk to him, but he was around. (the force, basically). My dad had a picture of Jesus on the cross in his office…

Intro: Gathered around the Fire, ask the questions of those gathered around, share some bread with them. Imagine the conversation they were having, while having breakfast. There is just something about sitting around and sharing that opens the heart and warms the soul. I sure it was the same for the…

Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare for the coming of Jesus. And we can think about that as a very distant thing. We read our Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, reading from Isaiah, the Apostle Paul, and one of the Gospels, typically Matthew or Luke since they cover the birth narratives,…

INTRODUCTION I like superhero stories Marvel is probably most famous with DC comics right behind it Marvel is probably most famous because of their movies DC has superman and batman and wonder-woman Marvel has the avengers — hulk, Captain America, Spider-man Superhero all have similar plots A man or…

Verses 24-26 You remember who else is in Caesarea? 40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea. We don’t know if Peter calls for him to come for this but it is interesting to note that he is there because we wonder why God didn’t just…

Intro: There is a word in the English language that is often used, is always negative, and few preachers like to preach about it. Do you know what it is? Hell. Hell is charactered in many comic strips, rolled off the tongue as “light profanity,” screamed as a curse in people’s faces, feared by some,…

Ten years ago, a book written by Rob Bell entitled “Love Wins” created all kinds of controversy in the evangelical church in America. Bell made the claim that, “At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church has been the insistence that history is not tragic, hell is not forever, and…

Man's grestest need is to submit to the authority of Christ to accomplish what we cannot do for ourselves.

Has there ever come a time in your life where all you could think about was the trials and struggles of life? What is so difficult about trials is the not knowing of what may come. I mean why we doubt, and fear, and despair is because we don’t know how things will end. How does our trial end, and will…