God Desires a Thankful Heart

This morning as we look forward to Thanksgiving in a few more days, I want us to focus on… the most important thing about Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving really is an opportunity to remember how thankful we are to God. [powerpress] Video and full text available on our Messages page.

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How Are You Rich?

If we’re rich, the first thing to consider is our attitude. We’re not to be haughty, arrogant, proud, or entitled. Secondly, how should we use our riches? “to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share.” Third, 1 Timothy 6.17-19 speaks to the consequences of how we use our riches…

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The Blessing of Contentment

There is nothing wrong with having money, or earning money through our God-given gifts, hard work, excellence, and diligence. People who do their work well deserve to be compensated appropriately. Having money enables us to do good, to be rich in good works, generous and ready to share. We’ll talk about that more next week.…

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A Common Sense Faith

Guest Preacher Rev. Dr. Vic Scalise joins us on the 500th anniversary of the beginning of The Reformation. What is a common sense faith? What are some of the key principles from The Reformation? “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live…

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The Heart of A Marriage

We are going a little off script today. The focus of our passage today is on marriage, and I brought my wife, Christy with me. She’s going to join me up here, and we’re going to try and share a little about our marriage and some of the keys that we believe make up the…

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The Satisfaction of Serving

Christians must strengthen the elements of community life that characterize the people of God especially prayer, mutual love, uncomplaining hospitality – that is, love of the stranger, and serving one another with our spiritual gifts. [powerpress] Video and full text available on our Messages page.

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A Holy People

We need to ask God both for the desire and the ability to turn away from unholy habits in our lives by truly doing what Peter says next. “Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight,” Peter invites us to come to Jesus, a living stone,…

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Holy Living

We’re to be obedient children of God whose conduct is holy in every part of our lives. That means our holiness is not to be limited to a couple hours on Sunday morning. It’s not limited to only our “spiritual” life. In fact, this verse, along with many others in the Bible, makes it clear…

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Disappointed by Success

Jonah is the only book in the Bible that ends with God asking a question. (Nahum also ends with a question asked by the prophet.) We don’t know how Jonah responded, or what he did after his quarrel with God. It’s a question each of us has to decide how we will answer… Is it…

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