Everyone is a believer. My emphatic statement includes secularists, atheists, agnostics, and religious people. What people believe matters for all the reasons I am about to discuss in this message.

Key Bible Verse: "Now after (Jesus) had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons." Mark 16:9

Encourage Exhort Admonish Repent Call to Action Those are the five key words for this messsage. I pray the Holy Spirit uses them and this message to connect with your spirit, wherever you are.

How Christians Should Live in Our Post-Resurrection, Post-Modern World

Key Bible Verses: "For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. 1 Corinthians 15: 16-19

Key Bible Verse: "Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit." John 19:30

Key Bible Verse: “Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is righteous and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”  Zechariah 9:9

Key Bible Verse: "How long O LORD will you forget me forever?" Psalm 13:1

Message Three in this series Disappointment with God

Sins of Discontentment and Their Consequences

If we are honest, everyone at some time in our lives (including Christians) has experienced such disappointment. Isn't that blasphemy? Won't that insult God when we suggest such an outrageous thing? This series was designed to answer those and other questions that help us grow in our relationships with the one true God, our Father and Creator.

We looked at each of the four stages along this pathway to eternal life: follower, disciple, apostle, and martyr. This message briefly reviews each one and ends with the challenge Jesus gave all those who consider themselves born-again. The Apostle Paul gave those within the churches he planted very articulate and explicit examples of what Jesus' commands looked like in his life and should in ours.

The Fourth Stage is the Hardest!

Last week I discussed "followers" and "disciples". This week we examine the next stage apostles: those spelled with upper case A and those with lower case a. What's the difference?

There are four stages to complete surrender for those who are truly born-again in Christ. This message covers the first two: Follower and Disciple

There is very little I can say or should to begin this message that is both exciting and terrifying. So let me simply say listen and rejoice or listen and tremble. The Good News is always a message of hope, and I pray you find it here today before I say the last Amen.

Re-establishing your priorities before another day passes in 2024. First Look First Love First Fruit

Key Bible Verse: "But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”" Luke 9:62

From His Deity in Heaven before time as we know it began to His incarnation as a baby in a manger to the Cross and His Resurrection to His triumphant return we long for, this week we celebrate the Jesus.

Key Bible Verse: "“And seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd..." Matthew 9:35

Key Bible Verses: "But Jesus, knowing whatthey were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, andsaid to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all ofyou, this is the one who is great.” Luke 9:46-47

In this min-series with the LIVING PROOF Series, we have discussed what worldview means, how they are formed, and the secular worldview as well as the cultural Christian and progressive Christian views. After a brief review, today I taught on what it means to be a biblical Christian and how our worldview is formed by the Word of God and how Jesus saw His world.

Are either of these groups really born-again Christian at all?

Key Bible Verses: “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving,irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters ofgood, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than loversof God, holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.” 2 Timothy 3: 1-5

Last week week we examined the first three of seven commands Jesus gave His disciples before His ascension. This message considers the last four: Love One Another Develop a Prayer Life Make Disciples Be a living testimony of the Holy Spirit in You