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Thomas Black
Contributing sermons since Jan 22, 2005
Newest Sermons
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God Shall Be My God
Contributed on Sep 6, 2006
God can restore broken relationships with other people... and himself.
I want us to take a brief walk through this chapter in Genesis 33. Of course, in context it follows the three days covered in Genesis 32 in which Jacob finds out his brother is coming to meet him with 400 men. The rest of that chapter is wrapped up in Jacob’s human attempts and frailties to undo ...read more
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Coming To The End Of Yourself
Contributed on Sep 6, 2006
God will do whatever he must to make the vessel of his grace prepared to receive his grace.
Read Psalm 34 to start the service Read Genesis Chapter 32. This is a story about coming to the end of yourself - so that God is finally free to work. It’s also a story about reconciliation. As a man, Jacob was still quite self sufficient, and he still retained much of the old nature in his ...read more
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Da Vinci Code: Deciphering Da Vinci (Part 1)
Contributed on May 3, 2006
Dan Brown couldn’t even get his front page "Facts" straight.
Why am I doing a four week study on the Da Vinci Code? Let me open simply with these quotes and letters: "Honestly, [reading the book] shook my whole faith. I realize that the book is fiction, but much of what he wrote about seemed like it was based on historical facts aside from the ...read more
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Da Vinci Code: I Know Something You Don't Know
Contributed on May 3, 2006
What’s the underlying doctrine to the Da Vinci code? Gnosticism. The da Vinci code is one more example of a resurgence of an ancient heresy.
A companion powerpoint to this sermon is located at: http://www.stilltruth.com/downloads/ppt/I_Know_Something_You_Dont_Know.ppt I know something you don’t know. Say it with a sing song in your voice and you sound like a child on the playground. Say it with a whisper and you sound like a ...read more
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Breaking Away From The World Brings An Uneasy Peace
Contributed on Apr 28, 2006
We don’t need to offend unbeleivers because we follow Jesus. Let the Cross offend them, but not us.
I once worked at a grocery store which employed a truck-driver and while his instructions were basically to get a load from point A to point B he felt on occasion that in order to meet a deadline he would have to speed or otherwise break a few laws. Yet the double edge to the sword was if he got ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Gnosticism, The Gnostic Gospels And The Da Vinci Code
Contributed on May 3, 2006
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Genesis
Contributed on Jan 22, 2005
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Greek Philosopher Epicurus Is Quoted As Saying, ...
Contributed on Feb 2, 2005
Greek Philosopher Epicurus is quoted as saying, "The art of living well and the ...read more
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William Gurnall In His Book "The Christian In ...
Contributed on Feb 2, 2005
William Gurnall in his book "The Christian In Complete Armour" writes: "Ask faith to look through the keyhole of the promise and tell you what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; ask it to listen and tell you whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints receiving the reward ...read more
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The Late Vance Havner's Wife Was Also Named ...
Contributed on Feb 2, 2005
The late Vance Havner’s wife was also named Sarah. Shortly after her untimely death, Warren Wiersbe met him at Moody Bible Institute, and expressed his condolences with the simple words, "I’m sorry to hear you lost your wife." Dr. Havner smiled and replied, "Son, when you know where something is, ...read more
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Larry Richards Writes, "Well-Established Custom ...
Contributed on Feb 2, 2005
Larry Richards writes, "Well-established custom in the Patriarchal Age protected the rights of any child born to a man by a slave woman. Though the son of the wife was a man’s legal heir, his child by a concubine was guaranteed an inheritance. Sarah’s demand that Abraham send Ishmael away was ...read more
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Let Me Tell You A Story About A Christian Just ...
Contributed on Feb 2, 2005
Let me tell you a story about a Christian just like you and I. Let’s call him George for no good reason. George woke up Monday morning after a remarkable Weekend. Family time was well spent and The church services were excellent. He’d had testimonies of answered prayer in his own life and the ...read more