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The following story is an example of how to not get people to keep coming to church, you do this and they aren’t going to listen to you share the Gospel either: An elderly woman walked into the local country church. The friendly usher greeted her at the door and helped her up the flight of steps. “Where…

NCCSA Elementary Fine Art Academic Testing: Joann George (3rd) - Science 2nd Brighten Wheeler (4th) - 2nd in Math and Science Joanna Uit de Flesch (6th) - 1st History Art: Brookelyn Russel (5th) - 1st place in Mixed Media Bible Sword Drill (Team): 3rd grade - 3rd place 6th grade- 2nd place Music: 3/4…

Trust Jesus is preparing us a room in heaven. What is life like, the present heaven? 1. People, who die on earth believing in God and Jesus, are relocated to heaven. 2. People, in heaven, remember they life on earth. 3. People, in heaven, vocally express themselves. 4. People, in heaven, are aware of…

Our Focus Tonight (see slide on screen) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, We are looking at pages 26-28 in the workbook, then will try, Lord willing to pull answers for the questions on pg. 29. Someone look at pg. 26, what is the definition of evangelist…

Opening • Welcome • Events • Boudreaux Joke Message Opening • Pray • Series - what does it mean to be blessed • Some of God’s blessings: fulfillment, contentment, peace, joy . . . • Not all about money • Today: Am I Generous • Most of us have heard this verse or a version of it: 38 Give, and it will…

John 4:31-43

Psalm 3 Somehow or another, every good movie finds a way to place the main character(s) in an excruciating dilemma with seemingly no way out. After squeezing out every last second of agony and horror from the audience through the twists and turns of the crisis, the plot finally resolves in some clever,…

Mother’s Day We could talk about Ruth, or Ester, or Eve, there are some good ones to highlight. Danie and I both felt to talk about Mary today. Mary is a great example for us to look at as a mother and more. 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,…

THE PROMISE OF A NEW YEAR ECCLESIASTES 12 Introduction: The name Ecclesiastes indicates “the Preacher or the Philosopher,” and this book contains the philosophy of Solomon as his mind was in conflict over the problems of life… One would summarize Solomon’s analysis of life without a heavenly purpose…VANITY.…

Loud Hosannas & Silent Nights We welcome those who we honor in special ways. Everyone knew the prophecy of the Messiah who would enter Jerusalem riding on a donkey from the East. Jesus told his disciples that they would find an unridden donkey, and he told them what to say. Instead of becoming angry,…

We are reminded that Christ reconciled us to be presented as holy, blameless, and above reproach. We are encouraged to continue stable and steadfast in the faith.

Intro: As we move into this final campaign of war, we see the battle plan that is drawn up by God to accomplish victory for the Israelites. He has weakened Pharaoh’s army through 9 plagues, now God will break the back of His enemies in this last plague. It is the plague of death! Text; Exodus 11:1-10…

Exodus 2:23–25 (ESV) — 23 During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with…

There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” “Here I am, Lord,” he replied. “Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there. In a vision…

Mark 15:42-47 Intro : In the fourth-century there lived a Christian named Telemachus. He lived in a remote village, tending his garden and spending much of his time in prayer. One day he thought he heard the voice of God telling him to go to Rome, so he obeyed, setting out on foot. Weary weeks later,…

What It Really Means to Be A Child of God Not all people are children of God. That may be a surprise for you to hear, but I want to talk about what the Bible says, not about what the culture says. It’s a feel-good quote when people bring up racial tensions that is just not what the Bible says. The Bible,…

Who Bothers to Thank God? Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. My mother, as well as Tanya’s, taught us to write “Thank You Notes”. If ever I missed, a lecture would follow and sometimes punishment. I wish I did a better job of writing thank…

Introduction Paul here turns his attention away from everyone like he has been talking about and to the Jews in particular. Remember Paul has just finished saying that because of the wrath of God people have been turned over to their own desires of the heart. Turned over to the way of the beast. Romans…

One of the many talents I have is singing songs based on phrases people say. My kids and wife experience this more than most…because I don’t want people to feel bad after hearing my vocal abilities. But in any given conversation, if you speak a phrase that I recognize as a lyric from a song… I just might…

What are different sounds that might be heard in worship that are "strange" or unauthorized? Who is the audience of our worship? What is the purpose of singing in worship?

This is a continuation from last week’s message. This series of messages is designed to answer the question, “Why do I, personally, only use the KJV and why do I, as pastor, continue to lead SCBC to use only the KJV?” My personal stated position and the stated position of SCBC is We believe that God…

Good Morning. Glad we can be here. Today we are going to a look at the book of 1 John. We will be working our way through it over the next several weeks. One of the great things about this book is it is short. It is easy for all of us to read this book and really dig into it together. To set some context…

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…

There have been a few times in my life where I wish I had one of those epic movie trailer voices. You know what I’m talking about. “Coming soon to theater near you” “The feature event of a lifetime” “An unprecedented multi media experience that will blow you away” The Lord has not gifted me in that way,…

Intro ; One of the songs most kids learn in Sunday school or VBS is “This Little Light of Mine”. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine Hide it under a bushel? No! I’m gonna let it shine Don’t let Satan blow it out, I’m gonna let it shine Let it shine till Jesus comes, I’m gonna let it shine…