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  • Be Present At Our Table Lord

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Aug 24, 2010
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     | 7,599 views

    A sermon for the 14th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 17, series C

    14th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 17] August 19, 2010 “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, through your Son, Jesus the Christ, you have invited us to come to your table, to ...read more

  • How To Be Blessed

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,262 views

    Jesus spells out how to receive God's blessings.

    Luke 14:1, 7 – 14 / How To Be Blessed Intro: The story is told of 2 men who were interviewing for the same job. They were equally qualified for the position so the potential employer decided to invite each to dinner on separate occasions. The 2 dinners went well and enabled the employer ...read more

  • Our Humble Status

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Aug 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,353 views

    True humility is a Christ-centered, realistic assessment and commitment to serve everyone.

    WHEN IT COMES TO HUMILITY, I BELIEVE J. OSWALD SANDERS, HAD A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE IN HIS BOOK “SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP” WHERE HE WROTE, “THE GREAT FAULT…IS THAT NO ONE LIKES TO BE SECOND. THE WORLD HAS YET TO SEE WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE LOST THE DESIRE TO GET THE GLORY. WOULDN’T IT BE A MARVELOUS ...read more

  • "The Religion Police"

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Aug 28, 2010
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     | 5,600 views

    Our value as a person has nothing to do with having our name on the up in lights. God loves us; we can’t improve on that! You don’t have to try and prove you are worthwhile by sneaking your nametag a little higher up on the table. And praise God for that!

    Luke 14:1-14 “The Religion Police” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN Luke opens chapter 14 by telling us that Jesus “went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee,” on the Sabbath and that “he was being carefully ...read more

  • Two Prejudices

    Contributed by Ian Mcalister on Aug 31, 2010
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     | 3,547 views

    People are Important to God

    Two Prejudices – Luke 14.1-14 Prejudice of any kind is hard to deal with, let alone live with so, seen from that perspective, the story of the Great Banquet might prove something of a challenge for some. To be sure, there’s nothing in it to indicate racial prejudice but it’s ...read more

  • Do I Really Want To Become More Like Jesus?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 1, 2010
     | 4,117 views

    This is a tough question! Do I want to become more like Jesus, or do I want God to help me become more the person that I selfishly want to be?

    Was Jesus a nice, polite, mild-mannered, good-natured young man who kept himself to himself? Was Jesus middle-of-the-road, all things to all people, politically correct, and softly spoken? Was Jesus the most inoffensive man you could ever wish to meet? I wonder what kind of gentle, meek and mild ...read more

  • Parable Of The Great Feast Series

    Contributed by L Lee on Sep 15, 2010
     | 8,681 views

    God's kingdom is like a great feast. Are we treating it as one?

    Parable of the Great Feast (Luke 14:16-24 NIV) Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. {17} At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.' {18} "But they all alike began to make ...read more

  • Get Fat: Available Series

    Contributed by Kelly Fellows on Jun 9, 2010
     | 6,573 views

    Promotion on the job hinges on availability – promotion in God’s Kingdom hinges on availability.

    INTRO MESSAGE GET FAT - Availability QUICK REVIEW ➢ Last week we started a series of teachings on the characteristics that lead us to experience promotion and become the person God has created us to be. ➢ We call it GETTING FAT – reason God loves to use FAT ...read more

  • Will You Accept Gods Invitation And Come?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,969 views

    This parable got people listening to Jesus - as always. There was a twist for his hearers, and for us. Will we accept Gods invitation or will we make excuses?

    For the second week in a row the subject of food appears in our Bible reading. Last week we thought about Jesus sending out teams of two into the local towns and places that he was about to go (Luke 10:1). His teams were instructed to accept the hospitality of food and drink and shelter they were ...read more

  • Let’s Go To Supper Series

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,313 views

    Sermon 3 in series. At a banquet with His disciples, Jesus tells of another banquet. One of the diners blurts forth, "Blessed is he that will eat bread in the kingdom." His assumption is that he will be present in the kingdom. Jesus takes the opportunity

    Series: Things That Accompany Salvation Hebrews 6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. Message 3: Let’s Go to Supper (A Banquet Illustration Told at a Banquet) Luke 14:15-24 INTRODUCTION: 15 And when one of ...read more

  • The Great Equalizer

    Contributed by Clair Sauer on Jul 27, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,435 views

    Our experience at shared meals and Christ's stories of common suppers remind us of our call to radical hospitality; our call to invite and welcome all at the Lord's Table!

    I have been generously blessed in my thirty years of life. Like so many of you, I can point to different things along the way that were particularly important to me, and perhaps still are, even if I didn’t realize it at the time. One such blessing in my life was the regular evening meals in ...read more

  • Ddd (Dignity Deficiency Disorder)

    Contributed by John Perry on Jul 28, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,324 views

    Many Christians today suffer from what I call ‘dignity deficiency disorder’ simply b/c they are looking in the wrong places for dignity.

    Bunbury Wed pm 28/07/10 “DDD” (Dignity Deficiency Disorder) Intro: *** I was sitting in the emergency waiting room of the hospital the other day waiting to be attended & the theme music of a daytime T.V. program caught my attention, it was the theme music of Days Of Our Lives. Not ...read more

  • The Great Equalizer -- B Version

    Contributed by Clair Sauer on Jul 29, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,620 views

    At the Table of our Lord we find invitation, welcome, acceptance, renewal, and above all love! At the Table, we remember that Christ loves us and that we are "worthwhile"!

    I have been generously blessed in my thirty years of life. Like so many of you, I can point to different things along the way that were particularly important to me, and perhaps still are, even if I didn’t realize it at the time. One such blessing in my life was the regular evening meals in the ...read more

  • Beat The Bushes

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,607 views

    This study considers the command to go into the highways and hedges and compel people to God.

    Have you ever heard or used the phrase “beat the bushes?” Beat the bushes refers to searching diligently for someone or something. The word etymology is based on the hunting practice of having someone hit bushes with a stick in order to force birds to fly up into the air to be shot. We have ...read more

  • 0817 Trinity Xvii: Covenantal Collapse Series

    Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Oct 4, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,645 views

    The relationship of the Christian Sabbath and the Gospel

    Sermon: Covenantal Collapse Text: Luke 14:1-11 Occasion: Trinity XVII Who: Mark Woolsey When: Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 (which is really Trinity XVIII) Where: Providence Reformed Episcopal Church Luke 14:1-11, NKJV: Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to ...read more