Branch Church Mason Adair

"There are too many hypocrites in churches!" This message is to encourage Christians to be more aware and intentional in helping people know and follow Jesus.

We live in a world that increasingly disregards the Bible and scoffs at claims that it is the inerrant Word of God. As Christians, then, how do we answer those who challenge our faith in this book? This message looks at 2 Peter 1 and shows and gives us compelling evidence for why we can stake our lives and ultimately, our eternities on the truths of the Bible.

Science seeks the truth about our natural world.
Scripture reveals the truth about our supernatural God.

The conflict between science and faith comes from either misunderstanding science or misinterpreting the Bible.

God expects the more we study nature and science the more it will point towards Him. God is not scared of science. Faith and science belong to each other.

“I WON’T BELIEVE IT UNLESS I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.” It was a declaration that earned him the unflattering title Doubting Thomas. The Bible is full of stories and people that had serious “bouts with doubt.” This message looks at how faith does not exclude doubts and questions. The real question is, what are we going to do about our doubt?

Luke 24 shares an interaction the resurrected Jesus had with 2 disciples on the road to Emmaus. Their dreams of Jesus rescuing them from Rome had died with Him on the cross. They were looking for a Geopolitical King to liberate them physically from Rome, instead they got a Servant King, intent on liberating their soul from sin. When God doesn't meet our expectations, we are tempted to lose faith. This message shows how Jesus opened their eyes to His plans and gave them greater faith and hope in the process.

It was the worst thing Simon Peter ever did!... He denied knowing Jesus 3 times and Jesus even gave him a heads up. Yikes! Simon Peter's sin against Jesus was great but Jesus' grace was greater! Jesus would use this failure for Peter's greater purpose, which was "to feed His sheep." This message gives us a great reminder that failure isn’t final. And that a failed Christian isn’t a finished Christian.