Hays Christian Church

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

In order to be like Jesus, do you know what it means to be poor in spirit? To kick off our new sermon series over the beatitudes, Pastor Kevin Daniels gives us some context and explains what the first beatitude (Mark 5:3) truly means.

How to Invest Your Life

This special message from Lakeview Christian Camp director Neil Stewart details the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) to illustrate how we can use what God has given us to further His Kingdom.

The Further Fall

In this message, the follow up to the message on Adam and Eve’s sin in Genesis 3, Pastor Kevin shares about how sin not only stayed in the world, but continued to spread. In Genesis 4 we read about the first murder, and the hope for humankind is left in the promise of Eve’s offspring.

Utopia

Pastor Kevin Daniels recounts the events in the Garden of Eden that lead to humanity's fall to sin. But just because sin is our nature, doesn't mean we are beyond redemption; we have Jesus!

Knowledge, Wisdom, and Action

In this message, Pastor Kevin Daniels quizzes us for knowledge and wisdom (the application of knowledge). Neither knowledge nor wisdom mean anything without the actions to apply them.

Contentment

In this message, Pastor Kevin Daniels talks about the importance of appreciating the blessings God has already given us rather than focusing on our material desires.

Mental Health

In the wake of Robin William's death, Pastor Kevin Daniels shares his own experiences with mental illness and offers 10 pieces of advice/encouragement.

Effective Personal Evangelism

Steve Tramel goes over the strengths and weaknesses of various  procedural approaches to evangelism, as well as  Paul's goal-oriented approach from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. Steve offers 10 specific suggestions that we can integrate into our own efforts to spread the Word.

Abram

In honor of his last Sunday with us, Stephen Mizell reminisces about his time with the church and identifies with Abram (Abraham) regarding God's plan.

You Know the Way

In this special passion-filled message from Mike Schrage, we learn that as Christians, we know the Way to our salvation. Mike reminds us what the Way  truly means.

REACH HAYS 2015

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin Daniels lays out the vision for REACH HAYS 2015. He talks about our destiny as a church and what steps we need to take to reach our full potential reaching the community of Hays with the gospel of Christ.

Faith on Film: Earth to Echo

Pastor Kevin Daniels introduces the theme's message for Vacation Bible School and emphasizes the importance of VBS. The Faith on Film for the week is "Earth to Echo".

Faith on Film: Transformers

For this week's "Faith on Film", Pastor Kevin Daniels brings up a transformation even better than Transformers: the transformation that occurs when we choose to follow Jesus.

More Than I Can Be

Betty Rupp bases her message on the video "You Raise Me Up" and offers personal and Biblical examples of ways God can "make us more than we can be". 

Faith on Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2

For the second Faith on Film message, Stephen draws from the movie "How to Train Your Dragon" to illustrate that God doesn't chose heroes on appearance, as we would. Instead, He looks into the heart, therefore, we shouldn't try to be who we aren't in order to live up to human expectations.

Faith on Film: Edge of Tomorrow

In Pastor Kevin's first Faith on Film sermon, he uses "Edge of Tomorrow"'s theme "Live. Die, Repeat." to illustrate that we only get one chance to live and our eternal fate is set in stone upon our death. Therefore, we must live on Earth in Faith in Christ so that we may live again, eternally with Him.

What Does It Take?

What does it take to be a successful preacher? Bruce Bellinger sees to answer this question from prayer to a good sermon, using the greatest Bible story ever: Between God and us is a canyon of death, but Jesus built the bridge on the cross so that we may cross over. 

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

In this message, Joanne Tramel honors Memorial Day with a history of the holiday and explains why it's important to mourn our losses. 

Why Jesus? Part 5

In Part 5 of the Why Jesus? series, Pastor Kevin talks about the greatest gift given to those who choose Jesus: the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives us peace, abilities, and guidance in order that we might bring glory to God. The gift of Jesus was given by the Father and the gift of the Spirit was given by Jesus, all so that we might point people back to God.

Why Jesus? Part 4

In part 4 of “Why Jesus?” Pastor Kevin investigates the claims other religions have about Jesus. Who do other say Jesus truly is? By realizing that even other religions must acknowledge Jesus and his influence on the world, we can come to see that Jesus’ claims about himself are eternally significant. We can’t simply choose to ignore Jesus and his claims.

Why Jesus? Part 3

In part three of the series, “Why Jesus?” Pastor Kevin examines the Scriptures to determine who Jesus believed himself to be. Did Jesus truly claim to be God in the flesh? What about the early Christians? Did they teach that Jesus was the Christ, Son of the Living God? Finally, What implications do these teachings have on us today?

Why Jesus? Part 2

In Part 2 of the series “Why Jesus?” Pastor Kevin explores the historical, archeological, and medical evidence to support some of the claims of Christianity, including the reliability of the Bible, the probability of someone fulfilling all of the Messianic prophecies as Jesus did, and the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. For more information regarding some of this material, look at The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel, one of the main sources for this sermon.

Why Jesus? Part 1

In part one of the Series, "Why Jesus?" Pastor Kevin explores what Jesus offers each one of us versus what the world has to offer. The world says that happiness is the number one goal and offers many ways to supposedly find it. Jesus offers contentment, freedom from worry, and an eternal family filled with love. Which will you choose?

The Blame Game

Stephen Mizell uses the story of Job to illustrate that all blame eventually leads to God, but we don't know His Plan or motives. Therefore, it would be better to leave blame out of the equation.

Passion, Emotion, and Purpose: the Apostle Peter

In this message, Pastor Kevin Daniels explores what it means to be a passionate person and leader. He shares examples of his own life, as a person with bipolar disorder, and from the life of the Apostle Peter. Through these examples, he shows us that God designed each of us with a particular temperament, and all of us have the power to do amazing things for the kingdom of God. This is part one in the series spotlighting Jesus’ Apostles.

Douglas Talks with Stephen Mizell

 Douglas from Douglas Talks and Stephen Mizell talk about what it means to let your light shine for Jesus. 

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