The Full Easter Story: The Gospel
The Full Easter Story: The Gospel A Message for Easter 2022 The Easter story is all about Jesus and what he offers to us. It’s not an automatic. I don’t understand everything about the human mind, or the confusion that we feel. But here’s what I do know: the Bible says the offer is there. The offer of what Christ has done is there on the table, and we have the opportunity to respond to it. BILLY ARNOLD Download the…
Commissioned Life and the Urgency of the Gospel
Commissioned Life and the Urgency of the Gospel Part 5 in the series, Building His Church: The Commission Wall Download the sermon notes
Kingdom Ambassadors in a World Gone Mad
Kingdom Ambassadors in a World Gone Mad Part 4 in the series, Building His Church: The Commission Wall Our God is a burning fire—and the message of reconciliation has been entrusted and placed within these fragile jars of clay. … How do you reconcile the unreconcilable? How do we worship this God who is [both] an all-consuming fire and love, and there is no contradiction there whatsoever? SCOTT J Download the sermon notes (adult version)
The Commissioned Life Wrapped in a Jar of Clay
The Commissioned Life Wrapped in a Jar of Clay Part 3 in the series, Building His Church: The Commission Wall Download the sermon notes (adult version)
The Journey of the Commissioned Life
The Journey of the Commissioned Life Part 2 in the series, Building His Church: The Commission Wall Download the sermon notes (adult version)
The Great Commission Wall
The Great Commission Wall Part 1 in the series, Building His Church: The Commission Wall Missions is a traveling letter that is sealed in your heart. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version)
The Gospel
The Gospel Part 9 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall The resurrection of Jesus brings complete transformation. … The resurrection of Jesus brings ultimate, final and complete victory—and this is the gospel which you now stand on. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
Sheep, Wolves and the Shepherd
Sheep, Wolves and the Shepherd Part 8 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall There are sheep—that’s the Body [of Christ]. There are wolves trying to disintegrate and erode the Kingdom of God work in this world. And then there are shepherds—and in this context, the shepherds are the leaders of the church. … We will not be able to move forward until we recognize, know and pray for our leaders. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult…
Are There Idols on My Mantle?
Are There Idols on My Mantle? Part 7 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall The real question is … does your lifestyle reflect your allegiance to Him? Does the lifestyle that you live move you to bow down to something other than the Almighty? BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
The Deep Damage of Sin—And What to Do About It
The Deep Damage of Sin—and What to Do About It Part 6 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version) Sexual immorality is so destructive because it clears a path for relational destruction. … It leads to scars, mistrust, jealousy, dreams that become nightmares that become destructive, regrets, shame, and the list could go on. It literally erodes the covenant purity that God established between us and…
Flee from Sexual Immorality!
Flee from Sexual Immorality! Part 5 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall We typically come at this subject as a negative first, without the positive side. Before you ask, ‘Is there sexual immorality?’ you need to ask the question, ‘Is there sexual morality?’ There is! That’s the part the church sometimes really struggles with. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
The Erosion of Unholy Behavior
The Erosion of Unholy Behavior Part 4 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall Is there a line in the sand? Is there a place where we say, ‘Whatever you do, don’t cross that line’? I believe there is. You know what I think it is? It’s idolatry. It’s having ‘any other god before Me’. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
The Shallowness of Prestigious Christianity
The Shallowness of Prestigious Christianity Part 3 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall Is it a crime to be young in the faith? No! … [but] what is a shame within the Body is [when] we leave that unchecked, because that shallowness will erode a congregation. The Ekklesia, the Body of Christ, will become a worthless and useless part of God’s delivery of his holy message to an unholy world. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult…
Don’t Be Such a Baby!
DON’T BE SUCH A BABY! Part 2 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall You are an individual, and Christ saves YOU, not the group. But individualism lived out this way is dangerous, deadly, and is not what the Ekklesia is. … Living selfishly—living as a child—in the Ekklesia is toxic. It’s ultimately idolatrous. Next week, in the continuation of this message, we’re going to talk about how we really grow up. Today I give you the warnings.…
Ekklesia—Called-Out Ones
Ekklesia—Called-Out Ones Part 1 in the series, Building His Church: The Called-Out (Ekklesia) Wall Why in the heck did God put his Body in this place at this time? It’s not just to have a 10:00 church service. It’s to be the Body of Christ in a garbage-dump world that is desperately in need of a savior. We’re going to learn how to do that together. … We’ll go to class together as we learn how to be the called-out ones…
Worthy of the Gospel
Worthy of the Gospel Part 5 in the series, Building His Church: The Community (Koinonia) Wall It is very possible that Christ will not return this year. But it is also very possible that this is the year he will return. And as believers, this is how we should live. It is very possible that next year in 2023, in the very first Sunday, we are not here—you are not here, I am not here—because our Christ has returned! If he…
A Christmas Weekend Message
‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ That’s what Jesus said. This is our message. Jesus is our life. BILLY ARNOLD Join us for a special (snowed in!) Christmas weekend worship service, featuring music, a message from Pastor Billy, and holiday greetings from LifeWay families. View the full service above, or click on the audio link to listen. You can also View or listen to the abridged service: A…
What Child is This?
What Child is This? (A Christmas Message) The bottom line is you have to trust in Immanuel—because ‘God is with us.’ And who is that? Not just a happy, Christmas-holiday, cheerful cry, but it is literally Christ, the Son of God, who gave all things for us. … What child IS this? Who is this baby Jesus? It’s God with us. And that’s why this entire Bible is the book of Jesus. My prayer is that you’re trusting in this…
Dependent Prayer
Dependent Prayer Part 4 in the series, Building His Church: The Community (Koinonia) Wall Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
A Seat at the Table
A Seat at the Table Part 3 in the series, Building His Church: The Community (Koinonia) Wall ‘A seat at the table’ means a seat at the table of faith—because the Word of God is at the center. … To be a fully functioning follower of Christ, you sit at the table. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
Devotion to the Word of God
Devotion to the Word of God Part 2 in the series, Building His Church: The Community (Koinonia) Wall Let’s make sure we raise up the value of the Word of God. … When the Koinonia [church fellowship] family took place, what did they do? The first line in [Acts 2:42-47] says they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the Word. It’s the centerpiece of the table. It is the centerpiece of our lives. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes…
The Koinonia (Κοινωνία) Wall
The Koinonia (ΚΟΙΝΩΝΊΑ) Wall Part 1 in the series, Building His Church: The Community (Koinonia) Wall Koinonia, in its simplest form…is often translated as fellowship. But it is much deeper than ‘potluck.’ … The building of this church is really about you, about me. It’s not about ‘the orator’—it’s about us. It’s about the family of faith, who are willing to commit to God’s plan, in God’s way, in all of this. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download…
We are Ambassadors
We are Ambassadors Part 4 of the series, oBEdient [God] calls us to go anywhere that Jesus isn’t already known. Whether you go across the street or across the world, it is going to take effort. It is going to take time. And it’s probably going to be uncomfortable. There will be a cost—but we have to go. That’s what ambassadors are. HEATHER ALTHOFF Download the sermon notes (adult version)
We are Witnesses
We are Witnesses Part 3 of the series, oBEdient We are witnesses—so we share what we’ve experienced. We have no other choice. We do it because that’s who we are. We do it because we’re called in a long line of witnesses empowered by the Holy Spirit. And we do it despite the barriers that we experience. HEATHER ALTHOFF Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)
We are Servants
We are Servants Part 2 of the series, oBEdient We are Christ’s servants—we serve God as we serve the world. BILLY ARNOLD Download the sermon notes (adult version) Download the sermon notes (kid version)