Sermons by Jim Garrett

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Tolerance – Respond to Opposition

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As we look at the end of , we are given a Biblical view of tolerance. As we see more an more, the world has labeled Christians as intolerant. But it is the worldview that is the intolerant view. Where they define the tolerant and intolerant beliefs. We remove ourselves from defining righteousness, and allow […]

Tolerance – Being Uniquely Used By The Master

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Tim is living in Ephesus when he gets a letter from Paul.  This was a fairly intolerant place for Christians. Last week we discussed Paul’s words about not quarreling and being diligent.  That we are going to be workman who handles God’s truth well. Paul warns us that when we engage in godless chatter, it […]

Tolerance – No Quarreling and Diligent Truth

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We sometimes have to ask if we are in right relationship with God.  There is an old adage that says that if you don’t feel close to God, guess who moved?  God is always there, we just need to seek him.  In the next few weeks we will be discussing how the world is beginning […]

Liberty Comes From God

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In the attached video, it is explained how the Star Spangled Banner came to be created. Liberty comes from God.  Government was created to protect that God-given liberty.  But we are seeing more and more that government taking control and determining liberty itself.  When we look at the founding fathers, we see many who are […]

Freedom Under God

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Those who are God’s people, they will humbly pray to God and seek him. As we are surrounded by a country that continues to stuggle against God Quotes from History: Thomas Jefferson – God’s justice and truth John Jay – Moral precepts and principles of Christian faith is vital to our country. Our country will […]

Biblical View

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We cannot adopt a world view with somehow giving up God’s view.  We even see some “christian” pastors coming out saying that the church needs to adopt a world view. “Adulterous people” is a reference to spouses cheating on one another.  God sees us as cheating on him if we begin to accept the world’s […]

Interacting with the World

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Our faith in Jesus Christ is under assault in our country every single day.  That in a day of “tolerance” the world is intolerant of the truth of Jesus.  We have a responsibility to our God and how we live that out around us. Jesus does not allow compromise in His message.   Devote yourselves to […]

Being Captive

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We see challenges in our culture that.  Will we seek God’s truth and live by it? What does it mean to be captive?  Both in a positive way and a negative way. If we are not diligent of taking captive every thought to be applied by God’s truth, we run the risk of those thoughts […]

Remember Well

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Memories, which can bring tears and/ or laughter, when shared with others can provide healing and strength. God wants us to communicate our memories with each other.  As the Israelites crossed the dry riverbed of the Jordan to enter the promised land, they were instructed to take stones from the place where they crossed and […]

Worldly Culture and Jesus

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The church at Corinth was asking the same questions as we do today.  What do we do with the culture around us?  What fits and what doesn’t fit?  They tried to merge their existing culture with the belief in Jesus, and it just didn’t fit. When we struggling with cultural questions, we must first ask, how are […]