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No Reservations Required: God’s Other Love (Matt. 8/ Jer. 3) April 14, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

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Kendra and I recently helped her parents–Ken and Nelda–celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.  Ken and Nelda met in the Midland/Odessa, TX area.  He was a fresh-faced and muscled Army man.  She was an attractive and confident office worker.  They dated four months.  Then Ken popped the question.  Nelda’s “Yes!” launched a world tour, as Ken’s army career took them from state to state and country to country.  Their love endured numerous moves, long separations due to war, and the challenges of cancer and multiple sclerosis.  Fifty years after their wedding day, their children, childhood friends, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, nephews and nieces crowded into the backyard of Ken and Nelda’s stucco home in sunny Phoenix.  Kendra’s brother smoked beef ribs, brisket, and pulled pork in a smoker the size of a swimming pool.  A cake fashioned in the shape of the earth was presented–a flag waving proudly from each place on that globe where Ken and Nelda had lived.  The back porch was filled with portable tables and folding chairs.  Family members shared stories and laughed.  Nelda cried for joy.  Ken smiled and shook hands.  My daughter Jordan and my brother’s son Joshua provided entertainment.  Before we ate, we held hands in a giant circle and thanked God for the blessing of this marriage and a love that had lasted fifty years.  What a joy it was to celebrate this love!Read More »No Reservations Required: God’s Other Love (Matt. 8/ Jer. 3) April 14, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

Risen: Working to the Tune of the Trumpet (1 Cor. 15:50-58) March 31, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

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March Madness is upon us.  And with the outcome of the NCAA basketball tournament thus far, some of us are mad—because our team lost.  Raise your hand if that’s you.  Some of us are glad—because our team is still in the hunt.  Raise your hand if that’s you.Read More »Risen: Working to the Tune of the Trumpet (1 Cor. 15:50-58) March 31, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

Saving Grace: Families of Grace (Titus 2) March 3, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message Chris Altrock and Frank Bolling

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FRANK BOLLING on Titus 2:11-14

 In December of 2011, the Federal Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission began the process of stopping the sales of a product called HCG  diet drops because of false marketing and incredible claims. Some of these claims include that a person can easily lose 1-2 pounds per day safely!  That HCG can reset your hypothalamus so that the weight loss is permanent!” and also that “HCG will melt fat permanently while maintaining muscle tone.” HCG does all this, it is claimed, without any exercise at all. That sounds pretty good to me. But there is one small, tiny, little catch to these miracle drops…you are only allowed to eat 500 calories a day for effective use. That is the equivalent of this is a cup of Starbucks coffee. What makes matters worse are the side effects that come along with the use of this product. Some of the common side effects include fatigue, headache, mood swings, depression, confusion, dizziness and stomach pain and some of the more extreme include gall stones, imbalance of electrolytes, and irregular heart beat. How many of you want to sign up for that?Read More »Saving Grace: Families of Grace (Titus 2) March 3, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message Chris Altrock and Frank Bolling

Saving Grace: A Mission of Grace (Titus 3) Feb. 24, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

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Each year Highland holds an event we call “the best week of the year.”  It’s Camp Highland.  And each summer at Camp Highland many decide to be baptized.  Last summer there was one baptism which stood out because of the enthusiasm of the one being baptized.  It was the immersion of Jackson Cobb into Christ.  Let’s watch this sacred celebration again:

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