Gods of This World

Gods of this World (Part 1)

August 23, 2015 • Pastor Rick Hawks

The gods of this world are of our own making. Often they are a substitute for something we value more than God. Maybe it is a lifestyle, maybe it is a substance, or maybe it is someone else. But the Bible teaches they must be replaced by the one true living God.

Gods of this World (Part 2)

August 30, 2015 • Pastor Rick Hawks

Gods of this World (Part 3)

September 13, 2015 • Pastor Rick Hawks

The gods of this world distract us in many different ways. Money, though it can be used for good, can easily become a god when we allow it to distract us from God, the only one who can provide ultimate contentment and joy.

Gods of this World (Part 4)

September 20, 2015 • Pastor Rick Hawks

Pastor Hawks tackles the tough questions of how to overcome the love of money, a major god of this world.

Gods of this World (Part 5)

September 27, 2015 • Pastor Rick Hawks

Will you follow the god of pleasure or the God who places great value on your spiritual and physical being? In this sermon series "Gods of this World," Pastor Hawks speaks of the role of sex as a god of our world.

Gods of this World (Part 6)

October 4, 2015 • Pastor Rick Hawks

God places ultimate worth on our spiritual and physical bodies. Studying the leaders of the old testimony and their weaknesses remind us that even in our failures, God places great value on us because we belong to him.

Gods of this World (Part 7)

October 11, 2015 • Rick Hawks

The god of self is the ultimate rival to God. But Jesus said the ultimate commandment is not about one thing, it's about two things: loving God and loving others. Our focus in the study to look away from ourselves and to focus on God.

Gods of this World (Part 8)

October 18, 2015 • Rick Hawks

Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." When we follow Christ we experience the happiness our hearts long for that only Jesus can provide.