Preacher: Pastor Ray In earthly marriages, the bride spends so much time and energy getting herself ready for her wedding day, esp. on the day of the wedding. How about in our future marriage to Jesus? How do we prepare ourselves so that we can be a Bride fit for a King? Two things: […]
Ephesians
Ephesians: Fullness of Christ, Filled by the Spirit, Fighting on Our Knees
Preacher: Pastor Ray The book of Ephesians describes the goal of the Christian life as growing into Christ’s FULLNESS. In order to reach this kind of maturity, we need to be FILLED by the Spirit. Lastly, we need to FIGHT on our knees.
Eph 4-6: Why Am I Not Changing?
Preacher: Pastor Ray Why don’t we change? One reason is that we don’t really believe what the gospel says about us. Discussion Questions Read Eph 4-6 and pay attention to the high standard for the Christian regarding personal character, purity, our role in the body of Christ, how we are to treat others (bearing with […]
Eph 4-5: Wake Up, O Sleeper (Dealing with Anger and Gossip)
Preacher: Pastor Ray As we come to the light, God begins to set us free from the inner darkness of sexual immorality, covetousness (or idolatry) and anger leading to the sin of gossip. Discussion Questions Jesus is the light of the world and Christians are called children of light. Read Eph 5:8-14. – Who is […]
Ephesians: Total Transformation of Our Mind, Will and Emotions
Preacher: Pastor Ray For those of us who are saved and in Christ, God will renew our minds first and then transform our wills (actions) and our emotions (i.e. anger). Discussion Questions Eph 1-3 describes theological concepts such as salvation and the gospel. Eph 4 describes how God changes our relationships in the body of […]
Acts 9: Supernatural Christianity?
Stream from mobile phone: [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS022314.mp3″] Stream from PC: [audio:http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS022314.mp3] Sermon Notes On the beach, you sometimes pick up a crab thinking it’s alive, but realize that it’s just the shell that’s been discarded by birds. Have we removed the substance of Christian life and given only the shell? Have we gutted the Spirit out […]