Message Summary
Today Blaine spoke about enjoying God. He explained that being able to enjoy God is necessarily linked to what we know about him. You could say we enjoy God by knowing God. He expressed there are different levels of knowing. They range from the most impersonal to personal relationship: (1) sensing; (2) awareness; (3) acquaintance; (4) friendship; (5) companionship; (6) intimacy; and (7) enjoying. In the end, the more we come to know about God the more we love and enjoy him.
May 23rd Sermon Notes
Sermon Notes Discussion Page for May 2nd
Message Summary
This is the fourth of several messages focusing on the “Fruit of the Spirit” in Galatians 5:22–23. This week we look at “peace.” Pastor A highlighted that peace is a major theme in Scripture. The Hebrew term for peace, shalōm, occurs nearly 290 times in the OT. The NT Greek term for peace is eirēnē, which occurs 92 times in the NT. Today we will attempt to ask an answer several questions related to “peace.”
Sermon Notes Discussion Page for April 25th
Message Summary
This is the third of several messages focusing on the “Fruit of the Spirit” in Galatians 5:22–23. This week we finish our look at “joy.” Pastor A emphasized joy in the midst of suffering. How can this be? Only if our ultimate pleasure is in Christ and the hope we have in him, can we exhibit joy in difficult times. Today we will look at three specific texts on “joy.”
Sermon Notes Discussion Page for March 7th
Message Summary
This Sunday is the first message of the series “Knowing, Growing, and Sowing.” This refers to the lifestyle that all Christians should seek to cultivate. It emphasizes the necessity of the word of God, the progressive nature of sanctification, and the fruit of Christian growth through pouring one’s life into the lives of others for the growth of the gospel. This lesson seeks to introduce each element with accompanying Scripture for discussion and reflection.
KNOW
Sermon Notes Discussion Page for Feb. 7th
Message Summary
Today the word “Christian” is used rather flippantly. It is used to describe all manner of persons who, when it comes right down to it, are not Christians in any real sense of the word. The title “Christian” was first used of the disciples in Antioch more than likely by the unbelievers in that town (Acts 17:26). I’m lead to ask, why were they called this? What did they do that looked like Jesus Christ? We are told to things: (1) they were speaking and preaching the word of God; and (2) what they spoke and preached was Jesus and his gospel (17:19–20).
