This Sunday is the last Sunday of 2023. I wanted to take an opportunity to encourage you as we head into a new year with all the questions and uncertainties in our country and world, and of what lies ahead. We live in a world that has gone extremely anti-God as it goes more and…
This Sunday, we take a break from our series on the Beatitudes and the sermon on the mount in the gospel of Matthew and focus on the cross and celebrating the Lord’s supper. Our text for this communion service is Galatians 6:11-18. In this text we see Paul the apostle summarizing and making emphasis (v.…
This Sunday, New Years Day, the Lord laid it on my heart to share with you a topical message (my first topical message here at HBC) that I wrote many years ago as a youth pastor. Even preached it in Ukraine through an interpreter in 2008. The theme of the message is based on the…
This Sunday, we take a break from our series in the gospel of John and focus on the cross and celebrating the Lord’s supper. Our text for this communion service is Matthew 27:27-56 and Isaiah 53:1-12. Here in these passages, we want to get a true picture of Christ on the cross. There are many paintings, pictures…
This Sunday, we take a break from our series in the gospel of John and focus on the cross and celebrating the Lord’s supper. Our text for this communion service is Luke 23:32-46. Here in this passage, we are at the crucifixion of Christ where it is interesting to see the continual ministry of Jesus even as He…
This Sunday, we will take a break from our current series in Jonah, and do a communion service celebrating the Lord’s Supper. Our text will be Mark 8:27-33, looking at the hope beyond the cross which as Jesus struggled with the cross in the garden; He also set His eyes on His Heavenly Father to…
Liar, liar pants on fire! Is a kid’s saying accusing another of being caught in a lie and the discipline that would come their way for lying. Are you always truthful? Are you sure? Is it possible you could be a lot less truthful than you think? This Sunday, as we continue our study in the book…
Our text for this Sunday morning is James 4:4-6. Plans, we all make plans in every area of our lives. But how do you plan spiritually? James, in this passage, gives a plan for victory in these verses. Victory for what? What James has been talking about: the tongue in chapter 3, fighting, that we…
This Sunday, resurrection Sunday, we will be looking at 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, and preaching on the motivations of the resurrection. Paul is explaining to these Corinthian believers who were having a hard time understanding the resurrection from the dead. So he begins in this chapter explaining the resurrection of Christ, of the dead, of Christians,…
What is wisdom? Isn’t wisdom what everyone wants? To be wise in every area of their life? How would we define wisdom? Is there a difference in Godly wisdom and what the world calls wisdom? These are just some of the answers that James gives here in the text that we are using this Sunday,…