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Accepting Your Personal Uniqueness

Contributed by Ronald Fair on Apr 4, 2001

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Because I am the product of a unique creation, I can accept my personal uniqueness without either inferiority or superiority.

ACCEPTING YOUR PERSONAL UNIQUENESS Someone who are told not to be inferior swing from one extreme to another, from interior feelings to egotistical feelings. If man is not to feel inferior, neither is he to feel superior. Some people are possessed with illusions or grandeur, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:10

Denomination: Methodist

Is Tithing Commanded In The New Testament?

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 30, 2001

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A Scripture study on the idea of "tithing" in the New Testament. A response to an elder who said Christians need not tithe.

IS TITHING COMMANDED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT? MATTHEW 6:1-4= We find Jesus talking about doing “acts of righteousness.” Among these various acts, we find that Jesus talks about giving to the needy. He talks, in general, about giving and the manner in which it is to be done. Giving to the needy is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Baseball Parable

Contributed by Sam Martin on Aug 15, 2002

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Jesus often spoke in parables. He used common experiences such as fishing and farming in His parables to teach a valuable lesson. Baseball is a very common activity in our culture, so I would like to use it to illustrate the Christian life.

Text: Mark 4:33-34 Introduction: Jesus often spoke in parables. He used common experiences such as fishing and farming in His parables to teach a valuable lesson. Baseball is a very common activity in our culture, so I would like to use it to illustrate the Christian life. I. First Base - ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:33-34, Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Baptist

Accessibility Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 14, 2009

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On the first Good Friday, all the barriers to fellowship with God were removed. We now have access to God’s throne of grace.

Hebrews 10:16-25 “Accessibility” INTRODUCTION Good Friday is a sober time, as we ponder the human condition, our sinfulness, and the sacrifice of Jesus the Christ. It seems incongruous to call this day “good.” The images of the day are certainly not “good.” Jesus is betrayed, tried, flogged, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:16-25

Denomination: Lutheran

The Centrality Of The Human Person In Development Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 20, 2010

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We cannot ever forget that when we are planning any project, large or small, for development, that the whole person's development is the target.

February 22, 2010 Chair of St Peter Caritas in Veritate When Pope John XXIII released his encyclical Mater et Magistra, a letter that critiqued both socialism and unfettered capitalism, the late William Buckley, who rejected much of the Church’s social doctrine, famously wrote ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

Denomination: Catholic

You’re In Trouble Young Man!

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 23, 2009

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Being obedient to God’s call even when others do not understand.

Intro: You’re In Trouble Young Man! I Sam. 2:18-20 / Luke 2:41-52 Intro: When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my mother took me Christmas shopping. Before we left the car she told me to pay attention to where the car was located and if we got separated to come back to the car and wait for her. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Living In This World Ii Series

Contributed by Dennis Clark on Feb 26, 2005

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A look at Spiritual Growth according to Paul

I. (vs. 5) Christ completed work A. Eternal Salvation 1. vs. 4 kindness and love of God appeared 2. initiating and fulfilling the act of salvation 3. totally of God’s action B. The result of God’s purpose in Christ 1. He saved us 2. not because of our deeds a. what we have done ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:5-8

Denomination: Baptist

A Saving Hope

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 12, 2013

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1. Unrealistic Hope 2. Genuine Hope 3. Demonstrated Hope 4. Our Hope

Hal Lindsey "Man can live without food for 30 days. Man can live without water for 3 days, Man can live without oxygen for 3 minutes. But man cannot live without hope for 3 second.” - WOW! That’s some statement - “Hope Again” - Charles R. Swindoll -"(Hope) is something ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:24-25

Denomination: Baptist

In The Modern World, Not Subject To The Modern World Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 11, 2013

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Bold preaching of the Truth of Christ may make us unpopular, but it is the only way to image Christ to the world.

Monday of 7th Week of Easter Gaudium et Spes Paul’s first visit to Ephesus, which was destined to be the most influential early Christian community in the area we now call Turkey, did not fit the pattern of his other entries into towns. Usually Paul would go to the synagogue first, preach ...read more

Scripture: John 16:29-33

Denomination: Catholic

Regaining The Straying Brother

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 25, 2014

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Church discipline is about regaining the brother (15). When our prayer is, truly, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven - our desire will be in agreement with what God has already determined in heaven.

REGAINING THE STRAYING BROTHER. Matthew 18:15-20. ‘The Son of man is come to save that which was lost,’ declared Jesus (Matthew 18:11). The Lord illustrated this with a story of a man who left his ninety-nine sheep to seek out just one lost sheep (Matthew 18:12-13). Jesus affirmed, ‘Even so, it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Went On His Way

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jan 30, 2013

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Sermon for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, Year C, 2013

Luke 4: 21 – 30 / He Went On His Way Intro: An older lady sat in a worship service in a quaint southern town. The pastor was preaching against all kinds of sins from gambling to murder and everything in between. The Pastor started on the sin of gossiping and the old lady sat bolt-upright ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:21-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

New Year Resolution - The Believer’s Way

Contributed by Lucky Ekentason on Feb 13, 2013

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God expects us to come up higher in every area of our lives. He told the children of Israel to take a long and lasting look at the Egyptians (who oppressed them), because they were about to embark on a journey of no return to the past bondage.

TOPIC: NEW YEAR RESOLUTION – THE BELIEVER’S WAY TEXT: Joshua 24:13-15; Haggai 1:5-7 Resolution is the act or process of resolving: as - the act of determining - the act of answering: solving - “making a resolution to mend my ways” Resolution can also be in a form ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:5-7

Denomination: Holiness

Bad Situations And Conflicts? Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on May 23, 2016

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there will always be situations and conflicts to face in life; how to we deal with them?

Let’s continue to learn for God’s Chosen People the Israelites through the Book of Joshua. We are now in Chapter 10….. Read along with me Joshua 10:1-15…. I believe a key lesson for us through the Israelites is this, Victory in life will happen with the power of God! Let us follow how victory ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:1-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Joy Of Living A Grace-Based Life

Contributed by Brandon Cox on Nov 9, 2011

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Every believer in Christ has a right standing with God, and can therefore walk in spiritual confidence! We can move from living by rule-keeping to living by grace.

How Most of Us Live - Based on rules - For the approval of others - For our own version of success Romans 5:1-5 Our State vs. Our Standing John Phillips talks about the difference between our standing as believers, and our state as believers. Our standing is that we are perfect and righteous, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Nov 9, 2011

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Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

The next worldview examined by Geisler in "Christian Apologetics" is Theism. Theism is the belief that a transcendent God created the universe as a reality distinct from Himself but which He actively sustains through both a system of natural law which He created and through divine intervention at ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:14-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

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