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22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. This is an interesting verse of which, I have struggled to understand. It seems that Jesus is specifically referring to one sin in particular. That is the sin of reject the revelation…

Let’s pray: My message comes this morning from the book of Acts chapter 1. 4 While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy…

What is prophecy? Sam Storms: “the human report of divine revelation” Last week we talked about how God speaks Creation Written Word Physical Word - Jesus Church Individuals - Holy Spirit - Prophecy Why prophecy? God’s way of speaking to His people - obviously, not His only way, but one way! 1 In the…

Morning 29 September 24

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord , the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it ;…

Torah Portion: Exodus 35:1-38:20 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:17-12:17 Review Two Harlots Hebrew Bitterness Pride Picture of Korah Bold New Moon Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Top ten songs of the Torah MISHPATIM: Heart Felt Offering Elijah Attributes of Mercy Introduction…

Choose A Path Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come…

We live in a very interesting time. We now take for granted having access to the world’s information at our fingertips through the internet. In seconds I can find an address, a phone number, a recipe for the next potluck, or how Kevlar works. The access we have to information is a tremendous blessing,…

This morning we’re going to start a series studying the book of James. We’ll start in James 1 and work our way through the whole book. The book of James was written by James the half brother of Jesus (see Matthew 13:55 and Gal. 1:9 ). He was a firsthand witness of the sinless life of Jesus. It’s pretty…

Introduction Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual,…

Today we are talking a bit about excuses to sin. Here is a couple of excuses for thing I thought were funny: When our new hire didn’t show up for work, I called her. She explained that her mother had passed away and that she would need a few days off for bereavement. “Of course,” I said. A week went…

James 2:14-26

Be on Guard 2 Timothy 3:1–9 “1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control,…

The Simple Choice - What if life was narrowed down to only 2 choices? How many of you would be successful at making the right one? 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 2 Beginnings Jesus Christ…

Intro; Last Sunday morning we talked about the “Two Ways of Life”, the broad and the narrow path. I told you we were born into the wide gate and walk the broad path of this world because we are born sinners. But we do have a choice to leave the broad path as we seek and enter the narrow gate of Jesus…

Introduction: Introduction 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you…

Jude 1:1-4 Introduction Good morning. Well, this is the final sermon in our Counter the Culture series. This has been a challenging series just in the preparation as well as in some of the topics that we have covered. I am looking forward to diving into I Timothy when I come back on the 17th after we…

Jesus warns us to watch out for false prophets (or guides) - and teaches us how to spot them: by looking for the fruit of a transformed heart in their lives

31 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the…

Good morning! Life Update If we haven’t met, my name is Chris... Good morning, so good to be with you all! It feels like it’s been a long time. A lot has happened. If you don’t know, Morgan and I welcomed Simon Christopher into the world on June 14th... Then less than two weeks later we found out Morgan…

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…

The Light of the World SET TIMER Introduce yourself, Kingdom Series, Bible App, Prayer. I don’t know if everyone knows this or not, but one of the things I’m doing is taking classes online to get my Master of Divinity. I just finished up for the semester last week. And one of the classes I took this…

The kingdom of God. How do you get in? Are there things that keep you out? This message, we unpack Jesus' teaching about the Narrow Gate, the wolf in sheep's clothing, and those followers that Jesus never knew.

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…