Results

What Drives You? Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better…

Foe from the North Literal Geographical North: Harbinger of Doom The great day of the Lord is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there. A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of…

Intro: A few years ago I joined a coaching cohort with a guy named Jared C. Wilson. He’s an author, seminary professor, and former pastor. There are a few of his books that have been really key in my spiritual growth and understanding of what the church is and does and why. If you want to go deeper on…

King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal…

Steve Bateman at TGC I do not know if you have seen the advertisements yet, but did you know there is an election coming up It is a pretty significant one. And with an election of this magnitude there can be anxiety Be prepared for a deluge of desperate pleas, dire warnings, accusations and rumors. The…

Introduction What gets your attention. Are you the type of person who is easily distracted by the many distractions around you? The popular movie called “up” had a dog character who would bring about a pop culture phrase called Squirrel. This showed us the idea how easily, even the faithful man’s best…

Responding to the Government This is another significant area of Christian response. We’ve considered how Christians should respond to others (12:14-16), to evil (12:17-21), and now to the government. This is in tune with discerning the good, acceptable, perfect will of God (12:2), and in tune with relating…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you this day, we come with love in our hearts for all that our mothers and those who have been like a mom to us have done for us throughout our lives. But, we also come to remember that your love for these women and others who have loved us so much…

What can we assume about James from his introduction of himself in verse 1? To whom is James writing and how does he refer to them ? ( James 1:1-2 ) James tells his readers to, “count it all joy when ye fall into divers (various) temptations (trials),” . Discuss your own experiences and how you have…

We are reminded that God graciously came to proclaim good news and freedom from sin. We are encouraged to let the will of God drive us.

The average person spends one-fifth of his or her life talking. If all of our words were put into print, the result would be this: A single day's words would fill a 50-page book, While in a year's time the average person's words would fill 132 books of 200 pages each. God created humans to communicate…

Giving thanks to God is a daily activity for all who truly love the LORD. Just as we are to worship God in Spirit and Truth, thanksgiving is always apart of worship. Thanksgiving and praise go hand in hand. As we will see today though numerous scriptures thanksgiving is a lifestyle of daily praise, which…

Secular - Here is a story of a DEA Agent whose life got really hard. A DEA officer stops at a ranch in Texas, and talks with an old rancher.. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for ill*gally grown dr*gs." The rancher says, "Okay , but do not go in that field over there," as he points…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

1 And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment. 2 So, entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was…

Saved, Sanctified and Too Holy for Holidays Those of us who know Jesus as Savior and Lord, who know the infilling power of the Holy Spirit, who have submitted ourselves and surrendered ourselves to God and have tasted the blessings of holiness have a special responsibility to others. But it is not the…

Last week we saw how some wise men from the east saw a star in the sky and discovered that a king was born in Israel. They followed the star to Jerusalem and then to Bethlehem where they met the Savior face-to-face. Now they may not have known the significance of this birth. They did not know all of…

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” This is often called Holy Week. Not my favorite term. During this time many of you have spent time considering what happened in Christ’s life during each of the days leading up to His crucifixion and resurrection. How much time is spent thinking…

First let me say thanks: I don’t believe we can overstate the importance of multi generational ministry. Whether its Paul telling Timothy to teach what he had learned from Paul to others who could teach others or when Paul said that we should speak to each other, older and younger like parents and kids,…

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And…

TEACHING ON PRAYER According to Acts 2:42 , the young Christians, along with the older believers, “continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, AND IN PRAYERS.” These Christians had developed from the very beginning of their new life in Christ some definite…

Question: What is the difference between tolerance and approval? Question: Can we love those we disapprove of? Parents who love their children do not approve of everything they do. Is there any relationship on the planet where they agree on everything? Of course not! And yet, why is a person’s sexuality…

Since the beginning of this year. We have looked at the book of Matthew. We began with the genealogy of Jesus and these next two weeks we are looking at the ending of the life that Jesus spent here on earth. Next Sunday is Easter and we will look at the Resurrection and what Jesus said to us as He was…

The Worshiper 1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord .” When you remember God’s promise in Genesis 3.15 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head,…