"Faith" Tagged Messages (Page 2)
God Wants Your Whole Heart
In the time of Malachi, much like today, many people’s love for God had grown cold. They were trying to serve him, without it actually costing them much at all. They wanted to live their lives on their terms AND receive God’s blessing.
Tithes And Offerings
How much money should you give to your church? The word,“tithe” means a tenth and is part of the law of Moses. But does that mean that today we are supposed to give 10% of what we make each year to the church? In this message we explore how the tithe and generosity apply to Christians today.
Dishonoring God
If we are a living sacrifice, then He desires our obedience to true instruction. We must honor Him with our very lives and not just our lips.
Virtue Signals – Humility
Series Review Today we finish our series on Virtue Signals – those ways we demonstrate to the world around us that we live differently. If you missed any of those messages, I encourage you to watch or listen to them. You can find every one of our messages in video, audio, or readable version on the church website: firstbaptistchariton.com. Additionally, they are all posted to Facebook, YouTube, and Google or Apple Podcast. We try to make it really easy for…
Virtue Signals – Grace
In Christianity, God reached down toward humanity and gave himself as a sacrifice so we could be in relationship with Him. That’s God’s Grace – the Good News of the Gospel. The problem is, many non-Christians don’t see grace when they look at Christians. Instead, Christians are often viewed as Judgmental and Angry.
Virtue Signals – Love
If we want to be Godly, to be representatives of God to this world, then the most important virtue we have to live out is that of love. And not the messed up, twisted and distorted version this world passes off as love
Virtue Signals – Hope
We Christians can hold onto hope, even in the midst of all the negativity around us because we trust that God is in control.
– No ruler has been put in power for whom God didn’t have a say.
– No natural disaster has caught God by surprise.
– COVID wasn’t unexpected, and all the results it brought were within God’s plan.
God DOES have a plan that He will work right up until the day the trumpet sounds and time runs out for this earth.
Virtue Signals – Faith
As Christians, the virtues we should be signaling to the world are very different from what our culture is signaling.
Baptism Service
Baptism is an extremely important part of the life of a church, and not just for those who are being baptized.
Flawed John Mark
We are not called to be perfect; we ARE called to persevere.