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Intro As you look around the world you can see things are in a bad way. Your life might be pretty comfortable, but there is plenty of bad stuff going on all around us all the time. There are men who use and abuse women, and women who humiliate and manipulate men. There are children who are mistreated…

Genesis 6:5-8 It just doesn’t work to start in the middle of a story. It doesn’t make sense to crack open a novel and begin reading in the middle and expect to understand what’s happening. Step in to the middle of a conversation and it is a challenge to make sense what is being discussed. There will…

9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what…

Conversing With God 1. What are several things that encourage you about coming to God in prayer? (Hebrews 4:15-16) 5. When you pray, the Holy Spirit helps you know what to say and how to say it (Romans 8:26-27). How does this encourage you? The Benefits of Prayer What truth do you find both in Jeremiah…

Big Idea: Jesus has other sheep to bring into his fold. The Proclaimer of the Gospel: Must not be fearful Must go on speaking Must trust the result to Christ This morning I am continuing on the topic of evangelism. I am thankful so many of you have committed to pray for the lost that are in your lives,…

Like every generation of believers before us, we may be tempted at times to see the rampant evil in our world and wonder if God is ever going to close the chapter on this time and if the Day of the Lord will ever come. The early church sometimes wondered, too. In the second letter of Peter, he encourages…

This morning I am very excited to bring a challenge to you. It has been on my heart for some time, and it has to do with evangelism. I want to challenge all of us to move forward in our hearts and actions to become people who truly love and commit to our part in the great commission. So we are going…

A greedy old miser dies alone. In his will he's divided his fortune between his pastor, his doctor, and his lawyer with one last request... The old man's will states that he wishes to take his fortune with him. His final request is that these three, the last man on earth he feels he can trust, each bring…

How do you view suffering? How does God view our suffering? A means to show his glory. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with…

We are a New Creation in Christ

The Heart for Ministry Because he believes in coming judgment (5:10), Paul seeks to evangelize people (5:11). He wants the Corinthians to understand this about him so that they can know his heart and answer those who criticize him (5:12). No matter what others say, Paul is sincerely serving God and his…

The Reality of God 1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 So we are always confident,…

This weekend we remember a day we said we’d never forget. As no doubt you’ve been reminded often the past few days, it was 20 years ago that extremists hijacked four planes: two flew into the World Trade Center, one hit the Pentagon, and one was downed by a counter highjack by brave passengers. And the…

It’s a matter of heart Paul has methodically been addressing and defending not only his apostleship but building up, encouraging the church at Corinth along the way of this glorious ministry they too have been entrusted with. A ministry of reconciliation. Heart matters we have seen: Comfort (2Cor1:3-7)…

Commendation V-12 “ Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? ” ( 2 Corinthians 3:1 ) To praise or to present as worthy of confidence. Aware that some Corinthians had challenged his apostolic authority, Paul…

Jesus' role as a missionary from the Father to a lost and dying world.

11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. 12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance…

18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.…

As I begin, it is fitting that I say this week has been less than inspiring. I, like many of you, find myself tired, irritated, angry and afraid. I’m tired of the Monday morning quarterbacking going on about how leaders should have addressed a pandemic that early estimates said could have killed as many…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

1. Reconciliation Message A. Christ takes our Blame B. Christ gives us His Righteousness 2. Reconciled Sinners A. Love of Christ B. Live for Christ

Introduction Once professing Christians abandoning the faith. Joshua Harris, the pastor wrote the controversial I Kissed Dating Goodbye, dropped the bombshell in an Instagram post several weeks ago that he is no longer a Christian. Marty Sampson, writing for Hillsong (producer of worship music). "It…

It’s Holy week. Today is the day we call Maundy Thursday. This week and this moment is one that we’ve been leading up to in our Lent meditations. What happens on this day and on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday forms something of a bedrock for all that we believe and hold on to. And so today as we spend…

The motivations for our message begins to explain why we should evangelize the World.