Several years ago, I was totally convinced that my next-door neighbors were going to be a problem. I misjudged this family the first day that I met them. Before they moved into the house next to mine, their family came to visit the neighborhood from out of town. Their children went buck-wild the moment they […]
One Race – Reaching Our City for God’s Glory
August 26, 2018 Pastor Jason Rogers Sermon Notes This is Elizabeth Eckford (photo shown). At the time there were some people who were not happy about her presence in this place. In a moment, we’re going to draw some parallels between what Jesus did and what Elizabeth Eckford is doing here. Elizabeth and the other […]
Crossing into enemy territory
Several years ago, I was with a group of special operations warriors in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. We were dispersed all along the border with Pakistan in small teams chasing bad guys. Late one evening we came under attack by 105MM rocket fire. As the rockets continued to land around our position, it became […]
One Race – All People Blessed in Abraham
August 19, 2018 Pastor Alan Smith Sermon Notes Last week we started a sermon series called One Race. It is a series where we’re looking at race, racism, and racial division and what the Gospel has to say about these subjects. I live in Harris County, and in Harris County the rule of thumb is […]
One Race – For the Glory of God
August 12, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes We’re going to do a little bit of a survey. I’m not going to ask you to show hands because frankly, you might get embarrassed, or maybe people around you will get offended, but just work with me for a second. People have very different tastes when […]
How to lose the culture war
There is a battle that seems to be raging all around us every day. Rarely does this battle make the headlines of the evening news. (The rare exceptions are cases where a community explodes with rioting and violence after a tragic event.) Often this battle is a subtle undercurrent that’s always there below the surface. […]
Reach Deeper: Dealing with Objections
August 5, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Sometimes the question, “Why did this stuff work out the way that it did?” can lead to huge scientific discoveries, like Charles Goodyear in 1839. Goodyear was working on a process of making rubber. He was putting chemicals together with rubber, and he kept trying to figure […]
“The church is full of hypocrites!”
“The church is full of hypocrites!” Have you ever heard that one? I’ve heard this comment many times when sharing my faith in Jesus. I have heard this comment more than any other when talking to people about Jesus. I also assume that many more people believe this is true of church people but don’t […]
Reach Deeper: Asking Someone to Surrender
July 29, 2018 Pastor Jeff Struecker Sermon Notes Would it make you mad if your friend from work invited you over to his house to go swimming and you spend all of your time blowing up a floaty, and you get the children all lathered up with sunscreen and you were looking forward to go […]
Would you agree to “unconditional surrender”?
The world was a big, black bomb waiting to go off in the early 1910’s. Then Gavrilo Princip lit the fuse and the world exploded into death and destruction. Here’s how the History Channel describes this incident that plunged the world into the “Great War”. On June 28, 1914, a young Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo […]
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