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  • Joseph - The Reluctant Stepfather

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Dec 4, 2019
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     | 4,155 views

    will we be like Joseph, willing to do what we are called to do?

    Listen to the Scripture on Joseph’s side of the Nativity story: Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous ...read more

  • Christmas In Isaiah

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 7, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,867 views

    The virgin shall conceive ... and call his name - With Us the God.

    CHRISTMAS IN ISAIAH. 1. Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23. “Behold the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, ‘with us the God’.” There are those in the church today - in its hierarchy, and teaching in its seminaries - who want us to think that ...read more

  • God Is Love.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 1, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,475 views

    We may not see God in His own Person, but where there is love, there is the evidence that someone has been born of the Spirit of God.

    GOD IS LOVE. 1 John 4:7-21. Every Sunday as I was growing up in Scotland, I would hear the minister of our church repeat these words from the beginning of 1 John 4:7 - “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God.” This is one of the tests of true Christianity. We cannot claim to have ...read more

  • 3rd Sunday Of Easter, Year C. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 24, 2022
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,226 views

    May 4th, 2025.

    Acts 9:1-20, Psalm 30:1-12, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19. A). THE CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE PAUL. Acts 9:1-20. Saul of Tarsus was a Jew from the city of Tarsus in Syria. This was a Roman garrison city, and as a tent-maker Saul had a good market for his trade. Quite possibly Saul’s father ...read more

  • The Blood Of Sprinkling

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 19, 2019
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     | 5,438 views

    Abel's blood cried out for vengeance, but Jesus' blood goes on speaking gracious words of mercy.

    THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING. Hebrews 12:22-24. The first mention of the sprinkling of blood is found in the institution of the Passover (Exodus 12:7). The writer to the Hebrews explains the significance of this: it is ‘lest he that destroyed the firstborn might touch them’ (cf. Hebrews 11:28). ...read more

  • A Mystery Unfolded

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,614 views

    The manifestation of this revelation is according to a commandment of the everlasting God.

    A MYSTERY UNFOLDED. Romans 16:25-27. The Apostle Paul was a master of the long sentence, and the doxology of his letter to the Romans is a classic example. In these three verses Paul echoes the introduction (Romans 1:1-5), and gathers up some of the themes that have occupied his attention ...read more

  • Anointed Ruler, Divine King

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 15, 2017
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     | 6,877 views

    The Old Testament expectation was inclining towards the coming of the warrior king. Instead, He appeared as the man on the donkey.

    ANOINTED RULER, DIVINE KING. Zechariah 9:9-12. In a series of visions, Zechariah reached beyond the needs of his own time to the coming of Jesus. In Zechariah 9:1, the eyes of men, and all Israel, were looking towards the return of the LORD to His city and Temple. The departure was foretold by ...read more

  • Rolling Away The Reproach

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 12, 2019
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     | 9,311 views

    The use of sacraments at a turning point in the Church's life.

    ROLLING AWAY THE REPROACH. Joshua 5:1-12. The exodus generation of Israel had not been circumcising their sons during the forty years of their wilderness wanderings (Joshua 5:5). So after the death of that whole generation (Joshua 5:4), and even on the threshold of the land which the LORD ...read more

  • The Advent Of Christ Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jun 28, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,234 views

    Advent is a celebration of hope concerning the arrival of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This message looks at the meaning of Advent by discussing the symbolism of the Advent wreath and the multi-colored candles.

    I have entitled our message this morning “The Advent of Christ.” This coming Wednesday evening we will be decorating the Christmas tree in preparation for the Christmas season. In many churches across America, decorating the sanctuary, which is sometimes called “Hanging the Greens,” is the ...read more

  • Advent Comfort

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 16, 2017
     | 12,496 views

    God has forgiven their sins and has reclaimed them as His own people. What good news that was for them and what good news for all those who seek to be God’s today.

    Advent2B A story came across my desk recently about a man who worked for the Post Office. This man’s job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses that that computer scanning system could not decipher. One day, a letter came to his desk addressed in shaky handwriting to God. He ...read more

  • One Whom You Do Not Know

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 8, 2011
     | 3,374 views

    Third Sunday in Advent, year B.

    John 1: 6 – 8; 19 – 28 / One Whom You Do Not Know Intro: I once conducted a training session in Indiana where I told the audience that I was from Fayette City, a town of less than a thousand people in PA that no one knew. A lady raised her hand and said, “I know that place. I ...read more

  • A Perfect "P-O-S-E” For Victory. Series

    Contributed by Herbert Armstrong Bosantog on Nov 7, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,191 views

    The more you are EXPOSED to the Word of God w/c is written in the BIBLE, the CLEARER the TARGET/GOAL. The CLEARER the GOAL creates DETERMINATION. BROAD & FOCUSED TARGET builds PERSEVERANCE & it produces PASSION. A CLEAR GOAL DIRECTS a DECISION. It is a DE

    IN BODYBUILDING: --------POSING onstage is far more DIFFICULT compared to the INTENSE TRAINING in the gym. --------POSING squeezes more sweat compared to a FULL-BLAST weight lifting. --------POSING is the ONLY WAY to show the JUDGES, how FAR you ACHIEVED during WORKOUT. --------It takes TIME and a ...read more

  • The Advent Of Jesus Means The Advent Of Eden

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Dec 4, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,780 views

    Jesus isn't just like an ambulance rushing to our rescue, he's also like a resort shuttle bus, for he is coming to take us to paradise.

    Take a look at the two vehicles pictured on the screen. Which one is more like Jesus? The ambulance or the Disney-resort shuttle bus? On one hand since Jesus comes to rescue us from our sins and from eternal death, you could say that he’s like the ambulance. On the other hand Jesus ...read more

  • Plan B Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 21, 2008
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     | 4,306 views

    Do you ever get into a situation where you are trying to follow God’s will but things just don’t seem to work out? If so, you are in good company. Find out how the Lord used a pinball to guide Paul, and you!

    We’d love to get an email from God with our day all planned out but it doesn’t work that way. And so we seek God and move forward—only to run into road blocks and rivers and dead ends. So what gives? Does the fact that things don’t work out perfectly mean we don’t hear God or are somehow not ...read more

  • The C Word: It's The Road To Success Series

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,316 views

    Learn four ways to communicate better in your home in this word-by-word study of Ephesians 4:15.

    "The C Word: It’s the Road to Success" Ephesians 4:15 In Operation Desert Storm, our military had one objective on the first night of operations: attack all communications installations and destroy them! Here’s why – if you can dismantle and disable someone’s communication network, you can defeat ...read more