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  • Universal Proprietor Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 8, 2024
     | 314 views

    The modern society, particularly this generation of kids, values earning, spending, and having fun. The older generation believed in earning, conserving, investing, spending, and accumulating wealth for generations to come. Who is the owner?

    Text: Psalm 24 Theme: Universal Proprietor   Greetings: The Lord is good and His love endures forever.   Introduction: This psalm was penned upon occasion of David's bringing up the Ark of the Covenant to the place prepared for it. David had witnessed the death of Uzza for touching ...read more

  • God's Justice For The Godly And Punishment For The Wicked Series

    Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Jun 17, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 69 views

    Throughout scripture, we see examples of God's justice being meted out to those who slander, lie against, and seek to destroy the godly.

    The Bible consistently teaches that God is a defender of the righteous and a judge of the wicked. Throughout scripture, we see examples of God's justice being meted out to those who slander, lie against, and seek to destroy the godly. The Accountability of Slanderers In Psalm 52:1-4, David ...read more

  • A Modern-Day Reflection On Job's So-Called Comforters Or Friends. Series

    Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Jan 31, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 129 views

    In the biblical account of Job, we find a poignant example of how friends can sometimes exacerbate our suffering instead of alleviating it.

    In the biblical account of Job, we find a poignant example of how friends can sometimes exacerbate our suffering instead of alleviating it. Job's three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, came to comfort him in his time of need, but instead, they ended up criticizing and judging him (Job ...read more

  • The Rich (Or The Poor If They Place The Wrong Emphasis On Material Things) Series

    Contributed by John Wright on Feb 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,294 views

    James warns that the rich or the poor, if they place the wrong emphasis on material things can Can Fatten Themselves For A Spiritual Slaughter - And They Can Be Guilty Of Murdering The Just!

    INTRODUCTION #26 1. Open your bibles to James 5:5&6. 2. In a previous lesson we discussed the first four verses of this chapter. In those verses we discussed three warnings that James gives. 1) Warning #1: The Misuse Of Wealth Will Bring Miseries! Even the poor can misuse material things and ...read more

  • The Holiness Of God Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 20, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,129 views

    A wealth of God’s ways and actions flow from His holiness. You cannot understand the true God withough grappling with what that holiness means.

    The Holiness of God (topical) Intro: Examples of holy items: my mother’s china...special; Emeril uses "truffle oil"; truffles are underground mushrooms that can bring hundreds of dollars apiece...holy (special) Yet God is holy in an much greater and deeper way Main Idea: God¡¦s Holiness is ...read more

  • True Success

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Sep 28, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 9,730 views

    Gives the characteristics of true success from Scripture: spiritual riches not material wealth; righteousness and humility not prominence or position; and spiritual insight not human wisdom or education.

    True Success When you look ahead to your future, if you’re normal, you want to have a successful future. In fact, the desire for success drives many of our most important decisions. Something that will make us successful, we do, and something that will make us unsuccessful, we try not to do. We ...read more

  • Financial Wisdom Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 20, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 10,816 views

    PROVERBS – Wisdom for Right Living #5 Wealth and possessions are not ours to own; everything belongs to God and is ours on loan. OUR FOCUS: OWNERSHIP VERSUS STEWARDSHIP

    INTRODUCTION: A man went in to see a banker about a loan. Banker: How much would you like to borrow? Man: One Million Dollars Banker: That’s a lot of money. Man: Is that a problem? I could go talk with a bank that has more money if I need to. Banker: On no it’s no problem at all. We loan ...read more

  • Best To Be Blessed

    Contributed by Jim Pye on Feb 7, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 7,468 views

    Jesus words are to sustain, encourage, and inspire believers and warn those who trust wealth and popularity to repent, and turn to God in humble dependence upon him.

    Luke 6:17-26 : Best to be Blessed. Year C : The Third Sunday before Lent 17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him ...read more

  • The Best Is Yet To Come

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Sep 21, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,708 views

    At the end of a misused life there awaits a place called hell. Wealth or poverty does not determine our eternal state but our relationship with Jesus surely will.

    An old mountaineer had lived a full but not exactly saintly life and now was on his deathbed. He summoned his weeping wife. “Sara,” he said, “go to the fireplace and take out the third stone from the top.” She did as he instructed. “Reach in there,” said her husband, “and bring out what you find.” ...read more

  • Treasure’s Trap Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 18, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,844 views

    Stop pursuing wealth, because: such a pursuit has made us (the American Church) sick; it never satisfies; and it is a snare into sin and self-destructive behavior.

    Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly pointed toward greed and selfishness as the ...read more

  • Blunders Of Self-Indulgent Gain-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 23, 2011
     | 2,886 views

    1 of 2. James warned of the danger in self-indulgent gain. Accumulation of wealth is spiritually questionable. But How so? The blunders of self-indulgent gain are in their Accumulated...

    Blunders of Self-indulgent Gain-I—James 5:1-8 Attention: My kindergarten-aged daughter suddenly announced just before school that she needed to take a clean tee shirt to class. She told us the teacher was going to iron an anti-drug message on it. My wife frantically swept through my ...read more

  • Knowing God Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 30, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,171 views

    If we want to build strong relationships for a strong church with a strong ministry, then we must know God, His hope, His wealth and His power.

    A couple of hunters were out in the woods of New Jersey when one of them fell to the ground. He didn’t seem to be breathing, and his eyes were rolled back in his head. Terrified, his friend whipped out a cell phone and dialed 911. “My friend is dead! What can I do?” he cried ...read more

  • The Great Reversal

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 26, 2016
     | 4,675 views

    Do we even care? Or are we so busy accumulating wealth and looking for healing for ourselves, that we don't even see the destitute poor?

    Intro Are compassion and money incompatible? Goal Let’s learn how important God considers our care of the less fortunate. Sermon Plan Let’s discuss Luke 16:19-31, an unnamed rich man and a famous beggar, Lazarus. We will learn about the dangers of the hard-hearted, selfish use of ...read more

  • Trust God

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Nov 6, 2015
     | 6,499 views

    What is your source of wealth?? Who do you believe supplies everything that you need? For Christians, the answer to both questions should be-God.

    Have you ever looked at the current economic situation and asked yourself if it represents the end of the world? Well, you can relax. It is not the end of the world, but it paints a picture of what the economic situation will be like just before Christ returns. The image in Revelation 18:9-20 is ...read more

  • Good Friday: Did Jesus Write A Will Bequeathing An Inheritance On Us?

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Apr 6, 2018
     | 6,058 views

    Jesus knew that he was going to suffer and die. Dying men generally write a will to bequeath their wealth and property to their loved ones. Did Jesus write a will?

    The Wonder of Christs Love as shown through Jesus’ written will before His death How do we know that someone loves us? If we want to be nice and proper we might say it is by the actions that the other person does, what he/she speaks, the care that he/she shows etc. But if we are brutally honest we ...read more