Holiness and Sexual Immorality

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Main Points The reason holiness is so elusive to us is because we judge it by the world’s standard instead of the Word’s standard. Most of our presumed holiness is based on a comparison to the world rather than an evaluation from the Word. In this life, holiness is a pursuit …

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Discipline Yourself

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Main Points The reason holiness is so elusive to us is because we judge it by the world’s standard instead of the Word’s standard. Most of our presumed holiness is based on a comparison to the world rather than an evaluation from the Word. In this life, holiness is a pursuit …

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Two Invitations

Series: Proverbs // Scripture: Proverbs 9 My life will be determined by the choices I make between what is easy and what is right. The wise will leave their simple ways and experience life. The foolish will maintain their simple ways and experience death. Main Points We are tempted to take the wrong path when …

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What God Has Joined Together, Let No Expectation Separate

Many letdowns in marriage happen when our expectations set our spouses up for failure.  What exactly are we supposed to help one another do? This Genesis 2 message is from North Side’s Marriage Conference 2016. Sermon Points Unrealistic expectations in marriage can lead to unforgiving spouses. It is easier to criticize your spouse’s failures that …

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Fear Not, For I Am With You

Above is a sermon I preached on Isaiah 41 at North Side Baptist Church on February 21, 2016. God never reassures people based on their potential but with his presence. The greatest promise of God is the presence of God. God’s presence is the only promise powerful enough to subside our fears. Sermon Notes God invites …

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Dysfunctional Family

Series: The Gathering 2015 // Scripture: Luke 6:46-49 & Colossians 3:12-21 Do you ever feel that your family isn’t perfect? What can you do to help put things back together when it all seems to fall apart? God calls us to love one another in the same way he loves us – unconditionally. Your family cannot change if YOU …

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We’re Not There Yet

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4 How we live, as individuals and as a church, tells the world around us a lot about who we are and what we believe. Do the things we do as a church turn “the world upside down” (Acts 17:6) much like they did in Thessalonica?

As for Me and My House

I preached “As for Me and My House” on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 at North Side Baptist Church.  It served as at the kickoff to the Gathering 2015. In this sermon, I addressed the need to expect not the culture to change but for believers to stand fast within the culture.  Regardless of what our …

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Family Dynamics

This panel discussion navigates through many of the “foxes” that may attempt to eat away at your family. The pastors give very practical and very biblical advice on how to deal with 12 different areas of family life. This sermon was recorded at the Gathering at North Side Baptist Church on October 6, 2015.