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The First Sentence Series

Contributed by Ricky Burke on Sep 6, 2001

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This is the first sermon in a series of studies on Genesis 1-3 entilted, "How it all Began"

We’re doing a series of messages called, "How Did We Get Here?" These studies will focus on the first two chapters of Genesis. Let’s start with the first sentence of the Bible. The first sentence of any book, or speech, is very important. It sets the tone for everything else that ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

Denomination: Baptist

Born Again To Become A New Creature In Christ

Contributed by Benny Horn on Oct 29, 2001

based on 126 ratings

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When a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it becomes a new creature; this is a perfect picture of the eternal security of the believer.

Born Again to Become a New Creature in Christ Introduction: When God created all the living creatures in the world, he made many different kinds. He created some to be very beautiful to look at, and some not so beautiful at least to us. Of course, I am sure that they are all beautiful to God. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

How Paul Benefited By Becoming All Things To All Men

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

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Principles and methods of identifying with everyone so we can bring Christ’s saving message to as many as possible

How Paul Benefited By Becoming All Things to All Men Illustration:Suffering from terminal spinal cancer at the age or 47, former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano spoke with a reporter. He looked back on his life and told a story about himself as a 23-year-old coach of a small ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Living In The Middle"

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 7, 2002

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When we face hardship we need to realize we’re in the middle of a story authored by God

"Living in the Middle" I try to take some time from my professional reading to relax with a good novel. I love to read and to talk about books. When I was a hospital chaplain I found it interesting to see what patients were reading on the wards. I figured if they had a James Mitchener novel, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-7

Denomination: Congregational

"The Rich Man & Lazarus”,

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002

based on 98 ratings

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A parable that tells us much about the human heart

“The Rich Man & Lazarus” Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts You may be thinking, “Hey—wasn’t Stewardship Sunday last week? Although I’m sure there’ve been plenty of sermons on this parable that condemned the misuse of money, that’s not what I want to focus ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31, Luke 15:16-31

Denomination: Congregational

Who Will Roll The Stone Away?

Contributed by Dave Martin on Apr 14, 2001

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We all go through life collecting, sorting, and storing information, which comes into our lives. What was capturing the thoughts of the women that first Easter Sunday?

"Who will Roll the Stone Away?" Text: Mark 16:1-3;Mt.28:1-10 & Selected Cross Creek Community Church Pastor Dave Martin - Easter Sunday, April 15, 2001 www.crosscreekcc.org God’s Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Life Changing! Mark 16:1-3 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-3, Matthew 28:1-10

Denomination: Bible Church

Building A Love That Lasts

Contributed by Stuart Blount on Apr 24, 2001

based on 84 ratings

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Loving God as he deserves is so challenging for us. Our own human relationships can often give us clues towards this great goal.

BUILDING A LOVE THAT LASTS Examining the ingredients necessary to loving God as he deserves One of the greatest love stories in the Bible is found in one of the strangest of the books of the Bible …… THE SONG OF SONGS / SOLOMON. It is the story of how King Solomon fell in love with one of his ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 5:10-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

His Needs, Her Needs, Part 1 Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 25, 2001

based on 91 ratings

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Men and women are different. Surprised?

[The "Rules"] 1. The Female always makes the Rules. 2. The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification. 3. No Male can possibly know all the Rules. 4. If the Female suspects the Male knows all the Rules, she must immediately change some or all of the Rules. 5. The Female is ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:4

Denomination: Baptist

God Glorifed

Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 7, 2001

based on 244 ratings

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Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Easter

I would like you to this morning to do a mental cross-word puzzle with me. This puzzle has only one word to it, it is 4 letters long, but it is probably the most difficult word to understand in the English language. This word has caused more thorns in peoples’ sides, it has divided more people and ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35

Denomination: Lutheran

A Church In Exile, And Our Response

Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Jan 7, 2002

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In many ways the Christian church is a church in exile as many of our traditional power bases have been lost. We are not to focus on things of man, but things of God, in prayer and faith. Perseverance in prayer is the key.

A Church in Exile, and our Response. Sermon for Proper 29, Year C 21 October 2001 St John the Evangelist, Cold Lake Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:94-104 2 Tim 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 One of the joys of being a Lay Reader is the privilege of preaching God’s word before His people. The other part ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8, Jeremiah 31:27-34

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Some Ask, "Why Does God Allow Evil And Suffering In The World?"

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 28, 2002

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God is so great that nothing happens without His permission, and in that permission His ultimate plan unfolds. In His plan He is able to use for good what man intends for evil. God is in control

Illustration:As C.S. Lewis wrote, "The greatest evil is not done in those sordid ’dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint...it is conceived and...moved, seconded, carried, and minuted...in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Lifted Me

Contributed by Dan Buis on Feb 25, 2001

based on 57 ratings

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We are ascended with Christ!

Some of the hottest books on the market right now in the Christian and even secular market are books about the rapture. The rapture is the biblical teaching taken from I Thessalonians 4 that Christ will return at the sound of the trumpet, the dead will be raised and those of us who are “in Christ” ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Issues Of Life 3: Self-Defense, Firearms And The Military Series

Contributed by James H Boyd on Mar 26, 2003

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Did Jesus advocate pacifism? Is taking human life always wrong? Does "Turn the other cheek" mean that we must allow ourselves, our families and our nation to be at the mercy of those who wish to do us harm?.

Note: This message is a collaberation between myself and my friend Dave Pope It has been said that a person can but minister out of their ’overflow’, that is, out of the abundance of the Word of God in them and their personal experience. It is with this thought in mind that we present this third ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:36

Denomination: Charismatic

The Gift

Contributed by John Nadasi on Mar 27, 2003

based on 44 ratings

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Nicodemus made the message of grace so complicated he couldn’t understand it. We sometimes do the same thing. Yet, the message is as simple now as it has ever been. Christ is received by grace through faith.

John 3:14-21 Paonia United Methodist Church March 30, 2003 As we continue into our Lenten season, I am called to remind you of what Lent is about. Lent is the time, when we as a church Are reminded of own sinful nature and humanity. It is a time when we remember that we will Return to the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21

Denomination: Methodist

Opening The Dreaded Box Series

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 4, 2005

based on 11 ratings

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In this series it is my goal that you not question your faith, but be able to ask the questions about your faith that you have always wondered, but never knew the answer

Sermon Series: “Questioning the Faith” Introduction: “Opening the Dreaded Box” Text: 1 Peter 3:15 OPENING JOKE: INTRODUCTION: We are going to begin a very special series of sermons this evening called, “Questioning the Faith” In this series it is my goal that you not question your faith, but be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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