A Must Read series #7: “Chapter 6: Doors of Opportunity”
message title: Chapter 6: Doors of Opportunity message text: Revelation 3:7-13 message date: 05.16.10 These days it seems that everyone has a strategy, opinion, plan, or formula for how the church should look and operate. However, only one voice really matters, the voice of the one who gave His life for the church, Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation contains 7 letters to →
O Happy Day!
message title: O Happy Day message text: Matthew 28:1-10 message date: 04.04.10 What started out before dawn to be a day of mourning and good-byes ended up being the greatest day of rejoicing the world has ever known as the King of heaven and earth put the exclamation point on His victory over sin and death. o happy day outline
Growing Up On Commercials
Growing up commercials taught me the basic truths of life. If you are honest with yourself I bet they taught you some of the basic truths of life as well. Here are some of the things I learned about life from commercials. I learned that they don’t make things like they used to from a grandma who just wanted →
Just Missing the Point
message title: Just Missing the Point message text: Luke 19:28-44 message date: 03.28.10 As Jesus entered Jerusalem for His final Passover with His disciples there was much rejoicing by His disciples, much opposition by the Pharisees, and much weeping by Jesus because they all had missed the point of His arrival in Jerusalem to bring a peace with God that came not through →
“a must read” series #2: chapter one: a heart two sizes too small
message title: Chapter 1: A Heart Two Sizes too Small message text: Revelation 2:1-7 message date: 03.14.10 These days it seems that everyone has a strategy, opinion, plan, or formula for how the church should look and operate. However, only one voice really matters, the voice of the one who gave His life for the church, Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation contains →
“a must read” series #1: introduction: a message from the Almighty
message title: Introduction: A Message from the Almighty message text: Revelation 1 message date: 03.07.10 These days it seems that everyone has a strategy, opinion, plan, or formula for how the church should look and operate. However, only one voice really matters, the voice of the one who gave His life for the church, Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation contains 7 letters →
50 forward series #8: vine
message title: vine message text: John 15:1-17 message date: 02.28.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. This final sufficiency statement made by Jesus is reassurance to His followers →
50 forward series #7: way, truth, & life
message title: way, truth, & life message text: John 14:1-14 message date: 02.14.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. Jesus 6th sufficiency statement reminds us that our →
50 forward series #6: resurrection and life
message title: resurrection and life message text: John 11:17-37 message date:02.07.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. Jesus' fifth statement reminds us that He is all-sufficient because →
50 forward series #5: Shepherd
message title: Shepherd message text: John 10:11-18 message date: 01.31.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. This fourth sufficiency statement affirms that Jesus is our good shepherd →
50 forward series #4: Gate
message title: Gate message text: John 10:7-10 message date: 01.24.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. Jesus' third sufficiency statement centers around the reality that only one gate →
50 forward series #3: Light
message title: Light message text: John 8:12, 9 message date: 01.17.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. This second sufficiency statement asserts that spiritual seeing comes through →
50 forward series #2: Bread
message title: Bread message text: John 6:22-59 message date: 01.10.10 In this 50th year of ministry for MorningStar Baptist Church we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and solidifying this reality for the years to come. Jesus makes 7 sufficiency statements in the book of John. This first statement made by Jesus reveals that He is the →
50 Forward series #1 “Jubilee”
message title: Jubilee message text: Leviticus 25:8-34 message date: 01.03.10 MorningStar Baptist Church celebrates 50 years of ministry this year. As we reflect upon those 50 years and look forward to the future of ministry one thing is evident; Jesus Christ has been our all-sufficient source and He will continue to be so as we forge ahead. This message looks at the significance →
Keeping Company with God series #3
message title: Kingdom Kids message text: Luke 18:1-17 message date: 09.13.09 Prayer is about relationship with our heavenly Father. It is the childlike heart that knows the Father best.
Keeping Company with God series #2
message title: Father Son Chats message text: various message date: 08.30.09 Prayer is about relationship with our heavenly Father. By looking at the earthly life and ministry of Jesus Christ as a model for prayer we see that prayer is our lifeline giving both guidance and energy to know and do the Father's will.
Trail Guides: Leading People on the Journey of Faith #3
message title: Plant message text: Mark 4:1-20 message date: 07.12.09 Finding faith in Jesus Christ is a journey with many stops along the way that require those who have gone before to guide those who have yet to trust Christ fully. For followers of Jesus Christ who have freely and abundantly recieved the gospel, we must now freely and abundantly scatter the gospel →
Whose idea was it to make bumper cars dodge ‘ems?
There used to be a ride at fairs and in amusements parks that was a little boys dream. It was the bumper cars. For most boys between the ages of three and ten you couldn’t get much better than the bumper cars. This little ride gave young boys not only the opportunity to drive but also the opportunity to →
Seat Belts and Crock Pots
As I watch my children grow and experience the bittersweet frustration of needing to repeat things over and over and over again only to have them still not get it, I am struck by how similar this is to our spiritual growth, at least my spiritual growth. Through the years I have heard these stories of men and women →
Celebrate!
message title: Celebrate message text: Luke 22:7-20 message date: 04.05.09 During the last week of His life Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples. As He took his closest friends through this ancient celebration/feast He transformed the traditional element, revealing how His presence on earth and the things that were about to take place in His life were really the fulfillment of the →
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