Sermon #3 - Heart Check: Smyrna

Basically, the book of Habakkuk deals with three misconceptions that Habakkuk had about God. And, if we are honest, we will admit that we sometimes have these same misconceptions about God ourselves. Those three misconceptions are as follows:

God does not care.

God is not fair.

God is not there.

Do you ever feel that way about God? Habakkuk did. That’s the way things looked to him before he went to God with his doubts and his confusion.

Today's sermon is based on Habakkuk 1:1-17 - Does God care?

Basically, the book of Habakkuk deals with three misconceptions that Habakkuk had about God. And, if we are honest, we will admit that we sometimes have these same misconceptions about God ourselves. Those three misconceptions are as follows:

God does not care.

God is not fair.

God is not there.

Do you ever feel that way about God? Habakkuk did. That’s the way things looked to him before he went to God with his doubts and his confusion.

Today's sermon is based on Habakkuk 1:1-17 - Does God care?

Sermon:  The Hope of the Resurrection

Text: John 20:19-23

Date:  April 12, 2020 (Easter Celebration)

Sermon:  The Hope of the Resurrection

Text: John 20:19-23

Date:  April 12, 2020 (Easter Celebration)

We have three goals for the I believe sermon series:

1. Clarify our beliefs. Every person on earth has beliefs—about God, Jesus, sin, salvation. But not everyone knows what they believe. So, whether you’re a Christian or not, do you know what you believe?

2. Challenge some beliefs. It’s easy to treat Christianity as a Chinese buffet: I like God being loving but don’t like hell. I like Jesus’ miracles but not the virgin birth., there’s a good chance that you believe some stuff that’s unbiblical.

3. Understand what it means to be Christian. The beliefs we are going to talk about in this series have defined “Christian” for more than 1500 years. They are the basics, bare minimum, the non-negotiables.

In this sermon, we will be looking at the phrase I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

We have three goals for the I believe sermon series:

1. Clarify our beliefs. Every person on earth has beliefs—about God, Jesus, sin, salvation. But not everyone knows what they believe. So, whether you’re a Christian or not, do you know what you believe?

2. Challenge some beliefs. It’s easy to treat Christianity as a Chinese buffet: I like God being loving but don’t like hell. I like Jesus’ miracles but not the virgin birth., there’s a good chance that you believe some stuff that’s unbiblical.

3. Understand what it means to be Christian. The beliefs we are going to talk about in this series have defined “Christian” for more than 1500 years. They are the basics, bare minimum, the non-negotiables.

In this sermon, we will be looking at the phrase I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

We have three goals for the I believe sermon series:

1. Clarify our beliefs. Every person on earth has beliefs—about God, Jesus, sin, salvation. But not everyone knows what they believe. So, whether you’re a Christian or not, do you know what you believe?

2. Challenge some beliefs. It’s easy to treat Christianity like Chinese buffet: I like God being loving but don’t like hell. I like Jesus’ miracles but not the virgin birth., there’s a good chance that you believe some stuff that’s unbiblical.

3. Understand what it means to be Christian. The beliefs we are going to talk about in this series have defined “Christian” for more than 1500 years. They are the basics, bare minimum, the non-negotiables.

This sermon serves as the introduction to the series.