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Balancing Love and Truth John was committed to the truth, there is no doubt about that. From the beginning we see him as a spiritually aware man who sought to know and follow the truth. When we first encounter John, both he and Andrew are disciples of John the Baptist. But like Andrew, John without hesitation…

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…

Subject: Overcoming the Fear of Rejection We’re going to look at the one that’s in your mind that causes you to make yourself crazy, which is fearing the disapproval of other people, fearing the rejection of other people, fearing too much what other people think about your life. When you do that, when…

Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (A Foretaste of Heaven) In concluding a discussion on the church, it is fitting to remember that the church provides believers with a foretaste of heaven. Though imperfect, the church represents the one place where the activities of heaven are reflected…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

1. God delivered a message to His people. 2. There was an indifference to the mission. 3. The people gained a Holy discontentment . 5 Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. 6 You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never…

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.…

12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.…

Children of God, Know, Grow, and Never Let Go of Jesus’ name. God’s Children Love His Will and Word Nothing God Hates is in Heaven

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, We are separated to God 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the…

White-anting... For many people fortunate enough to own a home, it is well known that protecting it is time consuming, expensive and not without risks. Our homes can be the biggest investment we make in our life. The greatest danger to that investment is not fire, storm or flood, but a silent little…