May/June 2024

Rightly Pursue Righteousness - Part 1

June 30, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Romans 9:6–33

Okay, we are there…does God really want everyone to be saved? Does God determine everything that is going to happen in our lives? If so, is God the author of evil? Am I off the hook for anything I have done? Does following the “rules” even matter? Today we are going to see that God is sovereign and He expects us to believe. Praise the Lord, He has used/cooperated with, all things in history to bring about our good and His glory (Rom 8:28). Therefore, let’s rightly pursue righteousness…His way!!!

A Chosen and Created People

June 23, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Romans 9:1–5

Is Israel special? In today’s political climate, those could be fighting words. We don’t care about that for our purposes. The question is valid. Is Israel blessed? Is the nation that God created a blessed one? Are they still blessed? Today we change focus a little bit in the book of Romans to find out how God chose and created Israel for the most special of all tasks. We will also see that those blessings bring about enormous responsibility. Salvation is still by grace, through faith. Where do you fit into the picture?

Staying the Course

June 16, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Hebrews 10:19–25

Have you had a “mountaintop experience”? It is when things come together, and God does something particularly awesome. Have you experienced the dreaded fall afterwards? We don’t have to fall. God is sufficient for the victory and the victory lap which should follow! Don’t give up! Stay the course and be strengthened in Jesus! We can finish strong!

A Vow of Integrity: My Psalm 101 Decision Charter

June 9, 2024 • Dr. Eddy Pearson • Psalm 101

The Alternative: Creation's Competitive Edge

June 2, 2024 • Dr. Robert Carter

God Provides and Provides and Provides - Part 2

May 26, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Romans 8:26–39

During the last two weeks we have spoken of the insignificance of the sufferings found in this world compared to the glory which will be revealed to us. Does that mean that there isn’t a concern to be found? Does it mean that we just need to be persecuted to go to Heaven (see verse 17)? Or is Paul establishing our need for the gospel to be centered solely upon Jesus? If God’s provision is in Jesus, then our sufferings, our fears, and even our sanctification is all secondary to HIS Work in salvation. We are either saved by grace or by works…thank God—it really is all about Him! Today, and next week, we shall find out that it has always been about Him. Fear not! The Lord has provided!

God Provides and Provides and Provides

May 19, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Romans 8:26–39

During the last two weeks we have spoken of the insignificance of the sufferings found in this world compared to the glory which will be revealed to us. Does that mean that there isn’t a concern to be found? Does it mean that we just need to be persecuted to go to Heaven (see verse 17)? Or is Paul establishing our need for the gospel to be centered solely upon Jesus? If God’s provision is in Jesus, then our sufferings, our fears, and even our sanctification is all secondary to HIS Work in salvation. We are either saved by grace or by works…thank God—it really is all about Him! Today, and next week, we shall find out that it has always been about Him. Fear not! The Lord has provided!

The Light at the End of the Tunnel: It's Not a Train!

May 12, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Romans 8:18–25

I hope that not too many of us are out walking on train tracks. Not only is it dangerous, but it is normally illegal. Even still, can you imagine in your mind a dark train tunnel going through a large mountain? If you entered it, the last thing you would want to see is a bright light coming towards you! Here is a secret though: not all lights are trains! Sometimes the darkness of this world can be scary, but there is a LIGHT at the end of the tunnel that we want to see; His Name is Jesus! What are you looking forward to? A train or the SON?  

A Slave, A Child, An Heir

May 5, 2024 • Ed Eddingfield • Romans 8:12–17

Do you know what a chrysalis is? It is the very unusual and sometimes very ugly transformation of a bug. The most beautiful version of this is the transformation of an egg to a caterpillar to a chrysalis to an emerging and then finally adult butterfly. If you couldn’t observe it, you wouldn’t believe it. The transformation of a sinner should be no less spectacular. Today we will see that it isn’t just possible, it is necessary for us all! Let’s be like Jesus!