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The Price Tags of Life
Ocean Lakes Church Service - July 07, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutesEven though Independence Day is now past, we are continuing to celebrate today with another patriotic service. It has been said that with freedom comes a price to be paid. Therefore today's sermon is entitled, "The Price Tags of Life." The scriptural basis for the message is Galatians, ...
One Nation Under God
Ocean Lakes Church Service - June 30, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutesOn this Sunday before we celebrate once again our nation's independence, our thoughts all seem to gravitate toward patriotism. This is surely a subject which should not be confined just to one or two Sundays in a year, but we all should give thanks to God for blessing our nation as He h...
The Badge of a Christian
Ocean Lakes Church Service - June 23, 2024 13:00 - 13 minutesIf you've ever gone to a meeting where there are lots of people, and most of them do not know each other's name, the organizers sometimes help with this problem by supplying name tags or badges for everyone to wear. Did you know that every Christian wears a badge? Of course, this is not...
Beatitudes for Fatherhood
Ocean Lakes Church Service - June 16, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutesThere are 150 psalms in the Bible, and each one has its own special help for those who read. Today we begin at the beginning - - Psalm 1. No, we won't go through all 150 psalms in this message, but this first psalm has been called "a recipe for happiness." The psalm begins with the word...
A Log in Your Eye
Ocean Lakes Church Service - June 09, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutesIf you've ever had the painful experience of being outdoors on a windy day and having a speck of dust blow into your eye, you know that this will occupy your undivided attention until it is removed. But what if it is more than just a small speck? Jesus talked about this one day, and wha...
The Balanced Life
Ocean Lakes Church Service - June 02, 2024 13:00 - 19 minutesHave you ever had the horrible experience of driving your car and hearing a thumping sound coming from somewhere underneath, only to learn later that your tires were out of balance? Yes, balance is very important in any areas of our lives. In the 10th chapter of Revelation, there is a v...
The Bigger They Come
Ocean Lakes Church Service - May 26, 2024 13:00 - 19 minutesHave you ever heard the phrase, "having an Achilles heel?" The sermon this morning begins with this story from Greek mythology, and then we move quickly to the Bible to look at two men who had their own "Achilles heel." They are Samson and Simon Peter. Is there a lesson for us from thes...
A Blind Man Healed
Ocean Lakes Church Service - May 19, 2024 13:00 - 19 minutesHave you ever thought about the question: which of your five physical senses would you give up if you had to surrender one of them? Would it be your sense of taste, touch, smell, hearing, or seeing? Most of us would probably have trouble making that choice. The message today is about a ...
"Pages From the Life of Mary"
Ocean Lakes Church Service - May 12, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutesWe welcome you this morning to our Sunday worship service from Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, SC. And a Happy Mother's Day to all of you who are mothers. May this be a special and a good day for you. This morning our service is not intended to be just a nostalgic reflect...
Ashamed of Christ?
Ocean Lakes Church Service - May 05, 2024 13:00 - 19 minutesImagine something with me for a moment. Suppose you were to be arrested and forced to make a statement that you are a Christian, or you are not a Christian, what would your answer be? And let's suppose further that if you said you are a Christian, you would be executed on the spot, woul...
In Times Like These
Ocean Lakes Church Service - April 28, 2024 13:00 - 14 minutesThere is an old gospel song that we sometimes sing, the words of which go like this: "In times like these, you need a Savior; in times like these, you need an Anchor; be very sure - - be very sure your anchor holds, and grips the Solid Rock." Anybody with even a slight awareness of worl...
In Time of Trouble
Ocean Lakes Church Service - April 21, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutesIn the 50th Psalm, the author speaks the word of God when he says, "Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee." Another translation gives that same verse in these words: "Pray to me in time of trouble; I will rescue you." (CEV) Wow! Doesn't that apply to us all? We all hav...
The Impossibility of Neutrality
Ocean Lakes Church Service - April 14, 2024 13:00 - 18 minutesWe welcome you this morning to our Sunday worship service from Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, SC. Some of the most interesting and fascinating Bible stories are often hidden away in books or chapters that we often overlook. This is the case with Amaziah, whose story is ...
Jesus and the Way
Ocean Lakes Church Service - April 07, 2024 13:00 - 14 minutesWe welcome you this morning to our Sunday worship service from Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, SC. Now that the celebration of Easter is gone (although Christians celebrate the resurrection EVERY Sunday), let's turn our attention to a follow-up of last Sunday. Those earl...
Resurrection: Fact or Fiction?
Ocean Lakes Church Service - March 31, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutesAnd a Happy Easter Sunday to you! Easter has arrived early this year, and the calendar says that Spring is already here also. On this Easter Sunday, I would like you to think with me about a subject which some people have wondered about for many years. Today we are celebrating the resur...
The Meaning of the Cross
Ocean Lakes Church Service - March 24, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutesLast Sunday in the morning message, the attempt was made to answer the question, *What Is the Cross?" We must admit that there is absolutely no way in which any person can fully understand or try to explain what the cross of Jesus means. So this morning we are going to try again to appr...
What Is the Cross?
Ocean Lakes Church Service - March 17, 2024 13:00 - 17 minutesHave you ever noticed on TV or some other media outlet how many of the people you see are wearing a cross? That caught my attention recently when I was watching a program which was primarily political in nature. Why do people wear a cross? Is it to identify with the Christian faith, or ...
Jesus is Lord
Ocean Lakes Church Service - March 10, 2024 13:00 - 16 minutesValentine's Day is past for this year, along with all the sweet expressions of love found on cards and other places. If I were to ask you what three little words were most often found on greeting cards, whether it is for Valentine's Day or for some other special occasion, what would tho...
Majoring on Minors
Ocean Lakes Church Service - March 03, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutesEverybody knows that we are all here on this earth for only a limited time; we are not here to stay. We will all eventually die, unless the Lord comes back first. Well, suppose you knew that your time would be up in about one week. What message would you want to leave behind for your lo...
Profession or Practice?
Ocean Lakes Church Service - February 25, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutesThe sermon this morning begins with some well-known words from the poet, Edgar Guest: "I'd rather see a sermon than to hear one any day ..." Surely we all would agree with those sentiments, even the greatest preacher would have to say "Amen" to that also. But where do we go to SEE a s...
What is "Love"?
Ocean Lakes Church Service - February 18, 2024 14:00 - 24 minutesToday we are blessed again to have a guest minister to bring the sermon. He is Rev. Rich McLawhorn, who, along with his wife, Jody, are regular attenders at our worship services each week here at Ocean Lakes. Last Sunday Rev. McLawhorn clarified many false ideas being discussed in our d...
Two Pictures and One Message
Ocean Lakes Church Service - February 11, 2024 14:00 - 23 minutesToday we have a special treat in store for us. We are blessed to have a guest minister to bring the sermon this morning. He is Rev. Rich McLawhorn, who, along with his wife, Jody, are regular attenders at our worship services each week. Rev. McLawhorn has been very active throughout his...
Justification by Faith
Ocean Lakes Church Service - February 04, 2024 14:00 - 18 minutesFor the past several Sundays we have been thinking together on some of the basics of our Christian faith. We have explored the meaning of that big word, "Regeneration," or as Jesus told Nicodemus, "You must be born from above" - a new kind of birth. Then we asked the question, "How Can ...
Monday Morning Christianity
Ocean Lakes Church Service - January 28, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutesHave you ever known a person who, to all outward appearances, was a fine, upstanding, wonderful Christian, as you observed that person in church on Sundays? All is well when you see how loving, kind, and active that one is, but when you have some dealings with that person during the wee...
How Can I Be Sure I Am a Christian
Ocean Lakes Church Service - January 21, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutesIf you were to walk down the street and ask the average person, "Do you think you'll go to heaven when you die?" you might get a variety of answers. But suppose you were in a church somewhere and you asked someone, "How can you be sure you are a Christian? You might get an equal mixture...
Regeneration
Ocean Lakes Church Service - January 14, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutesThe title of today's message is "Regeneration." You may be quick to ask, "What could be more boring, less interesting, than a subject like that?" This word is one that preachers sometimes throw around in sermons, and it sounds very intelligent, scholarly, and very theological - - but wh...
Christmas Gifts
Ocean Lakes Church Service - January 07, 2024 14:00 - 6 minutesAs we think about the subject for today, looking back at this past Christmas, I want ask two questions: What did you GET for Christmas? The second question is "What did you GIVE someone for Christmas?" We often think of gifts we have received, but what about what we have given? Jesus sa...
Wise Men and Shepherds
Ocean Lakes Church Service - December 31, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutesWe welcome you to our worship service today from Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C. On this final Sunday in the year 2023, we look backward over the events of the Christmas celebration and take one look at two groups of people who are important for us before we close th...
Ready for Christmas?
Ocean Lakes Church Service - December 24, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutesCan we believe that Christmas for another year has already arrived? Tomorrow is that special day when we celebrate the birth of our Savior. Are we ready for this? That's the subject of today's message, and the implication is that being ready means much more than is ordinarily thought o...
The Holy Child of Bethlehem
Ocean Lakes Church Service - December 17, 2023 14:00 - 18 minutesFor the past two Sundays, we have been thinking about two people who were very important parts of the Christmas story: Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph, the earthly father. Today our subject is "The Holy Child of Bethlehem" and this is the central person in the entire story. Our sc...
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