Messages on Kingdom of God
Easter Sunday
Whose Boy Is He? Have you ever been in a conversation with someone – usually someone a generation or two older than you – who starts describing people based on who their dads are? Or maybe you run into someone in the town you were raised in and people recognize your facial features and ask, “Are you so-and-so’s child?” I remember visiting my grandparents when I was little, and Grandma always gave my parents the lowdown about everyone in her…
Storytime with Jesus: The Ten Virgins
His message couldn’t be clearer. Now it’s up to us to respond and obey and to live as He taught His followers to live – as citizens of the Kingdom.
Storytime with Jesus: The Great Banquet
Too often, Christians only invite people like them, or maybe people who are already Christians but who aren’t currently attending church or who are looking for a new church. But they make the safe invite. They invite “church folks”. They don’t think the guy covered with tattoos or the woman who cusses like a sailor would be interested in Jesus. But that’s the point of this parable.
Storytime with Jesus: The Rich Fool
It’s all God’s anyway. Once you truly believe that about every dollar in your pocket, it will transform how you spend each dollar.
Storytime With Jesus: The Talents
The Kingdom of God does not have any spectators. Nobody can come and sit on the sideline and claim to be a servant, but not SERVE in any way.
Storytime With Jesus: The Wheat And The Weeds
God’s decision to wait before He acts does not mean He won’t judge the world. In fact, His waiting shows His incredible grace and goodness.
Lowly Shepherds
The proclamation of the birth of Jesus was not first made to kings or religious elites, but to those outside the community – a group of shepherds watching their sheep at night. This important piece of the Christmas story teaches us that God’s heart has always been for the outsiders, and it still is today. BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS Today we’ll talk about the “unlikely characters” who received the very first proclamation of the birth of Jesus. Other than those in the…
The Kingdom of Heaven is a Treasure
Jesus teaches via two parables that much more valuable than any earthly treasure is our ability to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven. Like treasure hunters, when we realize the immense value of the Kingdom of Heaven, we should be willing to give all that we have to make sure we are a part of the kingdom. Message Continuing our series on “Treasure,” we’ll focus today on the pursuit of treasure – the HUNT. It’s one thing to HAVE treasure, but…
Psalm 72
In this Psalm, we read a prayer of King Solomon that depicts what he views as a perfect kingdom. But more than a Utopian view of life, we read Psalm 72 as a picture of what God desires his Kingdom, the Kingdom of God to be like. Finding Utopia: In 1971 John Lennon, as a solo artist, released his best-selling song, “Imagine.” Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try No hell below us, Above us only sky Imagine…