Date: 8/27/2017 Title: Facing Your Giants Speaker: Pastor George Gracie Scripture: 1 Samuel 17
Often in life we come face to face with giants. When that happens we can adopt one of two perspectives. We can adopt a giant focused perspective or a God focused one. In 1 Samuel 17 David chooses the later and is able to conquer a literal giant. The same can be true of us as we face our giants.
Date: 8/20/2017 Title: Parables by the Lakeside 5 Speaker: Pastor George Gracie Scripture: Matthew 13:44-58
What is it that you value, that you treasure the most? This is what you spend your time and effort acquiring an showing to others. In Matthew 13 Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a valuable treasure and a priceless pearl to which we are called to spend all we have to experience. We are then called to take that treasure and share it with others.
Date: 8/13/2017 Title: Parables by the Lakeside 4 Speaker: Pastor George Gracie Scripture: Matthew 13:31-35
Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a mustard seed and to leaven. Although both start out small, they exponentially grow in size. The same is true of the kingdom of God. Not only did the kingdom of God start with a few apostles and then spread out over the world, the rule of God often starts small in our hearts and then grows until it fills our lives.
Date: 8/6/2017 Title: The Bible is Profitable Speaker: Pastor Darryl J. Stalter Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-17
A pew research poll published April 14, 2017 says that three-quarters of Christians say they believe the Bible is the word of God. Only 42% of Christians said that reading the Bible is an essential part of what being a Christian means to them personally. The question is if the Bible is the Word of God, why do more and more people, Christians included not read it or follow it? The fact is that deep down we either do not believe it to be true or we do not believe it to be useful. Yet, this is what the Bible actually claims to be. 2 Timothy 3:16 states that “All Scripture is God breathed and is profitable.” In other words it is both true and useful.
Date: 7/30/2017 Title: The Bible is God Breathed Speaker: Pastor Darryl J. Stalter Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-17
Skepticism in the Bible is on the rise, among both those who claim to be Christian and those who do not. This has resulted in increasing numbers of Christians who do not read their Bible, do not hold to a biblical world view, and look no different than the rest of the world. This skepticism stems from a concerted attack on the validity and truthfulness of the Scriptures. We are bombarded by all sides, from education institutions, political attacks, History Channel programming, novels such as Dan Brown’s Da’ Vinci Code, and Hollywood movies. Despite this we can trust the Bible is the Word of God by faith supported by the reason of the evidence.