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Protecting God's House

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Dec 19, 2008

The church will be in trouble when its people do not protect it and perform the necessary tasks to keep it what it ought to be.

Protecting God’s House Griffith Baptist Church – 12/28/08 P.M. Service Text: Nehemiah 13:7-14 Key verse: Nehemiah 13:11 - Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. Premise: The church will be in ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 13:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

Pretense Or Sincerity? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 17, 2009

Jeremiah condemned the pretentious worship of God and exalted the sincere worship of God. The contrast is great, especially when we examine the two attitudes separately.

Pretense or Sincerity? (Jeremiah, Selected Verses) 1. Three ministers were talking about prayer in general and the appropriate and effective positions for prayer. As they were talking, a telephone repairman was working on the phone system in the background. One minister shared that he felt the key ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 7:3-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

This City Makes God Cry

Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 21, 2009

God goes to the City that makes Him cry because of you and I.

“This City Makes God Cry” Luke 19:41 We come today in our Lenten Journey to the point where Jesus is about to enter Jerusalem triumphantly. His ministry and life has been prophecy fulfilled. Jesus ascends the Mount of Olives, a mountain range on the eastern boundary of Jerusalem. Jerusalem ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:41

Denomination: Baptist

When God Is Your Travel Agent Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 13, 2007

If the goal of your life is to avoid as many problems as possible, then don’t take a journey with God!

When God is Your Travel Agent (Exodus 15:22-27) 1. All of our lives are filled with uncertainty; Some of us accept that reality and adjust to the unforeseen as best we can. 2. Others frantically create rules or routines to give ourselves the sense that we have reduced life’s uncertainties -- ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:22-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Watch Out For Delilah!

Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011

If you lay your head in Delilah's lap it will be bring destruction.

Judges 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Sampson had a strong love for Delilah but it seems she did not have love for him. There is a great analogy here between Sampson and Delilah and the church or saint of God and the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Baptism: What Does It Mean To Have A Cicumcised Heart?

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 8, 2009

For us as Gentile believers we don’t need to be physically circumcised, but we do need to have circumcised hearts, and the outward sign of this is Baptism. What does it mean to have a circumcised heart?

As we continue with our study of St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians we today come face to face with baptism and with the forgiveness of Jesus Christ. The water of Baptism is where we are mysteriously ‘buried with [Christ] …and raised with [Christ] through [our] faith in the power of God who raised ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:11-15

Denomination: Anglican

As Moses Lifted Up The Serpent

Contributed by Charles R. Peck on Mar 2, 2013

Comparing the old with the new, As the Serpent was lifted up for a cure, Jesus was lifted up for our sins.

As Moses Lifted up the Serpent John 3: 14/21 In these scriptures that I have read, we see the “heavenly things,” as before the earthly. But it is under a veil, and this is what Nicodemus didn’t understand about being born again. This is what Jesus had reference to in John ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21

Denomination: *other

The Three Faces (Phases) Of Paul He Apostle Part 4 Series

Contributed by Denis O'callaghan Ph.d. ,th.d., D.d., D. Phil. on Sep 8, 2012

Growing in Grace with God.

Well..., We now come to the most difficult face or phase of Paul in my mind, if you have followed my thoughts like Alice following the white rabbit you have already seen that it could have been possible for Paul to not only been liberal in his thinking but also radical. But when we come to this ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Paul's Contentment

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 8, 2013

To enumerate the things Paul needed in this life that's enough to be contented.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you have Paul's contentment? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To enumerate the things Paul needed in this life that's enough to be contented. IV. TEXT: 1 Timothy 6:8 (Amplified Bible) But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Man In The Mirror. (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 5, 2015

God has something He wants to say to you today…..God wants you to do more!

James 1:22-25- But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-25

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons From A Mustard Seed

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Aug 6, 2017

Significance is a matter of perspective—man's versus God's.

Our perception of things is unreliable; we often think we have the right perspective on an issue when in fact we are way off. Tom Wheeler, former CEO of Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells a charming story that illustrates this point: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-33

Denomination: Other

The Visitor Who Never Arrived Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 12, 2016

Whereas the Magi devoutly and innocently sought out the newly born Messiah-King, wicked King Herod never set his evil eyes upon Him. He, like so many others, never arrived.

The Visitor Who Never Arrived Christmas “Thwarted Plans” Series (Matthew 2:1-8, 16-18) 1. A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other were their looks. Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom and gloom pessimist. Just to see what would ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

As My Mother Did

Contributed by Perry Greene on May 14, 2018

David's mother is unknown to us but she left a legacy in her son, David.

1. Recently we heard of the passing of Barbara Bush – wife of former President George H. W. Bush; and mother of former President George W. Bush 2. But, who George Washington’s Mother? (Mary Ball Washington); Abraham Lincoln’s Mother? (Nancy Hanks Lincoln) – virtually unknown women but influenced ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Come With Compassion

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 23, 2020

In these trying times we must sahre Jesus' compassion.

1. A teaching hospital found one of its young resident students had a marvelous effect on children. The children responded to him with delight. They would do things for him and yield to him in a way that they wouldn’t do for others on the staff. The hospital assigned a nurse to discover the secret ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 15:11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Ruth The Caregiver - Sermon Iv: A Caregiver Who Was Blessed Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Nov 4, 2019

God blesses those who need caregiving and also those who give care. Mothers are true examples of such. God blesses mothers and others whom God uses to care for those who need it most.

RUTH THE CAREGIVER – SERMON IV: A CAREGIVER WHO WAS BLESSED Ruth 4:13-17 God blesses those who care for others. Today we honor mothers, for who can measure up to a godly mother’s care for her ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:13-17