Slaying Dragons - Christ's Church

Anger (Effingham)

May 5, 2024 • Jeff Michael • Genesis 4, Mark 3, James 1, Galatians 5

Galatians 5:22-24 ut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Anger (Clay County)

May 5, 2024 • Andrew Bloemker • 1 Samuel 17, James 1, Mark 3

James 1:19-20 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Greed (Clay County)

April 28, 2024 • Caleb Baker • Luke 12

Luke 12:15 “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Greed (Effingham)

April 28, 2024 • Jeff Michael • Luke 12, Joshua 7, 1 Timothy 6

1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Lust (Effingham)

April 21, 2024 • Matt Farrar • 1 Corinthians 6, Judges 14, Judges 15, Judges 16, Matthew 5

Matthew 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Lust (Clay County)

April 21, 2024 • Jeff Michael • Judges 14, Judges 15, Judges 16, 1 Corinthians 6

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Gossip (Clay County)

April 14, 2024 • Matt Farrar • Proverbs 16, Ephesians 4, Philippians 2, Proverbs 18, Romans 1

Proverbs 18:8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

Pride (Effingham)

April 14, 2024 • Andrew Bloemker • Luke 18, Mark 7, Proverbs 11

Mark 7:20-23 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Gossip (Effingham)

April 7, 2024 • Matt Farrar • Ephesians 4, Philippians 2, Proverbs 18, Romans 1, Proverbs 16

Proverbs 18:8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

Pride (Clay County)

April 7, 2024 • Andrew Bloemker • Luke 18, Mark 7, Proverbs 11

Mark 7:20-23 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”