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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Hosea charged Israel with being “a cake not turned” or “half-baked". They were half-hearted towards God. Like Israel, many of today’s professed believers have followed the same pattern of incomplete discipleship.
1 Half-Baked Hosea 7:8-10 “Ephraim is a cake not turned.” — Hosea 7:8 Hosea, a prophet to the house of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II, used several colorful admonitions to bring to Israel’s attention the state of their relationship with God. In his comparison he ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 7:8-10
Denomination: Baptist
Learning how to be the church in today's world through learning from the book of Acts.
[2] How many of you have ever heard of the cooking method called shake ‘n bake? [Shake ‘n bake demonstration.] Ever feel like that piece of pork? Let me rephrase that… Ever feel like that piece of meat? Wait a minute… Ever feel like your trapped in a situation ...read more
Scripture: Acts 4:13-33
Starts off with the new covenant. Then moves to show the fulfillment of it.
Sermon Title: Bake a cake. Scripture Text: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Example: Real love is what we experience when two or more people come together with open hearts already filled with love, and the love from their hearts overflows as it is openly and joyously shared. If you come to a relationship ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34
Denomination: Independent/Bible
If we don't work together with other believers, we will be unfinished -- like bread made without yeast.
Baking Bread Tonight we are going to finish our series on baking bread with the final step -- actually combining the ingredients together and and using an oven to bake it into something delicious. The simplest bread recipe only has three ingredients -- flour, water, and yeast. When you combine ...read more
Scripture: Acts 13:4-5, Acts 13:44-47, Acts 16:17, Acts 16:19-23, 1 Timothy 4:11-16 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Assembly Of God
A study in the book of Hosea 7: 1 – 16
Hosea 7: 1 – 16 Messed up pancakes 1 “When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside. 2 They do not consider in their hearts that I remember all ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 7:8
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
1st of 4 at Christmas. The basic outline and some illustrations were adapted from a message by Melvin Newland entitled "Home Baked Happiness"
Home Baked Christmas Depression at Christmas is a real problem for a lot of people. Depression at Christmas - survey results by Christine Webber and Dr David Delvin. The NetDoctor survey on Depression at Christmas shows quite clearly what many of us have long suspected - that Christmas is ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:8-16
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Israel is a cake half baked, burned on one side and raw on the other. Actually, a cake like that would be totally useless. The good news God wants to restore. Put your faith in Christ. Turn from the half-baked lifestyle Live fully committed to Jesus Christ.
A cake would not be very useful to you if it were burned on the bottom and raw and the top. Actually, a cake like that would be totally useless. Israel was a half-consecrated people. They were useless to God. They were burning with lust and cold toward God. Israel is a cake half baked. Often God ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 7:1-16
What are you baking? Is it fresh, half baked or do you only have stale bread in the house?
Is The Light On At The House Of Bread? Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. (KJV) We sing about the little ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 2:1
A glimpse into the Kingdom of God and the way we can get there.
Fifth Sunday of Lent 2024 Today the prophet Jeremiah, who is famous in all the world for his predictions of doom, not just for faithless Israel prior to its destruction by Babylon, has a cheery prediction. Actually, the Holy Spirit is allowing him kind of a glimpse into heaven after the general ...read more
Scripture: John 12:20-33, Hebrews 5:7-9, Psalm 51:3-4, Psalm 51:12-15, Jeremiah 31:31-34 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Catholic
Encouragement for young couples
A true story "The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." In his song, “Slip-Sliding Away”, Paul Simon asserts that, “God only knows; God makes His plan; the information’s unavailable to the mortal man.” A rather pessimistic attitude, since the information is not entirely ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 16:9
Denomination: Orthodox
A study in the book of Jeremiah 43: 1 – 13
Jeremiah 43: 1 – 13 They want to ‘Bake’ their lives better 1 Now it happened, when Jeremiah had stopped speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, all these words, 2 that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 43:2
Cake baking and child rearing are both best achieved by following the recipe.
Survivor’s Series How to Survive in the Real World Sermon # 4 How to Survive Parenting “A Recipe for Successful Parenting” The contestants in the “New Australian Survivor Series” have to overcome such challenges as venomous ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 22:6, Deuteronomy 6:5-7
A message emphasizing the importnace of the Gospel to people’s lives.
Introduction When you go shopping you have a choice – you could go to Sainsburys, or perhaps you prefer the Coop, you might like the trip to Asda or like us you may be spend you’re your hard earned cash at Tesco. Consumerism is alive and well – relax I’m not going to give one of those messages ...read more
Scripture: John 3:1-18
Denomination: Pentecostal
A sermon adapted from Clovis Chappell out of his book, "If I Were Young". Focuses on Jesus as a role model and how to avoid being unbalanced.
Hosea 7:8 I’D Avoid Being Half-Baked Adapted from “If I Were Young” by Clovis Chappell Introduction: Waiting for God was a British sitcom that ran from 1990 to 1994. You can see it on PBS from time to time. "Waiting for God" takes place in a British Retirement home. This program brings to light ...read more
Part of the Christmas Wonder PowerPak.
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Powerpoints used with this message are available at no charge. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request PP #327.) ILL. It’s Christmas time, & Lucy comes in where Charlie Brown is standing & says, "Merry ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:8-14, Luke 2:8