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Donald Minshew
Contributing sermons since Jul 7, 2006
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Foundation For Christian Living
Contributed on Jul 20, 2007
The foundation for Christian living is explored.
What are you seeking? If you have been raised (and you have) Live like you have! Saying: so heavenly minded that he is no earthly good. Impossible! Believers’ lives should be dominated by the pattern of heaven. Fixing their attention decisively toward “things above” involves centering their ...read more
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Enduring Faith
Contributed on Jul 20, 2007
Living faith is contrasted with verbal faith.
Context: part of Sermon on the Mount. Immediate context: 2 ways (13-14); 2 trees (17-20); and finally 2 builders. Issue: more people will profess Christ than will follow Christ. Emphasis on words. 1. Enduring faith is more than knowing the words. Not/but – provides a strong contrast ...read more
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Effective Faith
Contributed on Jul 20, 2007
This message examines James assertion about faith and what faith really is.
Introduction In just a few minutes, remember the death and sacrifice of Christ. Remembrance of faith or it is not a remembrance. Same way that baptism is an expression of faith or it is not truly baptism. Last week: explanation, 2 examples and essence of faith – life of pleasing God. This ...read more
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Coming Home
Contributed on Jul 20, 2007
The Prodigal Son returns home; God’s grace is evident.
1. Leaving home begins with wrong desires. Basic principle of life that actions come after desires. Sermon on the mount; foundational statement of Christ’s ministry. He said, “27 “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. 28 But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to ...read more
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Fellowship Of The Cross
Contributed on Jul 17, 2007
Parallels the idea of the Fellowship of the Ring with the fellowship of believers who walk together
Introduction: Big events - New production of the Fellowship of the Ring. JRR Tolkein-Oxford scholar; contemporary and friend of C.S. Lewis. Created a fantasy world. Fellowship of the Ring - a group of 9 diverse individuals, four races united in a common cause. A deeper fellowship pictured in ...read more
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Colossians
Contributed on Jul 17, 2007
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Dr. Steward Anderson Tells About A Man Named ...
Contributed on Jul 21, 2006
Dr. Steward Anderson tells about a man named Bobby Leach from England who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel without being harmed. Years later, he was walking down the street and stepped on an orange peel. He had to be taken to the hospital with a badly fractured leg. Some great temptations, ...read more
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Seen Clearly In The Quandary Of The Califonia ...
Contributed on Jul 21, 2006
Seen clearly in the quandary of the Califonia Senate in 1957. By a 20-7 vote rejected as the state motto “In God we trust” in favor of ...read more