I. The Destructive Results Of Resentment

    A. Our Peace Is Destroyed

    B. Our Purpose Is Diverted

    C. Our Productiveness Is Diminished

    D. Our Perspective Is Distorted

II. The Divine Response To Resentment

    A. Patience

    B. Protection

    C. Pardon

Part 7 in the sermon series "Lessons from the Fish's Belly" a study in the book of Jonah. This sermon "How To Deal With Resentment" from Jonah 4:1-11 was preached at Northcrest Baptist Church on Sunday Morning, August 17, 2014. Dr. Dan Lanier is the senior pastor at Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS

August 17 AM

Indiana Missions

   1.  We are not ready to serve if we are obsessed with status and position

   2.  We are ready to serve when we realize that serving God will cost us

   3.  We must be intentional if we are to serve God

Warren Haynes, Director of Missions, Northwest Indiana Baptist Association, Crown Point, Indiana.

August 17, 2014, 6:00PM, Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS

 

 I. We Must Correct Our Ways -    Jonah 3:1-4

     A. Seize Our Opportunities

     B. Sense Our Obligation

II. We Can Change Our World -   Jonah 3:5-10

    A. Faith

    B. Fasting

        1. Why should we fast?

        2. When should we fast?

        3. Where should we fast?

    C. Forsaking

    D. Forgiveness

Part 6 in the sermon series "Lessons from the Fish's Belly" a study in the book of Jonah. This sermon "When Jonah Gets Right" from Jonah 3:1-10 was preached at Northcrest Baptist Church on Sunday Morning, August 10, 2014. Dr. Dan Lanier is the senior pastor at Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS

Acts 4:3

Acts 3:2

Acts 13:52

Luke 10:21

Zechariah 4:6

Psalm 133:1

  I.   If Christ has not been raised

      A.  Preaching is in vain –    1 Corinthians 15:14

      B.  We are lying about God –    1 Corinthians 15:15

      C.  Our faith is futile –     1 Corinthians 15:17

      D.  We are dead in our sins –     1 Corinthians 15:17

      E.  The dead in Christ are DEAD –    1 Corinthians 15:18

      F.  We are to be most pitied –    1 Corinthians 15:19

 II.  But in fact Christ is raised

      A.  He is the first of a new kind of person –     1 Corinthians 15:20

      B.  Everything he said is true

      C.  Everything must change

 

III. Question: Are you living like Christ is still in the grave?

"Resurrection or Bust" was preached at Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS by Wade Phillips on Sunday morning, August 3, 2014 at 10:30am.

  I. Prayer     Jonah 2:1-6

     A. When Did He Pray?

     B. To Whom Did He Pray?

     C. What Did He Pray?

     D. How He Prayed

 II. Purpose   Jonah 2:7-8

III. Praise    Jonah 2:9

IV. Perception     Jonah 2:9-10

On Sunday, June 22, 2014 Dr. Dan Lanier started a new sermon series call "Lessons From The Fish's Belly" (A Series From Jonah). This is part 5 in the series. Preached Sunday morning, July 27, 2014, 10:30am at Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS. Dr. Dan Lanier, senior pastor.  

Sermon was preached by Dr. Robert Smith, Jr. on Sunday night, July 20, 2014, at Dumont Plaza as part of our Love Out Loud Meridian 2014. Dr. Smith serves as Professor of Christian Preaching at Beeson Divinity School. Previously he served as the Carl E. Bates Associate Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. A popular teacher and preacher, he received Southern’s 1996 Findley B. Edge Award for Teaching Excellence. An ordained Baptist minister, he served as pastor of the New Mission Missionary Baptist Church for twenty years. He earned his Ph.D. while serving as pastor. He is a contributing editor for a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey. In addition, he has served as an editor of Our Sufficiency Is of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor (Mercer University Press, Macon Georgia: 2010). He has written the book, Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life (B&H Publishing Group, Nashville: 2008), which was selected as the winner of the 2008 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Preaching magazine and 2009 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Christianity Today’s preaching.com. In 2010, Preaching magazine named Doctrine That Dances one of the 25 most influential books in preaching for the last 25 years. He has spoken at more than 85 universities, colleges, and seminaries in the United States, Great Britain and the Caribbean. His research interests include the place of passion in preaching, the literary history of African American preaching, Christological preaching, and theologies of preaching. At Beeson, Smith teaches Christian Preaching and other electives in homiletics. He received Beeson Divinity School’s “Teacher of the Year Award” in 2005. He and his wife, Dr.Wanda Taylor-Smith, Ph.D, are the parents of four adult children (one in heaven).

Sermon was preached by Dr. Robert Smith, Jr. on Sunday morning, July 20, 2014, at Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS as part of our Love Out Loud Meridian 2014. Dr. Smith serves as Professor of Christian Preaching at Beeson Divinity School. Previously he served as the Carl E. Bates Associate Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. A popular teacher and preacher, he received Southern’s 1996 Findley B. Edge Award for Teaching Excellence. An ordained Baptist minister, he served as pastor of the New Mission Missionary Baptist Church for twenty years. He earned his Ph.D. while serving as pastor. He is a contributing editor for a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey. In addition, he has served as an editor of Our Sufficiency Is of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor (Mercer University Press, Macon Georgia: 2010). He has written the book, Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life (B&H Publishing Group, Nashville: 2008), which was selected as the winner of the 2008 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Preaching magazine and 2009 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Christianity Today’s preaching.com. In 2010, Preaching magazine named Doctrine That Dances one of the 25 most influential books in preaching for the last 25 years. He has spoken at more than 85 universities, colleges, and seminaries in the United States, Great Britain and the Caribbean. His research interests include the place of passion in preaching, the literary history of African American preaching, Christological preaching, and theologies of preaching. At Beeson, Smith teaches Christian Preaching and other electives in homiletics. He received Beeson Divinity School’s “Teacher of the Year Award” in 2005. He and his wife, Dr.Wanda Taylor-Smith, Ph.D, are the parents of four adult children (one in heaven).

  I. Reasons for the Storm     Jonah 1:11-12

 II. The Reactions To The Storm     Jonah 1:12-14

III. The Results Of The Storm     Jonah 1:15-17

On Sunday, June 22, 2014 Dr. Dan Lanier started a new sermon series call "Lessons From The Fish's Belly" (A Series From Jonah). This is part 4 in the series. Preached Sunday morning, July 13, 2014, 10:30am at Northcrest Baptist Church, Meridian, MS. Dr. Dan Lanier, senior pastor.