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Shaping Lives Pt. 3 #TraditionallySouthside
(Continued – message on the mission/vision of Southside Baptist Church from June 2015. First point is that if we are going to shape lives through discipleship, we must be saved. If you need more information on this, read yesterday’s post.) If we are going to shape lives through discipleship, we must be strengthened. Look at…
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Shaping Lives Pt. 2 #TraditionallySouthside
(Continued – The mission/vision of Southside Baptist Church as presented in June 2015) WHAT IS A DISCIPLE? Now, you have heard this before, so I will make it quick. The word “disciple” is a powerful picture of God’s intentions for His people. The word comes from the Greek mathetes, a learner. The root of the…
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Shaping Lives Pt. 1 #TraditionallySouthside
Please note that I am continuing to walk through the mission/vision of Southside Baptist church as presented in May/June of 2015. “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” King Solomon gave us that bit of wisdom in Proverbs 29:18. If you remember from the last three weeks, we dug deeply into that verse and…
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Sharing Grace Pt. 4 #TraditionallySouthside
I apologize for not finishing this sooner. Remember the we are looking at the mission/vision of Southside Baptist Church, and all of this is taken from a sermon preached in May 2015. Everyone in the Bible touched by God’s grace had one thing on their minds – telling people what God had done for them.…
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Sharing Grace Pt. 3 #TraditionallySouthside
(Continued from Yesterday) God says sin is still sin and outside of Jesus Christ, we face the wrath of God. Look at verse 3. Outside of Christ, we were children of wrath, deserving of divine punishment for our sins, deserving of death spiritually and physically, headed straight for an eternity in hell. But hear me.…
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Sharing Grace Pt. 2 #TraditionallySouthside
First, let’s look at The Power of Grace as expressed here in the book of Ephesians are three fold. First, God’s Grace Resurrects Us. Notice Paul’s startling announcement there in verse 1. 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, Paul is writing to people who have already been saved,…
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Sharing Grace Pt. 1 #TraditionallySouthside
As we continue to look at the mission/vision of Southside Baptist Church in Decatur, Alabama, remember that this blog post is taken from a sermon preached in May 2015. Last week, we looked at the first part of that statement which is Seeking God. This week, we are looking at the concept of Sharing Grace.…
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Seeking God Pt. 3 #TraditionallySouthside
Paul’s redefinition of worship continues in v. 23. He tells us that Worship is enduring to the end with hope in Jesus. By the way, that doesn’t mean hoping that the worship service ends soon. Now listen. I know that for some, worship is like dying a slow death, but according to the Bible, worship…
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Seeking God Pt. 2 #TraditionallySouthside
We need to realize that seeking God is an ongoing process in our lives as Christians. But seeking God is not a once in a lifetime pursuit. Yes, salvation takes place with the initial seeking of God, and once you are saved, you never have to be saved again. Salvation, when we accept Jesus Christ…
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Seeking God Pt. 1 #TraditionallySouthside
As I mentioned in my blog yesterday, starting today, we are going to examine each part of our Mission/Vision statement in detail so that you will understand what we believe God is revealing to our church about His will, and we are going to start with Seeking God through worship. We do not seek Him…
Devotions for Disciples 