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Join us for our Sunday Morning Worship Service! Freedom is a two-sided coin. On one side is the right to do whatever you want. On the other is the responsibility to deal with the consequences of your choices. We who trust in Jesus are free to live our lives as we see fit without punishment for sin hanging over us, but our choices still have consequences. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower finishes Colossians 2 with Paul's words on our freedom and some advice for exercising that freedom. The Gospel is this: I can't be good enough. He can be good enough in my place. He will be good enough if I recognize these things and ask Him to be good enough in my place. That's how we become followers of Jesus. But, it seems like we forget all of that as soon as we're in. We think that's enough to get us to Heaven and then move on to trying to be good enough once that's covered. In Colossians 2, Paul gives a very different perspective. He says that the Gospel isn't just our entry point, but our whole way of life. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower continues in Colossians 2 as Paul tells us to run the race the same way we started the race. What kind of church should we be? The Apostle Paul had a vision for what he wanted churches to be. He didn't talk about buildings, ministries, or size. Instead, he focused on four qualities he wanted them to pursue as their identity. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through Colossians 2 to show us the vision Paul had for our church. The apostle Paul was beaten several times, stoned almost to death, shipwrecked several times, bitten by a snake, spent the last several years of his life in jail, and was abandoned by his companions while he was in jail. Why did he keep going? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower looks how Paul used his purpose to keep going and how finding our purpose can keep us going, too. If you were writing a resumé for Jesus, what would you include? Would you talk about carpentry? Would you talk about miracles? When Paul wanted to tell the Colossians who Jesus was, he gave them a resumé, but what he included is not generally what we talk about. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower continues in Colossians 1 with Jesus' resumé. If you start in the wrong spot, even the simplest instructions won't get you where you need to be. The church at Colossae was struggling. Instead of correcting all of the mistakes they had made, the Apostle Paul went back to the starting place: Jesus. Specifically, who Jesus is and what He did. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through Colossians 1 to see what Jesus has done for us. It would be nice if there was a book of the Bible written directly to you. A letter from an Apostle that spoke directly to what you needed. There are a few people who got that privilege, but none of them are us. But, what if there was a book written to people who were very similar to us and who were in a similar situation to us? That would be almost as good, right? Paul writes a letter to a church that was from a different culture and time than we are, but was in a very similar situation to ours. This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through the beginning of the book of Colossians to see what Paul would say to us if he was writing a letter to Solid Rock. What would you have done if you were the first to look into the empty tomb? This week, Pastor Ben Hightower takes us through the final verses of Mark to ask us the same question that Mark wants us to ask ourselves: now that you've heard the story and seen the evidence, what will you decide? How will you live? What will your reaction be? |
Our PastorBen Hightower has been the Pastor of Solid Rock since December 2019. Before moving to NWA, Ben was a Youth Pastor in Malvern, Arkansas and a Church Planter in Fayetteville, Arkansas as well as Columbia, Missouri. Archives
November 2024
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