Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
Today is the Lord’s Day. The day of his resurrection. We remember The Lord’s death burial and resurrection every first day of the week.
I want us to look a text this morning, and I am going to let the author do the preaching for me. The text begins in Luke 22:39. I can’t preach it better than Luke wrote it. So let’s read the account of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection today.
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
We have all had the opportunity to watch little toddlers learning to walk. We watch them wobble left and right. Grabbing hold of things to keep their balance. They often fall but they are well padded and usually stagger back up, ready to go again. Sometimes they have scars that remind them of the tumble they took as a child but they always pick themselves up off the floor. They keep persisting in this new adventure until they no longer wobble or loose their balance.
As Christians we are learning to walk; learning to walk in the light of God’s word; allowing the word to illumine our pathway, Ps. 119:105. Learning to walk like Jesus by following in His footsteps, 1 Peter 2:21.
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
How many ties have you seen a television commercial, a TV program, a movie or a possibly experienced in your own lives the scene where a man is lost and he refuses to consult a map because he says, “I know the way, I don’t need a map.” So often we attribute this characteristic to a man because he is proud of his ability yo do certain things. This type of pride can affect both men and women in that they believe they know the way and that their way is the best way
When it comes to religion there are so many voices saying, “My way is the true way.” “My way is the better way.” ‘You go your way and I’ll go mine and we’ll get to heaven at the very same time.” In Chinese Taoism (Daoism), tao (dao) means way or road. It is a religion that claims to tell the way reality is to be perceived, a religion that says its way is best.
Christianity calls itself “the way” as in a way to live or a way to be living in, yet it makes a far bolder claim. It claims that Jesus is the way.
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
Paul is in Athens, surrounded by all these idols and idol worshipers. How does he handle this situation? Does he take a hammer and start destroying these idols? No, he reasons with them from the scriptures.
How should we, those proclaiming to be Christians today, handle similar situations when we are among those who do not agree with our biblical world view?
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
I stand of awe of my Creator! One of our favorite place to visit when we lived in NM was the small town of Ruidoso, NM and Sierra Blanca – Ski Apache. Just seeing the mountain driving in from the east was awe inspiring. I have also walked the rim of the Capulin volcano, a dead volcano in northeastern NM. Just in my limited travels I have stood amazed at the glorious scenes of God’s handiwork.
I stand in awe of God even more so because of the scriptures that reveal Him to us. God has revealed Himself to us not only in His creation but also through the written word.
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
Do we love God because of what we do for him? Or, do we love God for what He has done for us? Do we live like the apostle Paul before he was converted or after his conversion? Have we gone through the transformation of our hearts necessary to live like Paul?
Have we figured it out like the Paul? We no linger live to ourselves, we live through faith in Jesus Christ. We love God because He first loved us. We love God because of what He has done for us.
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
Sunday Morning – “Does Jesus Care?”
Currently we are experiencing a different type of storm greater in circumference than hurricane Ivan. A global pandemic, Covid-19. The path of destruction it has left in its wake is worldwide. It has rocked our country hard. You can say that it has rocked the boat just a little. It started with social distancing to quarantine at home. It has caused our nation to shut down. Unemployment is rampant across the nation. The economy has crashed and is being compared to the Great Depression era. Anxiety and depression are overcoming the minds of many. Cries of, “Where is God?” or “Does He really care?” are being heard.
A sermon on what we should focus on during the storms of our life.
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
Sunday Evening “Lessons Learned From Felix”
The text for this lesson is found in Acts 24:22-27. There are several lessons that we can learn from this text. We learn about: The gospel, The sinner and The urgency of salvation
Speaker: Brian Loughmiller
As a Christian we are in this world and journeying through life together.” We need each other. What does the Bible say about our need for being together?
