Each and every one of us was made for God’s mission. We see this mission clearly in the life, death, and new life of Jesus Christ. We believe that at Highland you can find your place in God’s mission. This podcast includes sermons from Preaching Minister, Eric Gentry, and also includes select Wednesday Night Classes and Special Events.
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Weekly sermons and sermon series exploring faith in Jesus Christ for those seeking a personal relationship with God. Please email us at info@familybc.org to let us know how we are doing and if our message has helped you with your faith in Jesus.
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A Conversation About Discipleship: Eric Gentry, Ted Crigler, Emily Cochran, and Donnie Stover
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Eric is joined by our Youth Ministers, Ted Crigler, Emily Cochran, and Donnie Stover, to talk about the importance of discipleship. Our vision at Highland is to Build Up The Next Generation and walking along teenagers is a big part of that. In this lesson you will hear some examples and influences in the lives of our youth ministers.…
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The Kingdom of Heaven: Against the World
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Elder Affirmation Sunday 2024_ Eric Gentry
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Today, we are finishing the Elder Selection Process that has lasted a year. We will be Installing new Elders, renewing returning Elders, and saying thank you to retiring Elders. God knows we need Shepherds. Today we will look at what we need from our good Shepherds.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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The Kingdom of Heaven: Good News
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Family Discipleship_ Eric Gentry
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Today’s lesson comes from Deuteronomy 6:4-9. This is arguably the most important passage in the whole OT and it is about discipleship. Specifically, family discipleship. Its been called “the Great Commission b4 the Great Commission”. When it comes to forming our children into disciples of Christ, this passage lays out the steps to take.…
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In God's Image and Likeness: Genesis 1:1-28_ Josh Jackson
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Today our lesson comes from Josh Jackson. Josh is the lead preacher at Rural Hills Church of Christ in middle Tennessee. Josh gives us a challenging message to give our lives order instead of balance. When we place things in the right order, we are doing things in the likeness of God.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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Washed: Baptism Part 3 (Easter Sunday)_ Eric Gentry
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Does Life feels like a hamster wheel? A never ending circle. Harder you try, the faster you spin, but you don’t get anywhere. Problems don’t get actually get fixed, they just get band-aided, and eventually they turn into problems again. Is there another life? Through the resurrection of Jesus we do find another life, that allows us to live a differ…
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Washed: Baptism Part 2_ Eric Gentry
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There’s been times in CoC history where we thought we were the only ones who understood baptism right, and so, our baptism was the only one that counted. That is not us. Eric explains that we agree with many others on these three things. 1. Jesus Saves Me2. I Need to be Baptized 3.My Perfect Understanding of Baptism is NOT what Saves Me. Our lesson…
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Washed: Baptism Part 1_ Eric Gentry
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Today's lesson is the first part in a series about baptism. There is a fundamental misunderstanding of the Gospel, and how baptism fits into it. We can’t know enough. We can’t be good enough. But we can be saved. By Him. Baptism is something Jesus does to us, a washing of rebirth and renewal he pours out on us. Not something I do.…
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None of us are promised tomorrow. Each day is a gift. In our lesson today, Highland teen leader, Dagan Hatcher shares a message of the importance of not delaying focusing on your relationship with God.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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What God Has Promised: A Focus on Communion_ David Jackson
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Part of our time of worship each week is dedicated to taking the Lord's Supper, or Communion, together. This week Highland Elder, David Jackson, led us in a longer time devoted to reflecting on Christ's sacrifice on the cross to die for our sins.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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Building Blocks: Make_ Eric Gentry
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What do Christians do? They make disciples. In this series we have been talking about things that Christians do when they give their life to Jesus. This last lesson of the series focuses on what Jesus commands us to do in Matthew 28:18-20- "go and make disciples".על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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The Real Jesus: Sins Sinners and Sacred Meals
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The Real Jesus: Encountering Jesus
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Building Blocks: Serve_ Eric Gentry
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What do Christians do? They Serve. We get this directly from Jesus. Jesus doesn’t just say this to us. He lives it. Every person he comes across, he stops to receive. To help. To serve. When he’s touched, he doesn’t recoil. When there is a need, he never turns away. The Son of Man—above all others—somehow puts everybody else above himself.…
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Building Blocks: Turn_ Eric Gentry
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Turning is an essential Building Block. By “Turning”—we mean repent. Turning from Sin, and to God. Today we look at what that means in a very practical sense and how we can set up some ways to fight sin daily.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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We think we can do things on our own, but that’s not God’s design. His design for His people has always been to form the church. In todays lesson Eric explains why we should go to church and be part of the Church. You need it. Every Christian does. This is what Paul is talking about when he talks about the body. Different parts, hands, feet, eyes, …
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Building Blocks: Give_ Eric Gentry
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What do Christians do? We Give. In fact, the early Christians gave so much that they had joy in poverty. In crisis they gave even beyond what they were able to. And nobody made them, it was on their own. They said it was a privilege. In today's lesson we look at why Christians give generously and what the Bible tells us about the way we use our mon…
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Building Blocks: Worship_ Eric Gentry
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What do Christians do? We worship. Worship is a matter of the heart. There are lots of ways we express our worship, but today's lesson Eric talks about worship through singing.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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Vision 2024: Don't Make More Money in 2024
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Building Blocks: Dwell_ Eric Gentry
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Our lesson today comes from Colossians 3:16- “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly”. What would life be like if you didn’t have the Bible? Not just your Bible. Really makes you wonder—what do I get from or have in the Bible, I don’t get anywhere else. How does God’s word dwell in us richly? By reading daily and reading deeply.…
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Vision 2024: You Can Start Over in 2024
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על ידי Mike Dumstorff
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Building Blocks: Prayer_ Eric Gentry
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At the beginning of this year we are talking about the idea of a worthy life—in balance with the good news of our King/Savior Jesus. This series is going to explain the actions we do, as Christians to live a worthy and life and produce fruit for the Kingdom of God. Today's lesson is about prayer and how it can unlock deep meaning and empower a life…
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Vision 2024: Dont Lose Weight in 2024
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A Life Worthy of The Lord_ Eric Gentry
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What are you thinking about right now, as we head into the New Year? Resolutions about your life. What do we aim for? Scripture tackles this head on. It doesn’t shy from the real questions we are asking. Today we will look at Colossians 1:9-14. Through this passage we might think about our own lives as we head into the new year and ask this questio…
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Free Holiday Shipping: Born Again
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Thrill of Hope: His Initiative, My Choice_ Eric Gentry
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Today's passage is from Luke 1:26-38. Jesus is not the result of our effort, strength, labor or worth. He is the Father’s choice. The product of the Father’s initiative. He’s the fruit of Father’s loving favor for those who could not ever free themselves. The light of Jesus comes to us in the darkness. This is what our Father chooses. And this mess…
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Thrill of Hope: My Humility, His Supremacy_ Eric Gentry
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John 1:6-8, 19-27. This is the assigned Advent reading for today. Advent is preparation for Christmas—the coming of Jesus Christ. Admittedly a bit confusing that a Sunday dedicated to preparing us for Jesus directs us to a story about John the Baptist. This passage tells us more about who John isn’t than who he is. It’s John’s list of all the thing…
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Free Holiday Shipping: For the Next Generation
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Thrill Of Hope: God Is Patient_ Eric Gentry
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Advent is a time to think about what’s coming, and what it means to wait. The way that advent does this, is it makes us look two directions at the same time. Backwards and Forwards. At Advent we remember what it was like for God’s people to wait for Jesus for thousands of years. From the beginning, they waited for the coming, conquering son. Advent…
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Free Holiday Shipping: Friends and Family Plan/Be Careful
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Ready: Open Hearts _ Eric Gentry
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Today we finish our Acts Series in Acts 28. This passage makes us ask the question- Is my heart right with God? That’s THE question Acts ends with. As we end Acts, the story of Jesus has been told again and again and heard again and again (much like it is at Christmas time!). And Acts ends by acknowledging—for some that story never makes it to the …
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Ask Deeper Questions: John 21:1-22_ Smith Hopkins
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Smith Hopkins from the Oikos Church in East Memphis joins us today to discuss one of the most powerful tools for God's transformation...asking deeper questions. The life and ministry of Jesus was filled with questions. We will look through Scripture and see how Jesus used questions to change the destiny of others.…
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Free Holiday Shipping: Give Honor
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Life-Giving Sunday: An Eternal Future_ Eric Gentry
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Why missions? Why plant more gospel churches in more places for more people? Paul had a grasp on this reason. He saw it as the reason for his whole life, and it shows up repeatedly again and again at the end of Acts during Paul’s trials— “the resurrection of the dead”. We look at Acts 23-26 for our lesson today as we think about our Outreach Contri…
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Free Holiday Shipping: Breaking Bread
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Ready: Your Labor is Not in Vain_ Eric Gentry
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Today's lesson comes from Acts 23. Paul is in prison. And if that weren't bad enough, there were 40 men waiting to kill him when he would be released. Sounds like the odds were stacked against him. But God doesn't allow his will to not be done in Paul's story. He wants Paul and us to be courageous in every situation.…
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Learning From Jesus: As One Has Authority
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Learning From Jesus: The Narrow Road
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Ready: Your Will Be Done_ Eric Gentry
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Todays lesson is from Acts 21:12-14 and it is a story about sacrificing our own desires and comforts for God’s plan. Paul is heading towards Jerusalem (and ultimately to Rome). All of his friends are trying to stop him. Agabus comes to Caesarea and tells Paul that he will suffer so he should stay with them instead. But Paul is ready to do the Lord’…
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Ready: The Good News of Grace_ Eric Gentry
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Paul says the essence of the good news about Jesus is God’s grace. And this grace has the power to change us. So, if I’m to understand the good news of Jesus, and if I am to be changed by it I must ask: What is this grace, and how does grace work?על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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The Power: Idol Power_ Eric Gentry
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Acts 19 is 6 Stories about 1 thing- power. Here’s what at stake here in chapter 19- REAL POWER vs IDOL POWER. Paul is able “to see” the idols of the world around him. We must see them also.על ידי Highland Church Podcast
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Learning From Jesus: The Reciprocal Kingdom
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