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Little Books With A Big Message
Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jun 26, 2018 (message contributor)
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1. Being On God's Side
Contributed on Jun 26, 2018
It’s more important for me to be on God’s side than it is for God to be on my side
ENGAGE How many of you here this morning would like for God to be on your side? I think that most of us would answer that question yes – at least at first. But this morning, I’m going to ask all of us to consider that question more carefully and perhaps as we do that, by the time we finish ...read more
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2. Putting First Things First
Contributed on Jul 2, 2018
Putting first things first requires life service, not just lip service
Several years ago, Christian author, researcher and pastor Ed Stetzer wrote an article titled “Too Many So-Called Christians Merely Giving Lip Service to Jesus”. In that article Stetzer observed that roughly 3 out of 4 Americans identify as Christians and that those self-identified Christians fall ...read more
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3. You Can't "Catch" Holiness
Contributed on Jul 17, 2018
Holiness is not contagious, but sin is
ENGAGE Would you agree with me that health is not contagious, but that disease is? If I’m healthy and you have the flu and I cough on you or shake hands with you or Sneeze on you, I am not going to make you well, am I? On the other hand, If I have the flu and I do any of those things to you, ...read more
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4. When Pride Prevails
Contributed on Jul 17, 2018
When pride prevails relationships fail
ENGAGE In his book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote these insightful words: There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which everyone in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty ...read more
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5. Fighting For My Faith
Contributed on Jul 24, 2018
My faith is worth fighting for, not fighting about
ENGAGE An Indiana science teacher promised his class during an active shooter drill that he would sacrifice himself before he would let anything happen to them. On Friday, May 25, 2018, Jason Seaman proved that he meant what he said. That morning he just happened to have a basketball in his ...read more
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6. Dwelling Below With Saints We Know
Contributed on Aug 8, 2018
When humility prevails relationships excel
ENGAGE You’ve probably heard the little ditty, “To dwell above with the saints we love, O that will be glory! But to dwell below with the saints we know, well, that’s a different story!” TENSION I think you’d all agree with me that there is a lot of truth in that statement. But we really ...read more
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7. Living Together In Christian Love
Contributed on Aug 8, 2018
Life lived together in Christian love is the best protection against deception
ENGAGE We live in a rapidly changing world in which it is becoming increasingly difficult to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ. We have now taken those things which the Bible defines as sin and not only tolerate them, but actually celebrate them in our culture. And not only have we lost our ...read more
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8. Dwelling Below With Saints We Know
Contributed on Aug 28, 2018
When humility prevails relationships excel.
Little Books with a Big Message Dwelling Below with Saints We Know Philemon Pastor Pat Damiani July 29, 2018 ENGAGE You’ve probably heard the little ditty, “To dwell above with the saints we love, O that will be glory! But to dwell below with the saints we know, well, that’s a different ...read more
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9. Changed People Change People
Contributed on Aug 28, 2018
Jesus uses changed people to change people
Little Books with a Big Message Changed People Change People Titus 2 Pastor Pat Damiani August 26, 2018 ENGAGE Sarah, the church gossip and self-appointed arbiter of the church's morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several church members were unappreciative of her ...read more