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Blessed Assurance | Complete Love
Episode | May 19th, 2024 | 42 mins 14 secs
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Love is the proof that God’s presence is truly in you and that you are a part of God's family. Scripture teaches that God is love, and love cannot be separated from God. In our sermon today, we explore the idea that true love always results in action. We see this through Jesus’ love for us. We, as true believers, live lives that show the love of Jesus to others. As we continue this bible study through 1 John and explore blessed assurance, we learn that fully embracing the perfect love of God will drive away all our past, present, and future fears.
Is your life reflecting the true love of God towards others? Have you fully embraced the perfect love of God? Do you need to encounter and know God today? If you’ve got questions, we are here to offer support, ready to answer them and pray with you. As always, you can take the next step in your faith journey by visiting burnthickory/next. -
Blessed Assurance | Last Day Assurance
Episode | May 12th, 2024 | 35 mins 27 secs
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We continue our sermon series through 1 John, Blessed Assurance, with a message today on instructions for last-day living. From the moment of Jesus's post-resurrection ascension into glory, it has been the last days. We know, as Christ's followers, that there is a real enemy that wants to rule, and we have to wholly lean into our anointing of the Holy Spirit to withstand the enemy. We must remain in the truth, through the word of God, in His Spirit, and with assurance in Jesus.
Do you have assurance in these last days? How do you need to stand in the truth? Do you need to meet Jesus today to have blessed assurance of salvation? As always, we’d love to connect with you, take time to answer any questions, and pray with you – reach out today. You can take the next step in your faith journey and celebrate with us by visiting – burnthickory.com/next. -
Chasing Your Assignment | Presence Over Purpose
Episode | May 5th, 2024 | 39 mins 11 secs
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Today, we celebrate senior Sunday with our Radite Students and hear Chip Paul, our Student Pastor, deliver a powerful sermon about chasing God’s presence over our purpose. What does it truly mean to experience God's presence? Through the story of Moses leading the people of Israel, we learn the difference between presence and purpose. In the stillness of His presence, we can find clarity and direction for our purpose. It’s His presence that sets us apart from the rest of the world.
Are you experiencing the presence of God? Are you finding your purpose inside His presence? As always, we’d love to take the time to answer any questions you have about Jesus, so reach out today. Take the next step in your faith journey by visiting burnthickory.com/next. -
Blessed Assurance | Worldly Love
Episode | April 28th, 2024 | 40 mins 20 secs
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We continue our sermon series Blessed Assurance, where we explore the idea of finding assurance of our salvation through scripture. Today, we look at 1 John 2, where John instructs us not to love the world. The three categories of worldly lusts are the flesh, the eyes, and the pride of life. These are our appetites, affections, and accomplishments—the lusts that operate in open rebellion against God’s love and His commands. True salvation is when God’s glory takes on the ultimate weight of your heart, and you quit putting the weight on the lusts of the flesh, eyes, and the pride of life. The way we lessen these is to embrace the love of God fully.
What worldly love do you need to stop pursuing? What’s holding you back from embracing God's love today? As always, we’d love to connect with you, take the time to answer any questions you have, and pray with you. Take the next step in your faith journey by visiting burnthickory.com/next. -
Blessed Assurance | Saving Faith Warnings
Episode | April 21st, 2024 | 45 mins 15 secs
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Today, in our sermon series about having assurance in your faith, we explore the warning signs that your faith may not be genuine. A warning sign for someone might be continually and habitually sinning or if they try to believe but not repent. Another sign is that someone remains casual or openly embraces sin. One way that you can be assured that you know God is to live in an attitude of surrendering all to Him. Closeness to God does not make you feel more holy; it makes you feel dirtier, and you can be assured you know God if you have a deep awareness of your sin and allow Jesus to cover it.
Do you deny, rationalize, or hide sin? What’s keeping you from confessing your sin and repenting from it? Do you believe and understand the gospel? Do you have eternal confidence in resting in Jesus's finished work? Take time today to reach out. We’d love to answer any questions you’ve got and pray with you. You can have blessed assurance of faith in Jesus by taking the next step – visit burnthickory.com/next. -
Blessed Assurance | Experience Jesus
Episode | April 14th, 2024 | 42 mins 44 secs
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How do you know that you are saved? How can you be confident that you will spend eternity in heaven instead of hell? Where does your assurance come from that faith in Jesus is the way? This sermon series explores these questions and more as we dig into 1 John for blessed assurance. We can build our foundation on the principle that Jesus has always existed and has always been in power and that He is exactly who He says He is. Jesus wants to give you the abundant life precisely as He has promised. Real love and fellowship in God only grow in the soil of security.
Are you experiencing a lack of Joy? Then restore your love and fellowship with God today! Place yourself in the presence of the word, turn away from sin and repent, pray and ask God to restore you, and begin to obey God. If you’ve got questions, please reach out today. We’d love to connect with you, so take the time to answer them as well as pray with you. Take the next step in your faith journey by visiting Burnthickory.com/next. -
The Inconvenient Gospel
Episode | April 7th, 2024 | 38 mins 52 secs
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We explore the story of the rich young ruler this week as we learn about the true implications of following the gospel. We see in Luke 9:24 that whoever wants to save their life will lose it. This seems like a contradiction to living, but we must abandon our attachment to this world. The cross is not just a symbol of suffering but, more importantly, of victory over sin and death. We have to realize that we have already been crucified with Christ if we have believed in Him. Our response is to act on the truth of the gospel. Romans 6 tells us, in the same way, to count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, in light of God’s mercy, we should offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, because this is our true and proper worship.
Have you accepted Jesus as your Savior? Does the inconvenience of the gospel inhibit you from following Him wholly? Do you have questions about Jesus? Reach out today! We’d love to take the time to answer any questions you’ve got and take time to pray with you. You can also find out more about the next step in your faith journey by visiting burnthickory.com/next. -
Easter 2024 | The Resurrection Changes Everything!
Episode | March 31st, 2024 | 33 mins 52 secs
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We celebrate Easter because the cross was not the end of the road for Jesus. He was crucified, dead, and buried in a tomb, and all hope seemed lost. And then, at dawn on Sunday, the tomb was found empty. An angel of the Lord told those looking for Him not to be afraid, for he knew that they were looking for Jesus, who was crucified. “He is not here; He is risen.” We celebrate a risen savior. God who became man for us, bore our debt for our sins on the cross, died and then defeated death, rose again, and now sits in heaven. Because of the truth of the resurrection, we know that our past is forgiven, our present is transformed, and our future is secure. Our hope comes from a risen Savior who is King of kings, Lord of lords, and gives us life because of His great sacrifice.
If you are seeking answers about who Jesus is and why the resurrection is so important, then watch this sermon. You can discover that hope for eternity, and salvation can come through accepting Jesus as Savior today! We would love to connect with you and help you take the next step in your faith journey. Visit burnthickory.com/next to connect with someone who will walk you through what comes next. -
Road To The Cross | The Crowds That Jesus Encounters
Episode | March 24th, 2024 | 42 mins 33 secs
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It’s Palm Sunday, and we are following Jesus on the road to the cross as He enters Jerusalem surrounded by crowds. What we learn in today’s study of scripture is that we are represented in the different personas of the crowd. We might be concerned with what’s in it for us, but we need to question if the foundation of our relationship with Jesus is following His desires and glory or our glory. Maybe we think we are smarter than God, but we should be asking ourselves whose approval we truly live for. Maybe we are fickle, but we should be asking ourselves if our lives primarily display our own lordship or the Lordship of Jesus. Or are we following Jesus anywhere because He is God?
As we look to Easter and celebrate the Lord’s Supper one more time, take time to reflect both on Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross but also on your personal response to Him. What crowd do you fall in, and what is standing in the way of you accepting Jesus as Lord in your life? As always, if you’ve got questions or need prayer, we’d love to connect with you, pray with you, and answer any questions you have. You can celebrate the next step in your faith journey by visiting – burnthickory.com/next. -
Road To The Cross | Jesus in My Place
Episode | March 17th, 2024 | 45 mins 4 secs
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We continue our journey toward the cross this week as we follow Jesus through scripture. In Mark chapter 14, we learn of the account of the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prays in distress, overwhelmed with what He will be facing in His death on the cross. You see, we have a Savior who has always and will always deeply care. He was not simply in agony over death but the burden of the wrath of God as He carried all our sins to the cross. He suffered in that moment, the equivalent of an eternity in hell, just for us. Our role is to recognize that Jesus is the only way and surrender to Him because He is Lord and to ask for His will, not ours.
What’s keeping you from being amazed that at Jeus’ darkest hour, you were on His mind? As you read Second Corinthians 5:21 – God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God – what stands in the way of you surrendering to Him as Lord? As always, if you’ve got questions, we’d love to take time to answer them and pray with you. If you’ve taken the next step in your faith journey, let us know by visiting burnthickory.com/next.