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Advent Gospels: Luke Series

Contributed by Scott Nichols on Feb 27, 2011

This message looks at what it means to "carry Christ into Christmas" by looking at the oft-neglected story of Mary’s visit to Elizabeth in Luke’s Gospel.

“Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?” So cries an exasperated Charlie Brown in the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas. Amid the commercialism, the materialism and the general confusion of the holiday, Charlie Brown seeks merely to understand. Understanding has been our goal ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Mar 15, 2011

Christmas Story

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem Luke 2:1-2:20 Christmas 2006 His name was William Spurling. He was big for his age, and he was a little slow mentally. But he was a good kid, and all the other kids in the 7th grade liked him. In the school play, he wanted to play a shepherd, but the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Christ Has Set Us Free

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 4, 2004

This sermon is about Jesus and how he has set us free from legalism, guilt and sin.

Christ Has Set Us Free Galatians 5:1-6,13 Primary Purpose: To stress that the purpose of the law was to condemn, while Christ has set us free and justified the believer The story is told some years ago of a pastor who found the roads blocked one Sunday morning and was forced to skate on the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Knock - Knock, Whose There?

Contributed by Larry Jacobs on May 15, 2006

The Lord Jesus is knocking at the door of the church. Is your church letting Him enter?

Our Web Site: cbcbedford.com --------------------------------- KNOCK - KNOCK, WHOSE THERE? Rev. 3:20-22 Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me. Rev 3:21 To him who overcomes I ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:20-22

Denomination: Baptist

Make Room For Him Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 15, 2004

This is a Christmas sermon.

Thousands of sermons on this most familiar passage have been preached. We know it well. Linus quotes it in Charlie Brown’s Christmas special. Read Luke 2:1-20. Jesus entered life in the shadow of a “No Vacancy” sign and not much has changed in our world. We often deride the unnamed innkeeper. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Wesleyan

Loving The Unlovely Series

Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005

Looking at how we should treat unlovely people

Our attitude to the Unlovely – Luke 5:27-32 Gladstone Baptist Church – 19/9/04 “It was a beautiful Sunday morning and people were filling the church to its fullest capacity. As they filed in, each were given a bulletin filled with announcements, a sermon outline, etc. At the end of the line ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Cure For Conflict Series

Contributed by David Owens on Jul 3, 2006

James teaches us not only the cause of conflict, but the cure.

Introduction: A. Years ago, a large statue of Christ was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile – called “Christ of the Andes.” 1. The statue symbolizes a pledge between the two countries. As long as the statue stands, there will be peace between Chile and ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Deposits In The Heart

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 24, 2010

Sin in the human heart is addictive and destructive. But Christ can create a new and life-giving deposit in the heart.

Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC October 19, 1986 Only this week they drove another nail in my coffin. Those tireless, relentless researchers who ferret out the causes of cancer and who puzzle out the hows and the whys of heart disease published findings designed to frighten ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Fully Known

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 18, 2009

Healthy self-knowledge means that in Christ we know enough to be functional, and indeed our ignorance is the vehicle through which God conveys wisdom, for in Him we are fully known.

Charley Brown says to Lucy, still dispensing sage wisdom for the pre-inflationary price of five cents, "Nobody likes me, Lucy. Everybody hates my guts. Do you see that plane up there, Lucy? It’s a plane full of people going somewhere else. That’s what I’d like to do. I’d like to go somewhere else, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:4-31

Denomination: Baptist

Conflicting Signals

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 18, 2023

More important than knowing WHEN Jesus is coming is remembering that he HAS come, and he WILL come.

How many of you read the comic strip Peanuts? Anybody here NOT read Peanuts? Tell me, what do you think when you see Lucy with the football, holding it for Charlie Brown to kick? She always manages to talk him into it, doesn’t she? And he runs to kick the ball and she snatches it away and he falls ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Christ Code

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on May 21, 2006

Uncover the secret and blessing of Abiding in Christ

- Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code - The search for the Holy Grail is generally considered to be the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and the one used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch his blood as he hung on the cross, said to possess miraculous powers. - Tom Hanks as religious symbology ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Law For The Lawless

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 9, 2011

The Law does not save; only Jesus saves through faith.

Law for the Lawless January 24, 2010 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: The Law does not save; only Jesus saves through faith. Focus Passage: I Timothy 1:8-11 Supplemental Passage: I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons From Paddington Bear: Discovering God’s Love And Care Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jul 1, 2024

Paddington Bear is more than just a friendly bear with a fondness for marmalade; he is a symbol of kindness, love, and the beauty of unexpected blessings.

Lessons from Paddington Bear: Discovering God’s Love and Care Introduction Today, I want to talk about a beloved character who has captured the hearts of children and adults alike—Paddington Bear. Paddington is more than just a friendly bear with a fondness for marmalade; he is a symbol of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:7, Hebrews 13:2, Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Proverbial Wisdom

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 27, 2004

1- Covering and repeating 2- Starting and Stopping

INTRO.- More quips, quotes and notes. - God created the energy. We created the crisis. (God creates good things and we make a mess of them. Do you remember what God said after each thing He created?) - Men and money are much alike – the tighter they get, the louder they talk. - Ignorance is not ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Opportunity Found Me Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 25, 2007

Esther, Pt. 4

OPPORTUNITY FOUND ME (ESTHER 4) Peanuts’ Lucy asked Charlie Brown as they were walking together: “Why do you think we’re put here on earth, Charlie Brown?” Charlie Brown gave a simplistic answer: “To make others happy.” Lucy stopped and reflected: “I don’t think I’m making anyone very happy. Of ...read more

Scripture: Esther 4:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible