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“Christ is at the center of everything that we do and are.” We are beginning a 5 week series on our Church vision. If you’re anything like me you hear that statement and instantly start to switch your brain off and the eyes glaze over. So why? Why Samuel are you going to put us through something you…

“Evil is atheism’s most potent weapon against the Christian Faith.” — C.S.Lewis Think about it.... Where is Jesus … when evil rears its ugly head?! Where is God… in the struggles and heartaches of life?! How do we answer that question when a baby dies? When we suffer? When everything around us seems…

Template Pattern used as a guide Common parts Christian Letter Typical Letter Writer, recipients, greeting Structure/content Christianized Salutation Theological Significant/meaningful Who Paul is in Christ, who they are in Christ, and what they have in Christ. Who is the writer? Verse 1 Paul Official…

I Will Build My Church… these are the words promised by Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18 … and the gates of Hell will not overpower it!!! Christ when He left gave a mandate… Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the…

Intro Hook? Dear brothers and sisters of Christ at Flooding Creek, I have a heartfelt and pointed message for you today. All preaching should be ideally heartfelt and directed personally at you as listeners, but today has a heightened focus because it concerns our future as a local church. God brings…

Introduction: Many people today struggle with sharing the Gospel because they are concerned about the response of the hearer. What if they reject me? What if they persecute me? What if they refuse to hear me? What if they gossip about me and slander me? This has been the best offensive move by Satan…

Matthew 9:18-34 Several years back your humble correspondent observed a diverse crowd standing in a long line on a hot summer day. The large gathering of patient people spoke with accents representing many places in the U.S. and various countries around the world. They were all happily waiting to see—not…

Some Background needed It is important to understand the setting so can understand the story, the situation, the scripture and there is much to see, learn about this mostly Gentile church located in Antioch of Syria. The church had been persecuted and scattered (Act8:1) 1 Saul was in hearty agreement…

Message This evening, you have witnessed a presentation of the first Christmas. Of the characters involved in the play, you were first introduced to a young Joseph and Mary, those new parents that beamed with joy at their firstborn child. You also met an angel that came winging down with a message from…

Scripture Reading Ephesians 4:1-15 Title: Vision Sunday 2023 Message Last week, I took the opportunity to briefly consider the purpose of SCBC... Our Purpose Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe…

Biblical rest is modeled and granted as an act of God's completion, not the remedy for exhaustion.

He went His way ( Lk4:30 ) Jesus had returned to Galilee ( Lk4:14 ) Jesus spoke, then taught in Galilee ( Lk4:17-27 ) People were filled with rage and drove him out to kill him ( Lk4:28-29 ) Jesus went His way ( Lk4:30 ) 30 But passing through their midst, He went His way. They had wanted signs, wonders…

Who do you say that He is?

Announcements www.southcharlottebaptist.org/hub Evangelist Ron Comfort will be preaching in our services - 11 AM & 6 PM - this coming Sunday, March 21. Resurrection Sunday, April 4 Neighborhood Bible Time, week of June 20 Verse Memorization I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,…

4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Discreet The Greek word, σώφρων -ος, ὁ; (sōphrōn) means: moderate — wisely keeping…

Ephesians 3 is going to reframe our thinking: Reframe the Mystery Reframe Our Purpose Reframe God’s Ability Have you ever really disliked someone? Open with story of me not inviting Brandy Ashley to VBS. This is kind of like the relationship the Jews hand with the Gentiles (non-Jews). This was never…

(S1) Generous LIVING as a multiplying force when its focused on God’s mission and purpose Last week—living out of a spiritual mentality of abundance Scarcity or Abundance—Trusting Jesus to do more with what we have to multiply our ministry to the world —Jesus’ generosity with his TIME —Jesus’ generosity…

The Promise to the Overcomer 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. The genuine Christian, the one who overcomes by faith and is victorious over the world (cf. 1 John 5:4–5) (Walvoord), will join Christ not…

I don’t think you have to try hard to understand that most people’s lives are out of balance. We used to teach this to kids in Campus Life… Living Balanced Life. Jesus modeled it. 52 Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. Jesus grew mentally, physically, spiritually,…

One of the earliest and most important lessons we Americans teach our children is how to tell time. This is because we live in a time-conscious culture. Whereas people in many other parts of the world worry much less about deadlines and dates, we are rather obsessed with time. Being early is not fashionable.…

Paul wanted to go to Rome as a preacher, but instead he went as a prisoner! Not exactly what he had planned. God has a way of accomplishing His plan in spite of our best efforts otherwise. What we learn today is God can use our adversity to advance His mission. We must be flexible and watch for opportunities in the most unlikely circumstances.

Do any of you ever wonder if God is paying attention to you when you pray? A 5-year-old said grace at family dinner one night. “Dear God, thank you for these pancakes.” When he finished his prayer, his parents looked curiously at him and asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when they were having…

Who and what is the Holy Spirit and how do we interact with it?

Intro Kids Portion Today’s story is about a church that sends out missionaries Do you remember when we sent Sam Peterson to Colorado? We laid hands on him and prayed for him The missionaries are named Paul and Barnabas God gives them a special mission to go out and preach the gospel When they are out…

In January of 2020, the Houston Chronicle newspaper published an article on the riches cities in Texas. In this article they listed the richest cities by median income, population, and unemployment rate. Would anybody care to guess which city was ranked the wealthiest city in Texas was in 2020? The answer…