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In 2018, CNN ran a headline, “How 'thoughts and prayers' went from common condolence to cynical meme” We live in a cynical age. No one trusts anyone else. We are all skeptical of anything we see or hear, unless it’s on our favorite news channel, then we turn off our brains and eat it up. People have…

Two major issues: speech and power. They sometimes go hand in hand and sometimes they do not. We are fortunate we have, at least right now, the freedom of speech. Yet, it is not uncommon for those in power to try and restrict speech and conversation. Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute…

Jesus told his disciples what they should expect upfront. Jesus used this parable to teach his disciples about their need to pray continually and not lose heart. Luke wrote to believers who had experienced a delay in the Second Coming of Christ. There would be some time between Jesus’ death, ascension,…

Worry Warts Series Luke 12:22-31 Wasting Time on Worry- I Couldn't Care Less Luke 12:32-34 Faith over Fear- Takin' Care of Business Luke 12:13-21 Worrying about Wealth....... see Psalm 39.6 and Prov 15:16 - Don't Worry Be Happy Luke 12:8-12 Worrying About My Witness- Without A Care In The World 8 “And…

We can be confident and still be very wrong. That can be insignificant, like when you get lost because you were confident a destination is in one place when it’s in another and you didn’t check your directions. Or it can be more serious, like being confident you turned the power off to a circuit you’re…

Seeing too much injustice in this fallen could make us cynical. When cynicism goes too far, it can affect our sanity. This is why we need the stewardship of sanity. We will look at three things that can help us steward our sanity based on Mark 12:38-44.

Suffering often shocks the Christian and non-Christian. Our culture tells us we can find happiness in the world. But experience and this passage teaches this world brings futility, corruption, and pain. This wonderful passage teaches us not to hope in this world, but in the one to come. This life is not without hope when we believe in Christ because we are promised a day when sin and death will be no more.

Hope Four Candles. Hope, Peace, Love and Joy. This Sunday the Candle is the Candle of Hope. In the light of the scriptures we read today - let us reflect on what this ‘Hope’ means. Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 What is the opposite of hope? If I try to think of the opposite…

Prayer Good morning! QR Code Christmas Party Advent Giving Budget Presentation Every year we take time to review where we are financially as a church. So if you’re here and Gateway is not your home church, you’re like the friend who gets invited for dinner when the family goes over the budget and you…

Who/what do you believe? We spoke a little bit about this last week. We must careful about who we allow to influence our thinking. The battle is for the mind. How we think will determine how we act. Yes how we act will also determine how we think, it is a both/and approach not either/or. This is why…

Enjoy your portion as a gift from God today Hey Babe! Headed to my job to get fired! All right have fun! Hey Boss! Headed to my mom’s funeral! Sounds great! See you when you get back. Hey Mom! Jack hit me in school today, and my teacher made fun of my paper in front of the whole class. That is is such…

This world needs some salt in it That salt is kindness 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Some people say they are full of the Holy Ghost But that are for from being kind they full of the devil not God. The closer i…

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Who I Am Last few weeks we were looking at ourselves as related to Purpose. Today I want us to turn eyes to Jesus. One of the things I love about Jesus is how he knows people so well, but more than that just how self aware he is. John Calvin in his book The Institutes of the Christian Religion wrote:…

We are surrounded by bad news . It is everywhere we want to look. As I just read the headlines of the news from many sources each day I can be drawn in, not by the good nature of things but the eye catching negative story. Our thoughts become actions. Given enough time the thoughts which we think become…

I’m amazed at how receptive people are to The Christmas Story as told in Scripture. Baffled by the acceptance of a message that for 51 weeks is ignored. Stupefied at the general public's enthusiasm and emotional embrace of a story that is designed to disrupt their lifestyle equilibrium. Therefore, it…

Notes: The following text points out accusations that Jesus, who is the True Judge, makes against the Pharisees and religious leaders. 1. The first accusation: They have Inappropriate Belief (8:12-30) A. First verbal exchange: The Authority and Judgment of the Son, 8:12-20. “again” points to a change…

If I had written the Book of Ecclesiastes, I would have stopped at the end of chapter 2. It would have been a very, very short book. It would have been like 2 John, Jude, or Philemon. Solomon has written a wonderful conclusion—for any person to find ultimate meaning in life, he has to go outside of himself…

We live in a post-Christian nation. This has been the case for many many years but I think it is important to understand where we are in 2021. Generally speaking the culture around us looks more different than the Bible. There is also no longer a general sense that someone is “Christian” just because…

Mary Magdalene had told the disciples about the angel Jesus was going to meet them in Galilee One week later… They came together to tell the others what they saw They locked the doors, afraid of the religious leaders wanting to kill them A meeting of the select few Drawing together in closeness Huddled…

Nicolas Bardyaev once said, “Man’s problem rises from the fact that he has not only lost his way, but he has also lost the address.” The reality of the day in which we live is that we are surrounded with people who don’t have a relationship with Jesus. They are lost in their sin, and apart from faith…

Introduction: This month we are highlighting the traits that we ought to have as believers. You know, considering all that Christ has done for us, we ought to be some of the most grateful people. We ought to want to show that love to others and that’s exactly what we will be talking about this morning…

The problem of suffering . This is a major issue in our world. There is so much suffering. Just this past week I had conversations with different people and groups concerning suffering. The question/statement is something like this, “If God is good, they why do we suffer?” We see the suffering of our…