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Thou art the way,
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Sermon Series on the Book of 1 John
by Robert Harkrider

Sermons:

A Sin Often Overlooked

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1 John 1 - Actions  Speak Louder Than Words

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1 John 2 - The Love God Hates

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1 John 3 - The Love That God Commands

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1 John 4 - Truth or The Consequences

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1 John 5 - Things a Christian Knows for Sure

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Where Are You Going?

by Dee Bowman

Everybody’s going somewhere. The kids are going to school. Mom’s going to the grocery store, Dad’s going to work. Uncle Zeke’s going to the dentist, Grandma’s going to the doctor.

The fullback’s going toward the goal, the baseball player’s headed for home. The point guard’s shooting toward the basket, the tennis star’s hitting toward the line.

Everybody’s going somewhere. No matter who you are, you’re going somewhere.

Where are you going?

Are you going to get better? Christianity is a life of spiritual growth. If you don’t grow you stagnate. If you don’t grow your body deteriorates. But unlike physical growth, spiritual growth is a matter of choice—you decide to do it, it doesn’t come naturally. “Desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby, says Peter (2 Pet. 2:2). And, “grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” he said (2 Pet. 3:18). If you decide to grow, you have to have regular feedings of spiritual sustenance. And please understand, it may not always taste good. Are you going to get better?

Are you going up or down? It’s one way or the other. You’re either making progress in your spiritual life, or you’re defaulting. You can’t go to heaven by standing still. You have to make up your mind that whatever is necessary, you are going up. Heaven is always seen as “up.” And you can’t go up by just sitting around doing nothing or just by standing and watching others go by. Hope is one of the vital considerations in the Christian system and it always looks up toward a desired expectation. “…continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away form the hope of the gospel” (Col. 1:23). It’s your choice. You going up or down?

Are you going to try harder? Trying is what Christianity is all about. It’s hard to try harder sometimes. It takes courage, determination, endurance to make the grade, to climb the hill, to make it home. But when the going gets tough—uh, you just have to try harder. “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works” (Jas. 2:18). If you have faith you have to show it by works; you can’t just sit and affirm it, you have to get up and get with it.

Are you going to heaven? Now that may not sound like much of a question—not until you consider that every person who doesn’t go to heaven goes to hell. There’s no in-between room. It’s one or the other. “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” (Rev. 22:14) is a great assurance for those who are going there. But listen to the only other side of the story: “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Rev. 20:14-15) and that’s the same as describing the ungodly such as will “have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death” (Rev. 21:8).

Well, I think you get my point. There’s just not any in-between. You’re either a Christian or you’re now, a disciple or not, a worker or a shirker. How’s it going with you? 

 

Other Articles by Dee Bowman
Just Wad It Up and Start Over
Competition for the Mind
The Importance of Good Judgment
 

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Student Sunday Night Home Study and Singing

 

 

Realizing Your Spirituality by Jonathan Perz - May 2, 2010
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Common Moral Challenges on Campus by Larry Rouse - April 18, 2010
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Overcoming Spiritual Sickness by Blake Edwards - April 3, 2010
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Encouraging the Heart by Larry Rouse - March 21, 2010
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Overcoming Self-Doubt by Ryan Hasty - March 7, 2010

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Trust in God! by Seth Buchanan

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University church of Christ

 

Assembly Times

 Sunday

   Bible Classes (9:30)

   AM Worship (10:20)

   PM Worship (6:00 pm)

 Wednesday

   Bible Classes
(7:00 PM)

 

Location

449 North Gay Street

Auburn, AL 36830

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Overcoming the Present Apostasy

Sermon Series by Larry Rouse

Piscataway, NJ Nov 20-22, 2009

 

 

Friday Night 7:30

Lesson1 - How Do We View the Bible?

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Saturday Night 7:30

Lesson 2 - How do we View the World?

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Sunday Morning 9:15
Lesson 3 - How do we View God's Order for Leadership?

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Sunday Morning 10:00
Lesson 4 - How Do We View the Local Church?

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Sunday Morning 11:00
Lesson 5 - How Do We View God's Instruction on Fellowship

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