Chris Gosey

5.6.12 Psalm 77; Kellett Thomas, Ivy Creek Church, Lawrenceville Ga.

Honest prayer about our life is prayer that God wants to hear. It embraces two truths: God is here, and my life is troubled. "I cry aloud to God and he will hear me in the day of my trouble." Prevailing…

Psalm 77:1 (ESV), Psalm 77:2 (ESV), Psalm 77:3 (ESV), Psalm 77:4 (ESV), Psalm 77:5 (ESV), Psalm 77:6 (ESV), Psalm 77:7 (ESV), Psalm 77:8 (ESV), Psalm 77:9 (ESV), Psalm 77:10 (ESV), Psalm 77:11 (ESV), Psalm 77:12 (ESV), Psalm 77:13 (ESV), Psalm 77:14 (ESV), Psalm 77:15 (ESV), Psalm 77:16 (ESV), Psalm 77:17 (ESV), Psalm 77:18 (ESV), Psalm 77:19 (ESV), Psalm 77:20 (ESV)

Dr. Roy Taylor at Ivy Creek Church

First Sunday after Easter and the resurrection. Jesus appeared suddenly and began to explain all the scriptures concerning himself to two of his apostles on the road to Emmaus. Even though they were…

Luke 24:13 (NLT), Luke 24:14 (NLT), Luke 24:15 (NLT), Luke 24:16 (NLT), Luke 24:17 (NLT), Luke 24:18 (NLT), Luke 24:19 (NLT), Luke 24:20 (NLT), Luke 24:21 (NLT), Luke 24:22 (NLT), Luke 24:23 (NLT), Luke 24:24 (NLT), Luke 24:25 (NLT), Luke 24:26 (NLT), Luke 24:27 (NLT), Luke 24:28 (NLT), Luke 24:29 (NLT), Luke 24:30 (NLT), Luke 24:31 (NLT), Luke 24:32 (NLT), Luke 24:33 (NLT), Luke 24:34 (NLT), Luke 24:35 (NLT)

Easter Sunday, Pastor Charles Garland 4.08.12

Oil speculation affects the price of oil more than the actual demand for oil; similarly, what we think is going to happen affects our current behavior. If we believe Jesus has risen from the dead, how…

2 Corinthians 4:13 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 4:14 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 4:15 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 4:16 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 4:17 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 4:18 (ESV)

4.01.12 Charles Garland

Everyone loved Jesus on Palm Sunday, and a week later they hated him. What happened in that time? At first they misunderstood Jesus and thought he might be a conquering king to drive out the Romans. Quickly…

Zechariah 9:9 (ESV), Zechariah 9:10 (ESV), Zechariah 9:11 (ESV), Zechariah 9:12 (ESV), Zechariah 9:13 (ESV)

How do we develop character?

Two poles: rule-based, or relativistic. Biblical character development falls in between. Flows out of grace and in being accepted in Christ: grace meets us where we are, but is not content to let us remain…

2 Peter 1:3 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:4 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:5 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:6 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:7 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:8 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:9 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:10 (ESV), 2 Peter 1:11 (ESV)

Charles Garland 3.11.12

Homosexuality! Is that the primary sin of the Sodomites? Ezekiel lists sloth, pride, and then sexual immorality as the sins of that city. Possibly that is to indicate that the first two can lead to the…

Genesis 19:1 (ESV), Genesis 19:2 (ESV), Genesis 19:3 (ESV), Genesis 19:4 (ESV), Genesis 19:5 (ESV), Genesis 19:6 (ESV), Genesis 19:7 (ESV), Genesis 19:8 (ESV), Genesis 19:9 (ESV), Genesis 19:10 (ESV), Genesis 19:11 (ESV), Genesis 19:12 (ESV), Genesis 19:13 (ESV), Genesis 19:14 (ESV), Genesis 19:15 (ESV), Genesis 19:16 (ESV), Genesis 19:17 (ESV), Genesis 19:18 (ESV), Genesis 19:19 (ESV), Genesis 19:20 (ESV), Genesis 19:21 (ESV), Genesis 19:22 (ESV), Genesis 19:23 (ESV), Genesis 19:24 (ESV), Genesis 19:25 (ESV), Genesis 19:26 (ESV), Genesis 19:27 (ESV), Genesis 19:28 (ESV), Genesis 19:29 (ESV)

Pastor Charles Garland 3/4/12

Christians are no better, and are many times worse, than the pagans toward whom we so wrongly feel and act superior. The only difference is that we are, for His own reasons, favored by God. Saint Patrick…

Genesis 18:16 (ESV), Genesis 18:17 (ESV), Genesis 18:18 (ESV), Genesis 18:19 (ESV), Genesis 18:20 (ESV), Genesis 18:21 (ESV), Genesis 18:22 (ESV), Genesis 18:23 (ESV), Genesis 18:24 (ESV), Genesis 18:25 (ESV), Genesis 18:26 (ESV), Genesis 18:27 (ESV), Genesis 18:28 (ESV), Genesis 18:29 (ESV), Genesis 18:30 (ESV), Genesis 18:31 (ESV), Genesis 18:32 (ESV), Genesis 18:33 (ESV)

Pastor Charles Garland 1.29.12

Abraham fathers Ishmael with Hagar the slave. Unsurprisingly, this is a bad idea. God sees us, good or bad, whether we want Him to or not. The "heroes" of the Bible are not heroic, God is heroic. The…

Genesis 16:1 (ESV), Genesis 16:2 (ESV), Genesis 16:3 (ESV), Genesis 16:4 (ESV), Genesis 16:5 (ESV), Genesis 16:6 (ESV), Genesis 16:7 (ESV), Genesis 16:8 (ESV), Genesis 16:9 (ESV), Genesis 16:10 (ESV), Genesis 16:11 (ESV), Genesis 16:12 (ESV), Genesis 16:13 (ESV), Genesis 16:14 (ESV), Genesis 16:15 (ESV), Genesis 16:16 (ESV)

Charles Garland, Genesis 15:6-21, 1.22.2012

God's promise to Abram is the anchor of our faith and how we can know that we truly belong to Him. This is very similar to political agreements of the time, and includes an element of maladiction: i.e.,…

Matthew 2:12-23, Charles Garland 12.11.11

Herod is a psychopath who killed his wife, mother in law, and two of his own sons. However, he was perceptive in a way no-one else was; he realized who Jesus was as soon as he became aware of him, and…

Matthew 2:12 (ESV), Matthew 2:13 (ESV), Matthew 2:14 (ESV), Matthew 2:15 (ESV), Matthew 2:16 (ESV), Matthew 2:17 (ESV), Matthew 2:18 (ESV), Matthew 2:19 (ESV), Matthew 2:20 (ESV), Matthew 2:21 (ESV), Matthew 2:22 (ESV), Matthew 2:23 (ESV)

11.20.2011 Pastor Charles Garland; Exodus 34:4-9

The church's reaction, response to, and context for the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. This passage illustrates God's attitude towards human sin: 1. God will not let the wicked go unpunished, and…

Exodus 34:4 (ESV), Exodus 34:5 (ESV), Exodus 34:6 (ESV), Exodus 34:7 (ESV), Exodus 34:8 (ESV), Exodus 34:9 (ESV)

Pastor Charles Garland, 10.16.2011

Resisting the Devil: do you think the Devil is out to get you? Peter says he most certainly is. C. S. Lewis (or Kaiser Soze) said,(in paraphrase) "The greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing…

1 Peter 5:8 (ESV), 1 Peter 5:9 (ESV)

Pastor Charles Garland 10.2.2011

Role of the elders in the congregation; the principles can apply to non-elders in our relationships both in and out of church. Grace from God humbles leaders, but also makes them bold.Humility in leadership…

1 Peter 5:1 (ESV), 1 Peter 5:2 (ESV), 1 Peter 5:3 (ESV), 1 Peter 5:4 (ESV)

Pastor Charles Garland 9.18.11

Gifts should be used to reflect glory back to the Giver, through service. Therefore they should not be envied, as service is a humbling, not exalting, occupation. In the same way, taking selfish pride…

1 Peter 4:10 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:11 (ESV)

From Pastor Charles Garland

Jesus may return at any time, so that knowledge should animate the way we relate to one another. Since Jesus reconciled us with Himself, we should unite with each other. If we pay attention to who we…

1 Peter 4:7 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:8 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:9 (ESV)