Hill Country Bible Church Dripping Springs Sermons

Grace is a gift we continually need, through our entire lives of faith.

This was the message during our 10th anniversary celebration.

Our culture says "follow your heart". It sounds so romantic and freeing, but is it really wise advice?

Our cultural use the defense mechanism, "Don't judge me" to mean that someone can never tell another person what is right and wrong. But is that really what Jesus commanded or how he intended us to understand his words?

What we see in the New Testament church is that they were completely dependent upon the power of the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t about the show. It wasn’t about the performance. It was the power of the Holy Spirit. That was the only way to explain it.

The promise of the Holy Spirit is a promise of true life. He is our promised Advocate, filling our lives permanently with His presence and unleashing us to live out of the promises of God.

The Holy Spirit has personhood and we can have a relationship with this person.

We often don’t understand the full significance of a story until we get to the end. That’s certainly true in the book of Ruth, as Ruth’s redemption is put in the larger framework of God’s redemptive purposes. In Ruth 4, we see how Ruth’s redemption looks forward to King David and the Redeemer who would come from David’s line.

Ruth boldly approaches Boaz on the threshing floor and asks for his redemption; Boaz sends Ruth back from the threshing floor with an abundance of barley indicating his intention to act toward her redemption.

Ruth meets Boaz and begins to find provision and hope for a brighter future. God’s sovereign hand of blessing is seen in the way Ruth is treated.

Ruth 1:1-22 The beginning of Ruth is a sad story of a family tragedy resulting from poor decisions. The depth of despair felt by Ruth and her family paves the way toward the redemption that awaits them.

In a man’s zeal to stand firm in the faith, be strong, and fight the spiritual battle love cannot be left behind. Paul reminds us to do “all that you do” in love. Loving in all that we do can be a challenge; but by it not only do we DEEPEN our relationship with Christ but we represent Him well to everyone else.

There are needs in every community. We are sent out in community to serve those needs and proclaim the good news.

When we combine our natural rhythms and passions with the gospel and use them to build relationships, powerful things can happen.

The gospel is how we become Christians but it is also how we grow as believers—through meditating on God’s Word and applying it to every aspect of our lives.

An everyday missionary is one who lives life on mission where God has placed him or her.

We don’t have to play a guessing game when it comes to our salvation. God grants us the understanding necessary to grasp our relationship with Him and the world.

We can overcome when we love when tested, obey when tempted and believe when threatened.

To avoid being misled by false prophets, test everything against scripture.

We must love others by being willing to lay down our comforts, our security, and even our own lives for them—just like Jesus.

The Father’s love makes us a child of God as he works to form us to the image of Christ.

True believers will remain in fellowship with Christ and experience the blessings that come through communion with Him.

You cannot love the Father and worldliness, you must choose what you love.

In Christ, our sins have been forgiven, the power of sin has been destroyed and we now grow in maturity through Christ.