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  • "Pit Crew”

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 5, 2003
    based on 85 ratings
     | 6,073 views

    How does God feel about sending people to your church?

    Intro: You ever have one of those moments when everything just seems to come together and you step back from your life and everything makes sense? We call those light bulb or ah ha moments. It’s like when I get something that says “some assembly required”. When it comes to putting things ...read more

  • Bridges Swamped, Swamps Bridged

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 10, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,244 views

    In times like these the very things we have created to solve human problems are easily swamped; but God wants His people to flourish and will build bridges over the difficulties.

    In June of 1972 I was standing in the middle of Colesville Road, not far from my home. I was standing safely in the middle of the road because no traffic was coming through. Why not? Hurricane Agnes had done. Remember Agnes? We’ve had a lot of storms around here, but not many that did as much ...read more

  • Fidelity Matters Series

    Contributed by Robert Odle on May 13, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,904 views

    Our culture is destroying itself, particularly with matters of sex. The Church must wake up and speak up before it is eternally too late!

    Character Counts! Fidelity Matters (Proverbs 6:32-33) Theme: The Church is God?s prophetic voice. It must speak God?s message to the culture. Purpose: What do I want to happen in the hearer when I preach this sermon? A. Increased knowledge. After I preach this sermon, the hearer should be able ...read more

  • More Than Hatch, Match, And Dispatch Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 20, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 7,777 views

    People expect only the ceremonial from the church. But God wants to give us a rich, varied, and outward-reaching life.

    Last week you seemed to get a big charge out of my little story about going to a wedding rehearsal and wasting time waiting for a key person to arrive. When I said that I didn’t know what we’d do on Sunday afternoon if he didn’t show up, you let out a belly laugh. You assumed I was talking about ...read more

  • Who Is Jesus

    Contributed by Jeff Ruth on May 25, 2003
    based on 70 ratings
     | 9,216 views

    We need to get our minds off of sharing gossip, recipes, and social sagas and get them on sharing Jesus.

    WHO IS JESUS One of the saddest things happening in this country today has to do with churches. Today church houses are more of a social club than a place where God’s people gather together to repent, fellowship, praise, and worship Him. You hear people all of the time talking about what’s ...read more

  • Universality Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 11, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 13,288 views

    Thanks to Constantine’s move, the church gradually began to think of its universality as power rather than as an evangelical mandate. Christ is to be lord of our political life, our cultural life, our everyday life -- every aspect.

    Christ is lord of all! What a bold statement! Maybe even an arrogant statement! Lord of all? Do we believe that? It was said of one preacher that “for tender minds he served up half a Christ.” Behind that lie two realities – first, that many of us don’t want the full gospel, we’d rather just ...read more

  • Peace Pottage Hot Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 19, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,589 views

    What is peace, how do we get it, and what are the consequences if we do not obtain authentic peace?

    Peace. All I want is an hour of peace! If I could just shut out the noise, pull the plug on the telephone, and send everybody packing for a couple of days, I’d be all right. Have you ever said that? Have you ever felt as though you were on the very edge of falling into an abyss? You were in ...read more

  • Better Is One Day In Your House

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jun 23, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 19,899 views

    Christians need to understand the reasoning for being in church whenever they can.

    June 22, 2003 Morning Service Text: Psalms 84:1-12 Subject: God’s House Title: Better is One Day in Your House I want to start out today by talking to you about this church. Why do you come here? We have all heard the excuses people make for not coming to church, but have you ever really stopped ...read more

  • A Fresh Encounter With Jesus Series

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jun 25, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 7,673 views

    1 0f 18 messages on moving toward greater health as a church.

    A Fresh Encounter with Jesus (NTC4T-1) I. His Deity—He Is God the Son A. He is eternal B. He is the Creator C. He is the Sustainer D. He is God II. His Humility—He Is the Suffering Servant A. He was humble in… 1. Appearance 2. Means 3. Attitude 4. Action B. He fully identified with our ...read more

  • Recalling Christ's Call Series

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jun 25, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,673 views

    2 of 18 messages on moving toward greater health as a church

    Recalling Christ’s Call (NTC4T-2) I. His Mission—Luke 19:1-10 A. Jesus exemplifies His mission 1. He went to where Zacchaeus was 2. He called Zacchaeus by name 3. He invited Zacchaeus to come down 4. He asked Zacchaeus to receive Him 5. He ignored Zacchaeus’ accusers 6. He brought Zacchaeus to ...read more

  • What We Believe: The Church (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 1, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,413 views

    Discover the three essentials of Jesus’ Church

    We’ve spent almost two months worth of Sundays looking at what our church believes. What we believe determines how we behave. There was a time when people believed the earth was flat. They didn’t dare to travel too far for fear that they will fall off the edge of the earth. What you believe ...read more

  • Taking Ownership With God

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 13,830 views

    We must buy into what God is doing by taking part ownership.

    Acts 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he ...read more

  • Taking Ownership With God Part 2

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,577 views

    getting past the things that keep us from taking ownership in what God is doing.

    Acts 6: 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ...read more

  • What Church, Sunday School, And Vbs Is All About

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 12, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,308 views

    The purpose of church, Sunday School, and VBS.

    INTRO.- What is church, Sunday School and VBS all about? One thing for sure, it’s the place to learn about God and His Word. ILL.- A Sunday School teacher asked her students, “Do you believe that story about Lot’s wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt?” One little boy said, “Sure I ...read more

  • Available For Impossible Dreams Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,514 views

    In observance of my 17th anniversary as pastor; to worship is to become available for God’s purposes, which mean being sent to unreceptive and impossible situations. Can we dream impossible dreams about our church’s building, properties, ministries with

    If what you expect to receive and what someone wants to give you are not the same thing, you are doomed to disappointment. If you want a particular thing, but the person you are dealing with is determined that you shall have something else, it is going to be tough. The other day ...read more