Sermons by Mark Schollaert
WWJD
What Would Jesus Do? When I first heard that phrase it was on a short summer visit to the USA. Our family was living in Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil at the time and I had come to the States for a missions conference. The phrase was a call to Christians to consider what their Savior would do before they would speak or act in their current circumstances. It became a motto imprinted on billboards, t-shirts, and worn most popularly on wristbands. But…
Eureka! Found It
Eureka comes from the Greek heurēka meaning, “I have found”, and is attributed to Archimedes as his exclamation on discovering a method for determining the purity of gold. We can generally say its what one might say when you make a sudden realization! Today it names cities, a vacuum sweeper line, TV series, even a college in Illinois, among other things. Could the Gospel be the one thing that can produce the EUREKA moment for life! Sadly 94% of all the churches in America are losing ground in their…
Tailored 2 Fit Suitable
Today’s message is about being who God’s truly made us to be. The reason that is important is because those marked by God’s love are called to obey! The basis for discipleship is the death of Jesus for the world. Disciples die for family, friends and enemies equally as opportunity arises. Today our bottom line is…. “If you’ve been marked by God’s love, be who you are not what people expect”
Tailored 2 Fit Chic Love
What is Chic Love? Being an engaged part of a God designed local Body. Why is it important? It’s in being in my place that I find the why of my life and see the purpose of God realized – that the world will know that God sent Jesus and we’re as loved by God as Jesus is! In this message I hope to challenge you to engage with purpose and on purpose in your place in with His Body here at FBC.…
Tailored 2 Fit: New Threads
One of the most difficult truths to read in is that we’re a new creation in Christ. As we begin this new series we start there in this first of three talks. But this phrase, “in Christ,” holds several beautiful truths to encourage our hearts. That one belongs to Christ means that one lives in the sphere of Christ’s power, that one is united with Christ and now that one is part of the body of Christ, the believing community. I hope you’ll join us…
Intentional: Embracing the value of God’s Grace
Consider the place you find yourself in today is your pulpit. In our highly pressured life, common to all, God’s design is for us to embrace His Grace as revealed in Jesus Christ. Wherever you are, you’re in the best place to embrace grace.
FACES Strengthened like Steel
This is the final message this series. We tend to compare strength in terms of physical first. Often when we say we can’t, its because we think about supporting something in our own power. But today we want to consider strength from the perspective of being settled in our minds because of faith. Trusting God to do because we choose to believe He will! Because we accept that He is faithful to us and will be faithful to us.
FACES Encouraged not Egged
Egg on you face or being egged both produce undesirable sentiments that we’d all like to avoid. The the idea that we could be believing God for something that could leave us looking embarrassed or foolish often plagues us and hinders our obedience trust. For someone to persist with some sort of an argument or some sort of abuse after their initial attack wears us out and can cause us to wonder if God has abandoned us. But Hebrews 6:18 (NLT) says…
FACES Grace Cares For Everyone
We continue our talks on the FACE of Grace (Forgive Accept Care Encourage Strength) today its’ although Grace cares for everyone God has a special care designed for His sons and daughters. Some would say that He cares “much more” for those who have received His love through Jesus Christ. Is it an elite class or is it just simply dependent on one’s faith? And if its so, what would be the purpose of a group getting more care tan any other? Jesus did pray differently…
FACES: grace accepts them all
In part two we hear jokingly about “a face only a mother could love” or I’ve heard that a baby is “so ugly their cute”. The truth is that Grace Accepts Them All! This week’s talk is about how God’s Grace is inclusive, freely extended to everyone, but not at the cost of His character. Inclusion for God the Father meant Calvary for Jesus and a cross for each of us!