• Intro: Paul says four times in the span of these eleven verses that he is sending someone to the Philippians (2:19,23,25,28). Such mentions of sending associates normally occur at the end of an epistle like Romans 16:1-2. When we see a word like send four times in such a small passage and it should make

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  • Intro: For the past few weeks Jack and I have been preparing the study guides for our next Sunday Night Bible Study. The book we are using for the study seeks to describe the lives of missionaries with one key Scripture. After preparing several of these study guides I am amazed at how great each

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  • Intro: In His book Humility C.J. Mahaney offers this definition for humility: “Humility is honestly addressing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness”. From this definition Mahaney then spends the remainder of his 200 page book exploring and explaining that definition and is biblical basis. While we do not have that kind of

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  • Intro: Today we return to our series through the book of Philippians. In chapter one of Philippians Paul came back again and again to the theme of how Christ makes a difference in the life of the believer. Consider the difference Christ makes in these verses: He is at work when we are at our

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  • Intro: When you think of the work of a deacon, what comes to mind? Do you automatically begin to think of a group meeting in a room somewhere debating about some mundane detail of church work? Do you see deacons as the uncooperative people in the church we must all answer to? I find it

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  • Intro: For the past few weeks we have been examining things that matter to Morningside. The first week we thought about how we emphasize what we believe as we welcome people into this church based upon whether or not their profession of faith matches our own. While we do not require members to profess the

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  • Here are my notes from Sunday’s Message at Morningside! Intro: Have you heard the phrase, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”? We seek hardened metals as essential for all kinds of tools and for building materials. We want hardened soldiers to go into battle. In a world of struggles, difficulty, and challenges we take

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