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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of our lives. It's changed the way we think about our health, the way we interact with others, the way we shop, and even the way we eat. So it seems like COVID-19 will also change the way we do church as well. And, although church will be different in the future, God's calling for our church ha…
Last year, we missed out on many of the moments that we look forward to each Easter. But as things start getting back to normal this year, we don't want to miss out on the meaning of Easter. This Easter at Melbourne Heights as we'll celebrate Jesus' resurrection and talk about what the resurrection means for each of us.…
After being viciously tortured, Jesus was unable to carry his own cross all the way to the place where he would be executed. So another man, Simon of Cyrene, was pulled from the crowds and forced to carry Jesus' cross. Although we don't know much about Simon, there are hints that this event changed his life forever. In this sermon, we'll see what w…
As Easter approaches, there are times when we can falsely believe that Jesus is the only one who died on a cross. But Jesus was far from the only one to ever experienced this horrific form of execution. As Jesus hung on the cross, he actually had another person on each side of him. And, as we look at how these two criminals behaved during the hard…
Only hours before he will be arrested and put on trial, Jesus gathers together with his disciples to share a meal in a borrowed room. We can only imagine how much the events that would soon unfold weighed on Jesus' mind that night. But in spite of what he would soon face, Jesus remains more focused on his disciples than he is on himself. So what ca…
Holy Week is filled with some of the most significant events in the entire Bible. From Jesus' triumphal entry, to the last supper, to the crucifixion. But on Holy Tuesday, we read a story about Jesus picking fruit? Why is this story of Jesus and the fig tree included in the stories of Holy Week? And more importantly, what can it teach us about how…
On Holy Monday, Jesus enters the Temple in Jerusalem...and he's not real happy about what he sees when he gets there. In this week's sermon, we're going to discuss what was happening in the Temple, why it was happening, and what made Jesus so angry. We'll also see what we can learn from Jesus' anger to help us continue to follow God when we face di…
Holy week begins with Jesus entering into Jerusalem. But there is far more to the story than Jesus coming to town. Everything in this story is meant to show us who Jesus is: Jesus is our king. But Jesus isn't treated like a king for long. Five days later Jesus will be crucified. But in the story of his entry in Jerusalem, we're reminded that nothin…
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Heart of Worship | Changing Priorities
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When you realize that God is present in your life every moment of every day, you should enjoy praising God and celebrating what he is doing in your life. But real worship is about more than just having a big ole party for God. Real worship also requires us to change ourselves for the God who is present in our lives. So, in this sermon, we'll talk a…
Our God is the God who created the heavens and the earth and everything in them...but our God isn't just a big and awesome God. Our God is also a God that is present in our lives every moment of every day. So how do we respond to God's presence in our lives? We respond by praising God. And praising God is about more than just singing a song or two.…
We come together every Sunday to worship...but what does that mean? Is worship just about watching a video for 45 minutes on a Sunday morning, or is there something more to it? Of course, there is more to it. In worship, we get to encounter God. So, in this sermon, we'll be talking about who God is and we'll try to understand why we sometimes forg…
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Following the Way | Spending Your Free Time
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It's been reported that the average American has about 5 hours of free time each day. So, as followers of Jesus, it's important for us to have some guidelines on how God wants us to use that free time. In this week's service, we're talking about three guidelines that you can use to make sure you are following God with the way you spend your free ti…
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Following the Way | God & Finances
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Throughout this new year, we've been talking about how we can follow Jesus in every area of our lives. So, in this service, we'll be talking about how we can follow God with our finances. And we know that nobody really likes when a church talks about money. But we promise we won't be talking about money like a late-night televangelist. Instead, we …
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Following the Way | Being a Temple
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As we begin this new year, we want to help you follow the way of Jesus in every area of your life. And we tend to focus on three specific areas in our lives every new year. We focus on our health, our finances, and the way we spend our free time. This week, we'll be talking about how we can follow Jesus with our health and why God wants us to be a…
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Following the Way | First Thing First
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Every year about 60% of Americans make New Year's Resolutions. The majority of these resolutions have to do with our health, our finances, or the way we spend our free time. But no matter what you may resolve to do, your resolution becomes your top priority as the New Year begins. But there is only one thing that should be our top priority...and th…
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Christmas Isn't Cancelled | Keeping Christmas
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Throughout this Christmas season, we have reminded you that even though COVID-19 has changed the way we'll celebrate this year that Christmas isn't cancelled. But there is something that can cancel the good news of this season...and that's the way that we keep Christmas throughout the year. So now that December 25th has passed for another year, you…
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Christmas Eve | The Scandal of Christmas
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Christmas is a season of love. But we don't often stop to think about who it is that God truly loves. We only think about God loving people like us...but God loves everyone. God loves people we wouldn't invite to Christmas dinner or even send a Christmas card to. And God sent his son into this world to die for them. And that is the scandal of Chri…
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Christmas Isn't Cancelled | What Christmas Is About
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Throughout this season, we have reminded you that Christmas isn't about how we celebrate...it's about who we celebrate. So, to help us better understand who we celebrate at Christmas, we have been exploring the story of Jesus's birth. This week, we'll explore the story of the shepherds. And we'll see what the shepherds' involvement in this story te…
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Christmas Isn't Cancelled | The Purpose of Christmas
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When you were a kid you may have dreamed that you would grow up and become a firefighter, an astronaut, or a pilot. But for kids growing up in Israel 2,000 years ago, they would've dreamt of being the Messiah...and that includes Jesus's earthly father, Joseph. In this week's sermon, we'll see how Joseph's dreams helped him to realize who God is and…
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Christmas Isn't Cancelled | A Christmas Blessing
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We know that the way we celebrate Christmas is going to be different this year. But Christmas isn't really about how we celebrate...Christmas is about who we celebrate. So we're looking at different parts of the Christmas story to see what they can teach us about who Jesus is. This week, we'll be taking a closer look at Mary's part in the story and…
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Christmas Isn't Cancelled | A Normal Christmas
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Although it would've been nice to only worry about items on our Christmas list that were back-ordered on Amazon or how we could avoid Aunt Agnes's fruit cake...it's becoming clear that this Christmas isn't going to be normal. So can we actually celebrate Christmas if we can't get together with our family and friends? Well, we'll see throughout thi…
Thanksgiving is only a few days away. And most years that means that we are making plans to travel to see our family, or heading down to our basements to pull out our card tables and extra chairs...but 2020 is different. So what do we do when Thanksgiving is only a few days away and we don't feel like we have much to be thankful for?…
Every kid has something that they want for Christmas. It might be a toy or a video game, a new pair of shoes or some fancy jewelry...but every kid dreams of finding something under their tree on Christmas morning. But this dream doesn't come true for every kid. In this sermon, we'll talk about what our church is doing to make Christmas dreams come …
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The Red & The Blue | A More Perfect Union
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After Election Day every four years, members of the winning political party begin to celebrate while members of the losing party tend to freak out. But instead of celebrating a win or grieving a loss, the days following an election are the perfect time to think about the work that still needs to be done to create the more perfect union that our fou…
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The Red & The Blue | Thy Kingdom Come
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If you've ever tuned in to a Presidential Debate or watched a couple of hours of cable news, you've seen the way that our world does politics today. But, as followers of Jesus, we're not part of the kingdoms of this world...we're part of a different kind of kingdom. In this sermon, we'll be talking about what that kingdom is all about.…
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The Red & The Blue | Christians & Politics
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With the election less than a week away, many of us have had just about enough of politics for a while. That's because politics in America has become so partisan and so divisive. So how do we, as followers of Jesus, live out our faith in the face of the partisan political divide in our country? That's what we'll be talking about this Sunday.…
As we read the Bible, we are invited to be a part of God's story...but we don't always want other people to be involved in this story. So we write people off based on their covers. In this episode, we'll see how one of the most important stories in the New Testament would not have happened if God judged us by our covers.…
We all know that the Bible is important to us as followers of Jesus. But just because we know the Bible is important, that doesn't mean that we do a great job of actually reading it. So in this episode, we're going to give you three tips to help you read the Bible.
We have all heard the parable of the Prodigal Son...but even though we call this parable "The Prodigal Son" it isn't really about the son. This is a parable about the father and his mercy and love for all of his children. And that's the same way God feels about us.
The parable of the Good Samaritan might just be the most well-known parable that Jesus tells. But just because we've heard this parable before that doesn't mean we understand it. Because this parable isn't really about who your neighbor is...it's about so much more.
In the parable of the sower, Jesus tells the story of a farmer who scatters seed everywhere. So what can this parable teach us about who God is and how we should live? That's what we'll be exploring in worship.
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Life Lessons from Elijah | Hero or Villain
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There's no question that we're going through a difficult time right now. When we face difficult times we have the choice to focus only on ourselves or to help others make it through. God created us to be heroes and to help others...but how often do we end up being the villains and only focus on ourselves?…
Last week, as we explored the story of the showdown on Mt. Carmel, we were reminded that God is always with us. In this week's life lesson from Elijah, we'll see that God isn't just with us...God is also for us.
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Life Lessons from Elijah | Focused
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With everything that is happening in the world right now, it can be hard to see God at work in our world and in our lives. But in this week's service, we'll be reminded that God never abandons us...we just need to remember to focus on God.
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Life Lessons from Elijah | A Little Faith
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We're starting into a brand new series of sermons where we'll be learning life lessons from the prophet Elijah. And this week, we're going to see what Elijah, a widow, and a boxer can teach us about living through difficult times.
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Confessions of a Pastor | Pastoring in a Pandemic
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Over the last few weeks, our pastor has shared some of the lessons that he's learned over his 13 years in ministry. But this week, Adam will be talking about what it's been like to be a pastor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Confessions of a Pastor | Everybody Hurts
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We're continuing on in our "Confessions of a Pastor" sermon series. And for this week's confession, our pastor borrows a line from the old REM song to remind us that "everybody hurts".
It may not make sense mathematically but, after 13 years in ministry, our pastor has learned that one is greater than 99. In this week's sermon, he'll explain what that means.
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Confessions of a Pastor | Let Down
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A lot of us want to put our pastors on a pedestal. But no matter how great our pastors may be...they'll never be perfect. Our pastors will make mistakes and let you down. But in this week's sermon, we'll be reminded that our pastors aren't meant to be perfect, they're meant to point us to the one who is perfect.…
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Confessions of a Pastor | Looking Like a Duck
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On July 15th, our pastor celebrated his 13th anniversary of being a pastor...he's spent 8 1/2 of those years with us at Melbourne Heights. So, starting this Sunday, July 19, he's going to be reflecting on some of the lessons he's learned over the last thirteen years in a series called "Confessions of a Pastor." And his first confession has to do wi…
Over the last few weeks, we've been exploring what's next for our lives and our world as we continue to live through a worldwide pandemic. So this week, we're going to be thinking about what's next for the church. The truth is that church has changed a lot over the last few months, but this change has created new opportunities for our churches to r…
Over the last few months, we've all learned just how important it is to be connected with other people...but, at least for right now, we know that being connected with other people might spread a potentially deadly virus. So how are we supposed to interact with others as we enter our new normal? In this episode of our podcast, we'll explore how Jes…
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What's Next? | Asset Over Liability
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When our economy shutdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many of us realized how poorly we've managed our money in the past. So, as we continue to talk about how we can make our new normal better than our old normal, we'll have to decide what our relationship with money will be like in the future.…
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What's Next? | Opportunities Over Obstacles
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Right now, we are living through a time of unprecedented change...so we're all wondering what the future holds for us. But no one can tell us that because it's the choices that we will each make that will shape our new normal. In our time of worship this week, we'll be talking about one of these choices. And that choice is about the mindset that we…
There is no question that we are living in a new reality due to the coronavirus. But, as stay-at-home orders have been lifted and we start returning to the outside world, we all want to know what the future holds. In this week's sermon, we're starting a new series where we'll be talking about what's next for each of us and our world. And we'll be f…
The word "gospel" means good news. This week, we'll be digging deep into what the good news of Jesus is and we'll talk about how you can receive this good news for yourself.
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The Gospel | The Cosmic Scoreboard
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A lot of people think that all you have to do to get to heaven is to do more good things in your life than bad things. But that's not really how it works. There is no great cosmic scoreboard for your life...and the only thing that can save you is God's grace.
The first part of the Gospel, or the good news of Jesus, is that God loves you. But that's not all there is to the Gospel. In this episode of our sermon podcast, we're going to be talking about why God made you.
This week, we are starting into a new series where we'll be exploring the most basic aspect of our faith...and that's the gospel. So what is the gospel and how does it shape our relationship with God?
We're getting closer to seeing many businesses open up in the state of Kentucky, and that means that we won't be long before we're spending less time at home. But that doesn't mean we should be any less concerned with having healthy relationships with our families.
