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3 weeks ago | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
While a student in Bible college, I was preaching at a little church in Altoona, Kansas. (I won’t blame you for not knowing where that is.) During Sunday school, there was a brief song service and time to share prayer requests. In addition to the planned hymn singing, each week there was an opportunity to request a hymn.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
”And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.”— Revelation 14:2-3It is safe to say that this scene is in the future, because of where we met the 144,000 the first time.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
This month at Community Christian Church, we began a sermon series called “Victorious!” that goes through the book of Revelation. As we dive in, there is a strange idea that often grows out of studying the book of Revelation that I want to clear up. OK, there are a lot of strange ideas that have come from students of Revelation! However, this one appears only three verses into the Revelation.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
Last month, we noticed some “Faith Supplements” that 2 Peter 1:5-7 lists that build upon our solid foundation in Christ. Rather than selling the quick fix of erasing a bad diet with just a scoop of powder, a pill, or gummy vitamin, Peter calls us to “make every effort” in this work. These faith supplements uproot what is ineffective or unfruitful in us. Last month, we talked about virtue, which is the first supplement listed.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
I know I should be eating more fruits and vegetables. But where’s the fun in that? And who wants to haul around sacks of oranges, elaborately construct tasty salads and make sure they’re consumed shortly after purchase? Even if heavily processed foods meet our needs of convenience and taste, we might still feel the void of their nutrient scarcity. Luckily, there’s a solution! Why eat fruits and vegetables in their natural form when we can take a supplement? That’s right.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
My parents made me memorize Ephesians 4:29 at a young age … for obvious reasons. “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”Words can never be unspoken. Like a rock through the perfect reflection of a silent pond, all that can be done is to look on as the ripples radiate from the point of impact. Un-throwing a rock is hard. Un-throwing a careless word is harder.
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May 30, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
I’ve been reflecting lately on the “face of God” described in scriptureSeeing the face of God is not about learning hair length, eye color or some other characteristic. The picture we get is not that type of description, but the kind of life that pleases God. “Seeing the face of God” is equated with His presence and His blessing (Numbers 6:25), and if He hides His face, there is ruin, or at least injustice (usually attached to people’s wickedness; Isaiah 57:17).
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
I recently read Dr. Henry Cloud’s book “Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken,” and it got my gears turning. To a large extent, it seemed that as I read I felt myself saying, “That’s what I’ve been trying to say,” as well as, “I’ve never thought about it quite that way (or that deeply).”Cloud highlights five essential elements of trust: (1) understanding. (2) motive. (3) ability. (4) character and (5) track record.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
I’ve had a lot of discussions about books, movies and bands. If I were more into art or philosophy or politics then the context would change, but I bet you would still hear the word “underrated” come up when someone speaks of their favorites (books, artists, politicians, etc.). Perhaps you haven’t heard of that movie, or perhaps you just haven’t heard enough about it. In the eyes of the one declaring it “underrated,” it has been unfairly sidelined even if it has had a moment to shine.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
metropolisplanet.com | Austin Scott |Austin Scott Preacher
New year. New hopes. New dreams. Resolutions. Goals. Plans. Priorities. There is something about hanging that new calendar or writing 2024 instead of 2023 that makes a difference to me. Something says this year can be better, even if last year was good. There is something in me that desires to make a New Year’s resolution or two. Something about this moment seems pivotal. Hope for the future puts away the regrets (maybe failed resolutions) of the past.
