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Valuing Our Vision series #6: Empty Bleachers

message title: Empty Bleachers message text: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 message date: 07.25.10 Ownership matters. When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing. This series will answer questions of ownership and management. It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God owns everything and →


Valuing Our Vision series #5: Genuine Joy

message title: Genuine Joy message text: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 message date: 07.18.10 Ownership matters. When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing. This series will answer questions of ownership and management. It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God owns everything and →


Valuing Our Vision series #4: An Eye for Opportunity in an Hour of Urgency

message title: An Eye for Opportunity in an Hour of Urgency message text: Ephesians 5:15-17 message date: 07.11.10 Ownership matters. When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing. This series will answer questions of ownership and management. It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the →


Freedom!

message title: Freedom message text: Galatians 5:1 message date: 07.04.10 As we celebrate our country's freedom and the price of that freedom, we can also remember the freedom we have in Jesus Christ. freedom! outline


Valuing Our Vision series #3: Bigger Barns, Smaller God

message title: Bigger Barns, Smaller God message text: Luke 12:13-21 message date:06.13.10 Ownership matters. When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing. This series will answer questions of ownership and management. It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God →


Valuing Our Vision series #2: Management Matters

message title: Management Matters message text: Matthew 25:14-30 message date: 06.06.10 Ownership matters.  When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing.  This series will answer questions of ownership and management.  It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God owns everything and therefore →


Valuing Our Vision series #1: It’s All His

message title: It's All His message text: Psalm 24 message date: 05.30.10 Ownership matters.  When I possess something as its owner I also possess the authority to determine the usage of that thing.  This series will answer questions of ownership and management.  It will look at the world, our lives, and our resources in light of the reality that God owns everything and →


A Must Read series #8: Chapter 7: Bathwater Spirituality

message title:  Chapter 7: Bathwater Spirituality message text: Revelation 3:14-22 message date: 05.23.10 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 7 →


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 →


Why Family Ministry?

The following audio was recorded on a Sunday morning at MorningStar Baptist Church.  The church is seeking to step out in faith and hire an associate pastor in an area that they have never explored before, family ministry.  As the church forges ahead the leadership is continually seeking to help the church to understand and fully embrace the what it →


A Must Read series #6: “Chapter Five: Sleepwalking

message title: Chapter Five: Sleepwalking message text: Revelation 3:1-6 message date: 05.09.10 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 7 churches →


“A Must Read” series #4: Chapter Three: Unholy Accommodation

message title: Chapter Three: Unholy Accommodation message text: Revelation 2:12-17 message date: 04.11.10 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 7 →


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


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 #3: Chapter Two: A Rich Poor People

message title: Chapter Two: A Rich Poor People message text: Revelation 2:8-11 message date: 03.21.10 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 →


“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 →