The Heights Baptist Church

Join us for our Palm Sunday service.

If you are new to the series, we’ve been looking at the biblical definition of the Gospel found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. In this definition, we have three clear pieces of the gospel, the first two we have already looked at: Christ died for our sins, and Christ was buried. So that brings us to the third piece, maybe the most exciting and hope filled piece of the gospel: the resurrection. Jesus Chri...

Last week in our efforts to study, to understand, to celebrate the gospel we looked at death. Christ died, Christ experienced death as a payment for our sins. His blood and death was substituted for ours, because by the power of God He could recover, while we could not. This second idea, burial at first glance maybe doesn’t seem so big. We might even wonder why it had to be stated. Seems kind of o...

This series is going to be made up of three messages around the words death, burial, and resurrection. So, today we start with death. The gospel, the good news, is Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and honestly, you can spend a lifetime unpacking that.

Rev. Wes Rose, our missions pastor, shares about mission opportunities and partnerships through our church.

Let me say it again, giving is not about bargaining with God to get an answer to prayer, to get a bill paid, to get our kids sent to college. Giving is about our heart and our priority. And God makes a promise that when our heart and priorities are His, we are not going to do without what is needed. So now we are just left with, 'Do I believe Him?' He says, 'Test Me, see what I can do.'

Is this a place that is building what God wants built so that I can join God in what He is doing? Is this a place where I with confidence can put first things first? Look with me at Haggai 1:1-9; 2:6-8.

What is on your prayer list? Maybe it is some of the same things – jobs, houses, retirement. Maybe we try to go more spiritual with our prayer list. Perhaps it is a closer walk with God or spiritual maturity. Do we have a list of things for which we consistently pray?

Here we are already at our 4th sermon in our series on prayer. Man, what can happen when we become even more a person, a family, a church that prays, prays fervently. I am not sure we can imagine. There is prayer, there is faith that moves mountains. I don’t think we always see a lot of that; but I want to. I want us to see it here at The Heights every week. So let’s keep leaning into this prayer...

As you might guess, we are not looking today at everything Jesus teaches about prayer through the Gospels, but I think what we just read gives us plenty to work on, and more importantly, give the most insecure of us in prayer a bit of confidence. Jesus takes all the pressure off of praying impressively.

Nehemiah goes on the same list as a George Washington, a Winston Churchill. He is a man’s man, a General among generals, a godly man among the priests, a leader of all for all. What I want us to see today is that this great man was a powerful man of prayer. We are continuing today our series on prayer.

There is one thing though that may bring us closer to Him, help us experience Him, know Him, and trust Him more than ever before. That one thing is prayer. Prayer, is where we discover His will, walk in His power, rest in His knowledge, and enjoy His presence. Prayer is where we can do the most for others. Prayer, is where we live life in God.

Rev. James Ford shares about a new ministry that he is moving on to, and also about his walk with the Lord in the decisions leading up to this new opportunity.

Christmas really is all about a gift. I am not referring to the gifts we give each other as important as those can be, or bizarre, or unnecessary; but the gift that God gives us. The real Christmas story is about God giving something of infinite value to Him so there could be an infinite and eternal value to us. God gave us His Son.

While everyone in America may not know, may not honor the reason for the season, we have a lot in common with them at this time of year, and this series is exploring how we use those commonalities as a bridge to sharing the true Christmas story. One of those commonalities experienced this time of year is anticipation.

Listen, we are a people of the Gospel, that means a people here to communicate Good News! Christ followers are in the communication business and when something we are saying makes no sense, we have to fix that, not the world. “Hey world, respect what I believe and celebrate it with me,” is not good news and is not going to communicate well. It takes some work and thought, but I think what is going...

Holidays are so shaped by our family, the time and the conversations we have together, and that can mean something very good or something very bad. You know what else is really shaped by our relationship as a family, the time we spend together, the conversations we have? The Lord’s Supper. Which is an interesting thought because we tend to approach this table in a very private manner, a place of d...

Today we conclude our series on the protection of gratitude. Gratitude, that protects our outlook on life, our relationship with others, and even with God. Now, does our relationship with God need protecting. I don’t know. Have you ever asked, *What is God doing? Where is He? Why doesn’t He answer?* These are very real and very tough questions. They are the questions than can make Thanksgiving dif...

We are continuing today our series on the incredible importance of gratitude for our lives and well-being. It protects our relationships with others, our outlook on life, and our relationship with God. Today our focus is on how it protects our outlook on life.

Gratefulness is what keeps you from building a horde of hate. Gratefulness is what keeps you from trapping yourself in an asylum of anger. Gratefulness is the only path to loving and forgiving which is crucial to living in and enjoying relationship.

Prayer is our priority activity. It is our primary initiative and response. We don’t post or tweet first, we pray first. We don’t unfriend first, we pray first. We don’t vote first, we pray first. Prayer is our breathing. It is how we stay alive. Sermon Notes: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?doc=glgimqN0KB

A topic like this one challenges us because the Bible does not speak to movies or R-rated movies per se, AND it is a very new thing in human history. So we are challenged with applying the wisdom and requirements of scripture to new frontiers.

God loves you. Your baggage is a problem. The sin, the failure makes you very much not like God, not like His heaven. And we can’t unload it like it was never there. That is why there is a heaviness in our soul. It is why we can be unsatisfied when we should be satisfied, unhappy when we should be happy. But God loves you and it says here that it pleased Him to send Jesus to unpack the sin, carry...

Can I drink? I guessing some are thinking, 'Is this a question?' Funny thing though is that some think it is not a question because the answer is obviously no, while others think it is not a question because the answer is obviously yes. I think that makes this a question. Sermon Notes: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?doc=aRKFADqPb1

What I want to do this morning is build a biblical check list for working through this. It is a starting place. I want to be clear what I am not talking about. I am not talking about guns for hunting. This is not about police or military that carry a weapon and kill under the authority of the state, which God allows in Romans 13. I am talking about carrying a gun for self-defense.