by ray | Nov 20, 2012 | Deuteronomy, OT, Sermons, Thanksgiving, Topical Studies
That was a long intro. This is our Thanksgiving service. So to get you into the holiday spirit, we are taking a detour from our study of Matthew and today we’ll cover our Devotional Text from last week, Deut 1. And we will tackle the perennial problem of ingratitude....
by ray | Nov 20, 2012 | Deuteronomy, OT, Sermons, Thanksgiving, Topical Studies
Happy early Thanksgiving and welcome to Hill Community Church, or the Hill for short. Since it is the week after the inaugural, I wanted to spend a few moments talking about our new church name. On Saturday nights, when you see each other, you can say, I’ll see you at...
by ray | Nov 4, 2012 | Topical Studies, Vision
Acts 2 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had...
by ray | Oct 11, 2012 | Devotionals, Holy Spirit, Topical Studies
“When it pleased God . . to reveal His Son in me.” Galatians 1:15, 16 If Jesus Christ is to regenerate me, what is the problem He is up against? I have a heredity I had no say in; I am not holy, nor likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is to tell...
by ray | Oct 10, 2012 | Topical Studies, Vision
When the Gospel is preached and there is true conversion, your life changes (fruit of the Spirit). Gal 5:22 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Paul – why does he use...
by ray | Sep 2, 2012 | Lord's Supper, Sermons
Please turn with me to 1 Corinthians 11. At LBC, we observe the Lord’s Supper every other month. That’s in contrast to some churches that observe it every week and others that hardly observe it at all. The argument can be made not to observe it every week because if...