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Authentic Christianity
Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Aug 11, 2001 (message contributor)
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1. My Plans Or God's Plans
Contributed on Aug 11, 2001
We make our plans, but we forget to seek God’s plans for our lives.
First Baptist Church August 12, 2001 James 4:13-17 My Plans or God’s I would like to ask you a few questions. Please raise your hand if you answer yes. How many of you have purchased homes in your lifetimes? How many of you have worked? How many of you have taken a vacation or will take a ...read more
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2. The Trials Of Life
Contributed on Aug 11, 2001
How we handle lifes difficulties determines the type of Christian character we demostrate to others.
First Baptist Church August 5, 2001 James 1:1-8, 12 I’m going to start out with a trick question, who wrote the book of James? I probably made you second guess yourself, but James is the author. For the next few weeks ...read more
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3. Listeners And Doers
Contributed on Aug 26, 2001
Are you only a listener or the Word or a Doer of the Word?
First Baptist Church August 26, 2001 James 1:19-25 Being and Doing Have you ever wondered where I was headed with my sermons? Sometimes I try to lead us down a certain path, hoping that if I’ve done my job properly, we’ll find the rainbow at the end of the sermon. I have a sense of that, ...read more
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4. Faith + Word = Christian
Contributed on Sep 23, 2001
After professing faith in Jesus, the next step is to show that we have faith, we do this through good works.
First Baptist Church James 2:14-26 September 23, 2001 James is one of my favorite books of the Bible because it is practical. James is straight forward and does not beat around the bush. Today’s passage is considered one of the most controversial and misunderstood passages in James. ...read more
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5. Heavenly Wisdom
Contributed on Oct 11, 2001
We need to accept God’s wisdom and reject worldly wisdom.
First Baptist Church October 7, 2001 James 3:13-18 Have you ever met people who were absolute geniuses? They seem to know everything. If ...read more
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6. Friends Or Enemies
Contributed on Oct 19, 2001
One of the most difficult decisions we will make is proclaiming our allegiance. We either follow Christ or the world.
Submitting to God James 4:1-10 Have you ever wondered how some wars began? Consider how some of the following wars got started — about 1,000 years ago, a war between two cities in France started as the result of a conflict over a water bucket. A Chinese emperor went to war because of a ...read more
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7. Taming Our Tongues
Contributed on Oct 19, 2001
We can tame and control so many things, but our tongues, ooh, how difficult that is.
First Baptist Church September 30, 2001 James 3:1-12 On the September 13th edition of the Christian television program "The 700 Club," Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson had the following conversation regarding the terrorist attacks — Falwell said, "The ACLU’s got to take a lot of blame for ...read more
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8. Rusted Wealth
Contributed on Oct 30, 2001
Wealth is not wrong, it is your attitude towards it that matters most to God.
First Baptist Church October 28, 2001 James 5:1-6 A man was a regular diner at a restaurant. The owner always did his best to please him. One day he complained that he only received one piece of bread with his meal, so the waiter promptly brought him four slices. The man said, "That’s ...read more
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9. The Power To Heal
Contributed on Nov 18, 2001
We don’t always know why some are healed and others are not, ultimately no matter what happens we are called to be a people of hope.
First Baptist Church November 11, 2001 James 5:13-18 Faith Healing Have you ever been to a Faith Healing Service? I’m not just talking about going to a worship service and there is prayer for healing. I’m talking about going to see people like Benny Hinn . . . and others who have services ...read more