Category Archives: Bible

Supernatural: Introduction

What we don’t know about the supernatural can hurt us. What we don’t know about the supernatural can also lead us to miss out on some great things that God wants us to experience.

Miracles: Get Up

Main passage is Luke 8:40-56 [show]Luke 8:40-56 [40]Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. [41]And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus’ feet, he implored him to come to his house, [42]for he had an only daughter, [...]

Flatland/Pics: We Are the Water

Although this sermon was pointedly focused on those of us who are part of Flatland Church the basic message is still valid for all Christians. Unfortunately, I pretty much lost all my notes that I took Sunday. Fortunately, you can listen to the podcast at flatlandchurch.com Pastor Jeff taught us from Isaiah 54:2-3 [show]Isaiah 54:2-3 [2]"Enlarge [...]

Flatland/Pics: Paradox and Paradigm

If we want to be a transformation bringing church we must understand the paradox and the paradigm of ministry. The paradox confuses us so we end up with the wrong paradigm of ministry. This is the message that Pastor Bart brought us Sunday. It is a message that we often don’t listen to either because [...]

Flatland/Pics: Being the Rain

Well, I managed to recover a part of the post that I lost from a couple weeks ago. I am going to include it along with this weeks sermon since they go together well. We at Flatland have been looking at our logo and discovering how it is a picture of Flatland, a promise to [...]

3 Ds of Discipleship

After Sunday’s service we had a meeting for small group leaders, with the guest speaker for our services, Curt Harlow, as a guest speaker for the group. This is a time for us as small group leaders to learn and support each other. He presented us with some tips for helping us with what our church [...]

Guest Speaker: the Power of Small Things

The mustard seed is very small. Yet it can grow twice as tall as a man. Jesus said that the kingdom of God is like that mustard seed. Great things can develop from very small actions. We should always be on the watch for those times when we can do the little things, doing it [...]

Dive In: Platform Diving

What kind of legacy are we building right now? That was the challenge we were presented Sunday. Will our spiritual legacy be one that is forgetable or will it be one that will last generations? We have been looking at diving into ministry. So we end with platform diving. And here are my sermon notes: