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  • The Key To A Good Life Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 15 ratings
     | 22,607 views

    The wise father shares with his children the keys to getting the most out of life.

    Keys To A Good Life Proverbs 1:8-19 Wisdom can come in strange ways. Illus. Two men were out hunting in the northern U.S. Suddenly one yelled and the other looked up to see a grizzly charging them. The first started to frantically put on his tennis shoes and his friend anxiously asked, "What are ...read more

  • Matters Of The Heart

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,871 views

    Matters of the heart can only be resolved with the help of the Maker of hearts: 1. Keep Away from Sin, 2. Value Every Human, 3. Get Help

    Matters of the Heart Matthew 5:27-32 27 "You have heard that it was said, ’Do not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is ...read more

  • Reeled In Series

    Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Jan 13, 2021
     | 2,498 views

    Well, what if I told you that someone’s trying to catch you? What if I told you that someone is tying a fly just for you. The fly is individualized, it’s customized, and the fly will be presented to you over and over.

    HOOKED Week 3 “Reeled In” July 16 2017 Pastor Timothy Porter Text: James 1:12-20 Luke 4:13 INTRODUCTION: Today I’m going to talk about fishing again. Fishing is a popular subject in the Bible. Maybe that’s why I like to fish. I always tell people fishing is a biblical sport. I’ve ...read more

  • Robbed By Relationships Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,559 views

    The first of four messages on the threats to spiritual identity theft.

    Identity Theft March 12, 2006 Robbed By Relationships Intro: I need a volunteer. Did you ever take the ACT/SAT? This will be kind of like that. Have you ever seen one of these? I want you to take a few seconds to put these shapes into the canister. According to our Vandy alumni this is ...read more

  • The Spider And The Web

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on May 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,478 views

    It is so very easy to drop your guard and your readiness and give in to the complacency that boredom sometimes offers. I thought how similar we are with the temptations we encounter; often we take no real account of giving in to a little temptation here o

    The Spider and the Web Call to Worship Psalm 85:8 8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints— but let them not return to folly. Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And ...read more

  • Repentance PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 4, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 776 views

    Explores Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, emphasizing our human frailties, the power of God's Word, and the importance of resisting worldly temptations.

    Welcome, beloved, to this gathering of hearts hungry for the Word of God. We come together, not as perfect beings, but as flawed individuals seeking wisdom and guidance from our Creator. We stand together in the light of His love, ready to uncover the truths He has laid out for us in His Word. ...read more

  • Final Thoughts

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Nov 8, 2014
     | 4,591 views

    In John's final thoughts and instructions as he closes this epistle, we see encouragement to pray for each other, admonishment for sin in our lives and a warning about the future.

    Final Thoughts 1 John 5: 16-21 Intro: Don’t you just love this time of year. The air is brisk and there is a sense of cleanliness in the air this time of year. . Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner. Tis the season to be jolly and happy. . There is another holiday that is ...read more

  • "Whole Lotta Achan Goin' On!"

    Contributed by Rick Finitzer on Nov 18, 2014
     | 4,499 views

    Rahab trusts in the God of Heaven and Earth and as a Canaanite is set free and rescued while Achan a member of the Covenant Community with a relationship with God displeases God, acts like a Canaanite and is judged!

    Cornerstone Church November 16, 2014 “Whole Lotta Achan Goin' On!” Joshua 7 “How’s That Again? The following ...read more

  • Dodging Decisions Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 21, 2021
     | 1,961 views

    What is often passed off as indecisiveness or propriety or procrastination is a dishonest attempt to keep from honoring what is right and fair. We can see Felix’s motives as an example. We can also see how God can use such red tape.

    Dodging Decisions (Acts 24:1-27) 1. So today we honor our graduates, and we honor our fathers. 2. I will honor our graduates with a joke: Why did Mary want to work at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet even though she'd received her B.A. degree? Because it had been on her bucket list for a long ...read more

  • Jesus Confronts Adultery Series

    Contributed by Jerry Owen on Mar 30, 2017
     | 6,553 views

    Who is guilty of adultery? Jesus gives us the answer in the Sermon on the Mount and what He reveals might just surprise us; but, if it doesn't, it certainly ought to change our behavior.

    JESUS CONFRONTS ADULTERY Matthew 5:27-32 INTRODUCTION ** We introduced this sermon with a 4 minute drama of the woman caught in adultery ** A. WHO IS AN ADULTERER? 1. Those Who Practice Wicked Deeds. Mt 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; Jesus chose murder ...read more

  • Sunny Side Sermon Vii: Bible Personalities Who Kept On The Sunny Side Series

    Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 1, 2020
     | 2,095 views

    In our fallen world, temptation abounds in every arena of life, as if life's a game of chance without scruples for avoiding self-destruction. Christians, therefore, need to be like Caleb whose different Spirit kept him from falling.

    BIBLE PERSONALITIES WHO KEPT ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE: CALEB If you were a bit puzzled at the assertion made in our last study about the wilderness experience of Jesus, to wit, that: Jesus needed no plan for dealing with Satan’s three attempts to get Him to ...read more

  • Don't Drift Away

    Contributed by Rick Doucette on Apr 18, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
     | 20,029 views

    Warns of the dangers of drifting away. How we can know when we are drifting??

    When I was a teenager a friend of mine had a beach house in Laguna beach, and we would go down and spend the weekends at the beach! We would basically hang out at the beach all day, of course we wore our short “OP” shorts on and our “Hang Ten” tank tops, but we were not surfers, we did not have ...read more

  • God Won’t Put More On You Than You Can Bear Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 11, 2006
    based on 45 ratings
     | 66,352 views

    This misquote is usually spoken out of kindness, but it can cause great confusion and guilt. God WILL sometimes allow you to suffer more than you can bear--but that’s okay, because His grace is sufficient!

    INTRODUCTION The phrase “God helps those who help themselves” is often uttered with a harsh tone of condescension, but not so with the statement, “God won’t put more on you than you can bear.”1 These words are usually spoken out of deep concern and compassion. There is no criticism implied in this ...read more

  • The Truth About Trouble

    Contributed by Thomas Fortini on May 4, 2021
     | 4,405 views

    A study of the topic of trouble will show us it's reality, and what our response to it should be!

    Our unique circumstances this morning has inspired me to break from 1st John this morning to speak on another topic. If we had stayed true to the path the passages that we would have considered together would have been 1 John 2:12-14 where John speaks about levels of spiritual maturity. He ...read more

  • How To Avoid Feeling Like You Have To Live By Man Made Standards

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,132 views

    How To Avoid Feeling Like You Have to Live By Man Made Standards (Rom. 8:12-14)

    How To Avoid Feeling Like You Have to Live By Man Made Standards (Rom 8:12-14) Illustration: In 1900, the Daughters of the American Revolution elected social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. But Addams’s antiwar stance during World War I and her insistence that even subversives had a ...read more