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Sunday Oct 22, 2017
Sunday Oct 22, 2017
“Talents"
1 Peter 4:10-11
Dr. Gary Singleton
How would you define the American Dream? Is it loving God, country, baseball, and apple pie? Or maybe you think of the American Dream as one word - freedom. No matter how you define it, the American Dream is self-focused. It shines the spotlight on what we have, what we do, and who we are. So this morning as we begin a new sermon series called “American Dream,” we want to balance the American Dream with God’s dream for us. God’s dream is that we would take on the character of Jesus, and that means our life should be focused more on what we give than on what we get. Today we will look at the words of Peter as he speaks of this lifestyle of generosity that God dreams of building into our character. You have been given a gift. Are you giving away what you have been given?
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
“Turning Your Child's Heart Towards God"
Barrett Johnson
This morning we welcome Barrett Johnson to The Heights. Barrett founded INFO for Families in 2013 to “help regular families stay informed, equipped and on task.” A popular speaker on issues related to marriage and family life, he is frequently characterized as authentic, practical, and wise. He and his wife, Jenifer, have authored several books including The Talks: A Parent’s Guide to Critical Conversations about Sex, Dating, and Other Unmentionables and The Young Man’s Guide to Awesomeness.
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
“Leaving A Legacy"
Barrett Johnson
This morning we welcome Barrett Johnson to The Heights. Barrett founded INFO for Families in 2013 to “help regular families stay informed, equipped and on task.” A popular speaker on issues related to marriage and family life, he is frequently characterized as authentic, practical, and wise. He and his wife, Jenifer, have authored several books including The Talks: A Parent’s Guide to Critical Conversations about Sex, Dating, and Other Unmentionables and The Young Man’s Guide to Awesomeness.
Sunday Oct 08, 2017
Sunday Oct 08, 2017
“Marriage"
Matthew 1:18-25
Dr. Gary Singleton
This morning we’re continuing the sermon series we started last week called “Picture Perfect,” and we’re going to talk about marriage. That sets the bar pretty high - right? Chances are you wouldn’t describe your marriage as picture perfect. But even if your marriage isn’t perfect, don’t let that keep you from striving to get better. This morning we’re going to take a look at the only couple who ever raised a perfect child - Joseph and Mary. Joseph was a carpenter. He and Mary were just normal people like us, but they had a great marriage. What was their secret? The thing that stands out in Mary and Joseph’s relationship was their love for God. And as we will see this morning, the closer you grow to God, the closer you grow to each other.
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
“Singleness"
1 Corinthians 7
Bryan Jones
This morning we’re starting a sermon series called “Picture Perfect,” and we’re going to be talking about being single. Now in our culture today, being single is not always seen as the “picture perfect” life. In fact, in some ways we idolize being married and having a family. We imply to our single friends that they’re not normal until they are married. But that is not what Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 7. Paul tells us that marital status is not the main storyline in your life, because your love story isn’t as important as your God story.
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
“Words"
James 1:26-27
Dr. Gary Singleton
In every area of life there are dashboard indicators that tell us how we’re doing. Think about the gauges on the dashboard of a car that tell us how the car is performing. The same thing is true when it comes to our spiritual health. There are some dashboard indicators that reveal our level of spiritual progress. This morning we are wrapping up our sermon series from the first chapter of James - a letter written to Christians who faced brutal persecution. All of us experience trials, and the good news is that God uses those trials to produce spiritual maturity. But we can’t just assume that we are spiritually healthy. This morning James gives us some dashboard indicators that we can use to track our spiritual health.
Sunday Sep 17, 2017
Sunday Sep 17, 2017
“Just Do It”
James 1:22-25
Bryan Jones
This Sunday, we continue our series in James 1, “Restart – Back to the Basics.” Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reminded that we all need to do a hard reset in life from time to time – to return to the basics of faith. And we have seen how by doing just that, we are flipping the script on the rut we’ve found ourselves in. Trials, Wisdom, Patience – they are tools of God the Father to grow us into the perfect image of His Son, Jesus Christ. This week, we will tackle one of the more familiar passages, James 1:22-25, which can be summed up as follows: don’t just hear what the Bible says, DO what the Bible says!
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
“Patience”
James 1:19-21
Dr. Gary Singleton
We all experience times when we need to hit the reset button and make a fresh start - and the same thing is true in our faith. There are times that we need to restart and get back to the basics of following Jesus. In the first chapter of James, we have seen that James was writing to Christians who were facing severe persecution. It is in the context of these trials that James tells us that one of the basics of our faith is that we need to listen. We must stop and listen to what God is saying in order to understand what he wants to teach us. This morning James shows us that when things aren’t going our way, we need to listen up instead of blowing up.
Sunday Sep 03, 2017
Sunday Sep 03, 2017
“Resistance”
James 1:12-18
Dr. Gary Singleton
This morning, we will continue working our way through the first chapter of James in our sermon series “Restart: Back to the Basics.” James is teaching us how to get back to the basics of following Jesus. Whatever the current condition of your faith, James has a word for you. James was writing to Jewish Christians who had been driven out of Jerusalem because of intense persecution. They were struggling to hold onto their faith, and James encouraged them...and us...to stick to the basics of our faith no matter how tough the fight gets. James makes it clear - authentic faith doesn’t give in to temptation without a fight.
Sunday Aug 27, 2017
Sunday Aug 27, 2017
“Faith”
James 1:5-11
Bryan Jones
For those of us who are directionally challenged, maps are important. They keep us from getting lost on the way to our destination. Well, James has a destination that he wants us to get to, and he has given us a map to get us there. James wants to move us from uncertainty to wisdom ... from doubt to faith. But there are some detours that we need to avoid along the way. We learn from James that our need for control, our sense of entitlement, and our focus on materialism can cause us to veer off the path leading to the kind of faith that God wants us to have. To get to our destination, we need to wait on God’s wisdom and then step forward in faith.