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May 28: PENTECOST/MEMORIAL DAY--“Is Spreading Scriptural Holiness a Disease?” (Matthew 5:48; 22:37, 39; 28:19a; Acts 2:4a; Romans 12; Philippians 2:5; 1 Peter 1:13-25; 2:9; 1 John 2:6)
The Lord calls us to holiness, and Jesus manifested it in His life to show us what it looks like. We cannot make ourselves holy; we can only surrender to the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit, which is a really good idea on Pentecost Sunday! John Wesley was all in about spreading scriptural holiness, that is, living and acting like Jesus as we spread the gospel and uphold biblical standards. But are the followers of Christ and Wesley actually doing this? Come find out this Sunday.
The Lord calls us to holiness, and Jesus manifested it in His life to show us what it looks like. We cannot make ourselves holy; we can only surrender to the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit, which is a really good idea on Pentecost Sunday! John Wesley was all in about spreading scriptural holiness, that is, living and acting like Jesus as we spread the gospel and uphold biblical standards. But are the followers of Christ and Wesley actually doing this? Come find out this Sunday.
June 04: “The Care and Feeding of Deanna Geiter” (Matthew 9:37; 18:15-17; 1 Corinthians 3:1-11; Philippians 2:3-5; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 3:1-7; Hebrews 13:1-2)
Churches who have the greatest success in transitioning from one pastor to another share three commonalities: 1-The outgoing pastor seeks to build up the worth of and prepare the way for the incoming pastor; 2-The incoming pastor humbly acknowledges her/his predecessor’s gifting, even while expressing confidence in her/his own giftings as a unique individual; and 3-The congregation graciously welcomes and accepts the new pastor while also doing the things this sermon calls the laity to do, so come listen to what those are!
Churches who have the greatest success in transitioning from one pastor to another share three commonalities: 1-The outgoing pastor seeks to build up the worth of and prepare the way for the incoming pastor; 2-The incoming pastor humbly acknowledges her/his predecessor’s gifting, even while expressing confidence in her/his own giftings as a unique individual; and 3-The congregation graciously welcomes and accepts the new pastor while also doing the things this sermon calls the laity to do, so come listen to what those are!
June 11: “Do You Know That I Love You?” (Jeremiah 31:3)
I describe this as the greatest sermon I ever preached, and the reason it’s so great is that I didn’t write it: God dictated it to me, literally. Come hear, over and over again, put in many different ways, the truth that the Lord loves you, He loves you, He loves you! And when the message is over, come forward to receive a final blessing from the Lord as He speaks through me into you; I can’t think of a better way to end my ministry!
I describe this as the greatest sermon I ever preached, and the reason it’s so great is that I didn’t write it: God dictated it to me, literally. Come hear, over and over again, put in many different ways, the truth that the Lord loves you, He loves you, He loves you! And when the message is over, come forward to receive a final blessing from the Lord as He speaks through me into you; I can’t think of a better way to end my ministry!