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Habakkuk 2:2-4 Chart Hab 1:1-4 Review 2 Questions How Long Why 2 Results Law is ignored Justice is perverted Chart Hab 1:5-11 Review - The Lord has been working - The Lord is sending Babylon - The Lord’s response is terrifying - The Lord is reminding Judah of the covenants Primarily of Deut 28 and the…

Eph. 6:10-11 . Enlistment General Dwight Eisenhower once said (source unknown), “War is a terrible thing. But if you’re going to get into it, you’ve got to get into it all the way.” There are way to many Christians that live defeated lives because they are not seriously engaged in the warfare to which…

Exaltation in Worship: Remembering the Greatness of God Psalm 9:1-20 In a sin -marred world filled with violence and vices, believers often find themselves discouraged and defeated by injustices. In order to remain strong in the faith , we must realize that no matter how much evil may reign, a final…

Easter and Christmas are probably the most significant days in the Christian faith. The birth of Jesus and His resurrection, major components of the gospel. Instead of spending just one week focusing on the Easter event, I wanted us to spend a few weeks after Easter reflecting on the resurrection and…

Thesis Statement : Being filled with the Holy Spirit in not a momentary experience, it’s an every day lifestyle. Objectives: What Does it mean to be filled with the Holy Spirit How is one filled with the Holy Spirit WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Very important to first understand what it does not mean Having an…

Exodus 20:4-6 Acts 17:16-34 The Ten Commandments are often thought of as the core of civilized society. Without the belief in God and without His guidance and and being told what His expectations for man are, there is no moral barometer that we can regulate our society. We have heard the commandments…

Ministry is hard. Ministry involves sacrifice. Real Christlike ministry is possible only by means of God’s grace. This kind of ministry involves transformation. Our old sinful, corrupt, selfish hearts must be transformed into new grace-filled, loving, and humble hearts. This kind of transformation is…

Kids Takeaway of the day: Boundaries are Good! God - We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously…

Jesus was not the king that the PEOPLE of Jerusalem wanted. Mark 15:7-12 John 19:13-16 There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion. The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom. Pilate answered them, “Do you want…

Review So far in our series, we’ve learned that God is the creator and designer of our minds. Therefore, we are accountable to Him for how we think. We cannot allow our minds to be an open playground of good and evil thoughts. We must deliberately choose what thoughts we will allow and what thoughts…

Review Acts chapter sixteen revealed a watershed moment for Christianity as Paul and his team entered Europe with the good news of Jesus Christ. The good news of Jesus Christ was not only for the Jews. The good news of Jesus Christ was not only for the middle east. The good news of Jesus Christ was not…

One of, if not THE most classic kids game of all time has to be hide and go seek. I mean, does it really get any better than that? What kid doesn’t love going to hide some place and hoping they don’t get found, but also sorta hoping they do get found? Then there is always the thrill of the seeker, trying…

Review So far, we have learned that we have a created mind, therefore, we are accountable to God for how we think. We have learned that God calls us to change our mind about our sin. That is the meaning of repentance. As he stood on Mars’ Hill, Paul challenged the Athenian philosophers to repent or to…

I have talked before about my time at Chick-fil-A. Those of you who have been around for the past almost eight years are probably tired of my discussions of Chick-fil-A. I have worked for several food service companies, but CFA was hands down, by far, the best at training workers. They had processes…

Why does God summon some people to face His judgement? Amos gives us four reasons why you might soon face the judgement of God for your sin. I. Fat Cows (vv. 1-3) Amos is preaching a sermon of judgment. He is summoning the sinful people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to judgement. And in this sermon…

After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise…

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,…

Introduction: Well, good morning once again. I’m so glad you’ve joined us at Hope. Today we are continuing on in a series of sermons called Counter Culture: Answering the lies in culture with the truth. Last week Josh Monda was here and talked about how we as Christians should respond to the political…

A. Rapport for the time B. Reading of the text C. Review of the text D. Relevance of the text I. Attracted to Something New 16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. Paul is waiting for Timothy and Silas and finds himself…

Good News Well, we’ve reached the end of our journey thru the Gospel of Luke. It has been a journey of Good News for the poor, broken, weak, burdened, hopeful, longing, needful. It’s been Good News for men and women, young and old, black, white, brown, and every shade and hue. It’s Good News. It’s Good…

Pericopal Series: Living in the Hope of Our Inheritance 1. Living Our Unchangeable Inheritance (1 Peter 1:3–9) 2. Living in Reverent Fear (1 Peter 1:17–21) 3. Living through Unjust Suffering (1 Peter 2:19–25) 4. Living as Holy Priests (1 Peter 2:4–10) 5. Living to Witness to the Hope (1 Peter 3:15–22)…

Today we will continue following Paul’s second missionary journey. Last week we saw how the Lord led Paul on this journey. Paul was faithful to trust the Lord and go on the journey to share the gospel. As he trusted God, God was faithful to prevent him from going to Ephesus in Asia, and prevented him…

TEXT: ACTS 17:22-34 | STOP BEING RELIGIOUS INTRO ILLUSTRATION : According to a recent article on the site Christianity.com, there is estimated to be between 4,000 and 10,000 different religions in the world today. In our little town of Whitehall there are no less than 11 different denominations of religious…

12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15 “ The land of Zebulun…

When the Mission Stumbles Paul had had an interesting time after he entered Macedonia with his companion Luke after a time of ministry in Ephesus. We read the story of Pauls’ journey along the route from Troas to Corininth in Acts 16 , after a vision in the night asking him to come and help them. According…