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  • Louis Bartet

    Contributing sermons since Oct 19, 2006
Louis's church

Point Assembly
Downsville, Louisiana 71234
(318) 982-7440

About Louis
  • Education: Doctorate in the school of hard knocks.
  • Experience: 41 plus years as a pastor of two congregations
  • Comment to those looking at my sermons: I know nothing as I ought, so please bear with the incompleteness of my thoughts.
  • Sermon or series that made a difference: Attitudes That Changed The World, by Dr. Sam Sasser
  • Family: Married 48 years Father of 6 girls Grandfather of 13
  • What my spouse (really) thinks of my sermons: You’ll have to ask her.
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: Be real, be relevant, be reachable
  • Books that have had an impact: Ragman And Other Cries of Faith, by Walter Wangerin
  • Hobbies: People and Photography
  • If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: Quit waiting for some brighter moment and live where you are!
  • What I want on my tombstone: God’s grace was sufficient!
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  • When Nothing Changes Or Turning Despair Into Delight

    Contributed on May 16, 2018
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    It may seem a strange place to find encouragement, but the man after God's own heart goes form despair to delight in six verses.

    WHEN NOTHING CHANGES Psalms 13 This was probably written by David during the years when King Saul was pursuing him for the purpose of taking his life. During that time David confessed, “There is but a step between me and death” (1 Samuel 20:3). I. HIS DESPAIR (13;1-2) 1. With The Lord ...read more

  • The Blessed Man: His Journey

    Contributed on Aug 30, 2016
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    With a passion for the presence of God burning in his heart and the clarity of his objective in mind, the author of this Psalm describes his pilgrimage to the place of God's presence.

    THE BLESSED MAN: His Journey Psalm 84 (with emphasis on verses 5-7) The author of Psalm 84 expresses the yearnings and prayers of a pilgrim journeying to the dwelling place of God in Jerusalem. His entire being yearns for the presence of God. In his observations, he has observed the sparrow ...read more

  • The Heart Of Authentic Worship

    Contributed on May 21, 2015
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    We often mistake the means of worship for worship itself!

    WORSHIP: The Heart of Authentic Worship CORE VALUE: Worship is always worship! While there are a variety of fish, a fish is always a fish. Biologically, a fish is never a tree. A fish is never an insect. It doesn’t matter if it’s caught in a lake in Africa or a bayou in ...read more

  • Whitewashed Or Washed White

    Contributed on Oct 15, 2007
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     | 10,195 views

    The cost of maintaining religious appearances is high.

    Whitewashed or Washed White Matthew 23:25-26, 27-28 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the ...read more

  • Approved And Affirmed

    Contributed on Aug 29, 2007
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    Paul’s battle to preserve the Gospel of Grace!

    SERIES TITLE: GALATIANS - A STUDY IN BASIC CHRISTIANITY SERMON TITLE: Approved and Affirmed (Lesson Four) SERMON TEXT: Galatians 2:1-10 1 Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 And it was because of a revelation that I ...read more

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  • On The Morning Of October 2, 2006, A Troubled ...

    Contributed on Aug 29, 2007
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    On the morning of October 2, 2006, a troubled milkman named Charles Carl Roberts barricaded himself inside the West Nickel Mine Amish School, ultimately murdering five young girls and wounding six others. Roberts committed suicide when police arrived on the scene. It was a dark day for the Amish ...read more

  • Boudreaux And Dufrene Were Drinking A Few Beers ...

    Contributed on Apr 27, 2003
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    Boudreaux and Dufrene were drinking a few beers while driving around, when Boudreaux saw a roadblock ahead. He couldn’t turn around, so he told Dufrene, "peel the label off your bottle and put in on your forehead." "Are you crazy," Dufrene responded? "No! Just do it and let me do the ...read more

  • In The 1999 Movie "Instinct," Anthony Hopkins ...

    Contributed on Mar 16, 2003
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    In the 1999 movie "Instinct," Anthony Hopkins plays an anthropologist and primatologist, Ethan Powel, who is being held in a maximum security prison for the critically insane. Cuba Gooding’s character is an ambitious psychiatrist, Dr. Theo Caulder, who is asked to evaluate Powel. At one point in ...read more

  • We Dare Not Confine Theology To Seminary Coffee ...

    Contributed on Jun 22, 2001
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    We dare not confine theology to seminary coffee shops where professors and students play mental badminton. It affects all of us. Some people lose their faith because of a sharp sense of disappointment with God. They expect God to act a certain way, and God "lets them down." Others may not lose ...read more