It has been a week since we celebrated my dad’s home-going, Alex Clamp.  Nearly 650 individuals packed our church and paid tribute to a fine man and a Wonderful Maker.  You do not have the ability to choose your father.  I am so thankful to the Lord that he blessed my brothers and I with such a great man.  He held no degrees, but he was wise beyond reason.  There were plenty of people that made more money than he did, but not too many that gave as much away.  This is the audio of the funeral.  What better tribute can a father have than his 5 sons speaking on his behalf with clarity and conviction.  We hold 9 degrees among us, we are all strong family men, and we follow Jesus.  To a father, that is worth more than silver and gold.  Take the time to listen to the words of my brother and I.  Hopefully it will touch you as much as this great man touched us.  We miss you Daddy.

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Mission Trips are life changing.  The first one I went on was when I was in college at Clemson University.  The fellowship of Christian Athletes went to Kentucky to help work on houses.  The entire week we were focused on serving people, looking for ways that we could partner with God, expecting God to do something, and sharing our faith when we had hte chance.  Here is my question:  Why can’t that happen everyday?  Why can’t life be a trip?  The first sermon of this series is focused on the call of Abraham.  God called him to A.  Rise from his Recliner and B.  Be a Blessing.  Join with us for the next 40 days in praying one prayer all day long, “God, show me someone I can be a blessing to today.”  I promise he will answer that prayer, will you answer the call?

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We are in a war.  It is not a war against flesh and blood but against the powers of the dark forces of the heavenly realms.  In Ephesians 6 God gives us everything we need to fight the battle and to be the finished work of art that he is painting.  What piece is missing from your life.

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The Resurrection changes everything.  Before the resurrection Jesus was simply a prophet/teacher/miracle worker/potential crazy man.  After the resurrection he becomes who he said he was, “God in the flesh.”  The resurrection proves that Jesus is who he said he was, our penalty of sin has been satisfied, and that death has been defeated.  Has the resurrection changed you.  This sermon looks at 1 Corinthians 15 and the implications that come from the resurrection.

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The Motion Picture industry had been one of the single most influential art medium in the history of art.  Where art used to be a reflection of reality, culture now reflects the art of motion pictures.  In other words, we are influenced and changed by motion pictures.  In Ephesians 5:21-6:9 we see the importance of our lifestyle in the home and in the work place.

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Photography brought reality to the masses.  Up to this point, art was simply an interpretation of reality.  But photography brought actual images to the masses.  It had the power of stirring emotions, and also changed the minds of individuals about the horrors of war especially the Civil War.  Matthew Brady’s photographs revealed the horrors of the war to the public.  In this message, Ephesians 5:1-20 is studied.  We are created in his image.  Our lives can be like that of film.  Light burns into the film and creates a negative.  A chemical reaction occurs which transforms the film.  When we confess Christ as Lord, we become a new creation.  The negative however is not the finished product.  Light is used to shine through the negative and the image is captured on picture paper and developed for the world to see.  The light of Christ shines through our lives as that of a negative for the world to see the greatness of God.

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What if the body was one big eye?  That would be pretty funny right.  Kind of like Monster’s Inc. little guy.   In this message Lee Clamp preaches from Ephesians 4:1-16 and discusses the importance of promoting unity, embracing diversity, and throwing out the pacifier.  During the message a painting was painted from scratch by 6 artists from our church ranging from 7 years old to 80 years old.  It was a landscape with a cross in the distance.  Pretty impressive for 40 minutes.

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The French Impressionists changed the landscape of art by attempting to touch the emotions and the mode of the landscape and individuals.  It was characterized by free brushstrokes and was normally painted in the setting that was trying to be captured.  In other words they moved from the studio to the streets.  The church if it is going to reflect the artist properly must move from inside the walls of the studio and into the streets with the gospel.  This message is from Ephesians 3:1-21.

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In this sermon, Lee Clamp reveals God’s plan in salvation.  We have crossed over from death to life as believer’s in Jesus.  The text for the message is Ephesians 2:1-10.

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In this new series, Lee Clamp works through the book of Ephesians in order that the great Artist might be revealed and known through his masterpiece, believers.  The text studied in this sermon is Ephesians 1:1-14.

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