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When Did Animals Begin To Fear Man

Contributed by Michael Cotie on Aug 13, 2014

A question from a member for a Wednesday night message, which shows when animals began to fear mankind.

Title: When did Animals begin to fear man? Introduction: The question before us is “When did Animals begin to fear man?” God created man and animal life on the same day of creation and man was given dominion, but what about the animals and their fear of man when did that start? Keep ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Redbuds, Baseball, And Turkeys Gobbling Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 29, 2009

Exposition of Mark 13:28-37 about the conclusion of the Olivet Discourse and its main application to watch and pray for the end is near

Text: Mark 13:28-37, Title: Redbuds, Baseball, & Turkeys Gobblin’, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/1/09, PM A. Opening illustration: Redbuds, Baseball, & Turkeys Gobblin’ B. Background to passage: this is the closing of the Olivet Discourse, except for the portions found in Matthew 24-25. And most of them ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:28-37

Denomination: Baptist

Lesson 7: Exegesis Not Eisegesis

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 5, 2018

Let's diminish bad Bible interpretation in the pulpit.

Lesson Goal In this lesson I hope to eradicate or greatly diminish bad biblical interpretation in churches. I also hope to arm both preacher and congregation against the shoddy Scriptural analysis of many televangelists and popular Christian writers. Lesson Intro You can give a man a fish or ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How She Became A Creationist

Contributed by Coz Von on Jul 25, 2018

A life changing experience

Seven years old, lying in my dark bedroom, saying a prayer to God, I realized that my words were bouncing down from the ceiling and hitting me in the face. God was not with me in my heart, but out there somewhere—and there was a great blackness between us. I couldn’t reach Him, and I knew, truly ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Moved By The Spirit

Contributed by Clair Sauer on May 12, 2016

A Pentecost sermon focusing on the promise of God's enduring presence with us through the Holy Spirit.

The story you just heard is the story of the first Pentecost day. Today is Pentecost Sunday, and that is going to be the framework for our message this morning. So that we all start on the same page, let me explain a bit of the history of Pentecost. Pentecost comes from the Greek word, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: United Methodist

In The Beginning

Contributed by Jeff Hatos on Jun 3, 2019

How can we Christians explain the wonders of the universe?

In The Beginning Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Ever since people have had the ability to look at God’s creation and ask “How does that work?’, we have been working to unlock the secrets of the universe. And over the estimated six thousand years we have ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Complete Love

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 29, 2017

Do we love God completely? How do we love God with our whole heart, soul and mind? What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself?

Prelude, Purpose, Plan Do we love God completely? How do we love God with our whole heart, soul and mind? What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself? We are tempted to emphasize only one dimension of loving God. Let us learn of the more complete love taught by Jesus. Let’s examine the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-46

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Circumcision Will Not Save Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Mar 13, 2024

Paul introduces to the Jew and Gentile, a new circumcision, that of the heart.

2:25 “For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.” Paul is not trying to suggest the physically impossible. He’s stating a spiritual truth. The Jews trusted in their heritage. They trusted in their ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:25-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Obligations

Contributed by Neal Gracey on Jun 23, 2001

What Obligations do you and I have concerning: Christmas, God, The Church?

Christmas: The Word for the day is, …OBLIGATION Can anyone tell me the definition of Obligation? 1. A moral or legal duty. 2. A binding promise. 3. A debt of gratitude We are all familiar with the Christmas story. Lets read the scripture in today’s lesson and study this word, …Obligation. LUKE ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:4-20

Denomination: Baptist

Records

Contributed by Grant Adams on Nov 10, 2021

Regardless of what our motives might be, we should keep in mind the end result. That is what's going to show up in our record.

The Bible contains messages for two classes of people: Salvation for the lost, a life of service for the Christian. There are many motives for serving God: 1. Fear. Genesis 22:12 2. Love; 1 John 5:3 3. Duty 4. Show of; Luke 18:9-12 Five things I want to notice about our record. I. Recorded; Job ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-27, Romans 14:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

Christ's Scars For Our Healing "a Healing Hope"

Contributed by Cesar Datuin on Jul 18, 2022

All scars have a story to tell. Jesus has His own scars when He went up to heaven to tell His Father all the wounds He need to bear. These scars are the very reason why we are getting our healing. Let These scars heal us as we read this exhortation.

Intro: Good morning/afternoon. It’s our 3rd week in the month of July with our month theme “A Healing Hope. For the last 2 Sundays, we discussed about how God heal us spiritually as Bro. Nordan taught us that our spiritual healing will only come once we are saved. Ptra. Mildred discussed about how ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Teach Your Children Well

Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 20, 2001

The responsibility for training up children belongs with parents.

I’d like to begin this morning with a story about my lawn. In the two years we’ve lived in Westlake, we’ve noticed that most of the lawns look very nice. And of course, that’s the suburban ideal, isn’t it? Getting away from the city, with all of its concrete, and asphalt, and buildings stacked one ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Denomination: Baptist

How Does Christianity Work?

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 14, 2001

The question isn’t, "Does Christianity Work?" The important question is "How?" What is there about Christ’s teachings that make a real difference in our lives?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX A. Thanksgiving Day is over, & if you have been to the mall, you know that the Christmas shopping season is well on its way. But let me ask you, "What gift can you buy for people well up in years who already have ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A User-Friendly God Series

Contributed by Joel Smith on Sep 13, 2008

Don’t let the drive for security and significance cause you to create a more manageable God.

Aren’t you glad we live in an age of user-friendly technology? You could go to Wal-Mart right after this service, purchase a relatively inexpensive laptop computer, plug it in, fire it up and with no previous experience understand how to use it in no time. Computer companies intentionally make ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

We Are Saved By Grace Series

Contributed by David Owens on Sep 23, 2008

In addition to being loved and forgiven by God, it is important that we understand that we are not saved because of what we do, but because of what God has done for us. We are saved by grace.

Introduction: A. Did you hear the story about the Sunday School teacher who wanted to teach her class about being saved by grace? 1. She asked the class, “If I sold my house and my car and gave all my money to the church, would I get into Heaven?” 2. “NO!,” the children all answered. 3. Again she ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ