Guest Speaker - Frosty Hansen, President of Grace Gospel Fellowship.

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Most adults want to do more than just float through life.  We would love to know we made a significant difference, much like the firefighters of 9/11, our veterans, or other heroes we are privileged to have.  The same should be true of us as Christians.  God can use anyone and anything to accomplish His purposes, but if we want to be used by God for significant purposes, we must meet His requirements.

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The Bible must be our authority as Christians, and when we correctly handle it we become approved workmen for God.  We are to learn it and live it, not for man's approval but for God's!  Also, we must avoid the distractions and controversies that could bring us shame before God.  Become a careful handler of your Bible.

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Guest speaker - Dave Grube
 

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It is so easy for us as Christians to forget that the gospel of Jesus Christ is great news!  Let's face it, we take it for granted.  Jesus Christ is our life-changing message and that's why we must live to pass on Christ to others.  Someone's eternity may be depending on you to do so!

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Why don't we pass on the whole truth about our faith in Jesus Christ?  Because it's too hard?  It involves effort on our part?  We might suffer for it?  The Christian church is dependent upon an unbroken chain of teachers.  You must pass on your faith, and these examples Paul gives of the devoted soldier, the disciplined athlete and the devoted farmer will hopefully inspire you to do just that.

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So often when life becomes challenging for ourself and others, we turn to those who are closest to us for support.  When the going gets tough, do you keep going?  God has called us to help other Christians when they face the challenges of this life, and Onesiphorus was a great example of how to face the challenges that come with the supporting role.  (This sermon was especially fitting in light of Dick VanHetHekke's sudden death the following day, Monday June 28.  It was as if God was preparing us last Sunday for what would happen the very next morning.)

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If you want to live your life for Christ, you're going to suffer.  If you want to tell others about what Christ has done and can do for them (the Gospel), you're going to suffer.  This suffering can take many forms, but as Christians we have to realize that seeing Christ transform a life is worth the cost.  As parents, and fathers in particular, we want to see our children grow up to follow Christ as we do.  Whether we are parents or not, we have to be always willing to share the gospel, no matter what! 

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Most people love a good campfire, so in the evening when you see a fire pit with the wood nicely stacked, the kindling in place and the matches at the ready, you may be tempted to ask, "Where's the fire?"  The church today can be compared to this.  We have all the resources necessary to be on fire for Christ, but where is the fire?  Paul's challenge to Timothy to sincerely live out his faith is a challenge we all should accept.

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Guest Speaker: Brian Johnson - Most of us have taken our concept of what it means to be a follower of Christ from our culture and are content in our cages of cultural Christianity.  The result is a church that is weak, shallow, and passive.  The plan God laid out in the Bible is for us to follow the Way!  To do so means that we must choose to follow His agenda, commit to our role, and charge with Him no matter the cost.  To break free of our cages and soar as we were created to, we must follow Him.

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