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Some teachers are better at communicating than others. One can make a difficult biology lesson or calculus formula clearer and easier to understand when another only makes these subjects feel more complicated and confusing. Yet sometimes even the best of teachers will say things that are hard to understand…

We live in an age where anyone can become famous overnight. Do you know what it means to go viral? It is an internet term meaning that a photo, video, or some other online content spreads across the globe at an incredibly rapid pace. You could upload content to any social media platform tonight and wake…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome. I’m excited to have you all here this morning because we are starting a new sermon series today since we are at the beginning of a new year. And I gotta be honest with you all, I am both extremely excited and extremely nervous for this series! Now, you’re probably…

Intro: Taylor and falling in love with worship There are over 400 verses in the Bible about singing. There are 50 explicit commands around singing, which, if we just stop for a second, that's a weird command. Don't murder. Oh, and sing." Right? "You shouldn't touch another man's wife. Sing. Don't steal…

Why does Christianity continue to grow? What are the values that drive its culture-spanning history? How does it transform cultures and people into better versions of themselves, rather than forcing the one culture on everyone? The values of inclusion and diversity, which lie at the heart of Christianity, account for all these questions. But then why does the church struggle so much with the modern Western values of inclusion and diversity? Where did they come from? How are they different? Join us as we grapple with these questions in the hope that we can understand how, as modern, Western Christians, we can embrace the values of Christianity while reaching out to a broken world.

Intro: When Taylor and I put together my bed frame verses the girls beds. What we're going to look at today in the Bible is how we're supposed to, how we've been designed to, relate to Jesus Christ. If you have your Bibles…hopefully you do...we're going to be in the book of John. Once again, if you're…

WORSHIPPING CHRISTMAS OR CHRIST Isaiah 1:2-18 Yea, if we are not careful, we can worship the holiday more than we worship Christ. I’m afraid that is true in most folk’s lives in America and is probably what the majority of professing Christians do, we say how much we love Christmas, we say how important…

Introduction A weird period for those of us who love the Olympics. A delay for this last summer games which puts the winter games within a few months. The official American team pulling out. Mixed Medley Relay. 2 men and 2 women. When looking at records, the men will have the faster times. Why? Is it…

Welcome Good morning everyone. Today we are on the third Sunday of Advent, which from our reading we see is on the topic of Joy. Advent, like Lent, is a time of repentance, of turning back to God, but on this third week we specifically think about the joy that we have in Christ. For today then, we are…

Passage 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they…

As a follower of Jesus for a long time a person like myself can start to think, I’ve got this whole faith thing figured out. Most of the things where I fail at, where I sin are things that would never make the news, most people would think that there’s a problem with the person whose mad at me. The kind…

Opening prayer, dedication Music ministry #66 To God Be the Glory (1,2) #101 His Name is Wonderful In the Hands of Christ My King Word of God - Hebrews 2:5-9 Message: “Living Truth Today” As we continue our study of Hebrews today, I want us to think about “truth” What is “truth”? How do we define truth…

Why did Jesus come to this world? This is a question that theologians have wrestled with for centuries… (and we are ALL theologians) Why did Jesus step out of Heaven and onto this earth? What was the purpose of the Incarnation? (Go ahead, give me your answers) Jesus answers the question directly: 10…

There is a song that dates back to my earliest childhood I thought about the song again this week as I studied… That song needs Philippians! I mean a song that says to have joy only on Tuesday???? WEIRD I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy Down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart…

Intro From Gilgamesh to Agamemnon, From Aragorn to Paul Muad’dib, From Richard the Lionheart to Vladimir Putin, The warrior king has a deep and abiding appeal to humanity. The warrior king motif touches on our deepest desires. Whether we would announce it or not, we feel the great need for protection…

Titus 1-2 Good morning church! We are starting a short little letter this morning by the name of Titus. Just so you are aware, we will move through this book quickly as much of the material is similar to what we saw in 1 and 2 Timothy. Titus 1:1–4 (NKJV) 1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of…

Good morning! If I have not had the pleasure of meeting you my name is John and I serve Mission Church as the Senior Pastor. I am honored and humbled to be with you this morning… especially as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ruth entitled, “From Ruin to Redemption.” The story…

God’s Word Part 2 Good Morning. Would you turn with me to 2 Timothy chapter 2. Let me read verse 15 to us this morning as we begin our time in God’s very Word. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Some…

Exegetical & Homiletic Point: Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the Sheep Intro Kids: What makes a great cow or sheep farmer? Recap John showing us why we should believe in Jesus Healed a man bron blind on the Sabbath The Pharisees did not like that! (Pharisees a sect of strict religious…

We are reminded that God graciously gives us faith. We are encouraged to pray for faith and be useful tools of the Spirit.

Introduction We still see the results of February’s record setting cold. Feb. 8th - 19th. Below freezing. 15th hi of 3. 16th low of -11. And many of our trees and plants are still showing signs of that tremendous cold. One neighbor was told to dig around the roots and put some nutrient rich soil. And…

Scene 1/ The Christian life can be a great burden if it is lived out of duty instead of the holiness . 1:13-16 People can get so concerned to “protect” holiness and purity that they develop a whole system of rules to live by. Until recently many conservative evangelical theological colleges had some…

Interpreting the Bible Responsibly Serious Bible Study Isn’t for Sissies “scholars’ tasks are not for sissies.” -Frederick W. Danker Heiser, M. S. (2017). The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms (p. 7). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.- The goal of Bible study isn’t to get a spiritual…