No Time to Lose
Sun/27/06 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
In most instances this simply requires a change of heart, a change of perspective. An understanding that although we are just one person on this planet made up of billions of people, God knows who you are and he created you for his purposes, both now and in eternity.Here are Five Nuggets of Truth …
The work of our hands, our occupation and other tasks, is strenuous and both a burden and a gift from God
Our work finds expression in nearly every season of life
God has put eternity in the hearts of men
What we put our hands to on this earth has eternal fingerprints
God has made it this way so we will praise him and honor him
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Salvation: The Reward
Sun/13/06 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
This morning I’ve entitled my message “Salvation: The Reward” and I want to discuss four things that I believe make salvation the most amazing gift that anyone of us could ever possess. These are four components, four benefits, four aspects within salvation that offers every believer the means to live a victorious Christian life, regardless of what life throws at you along our individual walk of faith. A Purpose that's Inspiring A Presence that's Restoring A Power that's Overcoming A Peace that's EternalListen to this week's podcast or download the file to your computer.
Bikers' Church Weekend Rally
Sun/06/06 2010 Filed in: Bikers' Church
Pastor Al Abrams tells his personal story or redemption and his mission to reach those who are trapped in the same destructive lifestyle. Matthew 9: 9-13 tells us, "As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, Follow me. And he rose and followed him. And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? But when he heard it, he said, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice. For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Salvation: The Journey
Sun/30/05 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
Adam (the first man) was a Son of God by creation. Jesus Christ was the Son of God by nature. You and I are sons and daughters of God by grace. Grace is something you can never get, but can only be given. You can’t earn it. You don’t deserve it. And you can’t make grace happen any more than you can bring about your own physical birth. The traditional definition of grace is that it is the unmerited favor of God. And to counteract the reality of our fallen nature and our bondage to the sin nature inside of us, God’s grace courts us from the moment of our birth.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Graduation
Sun/23/05 2010 Filed in: Richard Exley
Today’s message is entitled, "What I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Graduated" with guest speaker, Richard Exley. 1) I wish someone had told me to make a life and not just a living. 2) I wish someone had told me that happiness is a consequence and not a goal.
3) I wish someone had told me nothing is more critical to success than my attitude.
4) I wish someone had told me that materialism is addictive. You start out owning things and before long things own you.
5) I wish someone had told me to chose my friends carefully because they will determine my destiny.
6) I wish someone had told me that God had a plan for my life and how to find it.
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Salvation: The Gift
Sun/16/05 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
This morning I want to speak about this incredibly valuable gift of salvation that God has deposited into jars of clay, tabernacles of flesh that are (as the Apostle Paul tells us) wasting away. Today’s message is entitled, “Salvation: The Gift.” And in a culture that puts a premium on items of value, I want to spend some time talking about the most valued and treasured gift any of us own, our eternal salvation, and make abundantly clear that this amazing gift is just that, a gift.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Mother's Day at Christ's Chapel
Sun/09/05 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
On Mother's Day Mary Reed talks about the impact of her godly mother in the life of her family.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Red Carpet Ministry
Sun/02/05 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
During this service Arlene Patterson discusses THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH First of all, as God's church, we must all focus on connecting people to God. Secondly, we need to help connect people to each other. Thirdly, we need to help people find their purpose and meaning in this life. Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Rest Stop
Sun/11/04 2010 Filed in: Christ's Chapel Sermons
Now we know from all of God’s Word that “work” is not dismissed as being of little or no value, quite the opposite. But this is the type of thing that I want to address as we look at the benefits of living a balanced life. Jesus is not suggesting to us that worship is the only component in life and that we should devote all of our time to it. But he is telling us that that work must be put on hold at times so that we do make time for other things. What are some of those “other things?” The dynamics I’m speaking about this morning is the journey of balancing work and rest, worship and play in the day-to-day living out of our lives. Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Finished
Sun/04/04 2010 Filed in: Forgiven, Forsaken, Finished
This morning I’m concluding a short three part series as we have considered some of the eternal lessons of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Today, of course, we are confronted with the amazing truth that the backdrop of the crucifixion is the resurrection. Those two events are so interwoven that it’s almost inappropriate to speak of one without speaking of the other.Listen to this week's podcast here or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Forsaken
Sun/28/03 2010 Filed in: Forgiven, Forsaken, Finished
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven. And that was our focus last Sunday morning. This morning, my message is entitled “Forsaken.” And we begin by remembering what Jesus experienced a few hours before his crucifixion in the Garden of Gethsemane.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Forgiven
Sun/21/03 2010 Filed in: Forgiven, Forsaken, Finished
Many of us have had defining moments in our life. They usually come only a handful of times in a lifetime but they do indeed come. I’m speaking of those moments that are so revealing or directional that the after they occur the rest of our life is set on a specific track. Coming to faith in Christ is usually such a moment. Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Bare Naked Marriage Week 3
Wed/17/03 2010 Filed in: Bare Naked Marriage
What does the Bible have to say about marriage? Steve and Daniel Axtell continue the six week journey with this podcast.Listen to this week's podcast here or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
The Sharing Choice
Sun/14/03 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
I choose to yield myself to God to be used to bring the Good News to others, by both my example and by my words.Jerusalem: Those who are like us
Judea: Those who are similar to us
Samaria: Those who are different than us
Earth: Those we have nothing in common with us
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The Growth Choice
Sun/07/03 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
Today’s message is called “The Growth Choice” and I mentioned the example of the Winter Olympics because I believe at least in some ways every Christian is an athlete in competition. Not in competition with others but we are certainly competing with ourselves. And interestingly enough, it was this analogy of an athlete in training that the aging Apostle Paul used when he penned the words to a much younger athlete named Timothy. Paul said that he “had fought the good fight, finished the race and kept the faith” and was about to be awarded a “crown of righteousness” (which in my opinion far exceeds the value of a gold medal). So today’s message is about choosing to grow so you can compete for a lifetime. Choosing to grow so you can finish strong. Choosing to grow so you can win your own crown of righteousness.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Bare Naked Marriage
Wed/03/03 2010 Filed in: Bare Naked Marriage
What does the Bible have to say about marriage? Steve and Daniel Axtell begin a six week journey with this podcast.Listen to this week's podcast or download the.mp3 file to your computer.
The Relationship Choice
Sun/28/02 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
This morning is week six of a series of eight messages that we’ve called “Life’s Healing Choices.” The underlying premise of this series is that life is the culmination of the collective choices that we make day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month, and year-to-year. Fortunately, most of us are not defined by one or two choices that we make in a lifetime. But our ability to make good choices in our journey of life will have a positive impact upon us as well as those we are in relationship with. Listen to this week's Podcast or download the .mp3 fie to your computer.
The Transformation Choice
Sun/21/02 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
Make Changes: The Transformation Choice - Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask him to remove my character defects.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
The Housecleaning Choice
Sun/14/02 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
Be Real : The House Cleaning Choice: I openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
The Commitment Choice
Sun/07/02 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
The Commitment Choice: I consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your compter.
The Hope Choice
Sun/31/01 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
And our focus is on those situations in life and seasons of life that require God to step into our world to give us hope and comfort. I’m speaking of those moments in our life where we need God to either whisper in our hearts that everything is going to be okay when it looks just the opposite or to powerfully step into our world and reorder circumstances. Jesus says in this second “beatitude”, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” In other words, “Blessed are those that have come to the end of their rope and have no recourse but to believe God will show up in their behalf.”Listen to this week's podcast or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Reality Choice
Sun/24/01 2010 Filed in: Life's Healing Choices
HOW WE PLAY GOD1. We try to control our IMAGE by wearing masks, playing games, and hiding
the truth.
2. We try to control OTHER PEOPLE by manipulating each other through guilt
or shame or praise or even through silence.
3. We try to control our PROBLEMS by saying things like: “I can handle it; it’s
not really a problem. I don’t need any help. I can quit anytime.”
4. We try control our PAIN by avoiding it, denying it, escaping it, medicating it,
drowning it, or postponing it.
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Building Friends
Sun/17/01 2010 Filed in: Building Faith, Families and Friends
The church sometimes suffers from mindsets and attitudes that drive folks away. I realize that a local church and a community bar are not the same thing. But I would submit to you that a congregation gets it wrong if they project an attitude that certain people need not attend. Our vision is “… building faith, building families and building friends.”Listen to this week's podcast here or download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Building Families
Sun/10/01 2010 Filed in: Building Faith, Families and Friends
This week's message is called “Building Families” and I begin it with an extremely important point and a very personal story. My point is this: before God set in order the church as a redemptive place for hope and salvation he put in place the most powerful unit on the whole planet – the family. Adam and Eve and their children came before Abraham, Moses, Simon Peter and the Apostle Paul. God began his work on this earth through the family, not the church. The family remains God’s primary agent of redemption, hope, guidance and salvation.Listen to this week's Podcast for download the .mp3 file to your computer.
Building Faith
Sun/03/01 2010 Filed in: Building Faith, Families and Friends
“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things.” Philippians 3: 13-14Reviewing our church history going all the way back 24 years or just in the year 2009 is simply a testimony of God’s faithfulness. We acknowledge it as a part of our history and recognition of the hard work and sacrifice folks have made along the way. And yet, beginning today, our focus is on the present task before us and the future that God has promised us.
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