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God uses the Gospel to powerfully reveal the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ to cause people to have life changing faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. What is really powerful to you? Think of something that you would consider really powerful. What is it? Engine, gun, fire, storm, etc. Whatever it…

Introduction If you look at the religions of the world, there appears the thought that good works makes it possible to earn God’s favor (a simplified generalization). But this is a significant issue in humanity—and can easily influence people who attend church services and its ministries. “God helps…

Hebrews 10:32-11:40 I want to invite you to join my club. If you join, life will be a struggle. You may not get to keep anything that’s yours right now. You will be insulted, mistreated, misunderstood, and misrepresented. You will be asked to believe and learn to know a person you cannot see. You will…

If I were to ask you to describe or give a definition of your faith, what would you say? Trust, belief, walking with Jesus, etc.. That all sounds good and sweet, but can you defend a faith like that in a world like ours? 17 The first one to plead his cause seems right, Until his neighbor comes and examines…

Introduction We are in a study of the book of James Sometimes as I read James, think he may have been a little ADHD. He changes subjects often and it appears that there is no rhyme or reason to his letter. Yet if you look closer you will see that he has a line of thought. In Chapter 2, he is describing…

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,…

Love always supports, is always loyal. How much do we yearn for that sort of love? The Good News that we share as followers of Christ is that this sort of love is not only given to us, it is given to us to share! Join us to explore what it means to be always supportive and loyal.

Intro: What is this? Have a few example for someone to guess about: Now we know these things have confidence in this knowledge because we have proven it to be true. Too often in our faith, we do not test to see if it is true, we do not test to see if God’s promises are true. Now, don’t get me wrong there…

Opening: Does anyone here like a good salad bar? Okay, good, I’m not the only weirdo. Well, what makes a good salad bar? I’m glad you asked. A good salad needs A variety of lettuce types Lots of different vegetables Different cheeses Eggs Dried cranberries Sunflower seeds A variety of dressings If I…

1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. Sermon Thesis: Faith…

FAITH’S JOURNEY Joshua 2:1-21 It is amazing to watch what faith can do in people’s lives. It is not often the path we would choose or would have thought of, but it is nevertheless a path that is truly amazing and is often unusual. Our Faith takes us to unexpected places, unforeseen circumstances. The…

Give me your definition of a friend. Erma Bombeck said, “A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.” Others have said, “A friend will go on liking you, no matter how successful either of you become,” and “A friend sees the best in you, even when you’re not showing it.” Friends are those people…

I want to begin by thanking Salem Baptist for opening their doors to us! I cannot express enough how much we have been blessed by this church Now I don’t know if any of you have ever started a church in your home, but it is a special kind of day when that church gets to move into a more public location!…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

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…

For a person who has been justified by faith, a real death has occurred, and although you still see this same flesh breathe and move, the me that was, the me that was beholden and enslaved to sin, is no more!

We know that we should choose Faith rather than Fear. But what is Faith, and why does it matter. Let's take a look.

Does your faith show through your works?

Introduction - Stolen Valor Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from…

1 Thessalonians 1 Good morning church! Very glad to be back with our church family this morning. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We were able to gather with all of our children which was wonderful. Would you guys join me in prayer for our service this morning..... Now at risk of predictably…

A Fool and his money Luke 12:13–15 (ESV) 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for…

Intro: Last week we looked at “The Work of the Gospel”. We talked about how it was a work of Liberty, Loyalty and Love… When talking about how it was a work of loyalty, we saw that it required Sincerity and Integrity. As I studied this mornings passage I was reminded again of the need for sincerity and…

The Sermon we have looked at the sermon that Jesus preached about the kingdom of Heaven we have seen what people look like and what they do in this kingdom how they are different because they are controlled by the Holy Spirit loving our enemies blessing those who mistreat you don't have a judgmental…

Mary Magdalene would have to be one of the most unfairly represented characters in the Bible. This poor lady’s memory has been so corrupted by completely untrue accusations that in popular thought she is seen as a prostitute, a temptress and even as Jesus’ lover. It is incredible how her character has…