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Teaching on Eph 1:5-6

Matthew — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:49:05 +0000

We are studying through the book of Ephesians together as a church. This particular message includes teaching on predestination, but the main idea is that God has blessed us by adopting us. You can listen to it, download it, or subscribe in the teaching audio box in the right side bar.

New Teaching Upload: Our Purpose, Part 3

Matthew — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:15:13 +0000

Check out the next message in my teaching series on Our Purpose, which is Loving God, Loving People, Making Disciples. God is doing a great work in my own heart through this, and I believe in our church, as he gives us his heart for people. This session is about loving others. You can listen, download, or subscribe to our podcast in the Teaching Audio tool on the right sidebar.

Our Purpose, Part 2

Matthew — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:40:19 +0000

I just uploaded the message from Sunday. I am teaching through our fellowship’s purpose statement: Love God, Love People, Make Disciples. Unfortunately the first message did not record properly, so this is the second in the series. In the first purpose, love God, we discussed believing the gospel and surrendering all to Christ. This week, still in loving God, we discussed prayer, walking according to God’s Word, walking according to God’s Spirit, and loving people (as a part of loving God).

You can listen to or download it from the teaching audio tool in the sidebar.

New Teaching Audio: Seeking the Lord

Matthew — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:12:50 +0000

I finally got my wireless lapel mic fixed. So, now we are back to recording the teaching in our fellowship. You can listen to it in or download it from the teaching audio tool in the sidebar.

On Sunday, we discussed how important it is to seek the Lord, why we don’t, and how to do it. Here are the main ideas:

1. When we seek the Lord, our relationship to God is the most important thing (Psalm 32:8-9; James 4:4-10).

2. When we seek the Lord, we will spend time in prayer.

3. When we seek the Lord, we will wait on him to act, provide, and lead (Psalm 33:20).

Prezi

Matthew — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:15:49 +0000

We had a great time worshiping with Highland Christian Fellowship yesterday. God has been using us and helping us grow. We even doubled in size in 2010. God is putting together a strong, healthy body that I hope will do much effective work in building the kingdom.

Yesterday I taught from Isaiah 9:1-7: When Christ Rules. I used a new presentation aid called Prezi. It is a creative new way to present text, images, and video during a speech (instead of Powerpoint). To see how it works and the main principles of the Isaiah 9 message, you can click through the presentation below.

When Christ Rules on Prezi

How God Uses Resources in Our Lives

Matthew — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:11:02 +0000

I just upload a message from Sunday, July 11 from 1 Kings. You can subscribe, download, or listen from the audio player in the right sidebar. Following the story of how God provided for Elijah, we observe several principles of how God uses resources in our lives:

1. God uses resources in our lives to provide for our needs (vv. 1-6).

2. God uses resources in our lives to direct us (vv. 7-9).

3. God uses resources in our lives to increase fellowship with others (vv. 10-16).

4. God uses resources in our lives to demonstrate his power (vv. 14-16).

Entrusting Ourselves into God’s Care (Psalm 16)

Matthew — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:14:46 +0000

I just uploaded the sermon from July 4, Entrusting Ourselves into God’s Care from Psalm 16. Listen to it, download it, or subscribe to the podcast in the audio player in the right sidebar.

1. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, our security is in God instead of our circumstances (v. 5).
2. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, we trust God to work out our circumstances (vv. 5-6).
3. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, he will lead us in the right way (v. 7).
4. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, we can live with joy (v. 9, 11).
5. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, we will be resurrected to eternal life (10-11).

A Godly Generational Vision

Matthew — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:45:42 +0000

I have uploaded the teaching from Sunday: A Godly Generational Vision. This message was primarily inspired from our visit to the North Carolinians for Home Education Conference we attended last week. I was especially encouraged by Kevin Swanson of Generations with Vision. I had been memorizing and meditating on Deuteronomy 6 preceding the conference. This passage two basic principles related to a generational vision:

The vision is for God’s people to live in loving, faithful obedience to him (vv. 4-5).
Parents are responsible for teaching their children to live in loving, faithful obedience to God (vv. 7-9, 20-25).

As usual, you can listen to this message in the Teaching Audio player in the right sidebar. From the Player you can also download it or subscribe to messages from Highland Christian Fellowship as a podcast.

Submission in Ministry

Matthew — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:19:03 +0000

I just uploaded the final part in the teaching series from 1 Corinthians 16:5-18 on Doing the Work of the Lord. This section is from vv. 15-18 and establishes the principles that as we all engage in the Lord’s work, we are to submit to others who are doing the Lord’s work. This message provides an opportunity to review the biblical bases for submission and principle from the text reveals the priority of ministry of the Gospel in the church. You can listen to or download the message from the audio player on the right.

Defeat the Devil . . . Be a Mom

Matthew — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:10:52 +0000

On Mother’s Day I taught on the interesting relationship between being a mother and the spiritual war against Satan and the testimony of the church (Titus 2:4-5; 1 Tim 2:8-15; 5:9-16). There were two basic principles we discussed. The first, which is particularly despicable to our culture, is this: In general, God intends for women to be mothers. This is the assumption of Scripture, especially the passages in view. Excepted, of course, are those that God calls to be single and those who are not able to have children. The second principle is this: When women live out their role as mothers, they are less vulnerable to the attacks of Satan.

There is also in this message a lengthy discussion on modesty from 1 Tim 2:9-10. You can listen to it in the audio player on the right side bar.