Sermon Notes & Audio for February 23, 2014

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The Church Handbook

Just Say No

Titus 2:1-3:5

Our Lessons:

·         Be more PLEASANT

·         Certain WAY

Moral Life:

·         Peaceful & joyful LIVING

·         Tend to FORGET

Pagan World:

·         Cretan WORLD

·         Peer PRESSURE

Confusion:

·         Can still OFFEND

·         Biblical & Christian DOCTRINES

Holiness:

·         Developing HOLINESS

·         Set APART

Responding:

·         Plug into MINISTRIES

·         Draw CLOSER

Next Sunday:

The Successful Church: Sweet, Sweet Spirit

Sermon Notes & Audio for February 16, 2014

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The Successful Church

Straightening Out What Is Crooked

Titus 1:5-16 (Pew Bible page 1857)

The Authority:

·         Set in ORDER

·         Spirituality & BELIEFS

Cretans:

·         Damaged GOODS

·         People of PRINCIPLE

Liars:

·         Be on GUARD

·         Own AGENDA

Charlatans:

·         Appears as EXPERT

·         Scripture & sound theological DOCTRINES

Setting Up God’s Church:

·         Hold FIRMLY

·         Know his VOICE

Next Sunday:

The Successful Church: Just Say No!

Sermon Notes & Audio for February 2, 2014

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Scout Sunday

Be Prepared

1 Samuel 17:1-53

Rule Of Life:

·         Be PREPARED

·         Honorable, moral, upstanding LEADERS

The Stalemate:

·         Sent out GOLIATH

The Giant:

·         Reputation for never LOSING

The Boy:

·         So OFFENDED

Not Prepared:

·         Prepared in his HEART

Ready:

·         5 smooth STONES

The Battle:

·         Never stood a CHANCE

Lessons For Us:

·         Ought to be PREPARED

·         Spend TIME

·         Into every SITUATION

 

NEXT SUNDAY: M.O.P.S. SUNDAY (NO SERMON)

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Sermon Notes & Audio for January 26, 2014

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The Successful Church

Hold The Ball

Titus 1:1-16

Back To Basics:

·         Basics of the GAME

·         Self-help MANUAL

Church Foundation:

·         Head of the CHURCH

·         Lord, LORD

God’s Word:

·         Divinely inspired INSTRUCTIONS

·         Ought to READ

Church Order:

·         Straighten things OUT

·         Church ministries & temporal AFFAIRS

Reflection Time:

·         Definition of SUCCESS

·         Disciplines of Christian FAITH

 

NEXT SUNDAY:

SCOUT SUNDAY: BE PREPARED

Sermon Notes & Audio for January 19, 2014

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The Church Handbook

A Spiritual Second Wind

Acts 18:1-11

Giving Up:

·         Get DEPRESSED

·         Felt like QUITTING

God’s presence:

·         Times of LONELINESS

·         Times in the VALLEY

·         Times in DEATH

God’s protection:

·         Course in FAITH

·         Lots of LIFE

God’s potential:

·         In all PEOPLE

·         Many people CHANGED

Second Wind:

·         DON’T

·         Too soon to QUIT

 

NEXT SUNDAY (New Sermon Series):

The Successful Church: Hold The Ball

Sermon Notes & Audio for January 12, 2014

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The Church Handbook

A Great Family

Acts 18:1-3

It Takes More:

·         Make a great CHURCH

·         3 INGREDIENTS

A Saved Family:

·         Family under PRESSURE

·         Parents getting SERIOUS

A Serving Family:

·         Main PRIORITY

·         Winning SOULS

A Sanctified Family:

·         Set APART

·         Do so LITTLE

The Master’s Use:

·         Needs great FAMILIES

·         Become of USE

NEXT SUNDAY:

The Church Handbook: Spiritual Second Wind

Sermon Notes & Audio for January 5, 2014

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The Church Handbook:

The Unknown God

Acts 17:15-34

Polytheistic Society:

•         Immersed in PAGANISM

•         Fake DEITIES

God Of Creation (vv. 24-25):

•         Created ALL

•         Unpopular still TODAY

God Of Personal Involvement (v. 27):

•         Genuinely INTERESTED

•         Calls us by NAME

God Of Repentance (vv. 28-30):

•         Divine INITIATIVE

•         Divine PURPOSE

God Of Judgment (v. 31):

•         Not get AWAY

•         Renders JUDGMENT

Three Responses (vv. 32-34):

•         Some LAUGHED

•         Some PROCRASTINATED

•         Some BELIEVED

NEXT SUNDAY:

The Church Handbook:

A Great Family

Sermon Notes & Audio for December 29, 2013

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Growing Old

Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

Old Age:

·         Spiritually SPEAKING

·          Never too OLD

To Become A Christian:

·         For living, not DEATH

·         All praise & WORSHIP

To Stop Serving God:

·         Better our ministry BECOMES

·         Lots of LIFE

To Be Blessed By God:

·         Great source of BLESSING

·         Secret of true BLESSING

Think Young In Spirit:

·         Blind FAITH

·          Your life’s JOURNEY

NEXT SUNDAY:

The Church Handbook: The Unknown God

Sermon Notes & Audio for December 22, 2013

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Christmas Sermons:

God in a Body

John 1:1-14

What If:

·         Spiritual QUESTIONING

·         Becoming HUMAN

Jesus Is God:

·         PROPHECIES

·         Eyewitness ACCOUNTS

·         RESURRECTION

Became Flesh:

·         Among US

·         New TEMPLE

Be Thankful:

·         Thankful EVERYDAY

·         What we NEED

One of Us:

·         Christian FAITH

·         Lives among US

NEXT SUNDAY

Growing Old

Sermon Notes & Audio for December 15, 2013

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Christmas Sermons:

What Would Santa Say?

Isaiah 7:14

The Legend:

·         Saint NICHOLAS

·         Kriss KRINGLE

Look At Your Focus:

·         Exmas & CHRISTMAS

·         Disciplined EFFORT

Look At Your Faith:

·         Help kids BELIEVE

·         1 Peter 1:8

Look At Your Giving:

·         Sacrificial GIVING

·         Acts 20:35

Look At Your Love:

·         Love with OBEDIENCE

·         1 John 5:3-4

Our Celebrations:

·         Buying & SALES

·         Point to CHRIST

 

NEXT SUNDAY:

Christmas Sermons:

God In A Body