Life brings with it challenges and struggles. Those challenges and struggles can cause us worry and anxiety which are really just other forms of fear. The encouragement that Jesus gave more than any other during his earthly ministry was "fear not." As followers of Jesus we should not allow fear to rule the day, but sometimes it seems that it is easier said than done. Join us as we explore God's word together to discover how we can become people who fear less.
On June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court in 5-4 decision ruled that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry and that a same-sex couple married in one state must be legally recognized as a married couple in every other state in the union. What did the highest court in our nation really do? What should we anticipate and even expect as a result of this decision? Where does this leave followers of Jesus and how should we respond?
Jesus changes stories. Each person's life is a story being written with each day that they live. In the pages of the Bible we discover that when Jesus steps into a life their story is forever changed. This series examines some of the life changed stories from the Bible and from folks in our Molokai Baptist Church family.
Teva Pou, part of the pastoral staff of the Mission on the North Shore of Oahu, shares this message on the heart of the pastor and his people from 2 Timothy 3.
Heaven is a place that most people believe in but talk very little about. As followers of Jesus we should be thinking about heaven much more often than we do. This message is one that challenges us to think more often of our future heavenly home and what some of the results that we can expect when we do.
Worry is just another form of fear. We're all are guilty of it on some level. Some are even habitual in it. But what do we do to overcome it? In this message we'll discover what Jesus taught about worry and take a look at how we can conquer the worries that control us.
Most churches are busy places. They provide multiple programs and activities. There are ministries that target the young, the old and the in-betweens. There are outreaches, in-reaches. There are churches that are traditional, those that are contemporary and others that bill themselves as unconventional. But if you could look at the basic essentials of the church what would they be? In our latest series we will be looking at the beginnings of the church to discover what the basic building blocks look like. Join us as we look at the church, plain and simple.
A New Year brings with it expectations. There are many things that you and I as followers of Jesus can expect in the New Year ahead. But there is an expectation that we should be ready and alert for at all times. Join us for this message of expectation and preparedness.
Prayer is a spiritual activity in which mere mortals seek to communicate with the God of the universe. People take their requests and hopes to God seeking His aid and favor. But how much do we really understand about prayer? For some it seems to be a powerful tool while for others it seems to be just another religious activity. Join us as we open God's Word each week and look deeper into the power and mystery of this vital link with God in our newest series, "iPray."
