Sermons and classes from our weekly church of Christ services
Episodes
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
April 22, 2023 - Equipped Day 3
3:30 PM Upstairs Speaker
Dean Miller discusses looks at the challenges of being a young adult and how to be an active member of the church at that season in life.
Slides:
- What the Church Needs from You (Young Adults)
- 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
- Every Member Matters!
- Functional Faithfulness
Duration 42:34
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
April 22, 2023 - Equipped Workshop Day 3
2:30PM MPR 2 Speaker
Glenn Hitchcock looks at conflict and how the book of James directs us to resolve it.
Slides:
- The Book of James: Resolving Conflict
- Conflict Defined
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Jas. 4:1 Conflict means→ maintain war with; keep up a feud.
The Lexham Analytical Lexicon of the Septuagint (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012).
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- Source of Conflict - (James 4:1-3)
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Christians Possessing Selfish Desires & Uncontrolled Lust:
- Uncontrolled in Storms, Chapter One - Forgetful Hearer
- Uncontrolled in Society, Chapter Two – Favoritism
- Uncontrolled in Speech, Chapter Three – Factious
- Uncontrolled Self, Chapter Four - Feuding
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- Conflict in Every Chapter
- To Christians scattered or dispersed in unfriendly regions of the Roman Empire the inspired writer comforts, challenges and rebukes his brethren who are conflicted mighty.
- There is Christian conflict in every chapter of the Book of James that is manifested in the form of the sin of hypocrisy.
- Conflict in Chapter One
- 1-4 To claim to serve God except when trials and troubles come.
- 5-11 To claim to depend on God, refuses wisdom.
- 12-16 To claim to depend on God while denying Him because of pleasures!
- 17-25 To be gifted with INSTRUCTION BOOK and neglect to follow it!
- 26 To claim to be Christ controlled while your tongue is out of control!
- 27 To claim pure Christianity without ACTION.
- Conflict in Chapter Two
- 1-13 To claim to be a Christian but does not show proper respect of persons
- 14-26 To claim to be a Christian but does not present a proper concept of faith.
- Conflict in Chapter Three
- 2-3 Failure to control your desire to say what you shouldn’t.
- 8-9 To use the tongue to glorify God, and to curse man.
- 13-18 To claim to be wise but acts foolishly.
- Conflict in Chapter Four
- 1-3 Embracing our sinful desires rather than submitting to God.
- 4 Attempting to be a friend of God and a friend of the world.
- 11-12 Speaking evil of your brother while attempting to be a doer of the law.
- 13-16 To boastfully goal plan without including the Lord.
- 17 To know to do good and refuses to perform it.
- Conflict in Chapter Five
- 1-12 Claiming spirituality while envying riches.
- 13-18 Claiming spirituality with an ineffectual insincere prayer life.
- 19-20 Claiming spirituality but failing to restore your erring brother.
- Resolve Conflict Now!
- 1:1-4, Possess faithful dependence
- 1: 5-11, Maintain your declaration of dependence to God with:
- Perils (without & within)
- Pleasures of Sin
- Prosperity - Power
- People - Partiality
- Pain
- Politics
- 1: 17-25 Trust God’s Authority, its in the Book!
- 1: 19-20 Be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.
- 1:21 Always be ready to learn from God’s Word.
- 1:27; 2: 24-26 Once received, one must Act on God’s Word.
- 2: 1-13 Honor ALL men.
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3:1-9 Always glorify God in speech.
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3:13-18 Always seek the peaceable wisdom that is from Above.
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4:13-16 Always include God in your plans.
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5:13-18 Speak to God often and practice patience.
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5:19-20 Give priority to reaching out to your erring brother.
- The Need
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Go To Work!
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2:24, 26 -You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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- You can't live like a goat and die like a sheep!
- James 1:12 - Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
- James 1: 27 - Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- James 4:17 - “Therefore to him who knows to do good and doesn’t not to him it is sin.”
- An Elder's Plea
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1.Before You Assume, Learn The Facts.
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2.Before You Judge, Understand Why.
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3.Before You Hurt Someone, Learn To Feel.
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4.Before You Speak, Think.
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Duration 40:20
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
April 22, 2023 - Equipped Day 3
2:30 PM MPR 2 Speaker
Ty Rhymes discusses what it means to stand up or take action for what matters to you. He particularly looks at how we can stand up for God.
Slides:
- Stand Up!
- Stand Up and be full of character (James 6:8)
- Stand Up and be full of courage (James 6:9-14)
- Stand Up and be full of Christ (James 6:15)
- Stand up for Jesus... and He will stand up for you (Acts 7:55)
Duration 35:42
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
April 22, 2023 - Equipped Day 3
10:00AM Auditorium Speaker
Brandon Rader looks at James chapter 4 and how God is in charge of our lives.
Slide:
- Remember who's in charge - (James 4:11-17)
- Two Problems
- What Saying - (v. 11-12)
- "Who are you?" - (v. 12b)
- "One lawgiver and judge" - (v. 12a)
- What Not saying - (v. 13)
- "What is your life?" - (v. 14)
- "If the Lord wills" - (v. 15)
- What Saying - (v. 11-12)
- Two Paths to Sin
- Active Violation - (v. 16)
- "Boast in ... arrogance"
- Passive Rebellion - (v. 17)
- "Knows... and fails to do"
- Active Violation - (v. 16)
- Two Paths to Service
- Save Wanderer
- James 5:19-20
- Give from Wealth
- James 2:15-17
- Save Wanderer
- Remember Who's in Charge
- ... of Destinies
- Lawgiver and judge (4:12)
- ... of Prosperity
- Gift giver (4:15)
- ... of Destinies
Duration 39:22
Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023 - Sunday PM Sermon
Jesus' Question & Answers in The Gospel of John
- "Can Any Good Thing Come Out of Nazareth?" - (1:46)
- "How Can a Man Be Born When He Is Old?" - (3:4)
- "What Work Should We Do, That We May Work the Works of God?" - (6:28)
- "Who Is This Son of Man?" - (12:34)
- "How Can We Know the Way?" - (14:5)
- "What Is Truth?" - (18:38)
- Are You a Christian?
- Are You Walking in The Light?
Duration: 26:11
Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023 - Sunday AM Bible Class
This quarter Darrell Dubree and Robert Warren are going to teach the class on the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. Robert picks up the class today. He begins with chapter 15.
Duration 44:24
Sunday May 14, 2023
Sunday May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023 - Sunday AM Sermon
THE HEART OF HANNAH (1 Samuel 1-2)
Introduction
A. The Story Of Hannah Is About More Than ________________
I. HER HEART WAS __________________
A. She Teaches Us That Such Is Not Divine ______________
B. Seek Help From ____________________
C. Search For Possible _________________
D. See God's __________________ To Help
E. Shelter In God's Place Of ________________
II. HER HEART WAS _______________________
A. Her Prayer Was ___________________ (1:10)
B. Her Prayer Was ___________________ (1:11)
C. Her Prayer Was ___________________ (1:12)
D. Her Prayer Was ___________________ (1:26-28)
III. HER HEART WAS _______________________
A. She Makes 4 Broad Observations About God In Her 2nd Prayer
1. God is ______________________ (2:1-2)
2. God is ______________________ (2:3-5)
3. God is ______________________ (2:6-9)
4. God is ______________________ (2:10)
Conclusion
A. Doors That Are Closed ____________ May Be Opened ______________
1. Or maybe God will show you a better ____________________
Duration 31:47
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
May 7, 2023 - Sunday PM Sermon
Slides:
- Three Habits for Growing Closer to God
- How can I draw closer to God?
- Engage in right thinking
- Think true thoughts
- Think honorable thoughts
- Think right thoughts
- Think pure thoughts
- Think lovely thoughts
- Think respectable thoughts
- Practice right behaviors
- Present your bodies a living sacrifice
- Do not be conformed to this world
- Be transformed
- Develop right feelings
- Put on Christ - (Rom. 13:14)
- Develop honesty - (James 5:16)
- Love the right things the right way
- Discover your purpose and meaning
- Practice sacrificial generosity
Duration 41:30
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
April 22, 2023 - Equipped Day 3
3:30PM Auditorium Speaker
Neal Pollard discusses the prayers of Elijah and shows how we can pray with the same conviction and faith.
Slides:
- Praying Like Elijah - (James 5:17-18)
- Petitions....
- Prayer Motifs in James
- How Can we pray like Elijah?
- Elijah raising the widow's son - Be Human (17)
- Be fervent (17)
- Colton
- Be Faithful (18)
- Developing greater faithfulness in prayer
- Pray with a pen and paper
- Build a Prayer closet
- Be a better bible student
- Discipline your to Enjoy Prayer
- "My God is Jehovah"
Duration 39:26
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
April 22, 2023 - Equipped Workshop Day 3
11:00AM MPR 4 Speaker
Hiram Kemp discusses how to better study the bible. So many times, we set ourselves up to fail, Hiram shows a method for us to follow which will lead to success in our study of the bible.
Slides:
- Help Me Study
- Acknowledge Our Need - (Matthew 4:4)
- Picture of Michael Jordan
- Avoid Enemies of Study - (1 Peter 5:8)
- 7 Heart Postures to approach the bible
- Approach the bible prayerfully - (Psalm 119:18)
- Approach the bible humbly - (1 Peter 5:6)
- Approach the bible studiously - (2 Peter 1:10)
- Approach the bible obediently - (John 14:15)
- Approach the bible joyfully - (Psalm 119:97)
- Approach the bible expectantly - (Isaiah 55:10-11)
- Approach the bible Christocentrically - (John 5:39)
- Avenues to Explore - (1 Timothy 4:13)
- Things to Keep in mind as you study
- Look for Jesus every time - (Luke 24:44; John 5:39)
- Read entire books - (Col. 4:16; 1 Thess. 5:27)
- Learn the story - (Ephesians 3:3-5)
- Read from a good translation - ESV, NIV, NKJV, NLT
- Ask good questions - (Luke 10:26)
- NT Books to learn first - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter
- OT Books to learn first - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, 1-2 Kings, Proverbs, Psalms
- A Resolve - (Psalm 119:15-16)
- Appreciate the bible - (Psalm 18:30)
- Accepting ownership - (James 4:8)
Duration 36:55