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  • When God Calls Your Name: Peter Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 11, 2021
     | 4,866 views

    How would you respond if God called your name not once, but twice? In the Bible, God calls plenty of people, often by name, but I’ve only found seven times where God calls out someone’s name twice in a row. In each instance, what follows is a life-changing encounter with the God of creation.

    When God Calls Your Name… Twice: Simon Peter Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 8/28/2016 For the last several of weeks, we’ve been talking about how you might respond if God called your name—not just once, but twice. As I mentioned before, God calls plenty of people in the ...read more

  • How To Avoid Rape? By: William R. Nabaza Of Www.nabaza.com

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 13, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,273 views

    How To Avoid Rape? by: William R. Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com

    How To Avoid Rape? by: William R. Nabaza of www.Nabaza.com Genesis 34:1-2: (Contemporary English Version) Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women who lived there. She was seen by Hamor's son Shechem, the leader of the Hivites, and he grabbed her and raped her. ...read more

  • Tempting Proposition

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,275 views

    Convincing teenagers that temptation is a no-win proposition is hard to do, but this oft-neglected passage from Isaiah offers insight.

    In the Broadway musical, “Guys and Dolls,” there is a line where Sky Masterton (the Marlon Brando role in the film version) shares some advice that his father gave him. Sky is a gambler and the entire play revolves around a certain bet that he makes which pays off in a way he isn’t expecting. But I ...read more

  • Wrong Place - Wrong Time

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on May 29, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,937 views

    Sometimes, all we need to do to keep from sin is to be where we are supposed to be when we are supposed to be there.

    Wrong Place – Wrong Time May 27, 2012 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Sometimes, all we need to do to keep from sin is to be where we are supposed to be when we are supposed to be there. Focus Passage: 2 Samuel 11:1-5 Supplemental Passage: ...read more

  • Experience God Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 28, 2022
     | 2,382 views

    1) The Tempter (Genesis 3:1a), 2) The Target (Genesis 3:1b-3), 3) The Tactic (Genesis 3:4-5), and finally 4) The Tragedy (Genesis 1:6-9).

    Genesis 3:1-9. [3:1] Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" [2] And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of ...read more

  • Seek Ye Gospel Not Gossip

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Apr 18, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,039 views

    The mark of a true Christian is that of an encourager not a bearer of gossip.

    Mid-week Message/Devotion April 18, 2018 Seek Ye Gospel NOT Gossip! Yesterday, I shared an article among our readers, from Outreach Magazine entitled: WHAT IF IT'S NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT? The article emphasizes our need to accept responsibility for our shortcomings, rather than trying to ...read more

  • Fleeing Sin The Right Way

    Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 10, 2013
     | 10,575 views

    The world is obsessed with cleanness. Everywhere you look you see people with different hand cleaners and antibacterial soaps and lotions. We must have an even greater desire for purity of heart. In 2 Timothy 2, we see some great keys to equip us.

    The world is obsessed with cleanness. Everywhere you look you see people with different hand cleaners and antibacterial soaps and lotions. People want cleanness outwardly, but purity in heart? That is not the case. Everything that we see in this world is saturated with all kinds of impurity; TV, ...read more

  • How Sin Gets Us To Bite The Hook Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 1, 2020
     | 3,060 views

    Paul tells us that Satan can appear as an angel of light. That is a clear picture of the way that Satan and temptation works. What can we learn from it?

    [Have a fishing pole with a hooked worm.] SATAN APPEARS AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT: Sin takes what is good and twists it just enough. - 2 Corinthians 11:14. - Genesis 3:1. - What does it mean that Satan appears as an angel of light? It means that Satan in tempting us often comes to us in the form of ...read more

  • Let Go Of Stupid Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 23, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,953 views

    Here are eight steps to avoiding adultery

    (Start with clip from frozen: Elsa song “Let it Go”) That clip really didn’t have anything to do with today’s message, there just wasn’t anything suitable for today’s message and figured that was the title of the series we should tie it in. Last week it was ...read more

  • In Your Face ... Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jan 30, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,420 views

    Christians have the external world, the internal flesh, and the infernal Devil to deal with every day. If you have been a Christian for any length of time, then the Tempter is no stranger to you.

    How do seeds give birth? Seeds. Seeds are baby plants. One of Jesus’ most well-known parables is the parable about the Sower. Jesus describes God as a farmer who liberally sows seeds. He casts seeds where other farmers wouldn’t waste their time and seed … pathways, rocky places, weed patches. ...read more

  • What Are Some Temperamental Tendencies We Need To Guard Against?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,285 views

    We need to learn to be more controlled by the Spirit. Actively guard against specific temptations that may prove harmful – based on your individual faulty tendencies. Let us examine certain behavioral patterns that should be avoided by the four different

    "To the weak I became weak, to the strong I became strong. I have become all things to all men so that by all means I might save some." (I Cor. 9:19-21) 1. Have you ever heard of the expression, "One man’s meat is another man’s poison?" What may be fuel for one person may turn out to be dangerous ...read more

  • A Blueprint For Building

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 204 ratings
     | 12,084 views

    with Christ as our foundation, we as a church and as individuals need to make sure we build with the right materials; make sure we stay God-centered; we need to rely on the Lord's strength and wisdom and avoid the temptation to take shortcuts

    This church building was constructed about nine years ago. These are the blueprints for our church. Whoever put them together did a fine job, and they provided direction for the folks who built this structure which we often call First Baptist Church. It is good to keep in mind, though, that ...read more

  • "What In The World?" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on May 23, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,752 views

    Christians must resist worldliness.

    Soon after a person becomes a Christian he discovers that being a Christian is not a bed of roses. Just because he is saved, does not mean he has left his struggles behind. As a wise man once said, "A school bus driver is probably the only person who can honestly say he has all his troubles behind ...read more

  • Armor And Spiritual Warfare Series

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Dec 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,733 views

    Paul saved the heat of battle for the end of the masterpiece known as the Book of Ephesians. This message can help any serious believer to be more effective in God’s Army.

    Truths from Ephesians Part 8 Armor and Spiritual Warfare Pastor Eric J. Hanson (Ephesians 6:10-24) Read verse 10. “Finally” This word rings out with authority. It carries within itself the weight of finality. As Paul wrote the last section of Ephesians, which starts with this weighty word, ...read more

  • Endurance & Love To Receive The Crown Of Life – Resisting Temptations Series

    Contributed by John Wright on Feb 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,479 views

    James teaches the importance of endurance, love, resting temptations and responding obediently to God's word if we are going to receive the crown of life.

    INTRODUCTION 1. Open your bibles to James 1:12-27. 2. Studying the book of James will help Christians with an age old problem. The problem that we are talking about is the fact that not everybody who grows old, grows up spiritually. There is a vast difference between physical age and spiritual ...read more