Stoney Creek Baptist Church http://stoneycreekbaptist.com This past week we looked at Psalm 33 and our motivation for trusting Him! Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/082910_73.mp3 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/081510_72.mp3 In Psalm 13, we discover that even in the darkest moments of life, God is worth holding on to faithfully even when we don't feel or see Him. We can trust and have assurance that He knows what He's doing. Sun, 8 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/080810_71.mp3 Our psalm this morning touches the age old question as to the fairness of life. What a wonderful conclusion to the questions with which we struggle. Sun, 1 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/080110_68.mp3 As you study the Psalms, you see that they are not just haphazardly placed together. There is great design. The king is heading into battle and stops to pray. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/072510_67.mp3 David's new song is a song of deliverance. He describes what it's like to be delivered from a hopeless situation by a God with Whom nothing is hopeless. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/071810_66.mp3 This Psalm is pure worship and fittingly closes the Psalter. All of David's utterances find their consummation in praise. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/071110_65.mp3 In this first Psalm, we discover there are really only two roads in life and the choice is ours to decide what road we travel. The Psalmist then describes what is different between Life's Two Roads and urges us to walk the narrow way. Sun, 4 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/070410_64.mp3 One of the ways that we display to the world around us the gospel of Jesus Christ is through the unity of the church. Today's podcast will look at Paul's words to the church at Philippi and ask how we should then respond. Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/062710_63.mp3 Here is a portrait of fatherhood that is worth examining with some traits that are worth living out as fathers. Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/062010_62.mp3 Hear an update from the Missions Team to the Ukraine. There was not a sermon on Sunday, but a Family Chat. If you are part of our congregation and would like to hear it, please feel free to email us with your request at: office@stoneycreekbaptist.com. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/UkraineTalk_61.mp3 One of the great privileges we have as Christ-followers is to share our faith with others. It's not always easy, but important. Here are four observations from Acts 2. Sun, 6 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/060610_60.mp3 Dr. Barry Moore is a Canadian Evangelist who has ministered in over 100 countries in the world and has been translated into over 50 different languages and dialects. Barry addressed some of the largest crowds assembled for religious meetings and is used by God to lead literally thousands world-wide to faith in Christ. Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/052305_56.mp3 A wonderful message of hope was given by Jesus to His disciples. His words give us a promise for a great future in challenging days. Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/051610_55mp3 Two ways we can honour our mothers, grandmothers, and spiritual mothers. Sun, 9 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/050910_54.mp3 We know so well that the human heart cannot live comfortably with guilt. Guilt is the source of a multitude of maladies that can plague us. Sun, 2 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/050210_53.mp3 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/042510_52.mp3 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/041810_51.mp3 John 4:1-30 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/041110_50.mp3 Matthew 27:41-50 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/032810_48.mp3 Luke 12:13-21 One of the ways Jesus taught was through parables. In response to a question on greed He presents a magnificent one. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/032110_47.mp3 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/GO2010JoeBoot48_45.mp3 Guest Speaker: Charles McCordic, Director of Global Ministries at Heritage College & Seminary. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/030710_44.mp3 Passing the Torch has at its base the eternal God of the universe. Our God is awesome! The prophet Isaiah used the most majestic language in describing the magnitude of His being. Let's look at some of the facets of our great God: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/022810_43.mp3 As we bring our study of the book of Hebrews to a close, we end with a series of guidelines to help us in the applying of the truths we have learned to our individual lives. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/022110_42.mp3 Hebrews 11:1-40 Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/020710_41.mp3 Hebrews 10:1-39 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/013110_38.mp3 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/012410a_36.mp3 "In Hebrews 8 we have a synopsis of the new covenant. Since the new covenant is true Christianity, this passage, although not exhaustive, sums up the essence of what it means to be a Christian" (George Guthrie). This morning, as we work through Hebrews 8, it's my prayer that we will better understand what it means to be a Christian and appreciate all we have in Christ. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/011710_35.mp3 Hebrews 7:1-22 Click to read passage Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/011010_34.mp3 The people of God return from exile and are told to re-build the temple. So the work begins but is soon forgotten. They begin living in luxury, building their own paneled homes while the temple remains unfinished -- the temple that was their symbol of God's presence among them. This is where Haggai enters the picture. Sun, 3 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/010310_33.mp3 It had been 400 years since God had spoken - the time between the Old and New Testament. The silence was broken suddenly and dramatically. The angel to the shepherds just outside Bethlehem. There were three glorious freedoms that are seen in that message: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/122009_32.mp3 All too often, we try to fix the problems of the world with the wrong solution. The statement to Joseph is so dramatic and full of meaning. It addresses the greatest need of humanity. It gives hope to a world that wallows in hopelessness. It all hinges on Jesus, whose birth we celebrate at Christmas. Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/120609_31.mp3 Hebrews 6:13-20 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/112909_30.mp3 Hebrews 5 - 6:11 Richard Foster in his book "Celebration of Discipline" says, "Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people." Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/112109_28.mp3 Does history repeat itself? A Christian worldview could be described more as an unfolding story than a circle-of-life sort of philosophy. But that's not to say that we don't repeat mistakes! It has been said that one of the things we learn from history is that we don't learn from history. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/111509_27.mp3 One of the things that we can struggle with as we follow Jesus Christ is unbelief. The question is often raised, how does the message of the Bible have a relevance to my life today. Our study this morning addresses this. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/110809_26.mp3 Hebrews 2 The magnificent miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ is that God, the eternal creator and sustainer of the universe, became one of us in the person of Jesus Christ. In our study this morning we see four powerful reasons why Jesus Christ became a man. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/110109_25.mp3 Hebrews 1 Why is Hebrews such a significant book in the Bible? Reason #1 - No other NT epistle so clearly answers the "why" of the sacrifice of Christ and the redemption offered through His sacrifice." Reason #2 - It speaks to crucial needs felt by those under religious and cultural pressure to return to pre-conversion. Reason #3 - Hebrews still speaks today. Reason #4 - Makes the premise that Christ meets the needs of all people at all times. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/102509_24.mp3 John 7:53 - 8:11They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/101809_22.mp3 Psalm 67 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selahthat your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. SelahLet the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us.God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him! Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/101109_21.mp3 Matthew 16:13-26 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you." But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man."Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? Sun, 4 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/110409_20.mp3 Matthew 25:14-30 "For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/092709_19.mp3 Matthew 16:13-19 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/09209_18.mp3 Revelation 3:1-6, 14-21 "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars."'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation."'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/091309_16.mp3 Proverbs 14:20-21, 31 The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends. Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him. Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/080609_15.mp3 Proverbs 6:6-11 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://stoneycreekbaptist.comhttp://stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/083009_14.mp3 Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/082309_13.mp3 Proverbs 15:1-4 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/081609_12.mp3 Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. Sun, 9 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/080909_11.mp3 Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Sun, 2 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://stoneycreekbaptist.com/files/080209_10.mp3