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Dr. Fred W. Penney
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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Title: "Conflict, Converts And Commerce In Corinth”
Contributed on Mar 23, 2025
A message of the beginning of the church in Corinth - celebrating ministry partnerships
Title: “Conflict, Converts and Commerce in Corinth” Subject: How did Paul and the Holy Spirit begin the church in Corinth? Complement: by providing Paul with ministry partners Big idea: God calls his people into partnership to advance the mission. Acts 18 - Paul plants a church… 1 After this, ...read more
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Counterfeit Gods
Contributed on Mar 16, 2025
A message from Acts 17 regarding Paul's ministry in Athens exposing the false gods of then and now.
Acts 17:16-31 – Paul in Athens Move #1 – What idols do you see in Canada? (Hockey?… a minor god at best… Success? Money & greed? – yes - the bible told us this truth 2000 years ago. A relatively new god is the Self! …and its attractive, but misleading nickname - “Happiness.” This is ...read more
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How Far Will God Go To Reach Lost People?
Contributed on Jan 13, 2025
This is a narrative message about the conversion of Cornelius - and the conversion of Peter to reaching outside the Jewish world. God shows Peter that the gospel is for everyone.
Text: Acts 10 Title: How far will God go to reach people? Subject: How did God overcome barriers to reach the gentiles? Complement: by extraordinary means – including the “conversion” of Peter! Big idea: How far will God go to share the gospel? Story - Joe Rogan podcast (Largest audience ...read more
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More Than Conquerors
Contributed on Jan 5, 2025
A message from Romans 8:18-39 about looking to the future united in Christ
Title: Happy Forever! Text: Romans 8:18-31 Subject: How do we face the (Chaotic) future with hope? Complement: by focussing on God’s promises – and our standing in Christ. Big idea: We are more than conquerors through Christ. Introduction/attention… This first week of 2025 lost its joy and ...read more
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The No. 1 Question - Who Is Jesus?
Contributed on Dec 30, 2024
An exposition of John 1:1-14 dealing with the incarnation of God in the person of Jesus
Text: John 1:1-14 Subject: Who is Jesus of Nazareth? Complement: he is God incarnate. Big idea: "God moved into the neighbourhood.” John 1 - The Word Became Flesh - Divine Creator: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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On Mission
Contributed on Jun 14, 2021
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Peace In The Pandemic
Contributed on Nov 9, 2020
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Advent
Contributed on Dec 16, 2019
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First Person Sermons
Contributed on Feb 26, 2019
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Bigger Fish To Fry
Contributed on Feb 26, 2019
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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From Boxer To Preacher
Contributed on Mar 22, 2025
George Foreman died in March 2025 at age 76. Foreman was a heavyweight boxer for the USA in the 1968 Olympic Games - winning the Gold medal. He later became a professional Boxer and world Champion. In 1977 after a fight with heavyweight Jimmy Young, Foreman had a crisis experience. He thought he ...read more
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Swallowed By A Whale - The Sign Of Jonah
Contributed on Feb 13, 2025
Jonah was in the belly of a great fish for 3 days and 3 nights! A kayaker from Chile was in the mouth of a Humpback whale for about 3 seconds - before being spit out! The story was reported by CNN (February 13, 2025) A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during ...read more
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Look!
Contributed on Dec 30, 2024
E. Stanley Jones, Methodist Doctor and Missionary to India once wrote: The early Christians did not say: "Look what the world has come to!" - but, "Look what has come to the world." They saw not merely the ruin, but the resource for the reconstruction of that ruin. They ...read more
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The Theology Of Sin - The Chasm Between God And Mankind.
Contributed on Dec 11, 2024
Without a sense of sin, says Soren Kierkegaard, there is no true Christianity ..."Take away the alarmed conscience and you may close the churches and ...read more
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The Gospel
Contributed on Dec 9, 2024
Pastor Martin Niemoeller confronted Hitler’s corruption of the German church and spent 8 years in prison. In 1945 he was freed by American forces. Remarkably he lived to the age of 92. A few days before his death he wrote - "when I was young I felt ...read more