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God's Faithful Love, Part 1 Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Aug 7, 2014

The Gospel According to Hosea God's Faithful Love, part 1

The Gospel According to Hosea God's Faithful Love, part 1 Hosea 1:1-2:1 David Taylor We are starting a new series, The Gospel According to Hosea, where we will be looking at God's faithful love for his unfaithful people. Let me start by telling you a bit about the background before we read the ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fighting For Your Family - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Tommy Jackson on Aug 26, 2014

Your Family is worth fighting for, so find out how to fight.

Fighting for Your Family Message # 1 OPEN: Today we are starting a Brand New Series called “Fighting For Your Family”. Notice I didn’t say “Fighting WITH Your Family”! You probably don’t need any help on how to do that. JOKE: Speaking of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:20-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Woes To The Pharisees And Lawyers - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 28, 2014

Jesus pronounces woes upon the Pharisees and lawyers and warns us of the danger of spiritual hypocrisy.

Scripture Last week I started a two-part message about Jesus’ pronouncement of woes upon the Pharisees and lawyers. Last week we looked at the setting of Jesus’ rebuke and the statements of rebuke to the Pharisees. This week I would like to conclude the message by looking at ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:45-54

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Godly Financial Management Part 2 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Dec 1, 2012

Part 2 focuses on paying God. This message focuses on Scriptures references from the Old Testament.

Scriptures: Ex. 23:19; Num. 15:20-21; Gen. 28:22; Lev. 27:30-32, 34; Malachi 3:6-11 Introduction: This is part 2 of my series on “Godly Financial Management” and this morning I will focus on “Paying God” from an Old Testament viewpoint. Next week I will focus on this ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:6-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Still Came, Part 1

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 1, 2012

The coming of Jesus Christ began not in Matthew, but Genesis. This is part one of a four part series leading up to Christ’s coming into the world.

The story of the coming of Jesus Christ into this world begins not in Matthew, but in Genesis. Our Bibles have one overarching theme: God’s relationship with man. The first book of the Old Testament tells us how God made man in His own image and likeness. The first book of the New Testament ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

He Still Came Part 2

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 13, 2012

The genealogy of Jesus is a central part of the biblical record. Who are these people in the line of Christ and what do they teach us?

View powerpoints: 1. Perspective on rich and poor (pic of child crying in anger because she got an iphone with only 16 GB instead of 32 GB next to a pic of a starving African wearing sandals made from two liter Coke bottles). Comment: Which of these do we most identify with? 2. Teach your ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:22-36

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Victories From The Lord Part 1

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 18, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: Glory to me or Glory to GOD? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show GOD owned the Glory not us. IV. TEXT: 2 Samuel 5:25 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) So David did what the Lord commanded, a

I. EXORDIUM: Glory to me or Glory to GOD? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show GOD owned the Glory not us. IV. TEXT: 2 Samuel 5:25 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) So David did what the Lord commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Victories From The Lord Part 2

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 18, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: Glory to me or Glory to GOD? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show GOD owned the Glory not us. IV. TEXT: 2 Samuel 8:6,14 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) 8. Then he placed several army garris

I. EXORDIUM: Glory to me or Glory to GOD? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show GOD owned the Glory not us. IV. TEXT: 2 Samuel 8:6,14 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) 8. Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 8:6-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Law Vs Grace Part 2

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 21, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: Are you still under the law? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we are under grace not law IV. TEXT: 1 Samuel 24:2 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) 2. So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops

I. EXORDIUM: Are you still under the law? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we are under grace not law IV. TEXT: 1 Samuel 24:2 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) 2. So Saul chose 3,000 elite troops from all Israel and went to search for David and his men ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

He Still Came Part 3

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 23, 2012

Jesus coming was told about in the Old Testament prophets and fulfilled as recorded in the New Testament gospels. God keeps a record of our lives too.

Today Jenny and I celebrate our 34th anniversary! Yesterday, we were reminiscing and thinking about how God has blessed us through these years. I could never have imagined having such a wonderful life with three children and now ten, going on eleven grandchildren. But I believe that God knew it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:25-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Godly Financial Management Part 4 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jan 13, 2013

This message focuses on the newly converted Gentiles not being required to live under the Law. It also reviews Jesus' teaching from Matthew chapter 25.

Godly Financial Management Part 2 Paying God Part 3 Scriptures: Acts 15:1-29; Galatians 2:11-21; Matthew 25:13-30 Introduction: In my message last week I shared with you that from my understanding of Scripture, tithing, as it is taught in Churches today is wrong because it was part of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:13-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Be Blessed- Part 2 - Be A Peacemaker Series

Contributed by David Wilson on Jan 14, 2013

A peacemaker is blessed because he obtains the reputation of being a child of God.

How to Be Blessed Part Two We are continuing out theme obtaining God’s blessing with our texts coming from various parts of the Bible. I truly believe that God desires to bless us and has provided us with a blueprint for receiving His great blessings, it is called the Bible. The Bible is a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

Defining Church And Christian Part 1

Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 19, 2013

Baptism, which should be a uniting part of faith, seems to have divided us instead. This is a first step of faith and an entry point into Christ where discipleship begins.

We are living in confused times, are we not? Our government doesn’t seem to know what a marriage is, or that an unborn baby is a real person. Where do we go to decide such things? We have a wide array of institutions and individuals claiming to be churches or Christians, but believing and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Breaking The Strongholds Of Satan (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jan 28, 2013

Did you know that all people can break the strongholds of Satan in their lives? How? Let’s learn from this incredible text.

Breaking the Strongholds of Satan Acts 19:1-20 Introduction: 1. How many of you traveled over the holidays? How many enjoy traveling? 2. How many prefer to just stay home? You wouldn’t have enjoyed being the apostle Paul. 3. In Acts 18:23, Paul left his home church in Antioch and began his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:1-20

Denomination: Bible Church

How To Be Blessed Part Iv: Confession Series

Contributed by David Wilson on Jan 28, 2013

Confession is essential for happiness, peace of mind and to defeat sin in our lives!

How to Be Blessed Part Four Our theme of obtaining God’s blessing continues this morning as we continue to remind ourselves that the Bible is a book about getting blessed. . For the purposes of our study, our personal definition of being blessed is threefold: 1) To be especially happy ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:1-8

Denomination: Baptist