December 26, 2021Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. God Takes Joy in Using the Rejected Luke 2:8And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in […]
They Won’t Go Away
One summer I had the great idea to transplant a few elephant ear plants from a local school to our front flower bed at home. The fact that the school was begging me to take them should have been a sign, but elephant ear plants hold a bit of nostalgia with me. My papa had […]
Isaiah 11:1-5 – Emmanuel Week 3
December 19, 2021Pastor Frank Bowden Sermon Notes Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would be… the only person, Isaiah 11:1There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. with sufficient power, Isaiah 11:2And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom […]
Romans 8 – Emmanuel Week 2
December 12, 2021Pastor Alan Smith Sermon Notes I. The Law of Sin Romans 7:7-12What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law […]
Matthew 1:23 – Emmanuel – Week 1
December 5, 2021Pastor Philip Harike Sermon Notes Matthew 1:18-25Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put […]
Hebrews 12:18-29 – Second Wind 15
November 28, 2021Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. Blazing Fire of Obedience Hebrews 12:18-21For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to […]
Hebrews 12:3-17 – Second Wind 14
November 21, 2021Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. This Is For Your Own Good Hebrews 12:3-7Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten […]
Hebrews 12:1-2: Second Wind 13
November 14, 2021Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. Race Strategy Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, A. Run in a Group – […]
Hebrews 11:35-40: Second Wind 12
November 7, 2021Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. Intersection of Faith and Worldview Hebrews 11:35-38Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in […]
Hebrews 11:32-34 – Second Wind Week 11
October 31, 2021Pastor Alan Smith Sermon Notes God proves His faithfulness generation after generation Hebrews 11:32-34And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched […]