by ray | Nov 19, 2024 | 1 Tim, Ephesians, NT, Sermons, Titus
http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hillcc.org/2024/sermons/HCC_20241117.mp3 I’d like to read the main text for today, and then we’ll start. Ephesians 5:22 to the end. We had a quarterly men’s breakfast yesterday morning at First Baptist Church of...
by ray | Mar 18, 2014 | 1 Tim, NT, Sermons
Sermon Outline Text: 1 Tim 3:1-13 Context Today, I want to talk about character Letter written by Paul to Timothy – pastoral counsel on how to choose leaders in the church, specifically male elders and male deacons and female deaconesses Wrong Approach to...
by ray | Feb 27, 2014 | Spiritual Abuse / Healing
This article was posted on the Gospel Coalition website by Zach Nielsen, one of the pastors at The Vine Church in Madison, Wisconsin. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one...
by ray | Jun 24, 2013 | Galatians, Holy Spirit, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
What does it mean to be spiritual? If I asked 10 people in this room that question, I bet I would get 10 different answers. To be spiritual is be one with nature. Or to be spiritual is to have deep and intimate fellowship with the divine force of the universe. Or to...
by ray | Feb 24, 2013 | Matthew, NT, Sermons
First point: Talk is cheap without the fruit to back it up. There is a lot of talk in churches. Especially those in leadership, they wouldn’t be in leadership if they were quiet. They wouldn’t be recognized as leaders if they did not far excel others in the group....