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Are You God's Favorite?

Contributed by Joe Burke on Jan 17, 2007

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Jesus has many servants but few lovers.

Are You God’s Favorite? If you’re not, you can be and should be! Before you write me off as some crackpot, hear me out. I know the bible says God shows no favoritism (Deut 10:17, Acts 10:34, Ro 2:11 etc.) However, the Apostle John definitely considered himself to be loved in a special, ...read more

Scripture: John 13:23

Denomination: Catholic

Would A Loving God Really Send People To Hell? Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 10, 2006

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4th in a 4 part series dealing with topics that tend to divide people from each other and God.

THE GREAT DIVIDE - PART 4 “Would a Loving God Really Send People to Hell?” Matthew 10:28 and John 3:16-18 INTRODUCTION TO SERMON: A church that was seeking a new Pastor asked their top two candidates to preach a trial sermon and gave them the same topic and same text. The topic? Hell. Well, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-18

Denomination: Christian Church

Tell Us Pleasant Things

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 30, 2000

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The rebellious want to believe a lie, escape responsibility and avoid God, but the people of God are called to model truth and love.

Very often, on my day off, I enjoy going to the state forest near Loudonville and hiking through the woods. I put something to eat and drink in my pack and head out. I am energized by being alone where there are no phones or other means of communication — except the best communication one can ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 30:8-15

Denomination: Methodist

Where Do You Live?

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jun 21, 2005

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Do you life UPtown or DOWNtown? Do you live a life of plenty, or do you live in a salt lands and parched place of the desert?

Each one of us knows where we live, don’t we? We know which state welive in, which county welive in and most of us even know what street we live on. When we leave church today, we will go directly to the street we live on, and I doubt if there is anyone here today who will end up walking into the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-6

Denomination: *other

Tempted

Contributed by James Jerpseth on Mar 3, 2001

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Having grown up in hte desert, I know how harsh the place is and how tempting the options presented by hte devil really are. On the surface the temptations seem harmless and perhaps even good in the right hands but they all take our attention off God.

I grew up going to the desert, and thought that I knew what the desert lands are all about. I’ve been camping many times in the Anza Berrego wilderness and understand that the desert is a harsh and foreboding place. I know to stay on the trails, look for snakes and take lots of extra water. I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Stay In The Father's Presence

Contributed by Charles Banks on Jul 19, 2006

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This sermon analyzes the perils that can be unnecessarily experienced when we choose to stray away from the Provision of GOD to go after what we want out of life!

“Stay In The Father’s Presence!!!” Luke 15:11-24 11. And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12. And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13. And not many days after the younger son gathered all ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Christian Church

A "Two-Sided"Story:living Between Two Mountains Series

Contributed by Luciano Lombardi on Mar 2, 2001

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Objective: The two sides of the story of our life rise up to remind us that life is always best when lived with God rather than without God.

“A Two-Sided Story” Subject: Relationship with God Theme: The Two sides to our relationship with God Text: Joshua 23:14-16 Time: Sunday Evening March 4, 2001 Question: What are the results of the choices we make? Introduction: In the story “A River Runs Through It” - two sons of a ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 23:14-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ransom View Of The Atonement Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Aug 23, 2006

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We need to understand what was "covered up" at the Cross and what was "exposed" in the garden in order to fully appreciate what Jesus did for us.

The Ransom View of the Atonement This is the third sermon in my series on the last week of Jesus life. Three weeks ago, we examined Jesus’ act of “trashing the temple”, the next week, we watched as Mary prepared him for burial while he was still alive; last week we observed what the Last Supper ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:7

Denomination: Baptist

The Merciful Ways Of God

Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Mar 19, 2004

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"The Love of God calls us to be who God is to the world."

The word ‘Cat’ to my dog Sandy is not a word she wants to hear. It evokes an instant response of revulsion and loathing. ‘Grrr. Let me at it.’ Occasionally we’ll be quietly watching television, snoozing away, and a commercial will come on with a cat noise in it. Instant pandemonium. Vroom. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Death Valley Days

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 10, 2001

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Ties together Israel’s disobedience during the Exodus, people’s failure to recognize Jesus when he came, and our own obliviousness to the warning signs around us. Lesson: Hardships aren’t for punishnment, it’s to point us to God.

Have any of you ever watched a movie or a TV show about a wagon train? You know, a column of Conestoga wagons, what they called prairie schooners, with the rounded canvas tent-tops? When I was young Westerns were the commonest sort of show, and everyone knew the conventions: The square-jawed ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21, Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Everybody Is Not Your Friend/Smiling Faces Tell Lies

Contributed by Ronnie Mcneill on Jan 15, 2007

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In life we must realize that everyone that smiles in your face isn’t always your friend. Every body standing in your corner is not always in your corner. Smiling faces do at times tell lies.

Sermonic Theme: “Everybody Is Not Your Friend” with the undercutting theme of “Smiling Faces Tell Lies” Now whichever theme suits your need, you have a choice. Everybody Is Not Your Friend, or Smiling Faces Tell Lies. This sermon is one of great difficulty and pain to preach because when my ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:4-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Barrier Between God And Mankind

Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Nov 30, 2000

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There is a barrier between God and the human race that is removed by Jesus Christ’s work on the cross, which reconciled us to God.

THE BARRIER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN (Eph. 2:12-16) [HTTP formatted version of this sermon is located at http://members.aol.com/abidingitw/barrier.html] Because of Adam’s original sin, there is a barrier between God and every person at the moment we are born. This barrier consists of a number of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:12-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

When A Nation's Godly Light Flickers

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004

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4th of July Patriotic Sermon

"WHEN A NATION’S GODLY LIGHT FLICKERS" 1 KINGS 22:51 - 2 KINGS 1:14 INTRODUCTION: Some time ago I ran an experiment in my office. I retrieved a candle and matches and took both into my office and turned out the lights. My office has only one window and when the blinds are pulled it’s ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 1:1-10

Denomination: Christian Church

Who's The Boss?

Contributed by Rodney Mason on Aug 3, 2001

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A sermon that seeks to find exactly who is the head of our life.

Introduction: Their was a tv show starring Tony Danza in which he played a housekeeper. The show was focused around the fact that it was hard to tell exactly who ran the household. Was it the lady who hired Tony? Was it Tony? or was it the mother of the lady who hired Tony? It was very hard to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Man's Condition In Sin

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 13, 2005

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The hopeless condition of man in sin

There were two brothers, well known around town for their crooked business dealings and underworld connections. They were a mean and cold-blooded as you could imagine. One day one of the brothers died, and the surviving brother wanted to give his dead brother a funeral fit for a king. He called ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

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