Thursday, June 29, 2017

Monday, June 19, 2017

Heaven's Life Now, part 8: The Priority of Peace (Matthew 5:23-26)

Heaven is a place where all things will be perfectly reconciled to God and one another. If we want to taste heaven's life now, we must make peacemaking a priority. It is a priority to God.


VBS 2017

Our VBS was last week, and we had a great time. Check out the video!


Thursday, June 15, 2017

Heaven's Life Now, part 7: A Warning About Anger (Matthew 5:21-22)

We all deal with anger to some degree. It's so common that we often think it's harmless or even a sign of our righteousness. But Jesus gives a strong warning against anger in the Sermon on the Mount. Are we going to heed this warning? Are you willing to change your thinking about anger? Are you willing to banish anger from your life?

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Guest speaker: Tee Uzoigwe

Tarvoris "Tee" Uzoigwe joined us on Sunday, June 4, while our pastor was in Kobuk, Alaska, with our mission team. Tee is the Baptist Student Minsistries (BSM) leader at UAPB (University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff).

Here is the message that he brought from the book of Deuteronomy, titled "What Does the Lord Require of You?"
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Heaven's Life Now, part 6: A Greater Righteousness (Matthew 5:17-20)

Everything Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount led to this little passage of Scripture that is one of the most misunderstood and misquoted in the Bible. It's also the basis for the rest of the Sermon. What do we need to know in order to understand this central teaching about Jesus' relationship with the Old Testament?

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Heaven's Life Now, part 5: Salt and Light

This week, we recognized our graduating seniors, and we spoke about a question that all of us face: what is my life going to be about? Jesus was speaking to that question as he moved from the Beatitudes into the next part of the Sermon on the Mount. "You are the salt of the earth," he said. "You are the light of the world." What does it mean for us to be salt? What does it mean to be light? What is our job as salt and light?

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Also, our Mothers Day sermon had some technical difficulties, but is available to listen to here. We finished up the Beatitudes with "Heaven's Life Now, part 4: For the Ones in the Middle":

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