If you are a member of this family, then this house is something God has given you, and He will hold you accountable for what you do with it. Will we be ready to stand before God for what we did with this? He will hold you accountable for what people saw when they got here. I am going to begin today a series on what I believe God wants them to see, and therefore what we want them to see.

If you are a member of this family, then this house is something God has given you, and He will hold you accountable for what you do with it. Will we be ready to stand before God for what we did with this? He will hold you accountable for what people saw when they got here. I am going to begin today a series on what I believe God wants them to see, and therefore what we want them to see.

Colonial Heights Baptist is not this pew, or the old sanctuary or the new sanctuary or the sign out front. Colonial Heights Baptist is you and me, it is us. That is a physically and spiritually true statement. The building is just an inanimate object that serves our purposes as we serve the Lord. Having said that, it is pretty hard to say the words Colonial Heights Baptist and not think of the building. What brought us together and what houses much of what we do together is this building. And it is in this building that some pretty special things happen in each of our lives.

Colonial Heights Baptist is not this pew, or the old sanctuary or the new sanctuary or the sign out front. Colonial Heights Baptist is you and me, it is us. That is a physically and spiritually true statement. The building is just an inanimate object that serves our purposes as we serve the Lord. Having said that, it is pretty hard to say the words Colonial Heights Baptist and not think of the building. What brought us together and what houses much of what we do together is this building. And it is in this building that some pretty special things happen in each of our lives.

Why is it not anymore crazy to believe Jesus rose from the dead? Think about all we have done today or are going to do: new dresses, hiding eggs, coming to church, go home and have a big dinner, not to mention our living the Christian life - and the reason we are doing all this is because we believe a man was killed and buried on Friday and was up walking around and greeting people on Sunday. Does that make sense? No. But here we are. In the scientific world we live in is it just silly to believe like this? Actually you don't have to be in the scientific world of today. Jesus' followers had a pretty hard time believing it also, even when Jesus told them He would rise again, and even when they started hearing reports of it - they didn't believe. Belief is hard, but your life depends on it.

Why is it not anymore crazy to believe Jesus rose from the dead? Think about all we have done today or are going to do: new dresses, hiding eggs, coming to church, go home and have a big dinner, not to mention our living the Christian life - and the reason we are doing all this is because we believe a man was killed and buried on Friday and was up walking around and greeting people on Sunday. Does that make sense? No. But here we are. In the scientific world we live in is it just silly to believe like this? Actually you don't have to be in the scientific world of today. Jesus' followers had a pretty hard time believing it also, even when Jesus told them He would rise again, and even when they started hearing reports of it - they didn't believe. Belief is hard, but your life depends on it.

Jesus had never wronged them. If they knew who He was they may have seen Him raise Lazarus from the dead days earlier. Or, maybe they saw Him bless children as parents brought theirs to Him. They might have heard Him say, "Blessed are the peacemakers." He wanted people to know God. How do they demand His execution? How do they choose a murderer to be free in their community over Jesus? That is not a safe choice. That is just stupid.

Jesus had never wronged them. If they knew who He was they may have seen Him raise Lazarus from the dead days earlier. Or, maybe they saw Him bless children as parents brought theirs to Him. They might have heard Him say, "Blessed are the peacemakers." He wanted people to know God. How do they demand His execution? How do they choose a murderer to be free in their community over Jesus? That is not a safe choice. That is just stupid.

How thrilling, how heroic the life of an uncover agent. There is one area of life though where there is nothing heroic or thrilling about being undercover. There is one place that undercover is failure. Jesus has not called anyone to be undercover.

How thrilling, how heroic the life of an uncover agent. There is one area of life though where there is nothing heroic or thrilling about being undercover. There is one place that undercover is failure. Jesus has not called anyone to be undercover.