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Introduction Have you ever heard of a laughing heir? I’m not talking about laughing gas, I’m talking about when someone gets a call from a lawyer saying, “your rich uncle passed away and left you all his money!” It’s when you didn’t realize you would inherit something, but suddenly someone tells you…

Introduction We are working through Romans 13 This chapter is a continuation of the ideas found if 12 where Paul is disusing what it means to be a Christian and how that looks. What it means to be a disciple of Jesus the Christ. Because we live in the end of the age. He seemed to think it would happen…

Obligation to Your Neighbors 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength .’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second,…

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of…

We’re going to continue our study in the book of James this morning. I hope you remember where we left off last week. We started this series in James 1 with the idea that true faith is tested by trials so we will know that it’s real and we will grow to become more like Jesus. James taught us that trials…

Introduction Romans = Doctrine. This is the notion in the Christian world when they hear about the book of Romans. In other words, the belief in the Church today is that the book of Romans is full of doctrine. It is true that Romans teach us about doctrine. But it is not a book about doctrine itself.…

Luke 20:19-21:4 Outline & Discovery Full Manuscript By Calvin Dorsey Intro: Nick name was straight lace or straight edge. They saw the outside but they didn’t see my daily struggle I didn’t always do what is right In Genesis 18 , I believe verse 25, Abraham is having a conversation with God about the…

I want to begin this morning with an anonymous story I found online “While watching a little TV on Sunday instead of going to church, I watched a church in Atlanta honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many years. He was 92 at that time and I wondered why the church even bothered to…

Luke 20:19-21:4 Outline & Discovery Full Manuscript By Calvin Dorsey Intro: Nick name was straight lace or straight edge. They saw the outside but they didn’t see my daily struggle I didn’t always do what is right In Genesis 18 , I believe verse 25, Abraham is having a conversation with God about the…

Listening to Your Conscience Romans 14:5-9 , 22-23 Introduction Ask for prayers Review of the book 4 reasons you should listen to YOUR conscience 1) Your conscience is a gift from God, so appreciate it ( Rom 1-13 ) Explanation The conscience speaks to us It is part of the image of God, which reflects…

Matthew 25:31-42 We began last week a series on the Truth about Our Hope. We saw that Hope Motivates us to Holiness. The Hope that we see when we look at this manger scene down here on this communion table is not a coming child, but the hope of a coming king. The Christ child has already come, He has…

Our Conduct as Christians Matters A Debt of Love We usually don’t think of love as something that is owed to others. We think about it as something we give voluntarily because we love. Paul is reminding us, not so gently, that love is a requirement of Christian living. Love is a requirement for a disciple…

Importance Romans is the most complete explanation of the Gospel. In the Old Testament we have the foundations for the Gospel. In the Gospels we have the life of Christ, culminating in the death and resurrection which are the basis for good news. Acts tells of the spread of the gospel. Romans explains…

Our foundation Scripture is Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Last week we added…

For . . . The last few classes we have looked at “For heaven’s sake” the What and the who, last week we started into the “why.” Today we will continue with that. The who: was everyone The what: was the government The first part of why: they were the authority as given by God This morning I want to pick…

‌Series Thesis: Christ is for you and for me, together in Christ, we are his church. Prayer: This morning we pray for a greater measure of your peace and clarity. Would be hunger for your word and the truth within. Would we love our brother and sisters in Christ as you have so loved us. We are creatures…

Be subject to Be, every person is to “be” in subjection. 1 Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. Chapter 12, Paul “urges” chapter 13 Paul “commands.” The command is given in the form of being in subjection,…

God Established When you think of things that God established, what comes to mind? Are there things that God established only for certain people or groups? Are there things that God established that are universal? God established institutions The home ( Gen2:18-25 ) God gave an order of things, gave…

Love as defined by God.

Is it important? If something should be important to us that is not, then we must see the importance. We must be convinced that it is important. And, if it is important, then we probably will be convinced. This seems to be what Paul is doing here - convincing his readers of the importance of loving others.…

Do we show Love to EVERYONE ? Look at Romans 12:9 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. And now… Romans 12:21 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Paul uses the same word for “Good” in each of these verses… He begins and ends this passage with “agathos”…

Introduction In our Adult Catechesis course, the Story of the Bible, we began by talking about worldviews. Everyone has a worldview. Actually, you probably have several because worldviews aren’t typically consistent in any one person. Our worldview is how we make sense of the world. It’s basically the…

What is going on here? Supposed to be going ito Advent, into the Christmas season, looking forward to celebrating the Christ child in our midst, and yet, here we are, with Jesus, talking about the end of the world Not only that, but this first Sunday of Advent is supposed to be on the them of hope, yet…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We are headed to the fall, therefore, soon we will move our start time back to 10:30am as the temp is dropping. We currently have an online church directory. The website/ phone app is Instant Church Directory.com. You can sign up to access our current directory…

Having all the wheels in proper alignment helps a car move smoothly; paying some attention to the alignment of your spiritual life also checks to see that your soul is aligned in the right direction.