In the movie “City Slickers” Billy Crystal’s character recalls that when they were kids playing ball, and it got hit in a tree they could play a “do over”. In life, we all accumulate the consequences of poor decisions and actions such that we need a “do over” ourselves. Art Morris explores the character of God in Isaiah 42 and finds that it is to God’s glory that he longs to do a new thing in us. Because of Jesus we can have the opportunity and the power to start anew if we only repent and put our faith in him.
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As a participant in the One Prayer series, Eric Kramer’s prayer for Beyond was “God, Make us True.”
Our subsequent messages were from the following churches LifeChurch.tv led by Craig Groeschel, eXchange led by Scot Longyear, Fellowship Church led by Ed Young, and NewSpring Church led by Perry Noble. Their messages can be viewed by clicking the previous links.
We raised almost $1000 in our One Prayer offering to start the churches in Cambodia, India, Sudan, and China.
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Eric Kramer closes out our Live With Me (Christ in our relationships) series with this fresh look at 1 Corinthians 13.
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Much of our time is spent at work. Kinda obvious, I know. And, from a relationship standpoint there are lots of issues that come up: what’s fair? what’s right? how do I resolve this conflict? how’s my attitude? does what I do even matter? Enlarging on some of the advice that Paul gave slaves in Colossians 3:22-24, Art Morris presents the basic message that should infuse everything we do at work: no matter what we do, we need to do it well, whether anyone notices it or not because, because we’re doing it for our Lord, because He is our Life (see v. 4).
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In this Father’s Day message Art Morris outlines a simple way to see if your life is in balance. The focus is on being a man who’s proactive and intentional about living a life for God and His Kingdom.
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Last week Eric challenged us to look at the heart of the marriage commitment. This week he gives us practical advice from scripture on how to live out that commitment with love, service and forgiveness. Early in the message he clarifies an important point: that as someone who was married before and now again, he followed the guidelines of scripture (he refers to the message he gave on his wedding day — check out “Ball and Chain” to hear it).
Most of us, likely all of us, have things we could do to better our marriage. Eric reminds us that ultimately our marriage commitment is to a person, not a concept. We should mirror the commitment that Jesus made to us.
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One of the key relationships in the human experience is marriage. Established by God, it precedes all other human connections. At its best and purest it reflects, to a limited degree, of course, the unity and diversity present within the trinity of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. As such, it’s designed to be forever. Eric Kramer explores the basics of the marriage covenant in this message, especially the issues of divorce and remarriage. Further, he suggests that the church has backed away from the biblical standards in many instances. Truly, this is an area where Jesus asks us to “Live With Me”.
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Art Morris explores some foundational truths about the family in God’s design and encourages us to minister to and with our families. A cautionary note is raised to make sure that the organized by of church is family friendly.
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In this first message of a new series called “Live with Me” where we picture Christ inviting us to integrate the gospel into our personal lives, Eric Kramer explores the foundation of relationships — our identity as image bearers of a triune God.
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A few weeks ago Art Morris gave an overview of spiritual gifts and covered most of 1 Corinthians 12. This week we look at Chapters 13 and 14. Admittedly time got away and the material proved a bit lengthy. Nevertheless, Art wrapped up what became a shorter than anticipated teaching on two of the more dramatic and misunderstood gifts. It’s with a bit of regret that he notes our Baptist tradition hasn’t really found balanced footing in this regard but every body’s different just like every church body’s different. Here’s hoping the conversation continues.
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