Episodes
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Romans 15:14-16 ~ Principles for Effective Ministry ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
With all this talk these days about social justice, what does it really mean biblically “to do justice and love kindness?”
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Romans 15:7-13 ~ Filled with Joy and Peace ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
In the introduction to this message, Pastor Bill presents God’s plan of redemption and His plan for the ages in the form of a picture book. You will discover a vivid way to both understand and describe God’s plan of redemption from the fall of humankind to the second coming of Jesus Christ. (The picture book illustration has been adapted from Pastor Gerard Hemmings).
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Romans 15:5-6 ~ A Symphony of Praise to God ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
A Symphony of Praise to God
A.W. Tozer wrote, “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which one must individually bow.”
“So one hundred worshipers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become “unity” conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.”
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Romans 15:4 ~ How to Keep On Holding On ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
How can we keep on holding on and hoping when everything seems to be crashing in around us and sometimes right on top of us? When you compare your circumstances and lifestyle to what it was just eight weeks ago, what were you counting on then that you can’t count on now? And how much hope have you lost? It is important to understand what Romans 15:4 has to say about this:
“For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope”.
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Romans 15:1-3 ~ How to Build Up One Another ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
How to Build Up One Another
Just like when you remodel an old home, every believer in Jesus Christ is a remodeling project. There’s a lot of the old that has to go, that has to be torn out and ripped out, before we are conformed to the image of Christ. There’s a lot of demolition that has to take place. But the Christian life is also a building project. It’s out with old and in with the new (cf. Ephesians 4:22-24).
However, as we see in Romans 15:1-3, as believers in Jesus Christ, we must never be involved in the demolition of the life of another believer. We should never tear them down. Rather we are in the building business. We are to build them up we are to edify them.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Romans 14:16-19 ~ Kingdom Living in a Fallen World ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Kingdom Living in a Fallen World
We are citizens of the United States of America to which we pledge our allegiance. But according to Philippians 3:11, “our citizenship is in heaven” as well. Plus we live in a world that is fallen, corrupt, and in chaos. So how should we as believers in Jesus Christ live in this world that is not our true home and how should we live as citizens of God’s Kingdom? The answers to these kinds of questions are found in Romans 14:16-19.
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Romans 14:10-13 ~ Why We Should not Judge Others ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Romans 14:10-13 (NASB)
But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
For it is written,
"AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD,
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME,
AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD."
So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this-- not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way.
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Romans 14:5-9 "Living for the Lord with Conviction in Spite of Our Differences"
In our polarized nation, where many Christians are on opposite sides of so many issues and have their own strong opinions, how we go about living for Christ in spite of our differences? How do we live for the Lord with conviction? How do you live in such a way that, “Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God? (1 Corinthians 10:31)
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Getting Along in Spite of Our Differences:
In this day of polarizing opinions—whether they are related to politics, pandemics, or protests—how do we get along in the church in spite of our differences? How do we handle our difference of opinion so that the Gospel is fully preached? So that God is glorified with one voice? How do we handle our differences so that which threatens to tear apart our nation does not tear apart the Church of Jesus Christ?
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Romans 13:11-14 ~ Putting On the Lord Jesus Christ ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
The Bible teaches that as Christians we belong to the light, not the dark. We should be awake and alert, behaving as those who have seen the light of the Gospel. We also need to get up, lay aside the deeds of darkness, and get dressed for the day by putting on the armor of light. In Romans 13:11-14 the apostle Paul tells us how we are to dress as those who walk in the light.