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This past Monday and Tuesday Pastor Shawn and I went to the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. We go to this every year, and always have a great time, but this time we were joined by Brandon Shull, Drew Broughton and Brian Kelly. This morning we want to share what the Lord…

God, show me the way to the cross. It is still hard to understand why the Son of God would let mortal men condemn Him to such a horrible death. But what love you demonstrated in that act! Lord, Show me how to demonstrate that same love to the world’s needy. Give me your power…to do your work…as I set…

Isaiah 40:10-11 , John 10:11 , Hebrews 13:20 , 1 Peter 2:25 (Based on Sermon Series SRVCC4 Jesus, The Giver Of Real Life! - The Good Shepherd John 10:1-21 , 24 July 2005) Scene 1. We all want to be ‘Living Life To The Max!’ Isn’t that what all the TV ads tell us? If we buy this product, or sign up for…

“Dad says...” “The boss says...” “The preacher says...” Jesus puts our focus on “what God says...” About sixth months have passed since Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 begins “after this” - over the next 2 chapters we see a lot more opposition to Jesus, especially of the Jewish religious leaders. These 2 chapters…

Study Two If God is the source of salvation, then it is safe to say that Salvation is accomplished when God chooses to accomplish it. That is the doctrine of election or what the Bible means when it refers to God’s people as His elect. D. L. Moody was known to say, “The elect are the whosoever wills,…

Introduction: What we believe about the Bible is key to our faith. It is key to understanding the gospel that the Bible reveals to us. How authoritative is it? What does it say about God and about us? Do we trust it? These are all questions we need to explore. Today, I want to ask you another question,…

Me: I have been thinking of the power of testimony recently. On FB I learned one of my friends from seminary came to faith while in jail. I have a testimony of turning from reason to faith. And I know many in this church have powerful testimonies of being brought to faith We: For all us, each testimony…

Establishing Authority The lineage - Messiah The Temptation The Word The Power Before you get to the Parables in chapter 13, Matthew has made it abundantly clear who Jesus is Now we ask the question - “Is Jesus looking for a large crowd to follow Him, or for disciples to learn from Him and worship God?”…

Ephesians 4:7 “7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” Grace. Unmerited favor, and denotes enablement. moves from “all” to “each one of us” diversity (cf. Rom 12:4–5 ; 1 Cor 12:4–29 ). Quote on screen “Grace…In this context, it is a particular enablement given…

What did Paul pray for?

What is a disciple? a follower of Jesus that you have spiritual reproduced yourself in their life. One life-to a life-for life. Teaching them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded us. Disciples who make disciples who make disciples. How do you make a disciple? Follow One, Win One, Lead One.…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

A Sure Guarantee Ill. J. Vernon McGee Story Dad killed in cotton gin accident when Vernon was 14 Mother him and sister to Nashville. Had to get permit to work at 14. Had to quit school. Up at 5 o’clock every morning to go to work. Later finished school because a man helped him and paid his way through…

Introduction: December, 2009 I held a newborn baby…14 years ago I cradled a tiny infant in my arms; ney! I barely needed my arms, almost just my hands. Talk about stopping to consider and having a little perspective. Many of you have held an infant, perhaps not in December, but that barely matters; tiny…

Introduction : Years ago, I took a class in seminary entitled, Biblical Counseling with Dr Tim Seal. I took it because during my ministry as a Student Pastor at Ellendale Baptist, I felt ill-equipped with the biblical counseling cases that I faced among teens and their parents. I heard from fellow student…

Introduction In seminary, we had a free evening and went to a Rangers game. Sitting next to a group of guys who were cutting up as guys often do. The three of us were sitting there talking and a conversation started between our two groups. They asked what we did. “Pastors.” Immediately their language…

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! I’m not much of a morning person, but yesterday I made a commitment to rise early and attend the Men’s Breakfast held at the Wesleyan Church here in town. It has been several months since I’ve attended one of these events, but I sensed…

I knew it p / Image of man “thinker” in Picasso style / I remember being a teenager and struggling with the call to follow Jesus. I knew following Jesus was no casual, ordinary path, that it was the single most important decision of my life. / I remember considering, weighing what a commitment to faith…

In 2023, do you want to be in maintenance mode or mission mode? Maintenance mode - doing fine, but just getting by. Mission mode - relentlessly pursuing the advancement of God’s Kingdom. Both personally and corporately. Our country is facing a problem that is far greater than any political problems we…

Intro - Easter – time when people will come to church that normally would not. There is a lot of worry about the church and we are being attacked... There are moves in the public square to silence Christians who still believe the Bible… who hold to Biblical morals. People will try to make you a racist…

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…

Intro Who this morning hasn’t heard of Mr. Rogers? He has been popularized once again through the movie that came out in 2019 “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood” where he was played by Tom Hanks. Did you know though, that Fred Rogers was an ordained minister? Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh,…

The Facets of Salvation Study Four The terms that relate to God’s election of the saints can at times be confusing for the routine reader. Although there are different distinctions for each term used that is important to understand, the reader must be careful not to over emphasize one over the other.…

Matthew 5:13–16 (CSB) 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights…

A letter came from Health and Human Services to a resident of Greenville County, South Carolina: "Your food stamps will be stopped, effective March 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if your circumstances change." There are often times we wish our…