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The Ultimate Insult Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Nov 25, 2001

based on 90 ratings

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People refuse to accept God’s authority. We don’t want to be tenants in God’s Vineyard. We want to be the owners.

"Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!" You’ve no doubt heard that little rhyme, and you’ve probably even used it at times. When I was growing up it was the standard playground retort to an insult. But of course we all know that those words were simply a bluff. They had ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:9-19

Denomination: Anglican

We Are Counted Worthy Of The Resurrection!

Contributed by Jason Zahn on Nov 26, 2001

based on 25 ratings

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Our only hope for happiness and satisfaction in this life is found in the certain promise our Savior gives us for life in the age to come.

A Valpraiso University philosopher by the name of Gilbert Meilaender put the events of September 11th and their aftermath into context as he recounts a time in the not so distant past when the famous Christian preacher and writer C.S. Lewis addressed a gathering of college students in England, a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:27-38

Denomination: Lutheran

Don't Give Up On God

Contributed by Jason Patrick on Dec 1, 2001

based on 28 ratings

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God appears obscure and enigmatic to us all at times, but as we persevere in our relationship with God we realize that God perseveres toward us also.

“Don’t Give Up on God” / Luke 18:1-8 Proper 24, Year C; Downsville Baptist Church; 21 October 2001 If Jesus is trying to teach us about the importance of persevering in our prayer lives, we wish he would have done it in a less confusing and puzzling manner. Perhaps his parable should have gone ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

The One Thing That Is Everything

Contributed by Al Munger on Dec 8, 2001

based on 71 ratings

| 8,127 views

Rediscover focus, power and passion in your Christian walk

Introduction In the movie City Slickers Billy Crystal and a group of his executive city friends decide it was time to take an adventure vacation. An adventure vacation is not just laying on the beach it’s doing some activity with a guide that takes you out to the edge. The character played by ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:4-14

Denomination: Methodist

Live In True Repentance!

Contributed by Jason Zahn on Dec 12, 2001

based on 15 ratings

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The voice of John the Baptist still calls people forth to repentance today as we prepare to meet our Lord at his Second Coming!

“The issue at hand is a great one, the chief doctrine of the Gospel, the forgiveness of sins” (Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Tappert, 184.10). That’s how Philip Melancthon, a contemporary of Luther, sized up the subject of repentance when he wrote the Apology (or Defense) of the Augsburg ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Dorothy Grattan Funeral

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 17, 2001

based on 54 ratings

| 10,502 views

This is a eulogy for an elderly woman who died knowing the Lord.

Dorothy Grattan 12/17/01 Every now and then God decides to add a little something extra special to the family of humanity and wraps it up in a little package that we know as a little girl. This little girl was called Dorothy, not the Dorothy from Kansas, but from Forsythe Ga, who grew ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Perfect Storm - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Robert Houston, Sr. on Dec 17, 2001

based on 104 ratings

| 10,722 views

An examination of Jonah’s struggle with the will of God.

As we continue into this exploration of the life of Jonah – it is interesting to discover how much we are like him. Many times in our lives we have to deal with God giving us a word. Whether it is directly from the Word of God (the Bible), or by the Man of God (the Preacher) or by Inspiration of ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:4-5

Denomination: Baptist

Special Gifts From God

Contributed by Michael Davis on Dec 18, 2001

based on 38 ratings

| 7,043 views

In the giving of the greatest gift to mankind,God packaged up multiple gifts in the one package.

Sunday December 23, 2001 Pastor----Mike Davis SPECIAL GIFTS FROM GOD Ephesians 4:7-8 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

He Calls For New Birth Series

Contributed by James Petticrew on Jan 11, 2002

based on 74 ratings

| 7,366 views

A sermon on the neccessity and nature of being born again

HE CALLS FOR A NEW BIRTH JOHN 3:1-18 Introduction In Greenock the town where I come from in Scotland there is really only one big employer and that is the computer company IBM. IBM pay the best wages and give the best conditions to their workers so people are desperate to work for them. One the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-18

Denomination: Holiness

How To Be A Failure

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 14, 2005

based on 25 ratings

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Failure is a habit, the parable of the talents can teach us some lessons about failure

INTRODUCTION SLIDE 1 „X How many of us want to fail in our walk with Jesus? How many of us want to fail at life? How many of us want our children to grow up to fail? „X Failure is something that most of us want to avoid at all costs. We do not want to be known for our failures nor do we want to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You Have Secret Sin's?

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Jan 16, 2005

based on 17 ratings

| 3,881 views

sins being hidden, by Christians?

DO YOU HAVE SECRET SINS? ROMANS 7:14-25 there was a woman who told her pastor that she had secret sins in her life. And she went on to tell him, that she liked them. This pastor didn’t ask the woman what her secret sins were. He was afraid to ask, He didn’t want to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Power Of Prayer

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Jan 16, 2005

based on 20 ratings

| 14,466 views

Prayer Power

THE POWER OF PRAYER John 15:7 In today’s powerful world that we live in, There’s so much power right at our fingertips. And most of us can’t even explain what happens when we flip on the light switch!! We see the natural power of Niagra falls, and We’ve heard about the great dams out ...read more

Scripture: John 15:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Breaking Of Day

Contributed by Derek Baker Jr. on Jan 21, 2005

based on 24 ratings

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God can change all circumstances in our lives if we are willing to put our faith in him.

The Breaking Of Day The bible reads in verse 1 That Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went , and came into a harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. The bible says that Rahab was a harlot. That means that ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Finding Endurance For The Long Haul

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Jan 25, 2005

based on 21 ratings

| 10,073 views

The theme is will power, endurance, and overcoming in spite of difficulty. Every one of us come to a point a times when we want to give up and quit. Just like the disciples who fell asleep while they waited for Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. When w

Finding Endurance for the Long Haul Mark 14:32-42 January 23, 2005 The scene for the gospel lesson this morning is set on Thursday evening of Holy Week. It had been an incredibly busy and eventful week for Jesus and the disciples. It had started with the triumphant ride down the Mount of Olives ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:32-42

Denomination: Methodist

Waiting On God's Sovereignity

Contributed by Matthew Morine on Jan 25, 2005

based on 27 ratings

| 4,685 views

Life can make us very insecure, but if we trust the Lord we can rely on His eternal plan for us. God’s sovereignity is our comfort during stressful times.

WAITING ON GOD’S SOVEREIGNITY Andrea was a nice girl with a huge secret. One day we were talking and she expressed a desire to share with me what ate at her heart for years. It was one of those secrets that no one ever wants to discuss or share with another person. As we sat there, you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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