The Heights Baptist Church

The NFL season, most college schedules, include a bye week, a week they dont play. I hate bye week. Well, what if I told you James has a bye week in the schedule. Thatd be good news because hes been beating us up every week, and he will beat someone up today, but not us. Now, I wouldnt trust me saying that, but lets see. Read James 5:1-6.

I planned to be in James today back in early May, and by the end of May I had planned specifically to be in this passage on this day. Is it possible that was a sin? My normal sermon preparation has me planning messages a year out. As a matter of fact, I am coming up on that. We go on our staff retreat in October and coming back from that I know the calendar. I know what Sundays are open for me to...

Today we are going to see James continue to challenge us to a faith in gear, but we are going to hear a very 'Paul-esque' faith in grace. Lets read James 4:1-12.

James is all about proof, and shouldn't we all be? Don't we want there to be evidence of the realness of our relationship with God, that we are on His path? Lets look at James 3:13-18.

Ever had the feeling that someone just cant let something drop, cant move on? No, I am not talking about your mate; but James. James has something here he cant get past and that is our tongue.

People live life around the table, around the meal. And when I say life is lived around the table, not just the big moments and special moments; but every day moments.

Our passage today is the heart of the letter, the challenge of James. 2:14 is the apex of this letter. Everything before it points to it, and everything after it points back. Two questions, with an absolutely implied answer: real faith makes a real difference, has real results. No difference, no results then not real, dead actually.

We are continuing today our study of the letter from James that we are calling Faith in Gear. Last week our passage ended with verse 18 where we saw that God is telling a story, doing a work, and we are the product, the first fruit of that work; and in that we are loved by God more than we can even grasp. This truth was a source of encouragement as we ended a passage that looked at two all-pro tac...

Come to Jesus and youll find joy, peace, purpose, a better this and a better that; and we come to Christ ready to sail down the field of success in life and Christianity until we are jacked up by some all-pro tacklers: trials and temptations. They can take all the fun out of being a Christian.

If our faith has not led to some radical changes, and that usually means discomfort, we should question the faith we believe we have. Today we are going to see a faith that impacts our preferences in people. The word you will see in the text is partiality.

What I would like to do is, instead of trying to make what James is saying clearer I think it is perfectly clear I would like to consider some things that may have been in James mind and the mind of the original readers of the letter, that are probably in ours, that will give these words a little more weight in our imaginations.

I have wanted to teach the letter of James from the New Testament for a while now. I am intrigued by its message. There is perhaps no book of the Bible that will get in your face more about living a changed life because of this faith you say you have. I have wanted to study and teach this letter because Im intrigued by James the person. Do you know who he is? You will in a moment.

The invitation held out in the verses of Isaiah 55:1-2 can be held out to everyone in this room as is. And the invitation that is held out, is held out using the image of food.

How can you know what the right thing to do is? Its actually kind of easy. We look at the one who was right. Always right. Jesus is our guide to knowing what it means to respond in love. If you dont know Jesus, you cant play your role in this story.

Today I want to anchor us to the truth of Gods word. What does God say about marriage? What does He say about homosexuality? And then see how we move forward with both conviction and grace, and that is where the rub is. It seems a contradiction to love and accept, and hold to truth.

It is Gods mind to bring all the people groups together. Where sin divided and brought hatred and self-interest, God unites and brings peace. Yes, God is reconciling the world to Himself, but that includes reconciling us to each other.

The gospel is what begins the Christian life, but we cannot leave it there. The gospel does more than begin life with God. The gospel changes everything, everyday for the rest of our lives. It is the lens by which we will view life and people.

Join us for Lessons & Memories from the Left Anterior Descending Artery as Pastor Hahn returns to the pulpit.

Worship with us and hear encouraging stories of life change & dependence on God, and help us welcome back Senior Pastor Randy Hahn! #notshaken

Our youth worship band lead in worship, and Branson Rose shares about Grace.

This week, we are revisiting the concept of Honor presented at the beginning of the year. Each day, we want to challenge you to commit a specific act of honor. Together, we can impact our community with thousands of these acts and bring honor to the Lord. Daily suggestions for what you can do are available at theheightsonline.com/honor. Share your daily acts of honor online with the hashtag #weeko...

Today we have come to the last sermon in our series on Prepared: How to Stand Up to the Storms of Life. Each week, just before I preach, we have looked at the same sermon bumper. It is based on a passage in Matthew about two builders. For my final sermon, I want to look at that story and focus on that passage: Matt. 7:24-27.

What do you do when the storms hit? How do you keep from losing your song in the midst of the unknown, the confusing, and the unexpected? How do you survive the times when you do feel sucked in, washed up, and blown over? Lets look in the 5th chapter of the book of James to see what help he gives us.

Over the next three weeks, we are going to look at how to deal with storms because like it or not, they do come. We are going to look at how we are to face the physical, financial, relational, and emotional storms that hit us from time to time. Today we are going to look at an event in the life of Jesus that involves an actual weather related storm, but in it we are going to discover some truths f...

This week has really challenged so much of what we have been learning about prayer. Even last week, our pastor, walked us through the specifics of how he manages his prayer life. How revealing and personal that was, and if we apply it to our lives we will see God do some incredible things.