July 22, 2018 • 11:00 am

What Do You Have in Common with God?

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: The Epistles of John: Fellowship Provided, Possessed and Protected

Synopsis: What is fellowship? Many Baptists will associate the word with food and a time of socializing. But is that all there is to it?

July 15, 2018 • 5:00 pm

Living Passionately for Christ

Scripture:

Speaker: Tyler Farmer_FCBC Teen

Synopsis: How passive have you been in your faith? How passionate do you want to be? Paul's conversion teaches us important lessons about living for Christ. Ever thought about what stayed the same about Saul/Paul when he got saved? He was still passionate and devoted but now the focus of his passion and devotion changed!

July 15, 2018 • 11:00 am

The Call to Forbearance

Scripture:

Speaker: Patrick Beam

Synopsis: Forbearance is the grace of judicial patience. Relationships die because pride lives: it's the root enemy of all relationships. Forbearance is patterned after Christ and makes much of Him not the offense. It values more the relationship than the argument or who wins it. This is the most difficult form of love. It is a love that gives and does not receive.

July 8, 2018 • 5:00 pm

Heaven: What It Is & What It Is Like

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Heaven: Land of the Free and Home of the Saved

Synopsis: In the first message of a series of messages on Heaven, we find answers to two of six questions to be covered: 1) What is it? 2) What is it like?

July 8, 2018 • 11:00 am

The Christian's Emancipation Proclamation

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Liberty

Synopsis: President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation immediately changed the status of over three million slaves.They were now legally declared free. However it would be several years later before they actually began enjoying their freedom. In Romans 6:15-23, we find the Christians' Emancipation Proclamation. Are you enjoying your freedom by serving your new Master? Paul presents eye-opening truth that challenges us with the implications of our new freedom.

July 1, 2018 • 5:00 pm

The Christians' Declaration of Independence, Part 2

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Liberty

Synopsis: In part 2 of "The Christian's Declaration of Independence," we now see the practical application of the truths Paul says we must know and believe to be personally true. God's divinely inspired order must be followed: rearranging the order or substituting our own means our attempts at spiritual victory are doomed to failure.

July 1, 2018 • 11:00 am

The Christian's Declaration of Independence, Part 1

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Liberty

Synopsis: Romans 6 presents to us the Christian's Declaration of Independence. If we as born-again believers would live as free men and women, there are some critical truths about the Gospel we must know as a fact and by experience!

June 24, 2018 • 5:00 pm

It's All God's Fault! (?)

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: Many blame God for the choices they make and for the hardships they endure. They attribute characteristics to God that are only true of sinful man. Like the Jews who escaped to Egypt their belief that life was better without God and His laws. They blamed Him for their misery.

June 24, 2018 • 11:00 am

Two Opposite Perspectives on Life

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: There are two perspectives on life - one oriented around self and this world; the other around God and the world to come. "Men of this world" live as if this world is all that exists and all that really matters. David lived as if God really existed and eternity is what really matters. With which of these two do you identify? How does your lifestyle answer that question? If the infinite God is not enough to satisfy you, then nothing finite can or ever will.

June 17, 2018 • 5:00 pm

Defining Fatherhood

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Father's Day

Synopsis: Do we have the full picture of fatherhood that God gives? How is it defined and what makes it so defining? The defining nature of fatherhood can be summarized under three broad headings.

June 17, 2018 • 11:00 am

Becoming God's Kind of Father

Scripture:

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Father's Day

Synopsis: If you would be God's kind of father, then what God said of Abraham must be said of you as well! How do you become God's kind of father? Here are two key ideas from our text.

June 10, 2018 • 5:30 pm

A Double Agent

Scripture:

Speaker: Kendall Elms_CHBC Teen

Synopsis: In this message, Kendall points out the three habits of an hypocrite. Here's a key thought to remember: "The habits we start now will determine the future rewards that we have." Kendall Elms was the second teen from Colonial Hills Baptist to preach on Sunday night. He and his team members came down to hold a week of VBS ministry for us.