College Avenue Baptist Church - San Diego

On Sunday, June 10, 20120, Bryce Klabunde, our Soul Care Pastor, teaches from Colossians 3:1-4, in this sermon titled "Heaven: Our Essential Hope." God created each person with a desire for heaven — a kind of homing beacon that points us toward our eternal home. The more disillusioned we are by this world, the stronger the signal for heaven grows. C.S. Lewis observed: “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world” (Mere Christianity, p. 106).

 

On Sunday, June 3, Pastor Carlton Harris shares with us his vision sermon for College Avenue with a message entitled, "The Greatest of All Subjects." His selected passages are in the attached re:collect.

Virtue:  Self-control         

Memory Verse:  Proverbs 25:16

If you are accustomed to the Ten Commandments, you might feel cheated out of three.  On the other hand, a few of your favorite sins may not have made this list at all.  That may make you angry (which, by the way, is a deadly sin).  This assortment of the 7 Deadlies does not come directly from any specific list in the Bible, but this compilation of sin does extend back to the fourth century A.D. or earlier. The Seven Capital Sins, as they were originally called, enjoyed enormous notoriety during the Middle Ages.  Since the Reformers emphasized sin rather than sins, interest in the list faded after the Protestant Reformation.  Yet the sins themselves have continued on to this very day.  Some people have actually turned these sins into a fine art. When these sins get hold of us, they destroy families, split churches, and ruin lives.  The bad news is that we can’t shake any of the 7 Deadlies by willpower or behavior modification. That’s because we carry them around in our hearts 24 hours a day.  The good news is the power of Christ’s sinless sacrifice and resurrection gives us the freedom to confidently diagnose the root of our sins, boldly kill those sins through confession and repentance, and joyfully experience life transformation.

 

Virtue:  Peacemaking

Memory Verse:  Ephesians 4:31-32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

If you are accustomed to the Ten Commandments, you might feel cheated out of three.  On the other hand, a few of your favorite sins may not have made this list at all.  That may make you angry (which, by the way, is a deadly sin).  This assortment of the 7 Deadlies does not come directly from any specific list in the Bible, but this compilation of sin does extend back to the fourth century A.D. or earlier. The Seven Capital Sins, as they were originally called, enjoyed enormous notoriety during the Middle Ages.  Since the Reformers emphasized sin rather than sins, interest in the list faded after the Protestant Reformation.  Yet the sins themselves have continued on to this very day.  Some people have actually turned these sins into a fine art. When these sins get hold of us, they destroy families, split churches, and ruin lives.  The bad news is that we can’t shake any of the 7 Deadlies by willpower or behavior modification. That’s because we carry them around in our hearts 24 hours a day.  The good news is the power of Christ’s sinless sacrifice and resurrection gives us the freedom to confidently diagnose the root of our sins, boldly kill those sins through confession and repentance, and joyfully experience life transformation.

 

 On Sunday, May 13, Pastor Carlton continued our seven-week series entitled, "Killing the 7 Deadly Sins." This, the fifth message, "Do You Care?", unpacked the sin of Sloth, in Proverbs 6:6-11.

On Sunday, May 6, Pastor Carlton continued our seven-week series entitled, "Killing the 7 Deadly Sins." This, the forth message, "When is Enough, Enough?", unpacked the sin of Greed, in Luke 12:13-21.

On Sunday, April 22, Dr. John Lillis -- Dean of Bethel Seminary, San Diego -- continued our seven-week series entitled, "Killing the 7 Deadly Sins." This, the third message, "Color Me Green," unpacked the sin of Envy, in Genesis 4:1-8.

PG-13 WARNING! On Sunday, April 22, Pastor Carlton continued a seven-week series entitled, "Killing the 7 Deadly Sins." His second message, "Saltwater for the Thirsty," unpacked the sin of Lust, in 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8.

On Sunday, April 15, Pastor Carlton began a seven-week series entitled, "Killing the 7 Deadly Sins." His first message, "Chemo for Spiritual Cancer," unpacked the sin of Pride, in Luke 18:9-14.

Jesus is more powerful than death and it could not defeat Him. 

Mark is the compact, action-packed Gospel because it virtually eliminates the Savior’s sermons.  Mark’s focus is more upon what Jesus did than what He said. In this sermon series, we will unpack Jesus’ miracles in the Gospel of Mark.  Through His miracles, Jesus transcends the boundaries of health, time, space, physics, and death to give us glimpses of God.  Jesus’ authority over creation raises a question about exactly who He is.  In Mark 4:41 the disciples ask: Who then is this?  Like His disciples, will you follow Jesus by faith, even though you don’t know all there is to know about Him?