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1 Joh 2:15-17 In this study of Fixing Church Culture, I want to look at some the cultural buzz words that are not easily defined because they are ever changing in their meaning. I also want to be able to look at our response to some the key issues in society - how we should view some things and how we…

Culture is an interesting word. Have you ever looked it up - the definition of it: The application of labor or other means to improve good qualities in, or growth; as the culture of the mind; the culture of virtue. What are some of the things that we as a church are working towards - what are some of…

Welcome to Heartland Christian Church. if this is your first time here we are happy to have you. Let’s get started. Please Stand. Somebody give him thanks for something He is or does. Today we’ll be reading Psalm 51 . Psalm 51 says: To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came…

Many of you remember the old TV program Mission: Impossible, and some of you have become acquainted with it through the more recent movie versions starring Tom Cruise. Basically, the television program revolved around an agent named Jim Phelps, receiving dangerous government assignments. The tagline…

Psalm 103:1-5 Scripture Reading vv.1-12 When I think of Revival – I think of the following verse: Psalm 103:5b …so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. A renewal is mentioned here, a revitalizing, a revival. A starting over – a revamping and restoring to a former self or place. The eagle becomes…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 22:2-25:9 Last Torah portion we spoke of the Red heifer being all about sanctification, and purification After the event of the red heifer we spoke about last Torah portion, the children of Israel had taken some territory, coming to Kadesh ( a sacred…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 13:1-15:41 So far, we have discussed how God longed to show Himself to Israel. If they had come up to mount Sinai the complete restoration back to God would have been accomplished as the Lord would have tabernacled in them. They could not do it. We have…

Good afternoon everyone, it's great to see all of you today. And in particular I want to wish all of our mothers that are either here or watching online a Happy Mothers Day. Sorry, I do not have a special mothers day message today. I chose to continue in our series on 1 John. And so as we continue our…

TEXT: JAMES 5:1-6 | IF RUST COULD SPEAK INTRO ILLUSTRATION : As a child, every year at Christmas time we would pull out an old VHS tape. It had recorded on it various Christmas movies and commercials that my parents had recorded off the tv. I’m not entirely sure if there were any recording licenses violated…

TEXT: JAMES 4:7-10 | DRAW NIGH INTRO ILLUSTRATION : If I were to ask you how to be close to God, what would you say? My guess, is that your thought is the same as mine… Read your Bible, and pray. From a child we are taught that is the answer to being closer to God. “Read your Bible, pray everyday, and…

The Path to Spiritual Victory # 5 1 John 2: 12-17 The love and concern John has for the church is evident as we continue to read this epistle. John loves them so much he now is going to instruct them on the importance of living a life of Spiritual victory. He began by exalting Christ, reminding the believer…

Happy Father’s Day Announcements Are there any announcements? Mikey Gullett’s Celebration of Life Service is this Saturday, June 25 at 11am. Feel free to bring a dish, drinks, or deserts if you would like. Worship Team Meeting is this Wednesday, June 22 at 7pm. Introduction Good morning and welcome to…

24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. What was heard from the beginning? 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked…

Welcome to Heartland Christian Church. If this is your first time here we’re happy to have you. Let’s get started. Please Stand Somebody give the Lord thanks for something He is or does. Before we get started let’s read from Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He…

TEXT: JAMES 4:1-6 | MORE GRACE FOR SELFISHNESS INTRO EXPLANATION : As we jump back to where we finished in chapter 3, we are reminded back in v.13 as James asked that rhetorical questions, “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?” It was a question posed to the Christians in the church.…

Introduction Lets start with a passage out of the Johns 1st Letter 1 John 2:18 (NASB95) 18 Children, it is the last hour; ... Pastor Ben spoke last week about john and the early church bringing to light . Words like syncretism Gnosticism and Political Correctness We are not going to veer off from Bens…

Nitzavim Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Re’eh (beholding: a blessing, and a curse) We talked about having two choices related to obedience / disobedience = blessing / cursing Obedience to blessing We talked…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

Many of you remember the old TV program Mission: Impossible, and some of you have become acquainted with it through the more recent movie versions starring Tom Cruise. Basically, the television program revolved around an agent, originally by the name Jim Phelps, receiving dangerous government assignments.…

1. Delivered from lies (error) to the truth [ Colossians 1:5-6 , 13 ; 1 Timothy 2:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; Psalm 119:105 ; John 8:32 ] Believing wholeheartedly the truth 2. Delivered from sin (ungodliness) to virtue (godliness) [ Romans 6:17-18 ; 2 Peter 1:5-9 ; Ezekiel 36:25-28 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ]…

Can you lose your salvation? Why are false teachers dangerous? These are a couple answers we will be searching for as we continue through our letters of John.

Note: The title of the Sermon is the goal we want to reach MINIMALISM DEFINED Intentionally living with only the things that are needed Removing the distraction of excess possessions in order to focus more on those things that matter most. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Please pray for Jason Warner’s family and friends Fellowship and Food (Potluck) March 27 after service. Revelation Bible Study Thursday March 10 at 6:30pm Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

Last week we saw from the text in 1 John 2:12-14 that John provided a word of encouragement. John now gives a word of exhortation and warning concerning something he identifies six (6) times as “the world” Turn with me in your Bibles to 1 John 2:15-17 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world.…