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    Amazing Grace!

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Feb 12, 2007
    based on 35 ratings
     | 34,027 views

    Have you ever experienced grace in your life? Perhaps a policeman stoping you for speeding and just giving you a warning when you deserved a ticket. Perhaps a time when you said hurting words to a friend or spouse and they forgave you. Each one of us, at

    Introductory Consideration 1. I don’t know what came over me. I’m not a fighter - I’m not even built like one. But something he said or did just rubbed me the wrong way. Before I knew it I did something that I had never done before or have done since. It was not a very Christian thing to do, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Run The Good Race Series

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 12,015 views

    Part of the Fit for Life PowerPak.

    Introductory Considerations 1. I enjoy watching Olympic games. (describe some favourite events). Easy to share in the joy of the winner as she/he realized she/he had won. All that glory for just a few races that took less time than most television commercials. 2. Then I saw a special feature ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Your Body - Investing For The Future Series

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 7,861 views

    Part of the Fit for Life PowerPak.

    Introductory Considerations 1. People today are pre-occupied with their bodies. While some of us could take better care of ours, major industries have sprung up to help meet the concerns that people have with their bodies. Many spend hours in fitness centres making sure that their abs are tight ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Who Killed Jesus? - A Good Friday Meditation

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 319 ratings
     | 20,118 views

    1. Tonight we remember the death of our Lord and Saviour.

    1. Tonight we remember the death of our Lord and Saviour. Death is often a horrible experience. What makes our Lord’s death even more horrible is that He was killed, murder by the brutal act of crucufixion. 2. This evening, we ask - who could have done such a thing? Who killed Jesus? There are ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What We Do With Jesus After He Has Died?

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,566 views

    Joseph of Arimathae shows how we are to react to Christ when He does not seem to come through and when our hope seems lost.

    Introductory Considerations 1. This day is the darkest day the world has ever seen - the day when the Son of God died on a cross because of our sin. 2. In our tenebrae presentation, the disciples are following Jesus and His ministry is going well - but as we will soon see, they will all leave him ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Dressed For Christmas

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 89 ratings
     | 6,395 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. The Christmas season is an opportunity for the church to present Christ to the world. It is one time when people seem to be more open to listening to the good news of Jesus Christ. And so, as churches, we invite those beyond our walls to special services and concerts and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Call To Forgive

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,475 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. This season we are to present Christ to the world. To remind them that He came and to tell them why He came. Some of us are able to do this through the gift of singing. Christmas songs that bring us back to Bethlehem itself. Some of us, including our Sunday School ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Presenting The Prince Of Peace

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,873 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. As we have seen the last two weeks, we are all called to present Christ to the world. The best way we do that is by living lives that clearly show that Christ is in us. 2. We have seen how we do this by clothing ourselves with Christ’s righteousness and by forgiving one ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    In The Name Of The Lord

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,524 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. A strange dog came to a preacher's house, and his three sons soon became quite fond of it. It so happened that there were three white hairs in the animal's tail. One day an advertisement was seen in the newspaper about a lost dog which fitted that description perfectly. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Gratitude Is An Attitude

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 119 ratings
     | 12,267 views

    1. Martin Rinkert was a minister in the little town of Eilenburg in Germany some 350 years ago.

    1. Martin Rinkert was a minister in the little town of Eilenburg in Germany some 350 years ago. He was the son of a poor coppersmith, but somehow, he managed to work his way through an education. Finally, in the year 1617, he was offered the post of Archdeacon in his hometown parish. A year later, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    No Room At The Inn

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 78 ratings
     | 8,684 views

    The inn was to full for Christ to come in. Throughout Scripture we see that there is no room for God. Is there room in your home, your life and your heart for Him?

    Introductory Considerations 1. It is a scene that is unmistakable. This scene is so identified with the birth of our Lord, that is has been banned from display in public places because it might offend those who do not believe it ever happened. 2. Scene is in a stable. Mary and Joseph and a wooden ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Are You In The Inn Or The Stable

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,023 views

    1. Joni Earickson shares some interesting thoughts about the night when Christ was born.

    1. Joni Earickson shares some interesting thoughts about the night when Christ was born. Read "The Stable" - from "A Christmas Longing" 2. I enjoy parties - birthday, anniversaries. I would have enjoyed being with the people in the inn. 3. But one thing I don’t like about parties. So many people ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Joy - For A Season, For A Lifetime

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,481 views

    1. Tonight we have joy in this place.

    1. Tonight we have joy in this place. The joy of music bringing forth the joy of Christnas. Christmas is a season of joy. The story of the birth of Christ is a story of joy. 2. This is what the angel told Zechariah when he told him that s on would be born to him - a son who would make ready a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    From Fear To Joy

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,578 views

    In this Christmas Day message, we see how the angels appeared to the shepherds, who were afraid when they saw them and teh glory of God. The angels tell them to not be afraid but to joyful.

    Introductory Considerations 1. "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." 2. It is with these words that the first newscast was made to the world about the greatest event ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Why Tell The Shepherds?

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 56 ratings
     | 6,174 views

    1. The greatest event that has ever happened.

    1. The greatest event that has ever happened. The biggest breaking news story. An announcement sent directly from God Himself. 2. This is what the shepherds heard that night so many years ago. They were the first people to whom God announced the birth of His Son. 3. What is a matter of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed