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32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure…

Scene 1. When you set yourself up as superior to everyone else, you are very likely to get things horribly wrong. Let’s look at some examples. Stalin, who was he? What is he infamous for? Chairman Mou, who was he? What was he infamous for? Hitler, who was he? What was he infamous for? Pol Pot, who was…

Evening 18 June 2023

Sometimes we don’t see what God is doing and it makes no sense to us. Kind of like the following joke. The following is a great exercise for people who are out of shape: Begin with a five-pound potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute,…

Are you the one? INTRODUCE SELF, SET TIMER, INTRODUCE SERIES INTRODUCTION -We’re Working through our series on the Book of Matthew Called Kingdom. -(Recap Chapters 1-10) -All the ways to follow along: Bible App, ACC app, Handouts, (If someone wants one of those let me know, I can still get them printed…

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken…

Welcome to Heartland Christian Church. If this is your first time here we’re happy to have you. Let’s get started. Please Stand Somebody give the Lord thanks for something He is or does. Before we get started let’s read from Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He…

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - Only by grace can we enter (785) Psalm Reading Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth…

Following up with this mornings sermon, we will start tonight with the scribes and Pharisees asking for a sign from Jesus. While we might all be skeptical of someone who walked into our church and started to teach a different doctrine and heal people, going contrary to what we had all been taught from…

Religious Blasphemy 22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince…

After Christ and the disciples had contended with the Pharisees after plucking and eating grain on the Sabbath, Jesus went on. Notice, he did not allow all the “things” to get in the way of ministry. He kept pressing forward taking the Gospel Message to a lost and dying world, preaching, teaching, and…

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Good afternoon! I hope that everyone is doing well today. I apologize for last week. Autumn unfortunately had Covid and out of a preponderance of caution I felt it best to isolate as well for a few days just to be safe. How I came away without catching it I have no idea. Isolation is not something that…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We are headed to the fall, therefore, soon we will move our start time back to 10:30am as the temp is dropping. We currently have an online church directory. The website/ phone app is Instant Church Directory.com. You can sign up to access our current directory…

What we are going to talk about today is two kingdoms. Up to this point in Matthew we have only read about one kingdom: “The Kingdom of God”. But in this passage today we are introduced to another kingdom who has a spiritual ruler, who is able to enslave men and women and has great influence in this…

THE THREAT FROMN WITHIN Scripture Reading: Romans 8:1-9 1 Corinthians 3:1-4 When asked the question, “What is the greatest enemy of the local church?”, there would be a myriad of answers given. Many would be mistaken because they thing it was some evil thing out there. Some would say it is Humanism/Paganism…

1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they…

Overview In the previous episode ( Rev 19 , Part 2) we looked at how John’s use of the Old Testament, especially Ezekiel 38-39 , more or less proves that Revelation 16-20 cannot be read as a linear sequence of events, but as a series of cycles that describe the same series of events leading to the return…

Intro; Last Sunday morning we talked about the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. And as we closed in the scriptures, Jesus warned His disciples and all that they needed to “Watch!” Watch - look, take heed, keep awake; turn one’s attention to, beware, to guard. Watchfulness or watching indicates…

Unity/Undivided We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. Ben Franklin At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 What does God’s Word say about unity? 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the…

Where is God ? There is so much happening in our world that I often ask this question. Maybe it is just me. The country of Myammar. The shootings we experience it seems each week. Angry people yelling. Media trying to dictate what we are to believe. Power. Abuse. Is God only to be found in Scripture/Stories…

He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, WORDS OF COMFORT I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world…

The Just Live by Faith CONTEXT OT sacrifices could not provide permanent cleansing (10:1-4) So God found the solution in the sacrifice of Christ (10:5-10) Christ's perfect sacrifice achieved eternal perfection for all who believe (10:11-18) SO DRAW NEAR & HOLD FAST (10:19-39) THOUGHT-FLOW (10:19-39)…