The Heights Baptist Church

Death is the last, but the biggest reminder that we live in a broken world. Whatever humanity can fix or make better, we still die, every single day, 155,000 people every day. Death never stops. It is a power, an enemy; but it will not win. It’s defeat to the Lord Jesus has been announced and today we see evidence of His very current and present power over death. Look at Mark 5:21-43.

Last week we saw an illustration of Jesus’ power in the physical realm and today we are going to see that same power in the spiritual realm. Turn with me to Mark 5:1-12 as we continue to our study of the Gospel of Mark. Last week, today, next week we are in a series of stories showing us Jesus’ power and that power is a reason we would follow Jesus no matter the cost.

Have you ever felt desperate in the face of lost love? In trying to do anything to get this love back we become desperate and pathetic, which makes the one who has done the rejecting respect us even less, desire us even less. And that made me think, is that what we are doing to Jesus? While Jesus has loved, we can reject. Would that make Him desperate and pathetic? As we weigh His worthiness, is H...

We want our lives to show, not a worthless Jesus, but just how much Jesus is worth in how we live. Last week we saw one reason we would do that is because He cares for us. We follow One who is moved by us. Today see we what that means.

As we walk through Mark we are going to see Jesus’ authority, ability and position. We are going to see His power and His knowledge, and all of those would be reasons we would follow Him no matter the cost. But Mark wants you to see this all-powerful, all-knowing, King of all kings, cares for you.

Mark wants us to meet Jesus, and for that to be anything but worthless. How many people have met Jesus, would say they are friends; but it ultimately proves to not be worth that much. Oh it is an interesting part of our lives, a story we share now and then, we have more affinity for, but ultimately has no real affect. It’s not okay, when it’s God.

Are you a Christian? Do you follow Jesus? There is no more significant question we will ever answer, and yet, I am not sure the question itself is as significant as where or when we answer it. Most of us in here have lived in a time and place that required very little thought to how we answer. American Christians have mostly gotten a pass in weighing the cost of following Jesus. If that pass is ab...

Have you ever had one of those days when everything goes wrong? It doesn’t make any difference how hard you try, it just seems that everything backfires on you? The harder you try, the worse it gets. In a lot of ways that was my story growing up. Thing seem to never work out the way I planned.

My name is Buddy Hamm and I am your campus pastor out in Midlothian. I have been on staff almost 11 years and of those I spent 9 of them as your children’s pastor. The last 1 ½ as the campus pastor out at Commonwealth 20. Today I would like to start with this question… How many of you have decided your future without letting God guide you through it?

Everyone needs a game plan. For those who don’t know me, I am Mike Osborne, the Executive Pastor here at The Heights. I have been in the ministry for 35 years, was a Senior Pastor for 11 years, a full-time vocational evangelist for 13 years, and for the past 11 years have been in my current position. And I am here to tell you that none of that was in my original life plans.

We are kicking off a special series over the next few weeks called Life Verse. We are going to be presenting several members of our staff each Sunday and letting them share their Life Verse with you. We hope you'll join us and get to know a handful of the folks who work here at the church in various ministry roles. Speaking of which, if you don't already know me I'd like to introduce myself: My na...

It is hard for us to fathom how special it is to see our God, our Creator, our Savior. Oh, I think we want to and look forward to seeing Him; and yet even then I am not sure we can imagine how special, how awesome, how utterly fulfilling it will be.

We have had a lot fun this summer looking at heaven: what it will be like, what we will do there, how we get in, why we need it; and I have tried to focus on the things that have maybe been kind of a blank for us, and since that has been my focus, there has been something, or shall I say, someone I have not focused on: God! Hey folks, God is the great prize. Without God, Heaven is Hell. There is n...

What I hope last week and this week help us to see is that heaven is not boring. Heaven is not a place where we just float around in some eternal bliss. We will live in a purposeful, meaningful and productive way; because that’s what God always intended.

I have great news for you this morning: the best parts of this world are a taste of heaven. If you don’t get anything else from today, maybe just take that line with you. I think one of the reasons we struggle with understanding heaven and what it is like is because we divorce it from reality.

A couple of quick of observations from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: 1. God wants us to have an understanding of what is going on in death. 2. It is okay to grieve; and God provides a way we can do that with hope. 3. God knows what is happening next. He has a plan. We could spend time understanding these verses more, but suffice for today, God has a plan and knows where He’s going. Death creates an unk...

This might sound strange, but I kind of struggled with adding this message to the series today. I think there is so much to understand about heaven, so many questions you would like to hear addressed and I have limited time; so why take a whole message to talk about membership in heaven, especially in a group where I would assume so many are already members.

I think mentally we believe in a heaven and we believe it is better than here. Perhaps we know the Bible on teaches heaven is a place where there is not death and disease. There are no bad days. There is reward and good. Heaven is where we see God. But that does that belief translate into real life excitement, desire, hope?

Today we ordain James Ford to the gospel ministry. Rev. Mike Osborne brings a charge to our church body, and Dr. Randall T. Hahn brings the charge to James and his family. Celebrate with us in this ordination service.

You might get an idea of what today’s sermon is about from the title of “A Church Without Servants”. Everyone showed up to church on this Sunday and realized that something was really different. As you pulled on our lot, there were no parking attendants, and no greeters to welcome you. Those arriving to serve that day were told to go to the worship center and participate in the service and not ser...

On this Memorial Day there is a greater sense of patriotism as we remember those who have fallen for our country and our freedoms. In God’s word I see not only God’s love for an individual, but I also see His love of the nations.

Collin Hahn shared the message this week as part of Youth Sunday 2014.

So what does the Bible say about near death experiences? There are 8 specific stories of someone dying and then being brought back to life in the Bible, not including Jesus or those who were resurrected at His death and resurrection. Three of the eight are by Jesus. Now we have no testimony from any of the 8 about what they saw or experienced during the time of their death. The Scriptures did not...

We took your questions LIVE via text message. Throughout each service our moderator, Andy Huff, posed questions to our panel of pastors. 11:15am service questions.

We took your questions LIVE via text message. Throughout each service our moderator, Andy Huff, posed questions to our panel of pastors. 9:45am service questions.