The Heights Baptist Church

I am excited today to begin a 13-message series on 1 and 2 Thessalonians. In a world gone crazy we get clear direction from Thessalonians of what to do in real time. This isn’t advice to consider if this ever happens, but directives in the heat of battle. Thessalonians is going to take the complexity of our time and say, 'Keep it simple, stupid.' Okay, not the stupid part. But we really can overth...

During this series we have said over and over to follow Jesus means you are making followers of Jesus. If you are not making followers, you’re not following. Why does He need me making His followers? The last time I preached on July 7 we saw God has a process from a person coming to Christ to growing in Christ to being rewarded in Christ that involves the Father, Son, and Spirit. The process is en...

Order your life so that you are walking with Christ. Have the accountability and community that will encourage you to abide with him. Have rhythms of life that allow for you to be with God so much that it fuels your doing for God. When we understand the love of God we will love others. View hospitality as a primary work for evangelism and discipling in your community. Regularly make time to meet w...

We want to be a church of people growing in relationship with Jesus and helping others to do the same. What roles do church leaders and church members play in the process?

Each of us is called to be a disciple and make disciples. God has given us the home as a primary place to live out this command. This week we look at how to make disciples in our homes.

If you attend church, you might assume it's obvious that you follow Jesus. But what if someone challenged you to prove it? What would you say or do? Is there enough evidence to prove to yourself and others that you are a follower of Jesus?

I would imagine for some of us, maybe a lot of us, this is a new idea, so much emphasis on this one thing: making disciples. We might wonder, why, Why does Jesus need me to make His followers? I mean He made the first batch without me, and they did pretty good, so why now does He need me? Here’s the answer. He doesn’t need you. He lets you.

Today is 4 weeks of 10. Last week we looked at the disciplines, the habits that help us grow in the Lord. And we were thinking about how we grow in the Lord because that’s our definition of a disciple: A disciple is someone growing in their relationship with Jesus and helping others to do the same. I hope you thought about your plan this week. We don’t just wake up one day like Jesus. We have a pl...

Today is the 3rd in a series of 10 messages where we are seeking to understand the task Jesus left us with, the thing we are supposed to do until we die, or He returns: make disciples. We finished last week with a working definition of a disciple. A disciple is someone growing in their relationship with Jesus and helping others do the same. We can’t separate being a disciple from making a disciple...

Last week we began a 10-week series on discipleship. Three takeaways from that: 1) Jesus has called you to be a disciple, 2) Jesus has called you to make disciples; 3) We want to be a disciple-making church. The word disciple seems pretty big to Jesus. Do we know what a disciple is? I think about the only place we hear that word is when we hear 'discipleship', and that is a class you take on a par...

What would you like Jesus to find you doing, when He returns? Worshiping at church? Serving food at a homeless shelter? Praying and reading your Bible? On a mission trip? I think I’d feel pretty good with any of those, but what are the odds of Jesus returning while I am doing one of those things? Well, while I do hope He returns when I am doing one of those things, the good news is I could be, you...

The night before Jesus showed us just how great God’s love for us is, before He was crucified for your sins and my sins; He was in the Upper Room with the disciples where He purposely did something to shape our lives and every relationship in it. Did it work? Is it shaping your life and relationships? I’m sure more than a few of us are kind of scrambling right now to figure out what I am talking a...

Dr. Hahn interviews our mission partners in Zimbabwe, Jeff and Tammy Scorziell.

Do we believe God has a purpose for us being here in America? Are we living like it? It seems God would have us to believe, have us to live like He has us in 2024 America on purpose. This idea can be applied to more than the nation we live in. It can be, should be applied to the family we are in, the school or job we are in, or really any situation. Considering our national conversation, national...

You were a good mother, a bad mother, or an absent mother. You never got to be a mother. Your mother has recently passed. Whatever is our experience with that word, that position, that person; honoring is your healing. Honoring is your path. Honoring is your hope. Honoring is God's way for you.

Today, I want us to look at an event in the Bible where, in the midst of massive crowds, an individual meets someone who forever changed his life. We find it in Luke Chapter 19.

Today is the culmination of the last three weeks coming out of Easter. And we are going to address one of the most significant aspects of missions at our church. And that is partnerships. When possible, we develop partnerships for a variety of reasons, and we base our partnerships on Relationships, trust and common purpose or goal. Both overseas and local partners have skills, resources and an exp...

I need (or we need as a church) to have a strategy. Not trying to sound business like or corporate, but there are a lot of needs and people out there and there is a limit on time, people and resources it would be impossible try and do everything. And somewhere along the way I am trusting that God has a plan.

Already two weeks past Easter, but you remember we ended our Easter service asking the question, 'How does someone who possesses the good news that Jesus is alive, that I have been saved from sin, death, and hell; live?' What is the appropriate response to this good news? Last week we heard Jesus say, 'I am alive, go tell, go share.' And today we will hear Him say, 'I am alive, go love.'

Last week we celebrated the good news that Jesus is alive. Because He is alive, we can live eternally loved, forgiven, adopted by God, heaven as our home. That is incredible news, nothing more significant to our lives. What do we do with it? Jesus wants us to share it. It’s one thing to share my good news, but a whole other kind of joy and excitement to share what is good news for others. Jesus wa...

Good news! Good News! Good News! Jesus is alive, so we can live and live eternally! That’s not only good news, that’s the best, most important news there is. Sadly, it is not enjoyed by all. It’s not good news if one doesn’t believe it. It’s not good news if one is not aware of how bad the news was. I have done a lot of Easter messages on the belief part, the validity of believing Jesus conquered...

The Last Supper is clearly the most special supper of all time, so special they brought Leonardo da Vinci in to paint it. It is a holy moment. It is a moment so deep in theology, in prophecy, in promise. And in the bigness and specialness of this moment, we can miss the humanness of this moment. Friends, sharing a meal, saying good-bye, and absolutely anticipating when they will sit down again ove...

I’ve always been intrigued by the layout of the gospel of John. We have 4 Gospels in the Bible that tell the story of the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. John does that in 21 chapters, and 5 of those chapters, chapters 13-17, are about what went on in the Upper Room that Thursday night before He was crucified. That means 24% of John covers 3 hours of Jesus’ life. Now in this 24% we...

Our giving, your giving means something to Jesus. It is not the actual amount, but that amount compared to what you have. There’s no command here to give everything you have.

What do you hear or see when you hear the word 'repent'? I think of a preacher, sweating, red in the face, yelling from a pulpit, 'Repent you heathen!' Repent sounds harsh, confrontational; and well, we should hear some of that in that word, but Jesus also has this word surrounded by good news. One is not usually announcing good news screaming and judging. Jesus just said the rule of God is here a...