 How do you become a Christian? How do you know you are a Christian? Those are two different questions with two different answers. In today’s message, 1 John shows how we can have assurance that God has forgiven all of our sins. 1 John 2:3–6 Video of Message  Theologian Albert Mohler once referred to Sunday worship as “communal cognitive detox”. This morning we have our minds renewed to think rightly about sin and to respond as God wants in light of the glorious truth that Jesus is our advocate and propitiation. 1 John 1:8-2:2 Video of Service  In a world of darkness, believers can find hope in the God in whom there is no darkness at all. In 1 John we also find great joy in what Christ has done for us to cleanse us from all our sin. Additionally, sometimes evil is brought up as an objection to the existence of God. Pastor Charles tackles this question and shows us how evil actually provides evidence for the existence of God. 1 John 1:5-7 Video of Service  As we begin our series through 1 John, Pastor Charles offers background information and major themes to help us better understand this letter. We are then introduced to what the writer of 1 John eloquently testifies to: Jesus and His message. Finally, we are left with a challenge: who needs to hear the same testimony that has been delivered to us? 1 John 1:1-4 Video of Service As we have done for awhile when we take the Lord's Supper, we encourage our members to give their testimonies of how the Lord has sustained, taught, and cared for them. Listen as two of our members - Marijo Burke and Sue Dinsmore - proclaim God's love in their lives. Charles gets us ready for starting 1st John next week with a short message about unity in the body. Video of Service  In his first message as Senior Pastor, Charles Cutrera gives us some great ideas on getting God's word in our daily lives. Drawing from the teaching of Dr. Donald Whitney and his excellent book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Charles shares with us four ways we can intake Scripture, and one powerful tool to use with all four ways. Video of Message  1 Timothy 3:1-7 is more than a checklist of character traits Paul gives to churches searching for the perfect pastor or elder. It's a call to the faith family to pray for their pastor's protection from the forces that seek to undermine God's will for a congregation. Jason McNair tell us how to pray for our new pastor - Charles Cutrera - in this message. Video of Message  In Jesus's last words before He ascended to heaven (Matt. 28:18-20), He gave us our mission both as individuals and churches, “Make Disciples”. You must focus, commit, and stay focused on the mission He gave you. You focus by going, baptizing and teaching. You commit by accepting Christ as your Savior and Lord, being teachable, obeying His commands and going to all peoples. You stay focused by not allowing any of the six functions of the church to become its mission, by remembering Who has the authority and by remembering Who is with you at all times. Video of Service  Jesus Christ is greater than all who have gone before him. Jesus maintains everything in the Universe, He reflects God’s glory and character, He is the only one that cleanses sin, and he sits in heaven in a place of honor. His name is divine, compelling and conquering, His name is forever and ever, He is unchanging. We see Jesus as the creator, never ending and over the angels. Jesus Christ is the answer, the only answer to what life is all about. Hebrews 1:10-14 Video of Service  The ability to change how you do things is important in ministry. God moves quickly, and if we rely on our plans or how we think things should be done, we can be left behind. Listen as Pastor Jeff Winters encourages us to be flexible in ministry. Acts 16:4-12 Video of Service  As Dr. Walter Martin once said, the book of Hebrews was written by a Hebrew to other Hebrews telling the Hebrews to stop acting like Hebrews. Since many of the early Jewish believers were slipping back into Judaism in order to escape the mounting persecution, the author of Hebrews reminds us that Jesus is not only the completion of the Old Testament, but greater than the angels and the prophets. Listen as Adam Madden takes us through the book of Hebrews. Video of Service  In today’s message, Pastor Charles shares things God showed him during his recent sabbatical, with application for our church family. Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 11 Video of Service  God has a perfect design for men and women. God uniquely gifts people to fulfill their role in the family and the church. God calls believers to “run hard in their lane” as we live for his glory and the good of others because we know that God’s way is best. Colossians 3:18-4:1 Video of Service As we often do when we have Communion, we ask members of the congregation to share with us how God has impacted their lives. These stories are meant to encourage us and remind us that the God we serve is always caring for us. Today we hear from Maryfaith Snyder and Cathrine Yount. Video of Service  Colossians makes it clear that Jesus is enough. The only way for sinful people to be made right with a holy God is through Christ. There is nothing we can do to earn a right standing with God. Christ did for us what we could never do for ourselves. Because of what God has done for us in Christ, this changes how we live our lives. When God saves us it changes where the focus of our lives is. It changes what we do. It changes what we do not do. We go out with our old sinful ways and in with the new ways of honoring the Lord with our lives. Colossians 3:1-17 Video of Service  Jesus is enough. In Colossae false teachers were trying to convince the believers to add to Christ. They did not see Jesus as enough. Paul writes to assure them that Christ alone is enough for their salvation and their sanctification. Jesus is enough to make us right with God and to help us to live the way that God desires for us to live. Colossians 2:16-23 Video of Service  How do we pay the debt we owe for our sin? Jesus and only Jesus is enough to save us. Nothing we can ever do will make us right with a holy God. Jesus did what we can never do for ourselves. He cancelled the debt we owe for our sin by dying on the cross in our place. We are given new life to live for the glory of God and the good of others because of what Jesus has done in his life, death, and resurrection. Colossians 2:6-15 Video of Service  How do we pay the debt we owe for our sin? Jesus and only Jesus is enough to save us. Nothing we can ever do will make us right with a holy God. Jesus did what we can never do for ourselves. He cancelled the debt we owe for our sin by dying on the cross in our place. We are given new life to live for the glory of God and the good of others because of what Jesus has done in his life, death, and resurrection. Colossians 2:6-15 Video of Service  Who is in charge of your life? Colossians teaches clearly that Jesus is to be the Lord of our lives. Jesus is the Lord over creation. Everything that exists is from Him, Through Him, and to be glorifying Him. The Lord over creation stepped into creation and became the Lord over redemption. Jesus, God in the flesh, saves us and deserves to be the Lord over our lives. Colossians 1:15-20 Video of Service  God created the earth and everything in it. God declared that his creation was good. Man rebelled against God and a cycle of corruption, evil, and violence ensued. God was grieved at the ruin that had been brought to his good creation. God blots out all the inhabitants of the earth and starts anew with Noah, his family, and selected animals. In this account we see that God is just while also being gracious in saving Noah and his family to continue his kingdom on earth. Video of Service  When everything seems to be out of control, who is in control? The story of Esther is a great picture of God sovereignly working in the seemingly insignificant details of the world to bring out His good ends. In this book we see that God is sovereign, yet man is responsible. When everything seems to be out of control, God is in control. Video of Service  Today we heard a message from Dave Paxton, who led our retreat for parents and grandparents this weekend. In this message, Dave spoke to the fathers, telling them how to be true heroes to their children. Video of Service  In this message, Mike Eaves gives us five simple truths from the book of Hebrews. Hebrews 1:1-3 Video of Service In our testimony service, we hear how God has worked in the lives of two of our members - LaDawn Oman and Rachel Cress. Video of Service  Are you tempted to envy the wicked? Are you at a point where life doesn't make sense? We see in Psalm 73 that even Asaph, a spiritual leader, reached a point where he was tempted to think that obeying God was meaningless. But God was merciful to Asaph in his struggles and transformed him. When we are hurting or struggling, we learn from Asaph's experience - go to God for comfort and counsel. Psalm 73 Video of Service |
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