Sermon Series
Nehemiah and Esther
- Pastor Kent Hobi
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- September 11, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
The Providence of God, Part 2.
God’s providence is always active and moving in and through our lives. If we have any hope of flourishing as God intends, which is growing in holiness toward Christlikeness, we must discipline our inner man to the powerful impact of the fact of God’s providence. Flourishing is the property of those whose lives are lived according to the interest, values, and concerns that exist in heaven.
Genesis 45 and 50
- Pastor Kent Hobi
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- September 4, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
The Providence of God
God’s purpose for each of us and our church is to flourish. God intends for us to naturally grow in holiness and Christlikeness. Holiness is flourishing from God’s perspective, becoming more like God and Jesus. If we have any hope of flourishing as God intends for us, we must discipline our inner man to the powerful impact of the truth and reality of God’s providence.
Colossians 3
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- August 28, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
We are studying some areas where God has grown us as a church body over the past few years. Last week, we looked at our identity and how we must view each other first as children of God and not any other label. There will be harmony in the church when we maintain unity.
Romans 8
- Pastor Mike Hixson
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- August 21, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
Romans 8:28-30 is a favorite passage for many Christians. Sometimes this can be for sentimental reasons which are not bad in and of themselves. It’s important to distinguish what the passage means to us from what the passage actually says, and to get its meaning right. As humans, we need to hear truth repeatedly.
Genesis 1 and Galatians 3
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- August 14, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
A Theology of Identity.
We can be identified by many things about our person. The world with our country included have been in an identity crisis for the past few years like we haven’t seen in a long time. Many Christians were also distracted away from our identity and purpose in Christ.
Luke 6:43-45 and Matthew 12:33-37
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- August 7, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
Speech in the New Testament.
This week, we will look at what the New Testament says about God's grace as evidenced in our speech.
Titus
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- July 31, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
Good Works in Difficult Times
Paul says we are God’s workmanship created for good works (Ephesians 2:10). The Bible is clear that salvation is never through our good works but through Christ alone, the lamb of God sacrificed on the cross for the sins of the world (Titus 3:4-7). Scripture is also clear that our faith in Christ is put on display through good works, the divine acts of love done by God’s redeemed. These good works allow others to learn more about our Savior, Jesus Christ. James teaches that we show our faith by our works which are inseparable from saving faith. Faith without works is dead (James 2:14-26).
God’s Grace in the New Testament
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- July 24, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
God’s Grace in Difficult Times
The majority of the New Testament writings begin and end with the mention of help from heaven in the form of grace that comes to us by the Spirit of God. Grace saves us, and it is grace that consistently changes us through the glorious agony of sanctification as we live our everyday lives. When grace is our tutor unto Christlikeness, whether things are good or bad, we are pressed to forget those things which are behind and to move forward unto the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. We pursue Christ, allowing His grace to mold us into His image.
Job Wrap-Up, Part 2
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: The Book of Job
- July 17, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
Final Thoughts from the Book of Job
Sometimes we endure great difficulty, and like Job, we need to come to the realization that when considering God, some things are too wonderful for us to comprehend (Job 42:3), and that the end, or purpose, of the Lord is always mercy and compassion (James 5:11).
Psalm 61
- Pastor Mike Hixson
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- July 10, 2022
- Audio Video Notes
God is Our Safety
Psalm 61 opens with the author, David, not experiencing safety. Different scholars agree that this psalm was written when David was fleeing his son Absalom (2 Sam. 15-17), who not only wanted to overthrow David as king but also desired to kill him. David was far from home and emotionally overwhelmed (Psalm 61:2). This distressing situation was predicted by the prophet Nathan as a consequence to the sin David committed with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11-12). David is fleeing his own son who is now his enemy (Psalm 61:3). Psalm 61 is a hymn about safety, ‘to the choirmaster: with the stringed instruments,’ for the nation of Israel, who would sing this hymn then and later when in captivity. The understanding of safety is something God’s people should enthusiastically and whole-heartedly affirm.