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Taking the Next Step | Series
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Something Worth Fighting For
- How many things do you have in your life that fit under the heading of “it’s better to get a new one than to try to fix the old one?”… - and is that list getting longer or shorter?... - my guess is, it’s getting longer…if that thing breaks, we would just get…Read More -
Results of Believing in the Resurrection
- Here’s a question I bet you’ve never been asked before…if someone was going to liken you to a national monument…which one would it be?... - what place or artifact would capture the essence of who you are and how you live?... - how about this one?... - [show Old Faithful video]… -…Read More -
Living Between Two Easters
- would you agree with me this morning that many Americans would do practically anything to delay the aging process…or as some have even famously advertised…to cheat death?... - there’s a surprising number of examples… - that phrase “cheat death” comes from the advertising campaign for “POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice”… - [pic #1 of…Read More -
Believing in the Resurrection
- Have you ever “painted yourself into a corner”?... - in other words, you’ve done or said something without carefully considering all the ramifications ahead of time?... - of course we all have…we don’t always think things through, do we?... - sometimes the results are unfortunate…and maybe even a bit humorous… - pic #1 (balcony…Read More -
Focusing on the Gospel
- How many of you would say that, before you buy something significant, or maybe even insignificant, that you check out the product or the company on-line?...you read customer reviews? - in other words, you want to know what other people are saying and you examine the testimonials or the evidence before making your decision?...…Read More -
Communicating Truth Clearly
- How many of you would say that it's possible to like a particular song either because it has a catchy tune, or some words that are helpful…but its easy to listen to the song and not be as discerning as we perhaps should be… - so you're singing along and then you say…now…Read More -
Practicing Biblical Love
- True/False – God’s Word emphasizes that Christians should be known for their love for others, and should be growing in that love…no question about that one…but then, how about this… - True/False -- The world in which we live is sometimes confused about the topic of love. - that one’s true as well,…Read More -
Lessons From the Body
- this morning I’d like to begin our time this morning with a couple of purposely outrageous pictures I’d like you to consider… - but I’m doing this on purpose…because the passage of Scripture we’re going to study this morning does the same thing…and because as outlandish as some of this will seem, that’s…Read More -
Don’t Squander Your Gift
- Have you ever received gift, where, for whatever reason, you just squandered it?... - you didn’t use it for its intended purpose, and when it comes right down to it, you might as well have not even received it in the first place? - that happens for a lot of different reasons,…Read More -
Understanding Biblical Roles
- In his book, What’s the Difference, pastor and theologian John Piper wrote… If I were to put my finger on one devastating sin today, it would not be the so-called women’s movement, but the lack of spiritual leadership by men at home and in the church. Satan has achieved an amazing tactical victory…Read More -
Glorifying God With Your Liberties
- Have you ever been in a situation where there were two people, or maybe two groups of people who were in some sort of disagreement with one another… - and they couldn’t come to a solution, so some authority was brought in to make a determination…maybe it was a parent, or a teacher,…Read More -
Getting to the Heart of Handling Your Liberties
- I know that many of the people in our church are students, and are already looking forward to going back to school in just a few weeks… - to help everyone warm up to that process, I thought I’d start our time this morning with a little quiz – are you up for…Read More -
The Big Picture of First Corinthians
What is God doing with the Corinthians? With Us? Driving with a co-driver is always an experience…My wife and I regular banter when driving. While it relates to the classic male problem of not asking directions it is not precisely that I get lost regularly and need directions. In fact I rarely get lost…Read More -
Focusing Our Outreach
- have you ever watched a person text-messaging while driving?... - I’m not going to ask you if you’ve ever done that—because I know that no one associated with this church would ever do something that goofy – and certainly not one of your pastors… - but I’m just asking you – have you…Read More -
Not Always Getting Your Way
- have you ever been around a person who has to have everything their way?... - it has to be their radio station…turned up at their desired volume?... - you have to eat at their restaurant, or you’re going to have a fight on your hands?... - you have to say it the way they…Read More -
Showing Concern for Your Brother
Introduction 1. The importance of carefulness. - One of the great things about summertime for many of us is the likelihood that we’ll be taking some road trips… ¬ - you might be heading off to a family reunion, or to your vacation destination, or a day trip to Indy or Chicago…but you’ll be logging…Read More -
Embracing the Challenges of Fatherhood
- Earlier this month, we lost (humanly speaking) the man who was arguably one of, if not the greatest basketball coaches of all times…[scroll through 5 pics] - His name was John Wooden…and he died on June 4th at the age of 99…in a way that the book of Psalms would describe as “yielding fruit…Read More -
Valuing the Sanctity of Marriage
- Have you ever tried to help something, or protect something, but inadvertently did more harm than good?... - it wasn’t a matter of your heart not being right – you really wanted to help – it’s just that your steps were misguided… - I wonder how many people here have this story from your…Read More -
Developing a Biblical View of Sex
- Please tell me if you would agree with this premise…we live in a sex-crazed culture… - would that be a hard case to make?...that’s like shooting fish in a barrel...there’s examples everywhere. 1. You can hardly turn on the TV without some sort of sexual messages being sent either in the programming or the…Read More -
The Significance of God’s Grace
Introduction Last week we concluded our “Who are you?” series where we realized that all those who have come to Christ are described with words like forgiven, free, befriended, and adopted. That is our condition – that is what is true of us. But I think most of you would agree with me that sometimes…Read More
