Pastoral

In this message Pastor Rich Braaksma is going to compare and contrast what we typically think of when we think of “Missions” or “Missionaries” with the parable of the living and breathing YOU… as seen this morning in your bathroom mirror.

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go…”
Jesus in Matthew 28:17-18, NIV

“He was first and foremost an artist. And by “artist,” of course, I mean a Christian concerned about the art of living well and living lovingly.”
Cornel West, Public Intellectual

“Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”
Jesus in Matthew 6:10

We are in a war between dullness and astonishment. The most critical issue facing Christians is not abortion, pornography, the disintegration of the family, moral absolutes, MTV, drugs, racism, sexuality, or school prayer. The critical issue today is dullness. We have lost our astonishment. The Good News is no longer good news, it is okay news. Christianity is no longer life changing, it is life enhancing. Jesus doesn't change people into wild-eyed radicals anymore; He changes them into "nice people."
Robert Farrar Capon

You have been raised with Christ… For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Paul in Col 3:1,3

Second Service wraps up

Pastor Bennie Fisher

This message was preached by Dr. Earl Johnson, Jr. at Grace Bible Baptist Church. We are located at 1518 N. Rolling Road, Catonsville, Maryland 21228 (410-788-6132). Everyone is welcome to attend all services and events. We also invite you to view our weekly television program, The Everliving Story, Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. on Channel 54 and Cable Channel 14. For more information, log on to www.GraceBibleBaptist.org.

1 Corinthians 11:23-27

Southside Baptist Church
Sunday, April 12, 2015 - Morning Service
John 20:1-18

Summary: After celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are faced with the question of how that news should impact our lives. By looking at Mary Magdalene's encounter with the resurrected Christ, we try to answer the question for us today.

Pastor Dr. Darren Goodman's message, Rich and NO EXCUSES! God's blessing is to make us rich in all areas... Without sorrow! Does God have limits? How does money effect a Christians? How has his divine power grant everything to us?

1st week in our newest sermon series entitled "Our Helper"
This weeks focus is on The Holy Spirit

A sermon presented by Pastor Ken Raymes from Metro Christian Center in Evansville, Indiana. This sermon was recorded on April 12, 2015.

Hello and welcome to Salem UMC!!!
This is Pastor Bob Tuttle's sermon for the week of April 12th, 2015.
Enjoy.

This message was preached by Dr. Earl Johnson, Jr. at Grace Bible Baptist Church. We are located at 1518 N. Rolling Road, Catonsville, Maryland 21228 (410-788-6132). Everyone is welcome to attend all services and events. We also invite you to view our weekly television program, The Everliving Story, Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. on Channel 54 and Cable Channel 14. For more information, log on to www.GraceBibleBaptist.org.

Josh Bytwerk | Parker Ford Church
Thanks to Connections on High Cafe (Pottstown, PA) for filming location.
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Are we willing to give up on our own significance?
Are we willing to sojourn?
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Jesus often deconstructed commonly held cultural beliefs, re-framing what people thought they knew.
Today we ask... what are our misguided cultural philosophies... what are our superficial religious catch-phrases?
God search, know, show, lead us.
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Produced by Justin Ryan Boyer (Eikon Collective)

The Lord releases grace as a river of life pushing and shoving us to holiness and freedom from sin. Grace is the release of God's power inside each believer causing, first desires to obey and serve Him, and secondly power to fulfill His will. "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" 2 Cor 12:9 (KJV). Before salvation, "sin has reigned unto death," but in Christ, "even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 5:21 (KJV) "... it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." Phil 2:13 (NKJV)

"We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him." 1 John 5:18 (NKJV)

God's hand is upon His true children and they are radically changed from His power of new birth. The sincere religious people who attend church meetings or just live their lives, falsely believing they have a relationship with God, are exposed by the fact they still live in sin, instead of experiencing God's heavy hand of Fatherhood and the resulting blessing of the power of right living!

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Sermon, December 2014

How did we get to the point where we don't take offense of the cross being out?
Chi Rho the first two "greek" letters in spelling of Christ. The cross has become fashionable item. The cross should represent the blood of Jesus who bled and died for you: Drove nails in hands and feet, pieced in the side, crown of thorns on His head. Imagine the cross being a firing squad, and you are innocent of sin or what was accused. Jesus wants us to know that in the cross there is life. A lot of us don't understand the purpose of the cross, that it gives us eternal life. The cross was given to us because it was prophesied that he was going to be on the cross before Jesus was born. When you are being crucified you are naked, when Jesus was crucified he was naked, tried to shame him. He took our shame when He was crucified. Transgressions are sins that you do that you don't know you are doing, when you didn't know any better. Iniquities are sins that you do deliberately. Jesus covered it all. He went through something for me and you. Cross of salvation. Paul preached the cross and Jesus Christ. The cross will set you free. Do you understand what Jesus went through for you?

1 Corinthians 1:17-24
Galatians 5:11-12
Isaiah 53:5

A sermon presented by Pastor Ken Raymes from Metro Christian Center in Evansville, Indiana. This sermon was recorded on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015.

First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
Princeton, WV
"Where In the Crowd Are You"?
Rev William Pollack

He's Coming Back Again! Pt. 2
Jesus will soon return to this earth. His entry into Jerusalem was just the beginning of God's church age. He will soon return to complete what he started. Will you be ready?

We continue our series on ‘Knowing God through your Emotions’ by looking into how we express gratitude. Are you really a thankful person?

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above”
James 1:17, ESV

"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything he has given us-- and he has given us everything. Every breath that we draw is a gift of his love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from him.”
Thomas Merton

Hello and welcome to Salem UMC!!!
It's an honor to have you with us during the Easter season....
We hope you enjoy the sermon for the week of March 29th, 2015.