Sunday, November 12, 2023 | Gus Hacker Psalm 51:1-4 Sin is what drives our worship. Sin cuts off our fellowship with God. David is in despair a year after his affair with Bathsheba; he is miserable. Sin robs us of our peace. David takes personal responsibility for his sin. When we sin, we are affecting…

Sunday, November 5, 2023 | Gus Hacker Genesis 19:15-38 When worldliness seeps in: 1. Intimacy falls away 2. Generosity slips away – time, gifts 3. Compromised morals 4. No spiritual influence 5. Reluctant to give up our sin 6. Leads to materialism 7. Lack of fear of God 8. Transfers to the children Matthew 5:29-30–Cut…

Sunday, October 29, 2023 | Gus Hacker Genesis 19:4-8 Signs of worldliness: 1. Intimacy with God slips. 2. Generosity begins to wane. 3. Morals become compromised. Pressure can be a difficult thing to manage, especially in today’s youth. Lot wanted to be godly only when it was convenient. Do we push our kids into friendship…

Sunday, October 22, 2023 | Gus Hacker Genesis 18-19 Worldliness causes earthly concerns to dominate us. Worldliness causes our everyday activities to be our major focus, rather than the activities of the church. Worldliness leads to apostasy–we walk away. Your hunger for God wanes. Look at your life to see if you are growing worldly.…

Sunday, October 15, 2023 | Shane Anderson Mark 10:18 Matthew 5:45 God loves us incredibly and offers us freewill so that we can have a true relationship. God loves us too much to manipulate us. God cannot be manipulated. God doesn’t bribe us to be in a relationship. It’s because He loves us. Freewill comes…

Sunday, October 1, 2023 | Gus Hacker 1 Peter 2:11 (NIV) Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. We are aliens and sojourners. 1 John 2:15 — Do not love the world or anything in the world. 1 Corinthians…

Sunday, September 24, 2023 | Gus Hacker 1 Peter 2:11-12 (NIV) Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your…

Sunday, September 17, 2023 | Gus Hacker 1 Peter 2:10-12 (NIV) “Once you had no identity as a people;    now you are God’s people.Once you received no mercy;    now you have received God’s mercy.” Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be…

Sunday, August 20, 2023 | Gus Hacker 1 Peter 2:4-5 (NIV) As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. If we build our foundation…

Sunday, August 13, 2023 | Gus Hacker Mark 6:30-42 (NIV) Jesus had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Compassion = wanting to alleviate one’s suffering. Jesus never takes His eyes off of us. He sees our physical and spiritual needs. How do we cope with circumstances? Are we like Jesus…