Title: Two Questions 11 And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises. There is a connection between doing the right thing,...

Title: Double Stuff How many fans of Oreos do we have with us today? How many are team creamy center?  How many are team cookie? Today we will see a creamy center. The author is going to change his tone for just a couple verses for warning to encouragement, and then next week he will...

(Text and Audio) May 4th, 2025 Luke 9:20–22 (ESV) 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”  21 And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,  22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and...

Title: Can We Know if Someone Else is Saved? For the last 25 years, we have always preached through books at Heritage. And the general rule that I like to follow is that about 60 to 75% of our Sundays are spent in our main book of study. Now sometimes we’ll have seasons where it’s...

Title: But Some Were Doubtful Read/Pray16 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated to them. 17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. Parallel Study  After the Women see Jesus at the Tomb Matthew’s Gospel jumps straight to the Great Commission, but we see there...

Title: The Triumphal Entry Traditionally, the Sunday before Easter is celebrated by Christians as Palm Sunday…can anybody tell me why? Now, some of you were here when it took us 7 1/2 years to work through the gospel of Matthew. Some of that is because of how Matthew was laid out.  Matthew spends the first...

(Text and Audio) April 6th, 2025 Disciples are Dependent Luke 9:1-6; 10:1-12; Matthew 10 Luke 10:1–12 (ESV) 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.  2 And he said to them, “The harvest...

Title: That You May Know…(Part Two) (A Pastor’s Prayer for His flock) Intro: As you recall, last week we looked at two of the five things that Paul prays for the Ephesian Church as he closes out his opening salutation to them.  The first two blessings occur in verse 18, for a refresher, here they...

Title: That You May Know…(Part One) (A Pastor’s Prayer for His flock) Intro: Last week we began to look at the final words of Paul’s extended salutation, which makes up the entirety of chapter one of Ephesians. As Paul draws his salutation to a close, he offers a blessing in prayer to the Church at...