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1 Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. But, I show unto you a … what? … a more excellent way . In other words, a more excellent way than coveting the showy gift is to be content with…

God created us with a capacity for awe, the ability to stand in absolute wonder at the things that are around us. This awe was created in us to drive us to worship God. But because of sin, our awe get’s kidnapped by the things of this world. This makes the physical things of this world rule over our…

Alan Bloom - “The Closing of the American Mind” - contemporary intellectual climate as one in which there is no ability to distinguish good from bad, truth from error, even the important from the unimportant. All such distinctions are seen as being contrary to the chief virtue in today’s world, that…

The Church What’s wrong with our church? What’s wrong with each of us that the disintegration of our church is possible? Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Don’t Change UPHEAVAL is all around us. A messy dark age of misinformation, distraction, and willfulness dominates us. Civilization…

Whether someone is in a wellness program or in athletic training, there eventually comes a moment in which all progress seems to come to a halt: the dreaded plateau. The plateau is that situation you arrive in where whatever you were doing no longer produces the same results. The diet only gets you to…

In October 1987, 18-month-old Jessica McClure became a household name when she stepped into an abandoned water well at her aunt’s house in Midland, Texas. Stuck 22 feet beneath the surface in a slender well shaft, she was trapped in the well for two and a half days as rescue workers struggled to determine…

vs. 1 - Commanded to Live Like God. vs. 2 - Commanded to Love Like God. vs. 3-7 - Commanded to Leave the Worldly Ways. Today, we discover why we are to be different. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all…

Paul just taught how God has given different gifts to His people in the church The purpose was to edify Jesus The goal was to further Jesus among the church and the world These were simply tools to be used But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. There’s a better…

Christian artist Shai Linne in his introduction to doxology wrote these words, Theology is the study of God and it's very important; Doxology is an expression of praise to God So, the point here is that all theology should ultimately lead to doxology If theology doesn't lead to doxology, then we've actually…

God blesses us so we can bless others? How does He bless us? He blesses us by sending the Messiah to set our house in order. Jesus is the Seed who blesses the seed. Ignorance, not malevolence, killed the promised Seed. Malevolence, not ignorance, delays the promised Seed. We bless the world by the cleansing…

INTRODUCTION In light of Mother’s Day, I want to deviate from our study in 1 Peter so we can talk about things that speak of characteristics that should mark every woman To do that, let me invite you to take God’s Word and turn with me to Titus chapter 2 Titus 2:3-5 , “3 Older women likewise are to be…

Good Morning, I am so glad that you are here with us today and we prepare for a week not only to remember and reflect on the Cross, but also to celebrate next weekend our risen Savior. Today we continue in our series of the Lord’s Parables. Would you turn with me to Matthew chapter 21. The title of our…

Matthew 5:9 is somewhat the pinnacle of verses 7-9. As believers we are to be peacemakers, not peacekeepers. What do we mean by that? Listen to todays message and find out!

Humanity We are continuing to work through Dr. John Walton’s book on Genesis One. We have been looking at the individual days of creation. Last we talked about day six. We paused before completing the last section to pay particular attention on the creation of humanity. Let read that part of Genesis…

Days Four to Six Installing Functionaries Days Four to Six in Genesis 1 Install Functionaries IN THE ACCOUNT OF DAYS FOUR THROUGH six we see a shift in the focus. While a functional orientation is still obvious, God is not setting up functions as much as he is installing functionaries. In some cases…

Introduction Hook Now for those of you that grew up with siblings, you understand the concept of revenge quite well. Growing up with brothers and sisters around your age leads to many opportunities to pay them back for the insults and injuries received from them. Now I had two younger brothers, the youngest…

Mark 1:12–13 (ESV) 12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. Review So, with the Spirit descending from heaven and with the words that he speaks,…

The Power of Jesus’ Call Mark 1:16–20 (ESV) 16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 And immediately they left their…

Introduction This morning as we come to worship, and if you had a chance to read the passage and the title of the sermon, I have a question for you. Where is your delight? As I was looking over this Psalm for today, this phrase seemed to jump out at me. Where do we place our delight? There are many things…

Omnipotence- All Powerful This week we are going to look at the third of God’s Omni’s. We have examined God’s Omnipresence and his omniscience, and this morning we are going to look at his Omnipotence. Omnipotence simply means “All Powerful”. What do you think about when you think about power? I think…

Recap of Last Week Subtitle: The Reality of Repentance Big Idea: Sincere repenters seek ways to live anew When repentance is preached, There are spontaneous responses Egotistic people become benevolent Malcontents find fulfillment This Morning we focus on 15-17 Big Idea: Preachers of the Gospel must…

Good Morning! - … Really good to hear from Andy and Jenny Sheer… and to meet their baby William … We are in our third Advent sermon series entitled Hope Rises… Advent is all about having our hearts prepared… We can get so used the traditions of Christmas… that we fail to have “fresh eyes” and see something…