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9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now…

When I was in college, one of my classmates my freshman year was guy who was a bit misguided in his approach to the things of the Lord, the Scriptures, and to his fellow classmates. He was a bit of a jokester, which often provided needed levity in a long semester with deadlines and the like, but sometimes…

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.

We live in a world of disgarce. Just look at Washington these days. However, we are called to shed the light of grace. It is the grace makes you the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Let's see how Jesus taught us to shed grace in this disgraceful world.

Introduction Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, fishers of men. I will make you fishers of men if you follow me. This is a familiar chorus that many of us probably sang in Sunday School. We may have even cut out little fishing poles and…

Nobody wants to be treated as a project; faith that expresses outwardly takes its best shape in authentic relationships with other people.

Psalm 27 Afraid of What? Afraid of What? v1-3 - August 21 Seek Who?. v4-5 - August 28 Hold On to What? v13-14 - Sept. 4 What are you afraid of? The dark? The monster in the closet? A spider? A snake? A big bad breathed wolf? The Three little pigs. (Video) The doctor? The dentist? One of your classmates?…

Have you ever considered how many voices are speaking to you every day? Of course, we interact regularly with friends and family, classmates and coworkers, but this is barely the beginning. Every day, we are listening to the voices of television, books, podcasts, music or talk radio, movies, newspapers,…

Grace Came with a Price: Christ Paid a Price You Could Not. Have you ever chosen to show someone grace and it was hard. I mean, you really agonized over whether to show someone grace. It might be because you were not sure if it was the right thing to do or not do. Or, it may be that you really did not…

We are reminded that God graciously gives His church everything we need for His ministry. We are encouraged to use our gifts in common with the body of Christ.

Just this past week something caught my attention in the news. You may have seen it yourself and read about it. An act of forgiveness was seen. Can you imagine forgiving the person who killed your own brother? Well, that's exactly what happened in a Dallas courtroom this past Wednesday. Police officer…

1 Peter 2:11-17 Have you ever felt like you wore a target on your back? Like wherever you go at school, work, etc., your classmates, coworkers, teachers, or managers were suspicious of you, waiting for you to misbehave and finding ways to criticize and make your life miserable? It’s not easy to live…

Our text today from Deuteronomy 6 , is about the testing of our faith. When Scripture speaks of the “ testing ” of our faith it is referring to one of two things. The first is the “ testing ” of the QUALITY of our faith, and the second is the “ testing ” which ENHANCES our faith. In my message this morning,…

If I were to ask you who Jesus is, how would you answer? How you answer is central to what we say is our faith as Christians. It is the same question the author of our letter here was asked. Jesus asked Peter, “Who do people say that I am?” And the disciples came up with a list of answers. Then Jesus…

Intro How do people come to a new life with God? How do people hear and discover, how do they experience the kingdom of God? Let’s look to the bible to answer some of these questions Let’s read Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be…

Amazing Potential Matthew 9:35–38 (ESV) 35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and…

Resurrection Hope transformed Paul and transforms us.

Video: Here I am to Worship Faith Vision Christian Ministries i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Video: Anointing fall on me Prayer We invite the Holy…

We are back in Acts this morning. I encourage you to open your bibles to Acts 12 . We have not covered Acts 11:19-30 yet, and my plan is to talk about that section that next week with Acts 13 . However, it is the background for what we are going to cover here in chapter 12, so here is a quick summary.…

And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” And as he sat on the Mount…

Sometimes it IS your circus, and more often than not they ARE your monkeys.

Intro Week Three of Four Week One Looked to Amos and the fact that our faith is not to be a performance God doesn’t care about the performance or the check list if our hearts aren’t in the right place Week two Jeremiah’s testimony to the court prophets They just kept telling people what they wanted to…

Judging by Sight One of my first sermons was to give thanks for my bad eyesight. Because of an early diagnosis of nearsightedness, I knew that my vision was not as complete as it could have been. I required some outside help to enable me to see well enough so that I could achieve the same learning capabilities…

Jesus foretells short-term pain, but promises ultimate gain.