The Hillside Pulpit

The Spiritual life is organic. God changes our hearts, thoughts, motives, ,and character over time. As an acorn becomes a mighty oak, so we grow into spiritual maturity by the Spirit. Here, pastor Chad discusses the fruit of Spirit from Gal 5, joy through self-control. Listen in this sermon presented to Cottondale Baptist Church on 7/1/18 during the 11:00am service.

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What is a practical system to help make prayer a consistent and powerful means of God's presence and grace in your life? Learn in this fifth and final sermon in our series on Paul Miller's Book, A Praying Life, presented to Cottondale Baptist Church on 6/24/18 during the 6:00pm service by pastor Chad Hendley.

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Christian love is "the unyielding posture of heart to be for the eternal good of another even at the expense of one’s self." It is not merely external acts of kindness (which can be done with ulterior motives) but the posture of the heart yearning for the eternal (and not just temporal) good of others. Hear pastor Chad discuss the nature of Christian love in this sermon delivered to Cottondale Baptist Church on 6/24/17 during the 11:00am service.

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Being a father is a gift and privilege. It is a sharing in the divine nature of begetting in our own likeness. It is also a great responsibility. Societies rise and fall on the health of the family, in which loving, servant leadership of the father is essential. Hear Pastor Chad discuss (1) basis, (2) practice, and (3) essence of fatherhood in the message delivered to Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA on 6/17/18 during the 11:00am service.

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To live according to the old age, to live in the flesh, means to be enslaved by sin. Sin at its nature is a breakdown of relationship, a putting of self first before God and others. This manifests itself in numerous ways enumerated by Paul as works of the flesh. In these, we (1) Spurn God, (2) Spurn Others, and (3) Spurn Ourselves. Listen in this sermon delivered to Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA during the 11:00am service on 6/10/18 by pastor Chad Hendley.

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Prayer is not a mere transaction. God is not a cosmic vending machine. He is a good Father with a plan and purpose for our lives. Prayer then is not a mechanical "rubbing of the genie's lamp." It is a conversation with a listening God who is writing his story for us. Listen to this sermon based in part on Paul Miller's book A Praying Life delivered to Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA on 6/3/18 by pastor Chad Hendley.

The biblical sexual ethic is that abstinence apart from one man and one woman in the lifelong covenant of marriage. In an age of sexual insanity, Christians must uphold the biblical beauty, purity, and sacredness of sex. A sermon delivered to Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA on 6/3/18 during the 11:00am service by pastor Chad Hendley.

Christian freedom is not a license to sin. It is a freedom to loving self-denial for the eternal good of others. Denial, not embrace, of our sinful desires is love. We must put sinful desires to death by the power of the Holy Spirit. A sermon delivered on 5/27/18 during the 11am service to Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA by pastor Chad Hendley

Listen to this 3rd message in our series through Paul Miller's A Praying Life. This week we examine how the enlightenment affected our Western way of thinking, making prayer to a God both infinite and personal challenging. Hear how God is both transcendent yet close to us, and this changes the way we pray. A message delivered to Cottondale Baptist Church in Eastman, GA on 5/20/18 by pastor Chad Hendley.

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