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Breaking Down The Walls

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 28, 2013

Church, in the final analysis, defines a people who are in the world but not of the world - ministering to the world.

BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS. Ephesians 2:11-22. Church. A building or a people? Churches. Buildings constructed over supposed holy sites, in which various forms of worship take place. Some of these original citadels have disappeared, their walls removed to build alternative edifices. The problem ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Appearance Of Evil Series

Contributed by Olu-Timi Lewis Afolabi on Jan 7, 2014

IN A POLLUTED WORLD LIKE OURS IT IS EXPEDIENT THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD STAND OUT AND MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. ANYTHING THAT APPEARS LIKE EVIL SHOULD NOT BE CONDONED BY BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. THEY SHOULD DENOUNCE EVIL OUT RIGHTLY AND KEEP AWAY FROM THEM.

APPEARANCE OF EVIL 1ST THES. 5:22 states thus ‘Abstain from all appearance of evil.’ Apostle Paul by the Holy Spirit exhorts Christians to abstain from all appearance of evil. You may wish to ask, ‘what is appearance of evil? ’. In order to understand this phrase we need ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Climate Change And The Reformation Runup Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 9, 2017

Global cooling, Ockham, the Black Plague and the place of faith.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2017 Revolution/Reformation The miracle of the bronze serpent is one of the most remarkable of the OT stories of Moses and the Israelites. Because of their infidelity, the people were afflicted and killed by seraph serpents. They repented, and Moses set up a symbol of ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Catholic

Cross Of Pain, Cross Of Life

Contributed by Geoffrey Foot on Mar 24, 2018

Sometimes its difficult to really realise the pain and the suffering that Jesus went through on the cross for US! There is art in the form of paintings and sculpture that depicts the crucifixion in some theological aspect rather than reality.

CROSS OF PAIN, CR0SS OF LIFE During these 2 weeks leading up to Easter called passion tide we focus our thoughts and minds to Jesus’s life and in particular His Sufferings. All too often we do not realise the dreadful suffering that Jesus went through on our behalf. The film the Passion of ...read more

Scripture: John 19:23-30, Matthew 27:33-54, Mark 15:25-39, Luke 23:33-47

"Godisnowhere"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Mar 27, 2018

Easter morn the disciples and Mary go to the tomb and see things that are different sort of like the words we see in GODISNOWHERE, some see God is now here others see God is no where. This Easter morn God is here he is risen.

GODISNOWHERE John 20:1-18 We view the same things but our perceptions are different like the word Godisnowhere. 1. Note of the things that are seen on resurrection Sunday • Mary saw the tomb and a stone rolled away • Peter and The other ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

The Holy Spirit Guides The Church

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 15, 2018

The Council was critical to the defense of the faith and the worldwide evangelical effort that was already beginning. It was truly a work of the Holy Spirit.

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Course 2018 Reformation/Revolution The words of Jesus today are so poignant that most of us have probably memorized them sometime in our lives. A yoke is the implement an ox or other draft animal wears between head and body. Slaves might be made to wear such ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 26:7-19, Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Catholic

Timothy’s Faith Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 20, 2020

Even though fathers were responsible for their son’s education, Judaism and Greco-Roman aristocrats wanted mothers to be knowledgeable so they could impart knowledge to their young children (This is true even though Judaism did not provide women with advanced education.).

Tom Lowe 10-24-2020 Timothy’s Faith Scripture 2 Timothy 1:5 (NIV) I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. Commentary 5. I am reminded of your sincere faith, which ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:5

Denomination: Baptist

The Mysterious Power Of Repentance

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on May 30, 2021

A call to repentance.

"Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.” Hosea 6:1-2. The word ‘return’ means “to get back, go back, come back, ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 6:1-2, 2 Chronicles 7:13-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Preparation For His Coming

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 29, 2021

What does building a highway have to do with preparation for Christ’s coming? Let’s learn how to prepare for His coming. Let’s discuss preparing the way for Christ in Luke 3:1-6.

Prelude What does building a highway have to do with preparation for Christ’s coming? Purpose: Let’s learn how to prepare for His coming. Plan: Let’s discuss preparing the way for Christ in Luke 3:1-6. Pilate “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

A Life Unwasted

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 23, 2022

When human beings ignore the law of God, set up for our benefit, laid down so that human families and societies will be places to grow and prosper, everything is constantly on the verge of utter disorder.

A Life Unwasted The other evening I was watching an old movie, and by that I mean from the eighties of the last century. It wasn’t particularly good, but it dramatized a lot about the culture of Washington, DC residents living at the top of the socio-economic heap at the time. One of the ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:1-9, Matthew 5:17-19, Genesis 1:2

Denomination: Catholic

Is Christmas Pagan?

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 21, 2017

Is Christmas pagan? Is it okay for Christians to observe? Is Christmas even in the Bible?

Prelude Is Christmas pagan? Is it okay for Christians to observe? Is Christmas even in the Bible? Purpose: Let’s examine the worth of Christmas and why it’s a perfectly fine Christian celebration. Plan: Let’s ask some questions that are controversial in some churches and look at the story of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-40

Denomination: Baptist

Herod, Dead Babies, And Hope Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 23, 2017

There was a time in the seventies of the last century when Catholics seemed to stand alone among the Christian churches in their condemnation of abortion. Now they often stand with us outside the abortion mills and pro-choice lectures, praying.

Feast of the Holy Innocents 2017 Reformation/Revolution I don’t think it is possible to read or hear the account of the flight into Egypt and the intentional murder of an unknown number of children by Herod dispassionately. St. Matthew, writing at least forty years after these events, is probably ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-18

Denomination: Catholic

Forgive, Love And Pray For Our Foes Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 15, 2019

There is no other religion that is so bold as to require forgiveness of enemies, and even doing good for enemies.

Tuesday of 11th Week in Course 2019 Ss Mark and Marcellian Those who would reduce the status of Jesus Christ to that of a “nice guy who did good things and said nice things” should read this part of St. Matthew’s Gospel several times. Those who would relegate the Church to the scrap heap of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9

Denomination: Catholic

Alert!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 13, 2016

I wish I could say this 100 times! Alert! Alert!

Porous Security! Ephesians 6:’18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.” Porous security! The word ‘porous’ speaks volumes of the leaky security in our ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Achsah

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 3, 2015

ACHSAH

Judges 1 v.8 - 15 ACHSAH [ACK sah] —the only daughter of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:49; Achsa, KJV). Caleb promised Achsah in marriage to anyone who would capture the city of Debir (formerly known as Kirjath Sepher). When Othniel, Caleb’s nephew, took the town, Caleb gave his daughter a portion ...read more

Scripture: Judges 1:8-15

Denomination: Holiness