Pastor Randy Norris speaks to the compelling need to step up to the plate and be the influencer we need to be to those around us. As he explains in this final message of his Big Deal series, each of us are influencing someone–perhaps several. The question is, are we influencing them positively or negatively? Jesus was the ultimate influencer. And ultimately we should strive to be like Him.
Seems fewer and fewer of us like being alone and quiet. Think over your day yesterday. How much time did you sit or drive or walk in silence? How much of your day included a radio or CD or TV playing? Pastor Randy Norris challenges us to follow Jesus’ consistent example and make time to be alone with God. In fact, Randy dares to assert that a quiet time with God, reading His Word and listening, is actually the most big deal of all we can do in our Christian lives…
Church-going just isn’t what it used to be. A hundred years most everybody went to church on Sundays. Now days, only a few measly percentage points of people in the US attend a church on any regular basis. Even fewer of us have committed ourselves to one particular local church family. Pastor Randy Norris hits this reality head on and gives strong evidence as to why gathering with the church is still the best Sunday (and through the week) thing to do!
Baptism has been a common practice of both the catholic church and the protestant church for centuries. Baptism is a big deal, Pastor Randy Norris explains, because Jesus himself was baptized. In this message, Randy compares baptism to wearing our wedding ring to show we are married. He challenges all believers and followers of Jesus Christ to follow Christ’s example and be baptized to declare to the world that our heart belongs to Him.
Why do Christians make such a big deal about Easter? Why is this holiday, in fact, the most important single event on the Christian’s calendar? Pastor Randy Norris, in his creative, humorous and powerful way, explains that without Easter there would be no Christian religion. Had Jesus not done that one act that no other person has ever done — conquer his very own death and rise again — our faith would be in yet another dead prophet in the grave. Jesus proved he was more than a good teacher. He was and is the Son of God and the Savior of man. Now that’s a big deal…
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