Josh Lockhart continues our monthly series through Titus by preaching on the necessity and nature of biblical eldership.

There are many bad ideas on what success means for Christian life and Christian ministry. In 1 Timothy we see that success for the church and for the Chrsitian is the pursuit of faithfulness in all that we believe and practice. In other words, the way we achieve success is through the pursuit of Chrsitian-faithfulness.

Every member ministry is a divine calling on the life of every Christian to be deeply committed to and invested in disciplining and ministering to their own local church. This is made possible because Christ when ascended into Heaven, he gave the church leaders gifted in the ministry of the word, and these leaders equip the saints for ministry. As every member ministers in the context of the local church, the whole body grows into greater and greater maturity and the glory of Christ fills the earth.

Dr. Robert Miller serves as the Director of Regional Ministries for the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention and has been a big supporter and resource for WCC over the past four years.

These last days are promised to be difficult days. If the church is going to persevere through them, we need to understand the nature of our difficulty, respond with decisive action, and hope in the promises of God.

We conclude our Proverbs series by considering the exemplary life of the Proverbs 31 woman. In her life, we find the culmination of wisdom. We see this expressed in three specific ways: 1) she is diligent, 2) she is dignified, and 3) she is praised. And we are challenged to respond by: 1) trusting in the wisdom of Christ and 2) praising the wisdom of his church.

Fearing the LORD is the beginning and end of all wisdom. In this sermon, we consider three attributes of God from Proverbs that will help deepen our fear of God: 1) the LORD is Sovereign, 2) The LORD is Righteous, and 3) the LORD is Gracious. We also are challenged to make three resolutions in light of our desire to grow in fearing and knowing God: 1) resolve to worship with our church weekly 2) resolve to be in the bible and prayer daily, 3) resolve to fill our mind with thoughts of God moment by moment.

Faithful-friends are an essential part of thriving in God's world. God has called every person to build and cultivate faithful-friendships. In this sermon we consider three reasons why we should do this: 1) Faithful-friends will come alongside you, 2) Faithful-friends will challenge you, and 3) Faithful-friends will comfort you. We can help build these kinds of friendships by being: 1) intentional, 2) hospitable, 3) other-centered, 4) diverse, 5) realistic, 6) patient, and 7) hopeful.

We continue our series in Proverbs by considering the theme of counsel or advice. We will never flourish in God's world under God's rule if we neglect wise counsel in our life. In this sermon we consider four qualities for wise counsel: 1) wise counsel vanishes in isolation, 2) wise counsel flourishes in community, 3) wise counsel engages the heart, and 4) wise counsel flows from God's word.

Pastor Van Michael from Kihei Baptist Chapel preaches on the ultimate meaning of life from Philippians 1.21: to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Conflict is unavoidable and God has called the church to be a people who walk wisely through conflict. If we're going to do that there are four postures to avoid: 1) A greedy-heart, 2) a slanderous-heart, 3) a scoffing-heart, and 4) a contentious-heart. We also find two practices to apply: 1) we need to stay out of unnecessary conflict and 2) we need to proceed slowly of necessary conflict.

Proverbs teaches us that the hearts of fools are ruled by anger. We can find at least four traits of the fool's anger: 1) it's easily-kindled, 2) it's unrestrained, 3) it's ensnaring, 4) it's punished. However, Christians need to be people who deal wisely with anger with three simple practices: 1) repenting of anger, 2) being slow to anger, and 3) waiting on the Lord's anger.

We live in uncertain times and one thing we need more than even is peace that surpasses our circumstances. Dr. Robert Miller (Director of Regional Ministry for the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention) shows us three choices Christians can make to enter into God's peace: 1) we can choose to rejoice, 2) we can choose to think wholesome thoughts, and 3) we can choose to practice contentment.

Today was our commissioning service for Pastor Jay. We are sending him to be the next lead pastor at our partner church, Kahului Baptist. In a charge to Pastor Jay, we considered Four Qualities of God's Care for his Church: 1) God Provides, 2) God Protects, 3) God Preserves, 4) God Prizes. Faithful pastors must be comforted and shaped by the care of God for the church.

Pastor Jay preaches his final sermon as a WCC Pastor before being sent to become the Lead Pastor at Kahului Baptist Church. In Acts 20, we see that God has generously provided everything the church needs to continue in gospel faithfulness.

God's purpose for families is to create multi-generational wisdom that flourishes in God's world, under God's rule. There are two essential requirements for wise families: 1) parents must discipline their children, and 2) children must honor their parents.

There are many perspectives on the family (marriage and parenting) in our culture. As we continue our series through Proverbs, we consider God's wisdom for the family. In Proverbs we find that God's purpose is that families create multi-generational wisdom that flourishes in God's world, under God's rule. If we're going to do that, the church must pursue and foster wise marriages.

In this sermon, we consider the theme of generosity and stinginess. In Proverbs there are two ways we see the wisdom of generosity: 1) The generous are sincere and selfless, 2) The generous are blessed and well-cared for. And if we're going to flourish in God's world, under God's rule we must practice generosity.

This world is full of suffering and sorrow and there are all kinds of false hopes and lesser joys that will continually let us down.

But the hope of the Christian is unshakable unending joy in God. And if Christians are going to live wisely in God’s world under God’s rule, our hearts must be anchored in that joy.

In this sermon Pastor Rocky shows us two truths from Proverbs 17.22 that will help us to do this: 1) The Danger of a Crushed Spirit and 2) The Deliverance of a Joyful Heart.

Pastor Jay shows us from Philippians 2 how Paul's connections with the people in Philippi serve as an example for us to build strong community that results in unity.