Clarity in the Chaos
The Heights Strategy in Partnering
April 28, 2024 • Rev. Wes Rose
Today is the culmination of the last three weeks coming out of Easter. And we are going to address one of the most significant aspects of missions at our church. And that is partnerships. When possible, we develop partnerships for a variety of reasons, and we base our partnerships on Relationships, trust and common purpose or goal. Both overseas and local partners have skills, resources and an expertise that may not have or need to have because of our partnership.
Missions Strategy for The Heights
April 21, 2024 • Rev. Wes Rose
I need (or we need as a church) to have a strategy. Not trying to sound business like or corporate, but there are a lot of needs and people out there and there is a limit on time, people and resources it would be impossible try and do everything. And somewhere along the way I am trusting that God has a plan.
He's Alive, So Love
April 14, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Already two weeks past Easter, but you remember we ended our Easter service asking the question, 'How does someone who possesses the good news that Jesus is alive, that I have been saved from sin, death, and hell; live?' What is the appropriate response to this good news? Last week we heard Jesus say, 'I am alive, go tell, go share.' And today we will hear Him say, 'I am alive, go love.'
Share The Good News!
April 7, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Last week we celebrated the good news that Jesus is alive. Because He is alive, we can live eternally loved, forgiven, adopted by God, heaven as our home. That is incredible news, nothing more significant to our lives. What do we do with it? Jesus wants us to share it. It’s one thing to share my good news, but a whole other kind of joy and excitement to share what is good news for others. Jesus wants this to be our life.
Jesus' Prayer For Us
March 17, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
I’ve always been intrigued by the layout of the gospel of John. We have 4 Gospels in the Bible that tell the story of the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. John does that in 21 chapters, and 5 of those chapters, chapters 13-17, are about what went on in the Upper Room that Thursday night before He was crucified. That means 24% of John covers 3 hours of Jesus’ life. Now in this 24% we see what Jesus was doing, thinking, talking about, and praying for the night before He knew He would be crucified. What would be important to you if you were healthy, strong, of sound mind; but only had about 18 hours to live. These chapters are showing us what Jesus did. He ends with a prayer. I want to look at the end of that prayer, the last thing on His heart and mind before He steps into His passion.
There's A Way
March 3, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
What do you hear or see when you hear the word 'repent'? I think of a preacher, sweating, red in the face, yelling from a pulpit, 'Repent you heathen!' Repent sounds harsh, confrontational; and well, we should hear some of that in that word, but Jesus also has this word surrounded by good news. One is not usually announcing good news screaming and judging. Jesus just said the rule of God is here and available. God has a will and a way. If, when you realize your way is not working, not the way; you realize you need His way, good news, you can have it. Here’s what you need to do repent and believe. Get off the road you are on. Stop going the wrong way. And get on God’s way. He loves you. He forgives you. And He wants you to have all that comes with His way, His rule. This is the heart of God.
Money Matters
February 25, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Today is the second to last in our series on marriage. We all know money matters. Money is big. It is big in our thoughts, our conversations, our work. And it is big every day. Most of us have a thought or a conversation about money way more than we do God. We think, talk, touch money every day. That’s true as an individual and true in marriage. In any report, money will be one of top 5 reasons for divorce. In any report, money is going to be #1 or #2 in ranking for what we argue about the most in marriage. What would solve it? I believe Jesus would say, 'Y’all are acting like owners that don’t agree, when you need to be thinking about answering to the real owner for what you did with His money'. Jesus points to just such a conversation.
Fighting Matters
February 18, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Fighting and disagreeing is such a great opportunity to do exactly what God has called us to do in a marriage, to submit and serve. Oh, sure we can do those things when we are not fighting, but that’s not really the challenge, or the growth, or the evidence that I actually am growing in Christlikeness, that I actually am filled with the Spirit. No, it is in the moment of disagreement we find out what God and His word mean to us. Look with me today to Ephesians 5:21-33.
Intimacy Matters
February 11, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
So far in this series we have said that marriage matters because it’s God’s design and because it gives us a unique opportunity to practice being like Jesus and experience how He loves us. We have said that kids matter because they are a valuable gift from the Lord and we have a valuable assignment to point them back to Him. And today is intimacy. Sex matters. I have quoted Hebrews 13:4 a good bit, and will again here.
Kids Matter
February 4, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Today is our third message in our marriage series with the first two saying, 'Marriage matters'. Now we can’t talk about marriage and not talk about kids. There is not a command that every individual must have a child, but there is a command given to humanity and marriage. A purpose of marriage is kids. A great purpose that costs a lot, and where there is great cost, there needs to be great motivation.
Why Marriage Matters
January 21, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Why do we honor marriage? Because God is going to judge those who live outside His design. We could stop there, but why is God so big on His design. Last week we saw science struggle to say God’s design, God’s way works, but it did say it. It is worth making it work. So, live inside God’s design for love, sex, and marriage. But what if I told you that marriage is about more than love, sex, and marriage. There’s a greater reason God wants us to honor, respect, protect this relationship. A reason worthy to you.
Why Marriage
January 14, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Last week I told you I would be doing 6 different sermon series this year, but a unifying theme: preparing to live in a culture that is increasingly anti-Christian, or maybe more positively said: being faithful to God in every environment. We do this by relying on the gospel, living the gospel, sharing the gospel, no matter the cost. As I tried to show last week, there may be a cost coming we are not used to paying.
Be Happy . . . Unto Death
January 7, 2024 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
The American Christian has enjoyed an unprecedented life of ease. Out of all the followers of Christ over the last 2000 years, I am not sure what percentage of those would be 19th, 20th, 21st century Americans. Let’s say 15%. In that other 85%, it has been hard to be a Christian. There has been a great cost to following Christ, which He warned in Luke 14 when He said NOT to follow Him before counting the cost. Did we have to weigh any cost to become His follower? I believe it will begin to cost to follow Christ in America.