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The way believers journey through this world and into the life to come. Jesus Christ Himself is the way to live. The life of faith stirs evangelism.

Our Scripture this morning comes from Mark 4 . Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching…

The Gospel of the Cross has no residency requirements!

Introduction This morning we will continue our walk through the book of Romans into chapter 9. Chapters 9-11 are a little bit different. We do not want to skip them, there are things here that we have to understand. We need to have a working knowledge of the doctrines presented here, if we are going…

Introduction We have all seen, had told to us, or given speeches to encourage and fire up people to go into battle, a sporting event, or many other things in life. We know they have great power to encourage and fire up people to go and do. Let me give a couple from movies. This speech from Aragorn in…

One of the great needs of our day is to simply get people lost. Everyone is a Christian, everyone is righteous, everyone is good. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: According…

SOUL WINNING MUSTS A discouraged preacher once dreamed that he was standing on top of a huge granite rock, trying to break it with a pickaxe. Hour after hour, he worked seeing no results. Finally, he said, “That’s it, I’ve tried, but it is useless.” Suddenly a man stood by him and asked, “Were you not…

Introduction How does a movement start / spread? The Christian faith, from one leader to billions of believers over a 2,000 year span covering every continent and the majority of people groups. It comes through what we call “evangelism.” Evangel = Gospel Gospel = Good News So, to evangelize is to gospelize…

Subtitle: The fortifying power of true comfort Scripture: Isa. 35:2 (starting with, “They shall see”) - 6 (stop with “the dumb sing”), 8-10 This month’s Spiritual Discipline is Evangelism. You might ask, “what does love and comfort from the title and 2 Cor. 1 have to do with evangelism?” If you would…

We started this journey seeking for this series, simply seeking answers, seeking truth. The Scriptures tell us: But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. And God Himself said through the prophet Jeremiah,…

We have gone over what those who creep into the church are like lately. We have seen that their beliefs are based on feelings and emotions and what they want. These people will twist and turn truth to fit the mold they want. They do this through slow movements and some through abrupt and bold movements.…

The book of Acts opens with a recounting of Jesus’ resurrection appearances and his ascension into heaven. Over forty days Jesus presented himself alive to his disciples, commanding them not to leave Jerusalem until they receive the Holy Spirit as promised. He ascends into heaven after assuring his disciples…

The importance of discussing sin first when sharing the gospel, and the results of turning away from God.

16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things…

Love God. Love people. Make disciples. Ever heard that? Bringing In the Sheaves? Remember that old song. None of us knew what it meant. As we saw on Wednesday, it is a reference to the Jewish Festival of Weeks (or Pentecost), which was a celebration of the harvest in Old Testament times. A sheaf of wheat…

Ezekiel, the watchman of Israel, is one we ought to emulate as we are the watchmen of the world for the glory of Christ with the Gospel of Christ.

Introduction: I want to take a moment and welcome all of you back home to Bethlehem. We are excited to be celebrating our 201st birthday as a church and it’s always a blessing to have everyone back home. That’s what a lot of us love about holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, isn’t it? We love to…

After the Jerusalem council, Paul returns to Antioch and begins another journey out west. He begins by returning to the places he visited the first time, and that is where he meets Timothy, the one he calls his son in the faith. They build an intensely close relationship. Timothy joins him on his journey…

Though fallen, the world is offered the hope of redemption and restoration through Jesus Christ. God loves the world but not what it has become but loves what He created it to become. Gen. 1 tells us that after God created that each day when a created thing was complete He saw it and it was GOOD. The…

In 2 Cor. 5:1-4 the Apostle Paul reminds his readers that like all of creation, in the earthly tents of our mortal physical existence, we all groan for something better, something fulfilling, something immortal. That groaning is experienced physically, emotionally, and spiritually as we walk through…

This year we have a lot of things planned with the goal that we can better connect with the community and live out the whole Gospel for the whole person. The plan is very intentional and is based on an understanding of the purpose of the church that I have learned over the last 30 plus years of being…

There was a young couple getting married and they did the usual things a couple getting married does. They sent out save the date cards, booked the venue, got the preacher, chose bridesmaid dresses, ordered the tuxes, sent out the invitations, everything. The RSVPs started coming back and the guest list…

In 2019 a Barna research report came out highlighting beliefs regarding evangelism among the millennial generation. There were a couple of interesting discoveries that came from this research. First, 96% of millennials consider being a witness about Jesus is part of their faith. 94% agreed that the best…

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and…

Acts 8-10 This morning we come to the final message in our series on INVITE! Last week we talked about what it would take to reach all of NWA with the Gospel—which seems an ambitious goal (and it is), but we do so because of the commands of Jesus! Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing…