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Can you imagine someone wearing a necklace with an electric chair on it? Have you ever seen a bumper sticker with a guillotine? And yet, as the thought for today said, we see crosses everywhere. We forget that in Jesus’ day, a cross was not a fashion statement. Our reading for today reminds us that following…

End of David’s Reign 1 Kings 1-2 Describes the end of David’s reign. David's sons watched his strength slip away, waiting for him to die. Abishag a concubine is brought to David and even she cannot stir him. She is sent to keep him warm, and his sons start to plot against him. After Absalom was killed,…

And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with…

Never before have a preached a message for those who are not here. For those that are, this will be a message for you to keep in your back pocket, should your future context warrant a second look and listen. Instead, this is for those of you who have fallen, drifted, turned away, abandoned, questioned,…

The core reason for all crimes of violence, like the terror in New Zealand this week, is unhappiness. “Misery loves company.” Unhappy people want to make other people feel miserable so that they can feel better. It’s an attempt to take away the human sense of humor. As I’ve mentioned, humanity, humility, and humor came from the same root word “humus.” Therefore, a crime against happiness is a crime against humanity or vise-versa.

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Scripture Prayer Intro I think a universal experience in life is walking in a room…looking around, and asking, “Why am I here?” Maybe it happens more when you’re older and you’ve got more things on your mind. I don’t remember that ever happening as a kid, but as we get older…

Seeking Righteousness Often in our path to seek what is right in the world we go out on our own in our own beliefs and understanding to achieve justice. However, the path to justice is often paved with misunderstanding, ill intention, and not having all the details necessary to make an accurate judgement.…

This is the first Sunday in November. Early this morning we all set our clocks back. We had our first true frost of the year this past week. Everything that was alive is dead. Have you ever seen something that looks alive but it is completely dead on the inside. I have seen trees that on the outside…

Intro Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent,…

Intro: Adrian Rogers was an American Southern Baptist pastor and conservative author. He lived from 1931 -2005. And His ministry “Love Worth Finding” is still broadcast on different radio and tv stations today. Here’s how he describes the antichrist: “ World history began with the sin of man; it will…

Ha-Foke Bah Hebrew Ha-Foke Bah Hebrew Tzaraat Keep an eye on the well-being of the community. Intro to the series this is a story of God’s unrelenting love to recreate a “good world” for very sinful people. Because of God’s unrelenting love, after the storm a good world can be co-created. We are in our…

Intro This morning we continue in the book of Romans. We have been looking over the last few weeks of this 12th chapter of the book of Romans with the theme - why not now. Why not now, live your life for Christ? We make a choice every day, and in reality, multiple choices throughout the day in regards…

Intro: Life is tough, and even Christians get tired and discouraged at times. Have you ever heard the expression, “It’s enough to make a preacher cuss?” A pastor stopped at a yard sale to buy a used lawnmower. There was kid who was doing his best to make the sale. The preacher pulled the rope several…

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…

Review Last week, Desiree kicked off this new message series. She introduced her triple filter for understanding the world. She started with All Truth is God’s Truth and that is filtered through the lens of God is Love, Scripture is True, and Our Experiences are Valid. And that this series, called Compassioning,…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) Have you ever heard someone say something like this... All claims to be the only true religion are like mountain climbers taking different trails to the summit of the same mountain. Each hiker can only see their trail and claims that it is the…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! My name is Chris... QR Codes in back Sermon notes Give online Membership Class Scripture Beautiful weather continues for us... Anybody do any hiking this week? For the sake of my illustration let’s pretend you did. You went hiking this week. Cool? Great. You went on a hike…

In Mark 9, Jesus confronts his disciples with the upside-down reality of the Kingdom of Heaven. Leaders are servants, children are important, outsiders are insiders, and we ourselves are our own worst enemies. So much of this is over-familiar to us, but what happens when we really apply it to ouselves? Can it change us? Should it? Does it?

Does everybody know who Joseph Smith is? He is the founder of the Mormon Faith is buried at the Smith Family Cemetery in Nauvoo Illinois. You can visit it if you wish. L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology is dead, but he chose to be cremated and had his ashes spread over the pacific ocean. I am…

this morning we will be looking at the responses to Paul’s faithful biblical preaching as you can see from my sermon title and the text, it ranged from jealousy and outright persecution to rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord to genuine saving faith I have intentionally used the term “faithful…