Anticipating God This New Year
12/31/2006 10:00 AM
Mercy Triumphs!
12/17/2006 10:00 AM
Pastor Gary Langley
Mercy Triumphs!
Favoritism = sin. If this message had to be summarized, that would be the bottom line. Believers don't show favoritism. They may have friends who share an affinity or commonality, but they don't size people up, prejudge, and exclude people based upon race, color, education, socio-economic status or any other superficial reason. If we can learn to major in mercy and see people through the eyes of Christ, we will see mercy triumph over judgement.
This sermon contains some vision-casting ("What if...") concerning an audacious charitable outreach.
Text: James 2:1-13 (NIV)
Mercy Triumphs!
Favoritism = sin. If this message had to be summarized, that would be the bottom line. Believers don't show favoritism. They may have friends who share an affinity or commonality, but they don't size people up, prejudge, and exclude people based upon race, color, education, socio-economic status or any other superficial reason. If we can learn to major in mercy and see people through the eyes of Christ, we will see mercy triumph over judgement.
This sermon contains some vision-casting ("What if...") concerning an audacious charitable outreach.
Text: James 2:1-13 (NIV)
Pure & Faultless Religion
12/10/2006 10:00 AM
Pastor Gary Langley
Pure & Faultless Religion
Pastor Gary said "Don’t get mad when the WORD of God is shown to you and it causes you to face up to your sin! Getting mad won’t make you one bit more righteous – what you need to do is accept that teaching, that spiritual coaching, and get rid of the junk that is pointed out to you. Be humble and let that teaching from the Word sink in, take root and it will save you." In this study of James 1:19-27 we look at our need to be more than passive hearers of the Word -- we must apply it to our lives and show the inward transformation by our outward behavior.
Text: James 1:19-27 (NIV)
Pure & Faultless Religion
Pastor Gary said "Don’t get mad when the WORD of God is shown to you and it causes you to face up to your sin! Getting mad won’t make you one bit more righteous – what you need to do is accept that teaching, that spiritual coaching, and get rid of the junk that is pointed out to you. Be humble and let that teaching from the Word sink in, take root and it will save you." In this study of James 1:19-27 we look at our need to be more than passive hearers of the Word -- we must apply it to our lives and show the inward transformation by our outward behavior.
Text: James 1:19-27 (NIV)
What Do You Think?
12/03/2006 10:00 AM
Pastor Gary Langley
What Do You Think?
Proverbs teaches that "as [a man] thinks within himself, so he is." Your body reacts to what your mind thinks about. If you think about your area of temptation, if you feed that idea, if you allow it get implanted and start to grow, your temptation will dominate your behavior. But there is an escape, and there is hope. The answer lies in the renewed mind. Pastor Gary speaks plainly in this message to those who struggle with temptation.
Text:
James Chapter 1 :12-17
Jeremiah 17:9-10
Philippians 4:8
What Do You Think?
Proverbs teaches that "as [a man] thinks within himself, so he is." Your body reacts to what your mind thinks about. If you think about your area of temptation, if you feed that idea, if you allow it get implanted and start to grow, your temptation will dominate your behavior. But there is an escape, and there is hope. The answer lies in the renewed mind. Pastor Gary speaks plainly in this message to those who struggle with temptation.
Text:
James Chapter 1 :12-17
Jeremiah 17:9-10
Philippians 4:8