Romans 8:28-30 NIV 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14 NIV 1 Remember your Creatorin the days of your youth,before the days of trouble comeand the years approach when you will say,“I find no pleasure in them”— 2 before the sun and the lightand the moon and the stars grow dark,and the clouds return after the rain; 3 when the keepers of the house tremble,and the strong men stoop,when the grinders cease because they are few,and those looking through the windows grow dim; 4 when the doors to the street are closedand the sound of gri...
Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 NIV 1 Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return. 2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. 3 If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie. 4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. 5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bod...
Ecclesiastes 10:1-20 NIV 1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. 3 Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are. 4 If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest. 5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: 6 Fools are pu...
Senior Sunday 6/4/2023
MESSAGE POINTS Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… Why? *Death: You’re only alive so long to get things done. And nobody is guaranteed a tomorrow. So, time is of the essence. (v.1-6) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… * Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…Why? Family: You might be able to make a living at it and create and support a family that can enjoy the fruit of your labor with you (v.7-10) *Whatever your hand finds to do,...
When six-year-old Calvin (of the Calvin and Hobbes comic) protests the injustice that he has to go to bed earlier than his parents, his father comments that the world is unfair. “I know,” says Calvin, “but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?” Not only is life unfair, but we all are born with an authority problem. We don’t like to be told what to do. It doesn’t help that we have a fallen, twisted authority. Everyone in authority is flawed. So, we need discernment, wisdom. *Ecclesiastes 6:12 For...
Life is not simple. But it gets a whole lot better when we all give up the notion of a perfect world. Sometimes life doesn’t make sense. Why do bad things happen to good people? I challenge the question: Who says we’re good? Why do good things happen to bad people. So, no easy answers. Even the authors of Scripture struggled with these questions. That’s why we need wisdom in a broken, imperfect world. We can’t answer every question and solve every puzzle, but we can trust God... Whoever fears Go...
Mark and Amber Archer Main Service 5/7/2023
Mark and Amber Archer 5/7/2023 Part 1
Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 NIV 1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart. 3 Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. 5 It is better to heed the rebuke of a wi...
Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 NIV 1 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind: 2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil. 3 A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that ...
Brent & Stacy Henderson Part 3 4/16/2023
Brent & Stacy Henderson Sunday Service 4/16/2023
Brent & Stacy Henderson Part 2 4/16/2023
Brent & Stacy Henderson Part 1 /4/16/2023
Message Text: Matthew 27:50-54 IntroductionThree simple words to change your Easter!* Message Outline Curtains. Anchors. Tombs. *Message Points The curtain was torn in two - you now have access. The anchor goes into a realm that we cannot go - you now have stability. The tombs opened - you do not have to fear death anymore. *Conclusion The torn curtain says “There’s a way into God's presence for all.” The lodged anchor says “There’s stability in every life storm.” And the split tombs tell us “Th...
Message Text: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Introduction What do you want out of life? What is your aim in life? Money, fame, promotions, status, more things? The sobering reality is even after attaining these things, many people are still not satisfied or fulfilled. What is it that people really desire or want out of life? A marketing research team summarized the things people want out of life along with the motivating factor behind it: *1. High paying job. Human Motivation - to make us feel successful a...
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 NIV 1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. 3 A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool. 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in f...
Helmut Welke Biblical Worldview of UFO's and Aliens 3/19/2023
Helmut Welke Human Genetics and the Bible 3/19/2023
Helmut Welke Dinosaurs and the Bible 3/19/2023
Sunday Service 3/12/2023
Solomon has reflected on some of the most complex problems known to man: finding life’s meaning, political and personal oppression, elusive happiness, empty pleasure, unsatisfying wealth. Then he turns this corner and basically says life is better with friends. When you wake up tomorrow morning, the problems will still be there, but if you have a friend, it doesn’t feel quite as lonely as it did before. * A pioneering band of researchers studied the age-old question of what makes people happy. W...
A Season For Everything 2-26-23
Message Text: Ecclesiastes 3:18-22 Introduction There is little doubt that King Solomon wanted his son, Rehoboam, to read his journal and learn from it, but I wonder if Solomon had any idea his journal would be read and studied for the next 3,000 years, right up until today. So far, we have learned how Solomon writes with a down-to-earth, hard-hitting, in-your-face, take-it-or-leave-it kind of realism. His quill is often dipped in the acid ink of futility and frustration and cynicism. Cynicism i...
Message Text: Ecclesiastes 3:9-17 Introduction A person who is a cynic is always assuming the worst of everyone and everything. A cynic develops this bite toward people and life. Small irritations turn into hostile attitudes. And this collection of attitudes and hostilities and irritations forms this shadowy perspective, where we seek out and focus on the worst in people and in life. We definitely want to avoid this view of life. But it’s especially hard to do when life’s small irritations are m...
A Season For Everything 2-5-23
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV 1 There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 6 a time to search and a time to give up,a time to keep a...
Message Text: Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 Introduction You work hard and someone else gets all the credit. You struggle to be good, and bad people trample you. You accumulate money, and it goes to spoiled heirs. You seek pleasure and it turns sour. Is it any surprise that in the very beginning of Ecclesiastes in the very first verses, Solomon the author says: “Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” * You’ll notice what he says is not that life is meaningless. He says...
