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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
A professor from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas was preaching in Nevada. The normally reserved professor put his whole heart into the sermon and called for people in the congregation to repent and get their hearts right with God. At the end of his message, he ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14
Tags: Revival, Repentance, Confession Of Sin, Change Of Heart
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
TEXAS LONGHORN SERMON! Being raised in Dallas, Texas.......I am very familiar with Texas and Longhorns. But, have you ever heard of the definition of a TEXAS LONGHORN sermon? If you have any pastor friends from Texas.....this one is for you! A TEXAS LONGHORN sermon is............a sermon ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-3
Tags: Preaching, Preacher, Texas
THE TWO-HEADED LAMB Dr. H.A. Ironside once shared a story that was the clearest illustration of the Gospel I have ever heard. He said that he was visiting in South Texas and had the opportunity to visit a sheep ranch. While he was there, he spotted what he thought to be a two-headed lamb. He ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Tags: Atonement, Heaven, Gospel, Cross
Several years ago, a Baptist camp in Texas was having the annual softball game between counselors and campers on the last day of church camp. The teams divided up and went at each other. After the game started, a teenager in center field chased a long fly ball and hurt his ankle. His pastor was ...read more
Tags: Atonement, Forgiveness, Cross, Blood Of Christ
COVERED UNDER HIS WINGS It was a hot day in the dry old West. As the railroad came roaring down the tracks, sparks were flying everywhere because of the hot temperatures. When the sparks flew, often they would begin a fire that would destroy ranches, homes and livestock. One particular day, ...read more
Tags: Atonement, Forgiveness, Cross, Love Of God
A tour bus was journeying through Israel with a group of Americans when they saw a unique sight. An Israeli shepherd was carrying a lamb in his arms. The bus stopped to talk with the shepherd and to give tourists a chance to take pictures. A little boy asked the shepherd, "Why are you carrying ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:1-10
Tags: Discipleship, Shepherd, Brokenness
God has done everything He possibly can to keep you out of Hell and still leave you as a person with free will. Now some Christians argue otherwise that it is in fact God who sends people to hell. Peculiar Pilgrim blog writes, "No one would choose to go into hell ... Not one person would decide to ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-13
Tags: Hell, Judgement
Denomination: Methodist
Jenn Hopkins writes of attending a funeral several years ago. "There he lay, dead. He was gone and unsaved. Lived a life and then, in the flash of an eye, he was in Hell. Someone I loved and respected was gone and so was my opportunity to share the Gospel with him. His funeral was in a church, one ...read more
Tags: Evangelism, Hell
J. K. Jones, professor at Lincoln: "We are best for our communities when we are ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:17
Tags: Community, Holiness, Distinctiveness
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
May 29, 2011 it looked like it was destiny, the day Dale Earnhardt Jr. was rounding the last lap of the Charlotte Motor Speedway. You could just imagine the script that was being set; it was memorial day, he was being sponsored by the national guard, and He was going to finally win for the first ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7
Tags: Perseverance, Endurance, Finish The Race, Gas Tank
Those who share Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior begin to become as magnets to those who share the same intimate relationship. While humans range from "new" to "elder," there is still a feeling of familiarity in those who gather together to worship in spirit and in truth. A sense somewhat of ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7
Tags: Trust, Recognize God, Faith To Believe, Move Mountains
Denomination: Christian Church
Daniel Overdorf- One Friday afternoon I struggled to prepare for the weekend. The week’s hectic pace, filled with activities, left me scrambling on Friday to finish my sermon. While I hunched over my desk, unable to develop anything that resembled a sermon, the office phone rang. From the ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13
Tags: Heaven, Heavenly Home, Entering God's Rest
Ben Patterson- When Lauretta and I were first married, we were very poor. The three necessities of food, clothing, and shelter weren’t quite within our grasp. We could manage only 2 out of 3- not bad as a batting average, but miserable if you’re trying to live. My employment was selling swimming ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7
Tags: Generosity, Cheerful Giving, Hilarious
“A weak faith is weakened by predicaments and catastrophes, whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.” – Victor Frankl Rain poured down and thunder boomed one dark night in September in Western Oklahoma. It had been a quiet, pleasant evening at the nursing center, and nurses and residents ...read more
Tags: Active Faith, Encourage Others, Courageous Women, Faith Lifestyle
Denomination: Charismatic
"It takes time and energy to have an enemy at work." - Gary Chapman Everyone’s mouth dropped open at the rude comment made to the receptionist by the higher ranking female employee. The receptionist was a plain, quiet woman, not dressed very well, who went studiously about her work and ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:5-11
Tags: Forgive Your Enemy, Power Of The Tongue, Hold Your Tongue, Confirm Your Love
“Hunger also changes the world when eating can’t be a habit, then neither can seeing.” - Maxine Hong Kingston It had been a tough year and it didn’t appear to be getting any easier. She wasn’t working and he wasn’t working much. They had two teenage children to feed and bills to pay. The car ...read more
Tags: Compassion, Poverty, Generosity, Giving Out Of Need
The book The World’s Worst Predictions lists some of history’s all-time prophetic goofs. King George II said in 1773 that the American colonies had little stomach for revolution. An official of the White Star Line, speaking of the firm’s newly built flagship, the Titanic, launched in 1912, ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19-21
Tags: Prophecy, Predictions False
Denomination: Independent/Bible
David Slagle, a minister at a small church in Atlanta, tells the story of a woman in her late 20’s. The woman had befriended a man living in her apartment complex. Slagle and his wife asked whether the two were dating. The man in question was a known atheist. The young woman answered, “No, I’m ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Tags: Marriage, Premarital, Unequally Yoked, Pre-Marital Counsel
In my younger years I thought it would be an exciting adventure to try sky diving. After checking into it, I found I could get a big discount if I brought 5 friends to jump with me . . . so I did. It was a beautiful sunny day in California when we arrived for a half day training and then an ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:8-9
Tags: He Is Strong, I Am Weak
Denomination: Baptist
A "Natural" Rope a dope... Cross bearing is an indispensable part of a Christian’s life, so that work of moulding a person into a Christ-like image which begins at the point of re-generation is completed in all respects (2 Cor 3:18) by the time of Rapture or one’s departure from the Earthly ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18
Tags: Tithing, Trials And Difficulties, Bearing, Discerning
Denomination: *other
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