Tim McGehee, Senior Pastor Jacob Haywood, Student Pastor
The Faithful Witnesses – 20 Revelation 11:1-19 A few days ago, January 8, was the 67th anniversary of the death of Jim Elliot and four other young men in the Ecuadorian rainforest, by the Huaorani people. These people were unreached and dangerous. Most people groups who are unreached are so because they are difficult and dangerous to reach. Jim was only 28 years old, and he was speared to death trying to share Christ with these people, along with the
The Little Scroll – 19 What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? As a youth pastor, I've seen some pretty weird things get eaten. And I gag almost every time…not just when I eat it, but watching them! Have you ever eaten too much of a good thing? Do you know the feeling in your stomach at Easter, Halloween, or Christmas when you eat tons of candy early in the morning and it makes you feel just blah? Tonight, as
The Woes of Evil – 18 I would rather learn from others' mistakes than from my own. What about you? “We have a great need to see evil for what it is.”[1] “As we study John's vision and observe the armies of darkness battling in the future, we can better understand how similar spirits of wickedness try to torment us today.”[2] As we look to the future, we need to let it affect us today. Revelation 9 God is sovereign
The Prayers of Saints and Trumpets of Wrath – 17 Why won't God do anything about the evil in the world? I hear that question a lot, and actually, I think about that question a lot. It has a lot to do with what I study and write about in my PhD work. I want you to think deeply for a second. We're going to do a little exercise. If you were God, what would you do about the evil
Revelation – The Worship of the Nations – 16 Who watched the UT-Bama game Saturday? Everybody. It had millions in viewership. I bleed orange. I went to UT, and that's where my wife and I met. I went to every home game while in college. If you are a UT fan, what did you do when that winning field goal was kicked? If you kept watching, what did the fans do at the stadium? Erupted! And we can use that
Revelation – The Sealed Saved – 15 It has been a while since we've been in Revelation. We took a break for the Summer and started off the school looking at Acts 2 and what the early church devoted themselves to. Now, it's time to hop right back into Revelation where we left off. The first series we did had to do with the seven churches. It was more like some of the epistles of the New Testament than what