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Signs Of The Times

Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 18, 2007

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The signs of our times are significant, and we can place them in six categories: Signs of Despair; Signs of Warning; Signs of the Road; Signs of Judgment; Signs of Hope; and, the Sign of the Cross.

Additional Scripture used in sermon: Daniel 12:1-13 and Hebrews 10:31-39 “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14) Good Morning. Our Bible readings today all mention signs. But we have to be careful not to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:14-23

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Values Of The Person God Prospers Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on May 14, 2007

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Observations of the kind of values that Jesus outlines in the Beatitudes. (Heavily in debt to Dallas Willard for seminal thoughts!)

Last week, I talked about the need for a transformed heart, made alive by God’s Spirit. If our desire is to please God and enjoy His blessings, our heart must be renewed daily, and we must discipline our hearts so they are undivided! We need not be ‘miserable Christians’ frustrated by the gap ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Repentance: Beyond Excuses Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 18, 2007

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No more explanations, no more excuses - like the Ninevites, stop, turn around, go the other way.

Repentance: Does our generation understand what it means? We have been following the prophet Jonah for the past few weeks and we have seen that for many of us, when we read through the book of Jonah we place assumptions on the text, that aren’t really there. For example, a quick reading of chapter ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:5-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Undying Hope Series

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on May 30, 2006

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Why does God forbid murder? Because our God is a God of Hope.

Two weeks ago, Michael Kennedy walked into the police station over in Chantilly. He took out a gun and started firing. Detective Vicky Armel was killed immediately. Officer Michael Garabino lived for a week and half before he too finally died from the injuries sustained on that day. The shooter ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:13

Denomination: Baptist

The Place Of Popular Media In The Life Of The Christian (Da Vinci Code - 4)

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 13, 2006

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Last in this series on The Da Vinci Code. Doesn’t deal with the book itself, per se, but rather the issue of secular input into our lives.

The Place of Popular Media in the Life of a Christian (The Da Vinci Code – Part 4) Various Scriptures June 11, 2006 Introduction This is the fourth and last message on my series on The Da Vinci Code. And to be very honest, I’m not going to be talking about the content of the book at all, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Gospel Is Preached At The Areopagus Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 25, 2005

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Paul takes the context of a pagan city and uses their apparent spiritual thirst to tell them about Jesus and his rescue from the judgement to come.

Here’s Paul, left alone in Athens, the cultural capital of the world. How do you think he’d be feeling? Overwhelmed? Excited? Fascinated? Imagine this is you, not in Athens, but in New York or Paris or Rome or Berlin? How would you be feeling? Like you couldn’t wait to get out and start exploring? ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Anglican

The Food Of Faith Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 16, 2007

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Jesus didn’t need the 5 loaves and 2 fish to feed the multitude. So, why did He tell His disciples to feed the 5000 with food they didn’t have?

OPEN: An English teacher and her class were studying well known Proverbs. One day she gave them a test to see well they were understanding what she taught. She would state the first half of a proverb and then asked the students to come up with the rest of what it said. These were some of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:14-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Can Anything Good Come Out Of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church?

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Jan 19, 2009

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A sermon for the 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany preached at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon 1/18/09. It plays off Nathaniel’s question in the text "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"

“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” That’s quite a question for Nathaniel to be asking this morning, isn’t it? If you were from Nazareth, you might hear that as quite an insult. Just imagine someone you just met asking where you were from, and you say you’re from Audubon, Iowa, and they ...read more

Scripture: John 1:43-51

Denomination: Lutheran

Judgment And Glory Series

Contributed by James Jack on Nov 30, 2007

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It is the humble servants of the Lord, not the outwardly religious, who will enjoy Him forever.

One of the awesome things I’ve noticed as we’ve gone through Isaiah over the last few months has been amazing contrasts we see in the character to God, the paradoxes in his divine nature and his sovereign action. We saw it in dazzling brilliance last week when Cameron spoke to us from Isaiah 55. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 66:1-24

Denomination: Anglican

Walking It Out Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 21, 2009

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But as noted… we often find ourselves in tensions between two feelings … the tension between a spirit of legalism and a spirit license.

Walking in True Freedom Part 2 – Walking It Out Brad Bailey – July 15, 2007 One question I asked last week…Are you free to do anything you want (if within your means)? Yes… but somehow we sense that’s not the greatest news to hear… it helps us think about what true freedom is… spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:6-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Have You Tasted My Jesus? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 17, 2009

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"Green Eggs and Ham" may be a Children’s book, but it’s main character has a lot to say about effective witnessing for Christ.

OPEN: Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham is a long repetitious children’s poem that ends this way: For about the 20th time Sam-I-Am asks: “You do not like green eggs and ham?” To which his friend replies: “I do not like them, Sam-I-am.” Sam-I-am: “Could you, would you, with a goat?" Friend: “I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Utterly Amazing Grace

Contributed by Matt Hoffmann on Aug 30, 2009

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In these times, can anything amaze us? Look to the cross and see the answer is a resounding, YES!

Sermon 090609 Mark 7:31-37 When I was in California for our family reunion had a great time playing with my Nephews. It ended up being a walk down, “memory lane” for me because the toys they were playing with were toys that my brothers and I played with ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:31-37

Denomination: Lutheran

The Prayer Of Faith

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 25, 2009

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This is a discussion of the effective fervent prayer.

Text: “The effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16). Prayer is communication or communion with God. It can be a petition or an appeal to Him confessing our sins and asking for forgiveness. It can be conversation with Him giving Him praise for showering us with ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-18

Denomination: Christian Church

Bible Study Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 29, 2009

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Reading the word of God is important but with 2000 years of separation how are we supposed to understand the word of God?

1. Spiritual Disciplines Series April 05th, 2009 Bible Study In high school I turned down an opportunity to make $500 in a night because of I had principles and was unwilling to dance at a club, I wouldn’t sell my body like that. So now rather than selling my body for $500 a night I sell it for ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:2-4

Denomination: *other

God's Masterpieces

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 13, 2005

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What has created us in Christ Jesus to do good works.

What would you say is the greatest of God’s masterpieces? I suppose people would give many different answers to that question. Many would say that God’s greatest masterpiece is the sunset that paints the evening sky or the millions of stars that twinkle so beautifully each night. Others might ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10

Denomination: Baptist

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