How come we treat our relationship with Christ as equal to the church or equal to the work we do at church? In fact, it may be more accurate to say, why do we treat Christ as LESS important than church? Didn’t Paul say in Phil 1:23 that departing this life and being with Christ […]
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Philippians 2: Humility (pt1 of 3)
Philippians 2 is one of the most important chapters in all of Scripture. If you could wring out Scripture like a sponge and gather the drops of the most critical themes, I think one of the drops would contain Philippians 2. What’s in this chapter is so fundamental to who God is, and who we […]
Eph 4: The Truthful Church (pt2 of 3)
To diligently keep the unity, the people of God have to live lives worthy of our salvation. In other words, they have to be true Christians who are humble and gentle and patient and accepting of one another in love. How is unity broken? By taking the completely opposite attitude and behavior that true believers […]
Eph 4: The Truthful Church (pt1 of 3)
Today, I want to talk about Christian maturity. Individual maturity is important, but equally important is the maturity of our church. We have some mature or maturing members of this church, but in my opinion, as a church, we are still immature. How do we become mature corporately as members of Hill Community Church? That’s […]
Galatians 6 – What Does It Mean To Be Spiritual? (pt2 of 3)
Third, a spiritual person carries the burdens of others and in so doing fulfills the law of Christ. Gal 6 2 Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. A related verse is Gal 5:6– Gal 5 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what […]
2 Cor 12-13 – Teaching #7: Our Weakness, God’s Strength (pt2 of 3)
2) What makes us recognize our weakness? For Paul, what allowed him to recognize his weakness? One, he had to endure much hardship. And two, he had a thorn in his flesh. Please turn with me to 2 Cor 11:24-30. [READ] In this section, Paul boasts about his weaknesses and he doesn’t point to a […]