Aug 14, 2016
What They Say About You When You Are Gone Matters Most
By: Dennis Baker
Series: A Work in Progress
2 Chronicles 29:1-11
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- Aug 14, 2016What They Say About You When You Are Gone Matters Most
Aug 14, 2016What They Say About You When You Are Gone Matters MostBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
2 Chronicles 29:1-11
The author of the books of the Kings and the Chronicles would either begin or end the accounts of the lives of the Kings with a simple summary statement. Of King Ahaz, he wrote, “He did not do what was right in the Lord’s sight like his ancestor, David.” (2 Chronicles 28:1) Of Hezekiah, he says something different. Which would you rather have written about you? What will be written? - Aug 7, 2016Gifts To Give Your Children: Contentment
Aug 7, 2016Gifts To Give Your Children: ContentmentBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
We have so much and there is so much potential within us. Sometimes people accept mediocrity because their view of their potential in Christ is blocked by what everyone else has or is doing. When we learn to see ourselves through God’s eyes, we begin the journey toward contentment.
- Aug 7, 2016What They Say About You When You Are Gone Matters Most
Aug 7, 2016What They Say About You When You Are Gone Matters MostBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
1 Timothy 4:1-10
Godliness is the application of God’s plan to the human experience. Before a person become a Christian she or he lives according to their own plan. When Christ’s gift becomes our possession, things change; unless you decide to hold on to ideas of the past. - Jul 31, 2016Gifts to Give Your Children: Boldness
Jul 31, 2016Gifts to Give Your Children: BoldnessBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
Acts 4:5-13
The first century Christians held themselves in a way that was hard to miss. They were confident and straightforward. Luke simply uses the term boldness to describe them. The opposite of boldness is fearfulness, which is the natural virtue that surfaces if boldness is not present. - Jul 31, 2016Principles of Perseverance
Jul 31, 2016Principles of PerseveranceBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
1 Peter 3:8-18
Peter states that perseverance is one of the virtues in which a Christian should continually grow (2 Peter 1:6, 8). Throughout the two letters he writes, he gives several principles of perseverance. Today we will notice those found in this section of 1st Peter. - Jul 24, 2016Gifts you Can Give Your Children
Jul 24, 2016Gifts you Can Give Your ChildrenBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
Acts 2:42-47
What happens when parents give their kids things they don’t need? The kids grow up. (Insert awkward pause). Then what? They operate according to the virtues that you have planted. There is no magical time when kids get it. They get what you give them. Godly character is the gift. Over the next several Sunday evenings we will discover several of these essential gifts. - Jul 24, 2016Perseverance Can Be Astonishing
Jul 24, 2016Perseverance Can Be AstonishingBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
1 Peter 4:1-6
It is not easy to live in this world when you have the convictions of faith. Culture clamors and shouts to be heard. It distracts and deceives to gain acceptance. We have to dig in or give in. Peter’s message to us is to “Dig in deep!” - Jul 17, 2016Don’t Use That Kind of Language Around Me
Jul 17, 2016Don’t Use That Kind of Language Around MeBy: Dennis BakerSeries: A Work in Progress
2 Corinthians 4:7-8
Is this sermon about the dangers of having a potty-mouth? No. If we have to have that talk, this would be a sermon on Matthew 15:18. This is a message about change. Sometimes, change is a bad word to us. We are afraid of it, don’t understand it and we’re comfortable the way we are; but change is the basic truth of life. When we stop changing physically, we start dying. The same is true spiritually. - Jul 17, 2016Faith in the Margins
Jul 17, 2016Faith in the MarginsBy: Ben CookSeries: A Work in Progress
2 Corinthian 4:7-12
You and I are living in the middle of a seismic change in our country. For as long as we have been alive (you and I), the country has always believed that the church had the market cornered on morality and virtue. Even people who wouldn't be bothered with all the rules of church typically thought church a good thing, but no more. The Christian faith is moving to the margins. Today, the average American no longer thinks of Christians as moral people. We are backwards, superstitious, malevolent, bigoted, and hateful. This perception is being fueled by the antics of a few truly disturbing groups, but it is working. This morning, we will kick off our series on Perseverance as we talk about faith in the margins. - Jul 10, 2016Caleb O’Hara
Jul 10, 2016Caleb O’HaraBy: Caleb O'HaraSeries: A Work in ProgressCaleb O’Hara has been working full-time with the Ripon Church of Christ for ten years. He is the executive director of the Recharge Excellence Conference on the doorstep of Disneyland. He has a passion for working with Millennials and has created the Expedition Winter Camp and a community for Millennials in churches of Christ called Refuge. He hates writing but is a regular writer for the Gospel Advocate Magazine. Somehow he was also talked into creating and writing in his own weekly blog at CalebOHara.com. He and his wife have three children and has spent most of his life in the Central Valley of California.