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A Reason To Rejoice

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2004

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We rejoice because the Shepherd King, the LORD our Righteousness has come.

A Reason to Rejoice Jeremiah 23:3-6 INTRODUCTION: Take a quick Rorschach (Raw-shak) test with me: Consider the word Christmas. What is the first word that comes to your mind? For some, the word might be JOY. Joy is closely associated with Christmas. We wish each other a “Merry” Christmas. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:3-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Share Your Faith With Jains

Contributed by B. D. B Moses on Sep 13, 2003

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We know that Christ loves the Jains and died for them and desire them to have eternal life. We should know something about the Jains to pray intelligently for the Jains and to share our faith with Jains.

Introduction Jainism is one of the major world religions, but in reality Jains are a people group formed around a common set of shared values. There are only a few known believers among the Jains. Many Jains are only aware of Christ through the filter of their Jain community perceptions, which can ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6

Denomination: Baptist

Education Of A Prophet Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 19, 2004

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God went ot great lengths to teach His unwilling student a lesson.

INTRODUCTION • Have you teachers ever had a student who just did not get it? • As we look at Jonah 4 today, we will see a student who still did not get it. • As we left Jonah in chapter 3, we see that Jonah had a successful revival meeting in Nineveh. • Jonah’s message was preached and the people ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Restoring The Ruined Series

Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Dec 4, 2002

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A message raising the question of where we find the lepers of the 21st century and how we should deal with them in light of Jesus action.

Restoring the Ruined Introduction: Casey House in Toronto is a modern day leper’s colony. None of the residents who live there has any hope for a cure. None of the residents who live there has any family interested in their plight. None of the residents who live there has any dreams for the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Baptist

We Have A License

Contributed by Edward Frey on Jul 18, 2001

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Our freedom in Christ is freedom from the burden of guilt

Semon Text: Galatians 5: 1, 13-25 July 15, 2001 WE HAVE A LICENSE It’s summer time again, and that means a whole bunch of new drivers will be out on the roads. High school students are finishing their Driver’s Ed. Courses and practicing for their tests, all in the hopes of getting a driver’s ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Don't Judge Others . . . Judge Yourself!

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jul 23, 2001

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If you don’t want to be judged, don’t judge others; and if you want heavenly rewards, judge yourself.

There’s the story of the conscientious wife who tried very hard to please her ultracritical husband, but failed regularly. He always seemed the most cantankerous at breakfast. If the eggs were scrambled, he wanted them poached; if the eggs were poached, he wanted them scrambled. One morning, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Turn Back O Man

Contributed by Steve Gladwell on Aug 11, 2001

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The importance of repentance

About four years ago, I read a story in the paper about a couple who were about 45 years old. They were fortunate enough to have picked the correct six numbers in the lottery the year before the story appeared and they were featured in the same paper at that time when they said that the win would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:3-14, Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

How's Your Spiritual Maintenance?

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 15, 2001

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The cares and anxieties of the world, and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches,and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes

How’s Your Spiritual Maintenance? By Pastor CG "The cares and anxieties of the world, and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:18-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Reflections On America's Tragedy

Contributed by David Swensen on Sep 17, 2001

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Reflections on the tragedy in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.

REFLECTIONS Fiery plane crashes. Billowing smoke. Imploding buildings. Contorted metal. Mountains of rubble. Burned out fire trucks and police cruisers. Walking wounded. Dead bodies. Anguished, broken-hearted loved ones. Bone weary rescue workers. We have all seen the heart-wrenching sights. And ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Count The Cost

Contributed by Edward Frey on Sep 22, 2001

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The cost of following Jesus is but a faithful recognition that he comes first.

Sermon Text: Luke 14:25-33 Count The Cost! Dog owners often post signs on their property saying, “Beware of dog.” A friend of mine had one of those signs on his fence. The only problem was that his dog didn’t fit the warning. His dog was a lazy, old hound that barely moved. If anything you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Lutheran

Three Ways To Make Your Life More Meaningful

Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 10, 2006

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Sermon explores three ways to make a person’s life more meaningful: know who you are, know what you are to do, and make the most of your time.

Three Ways to Make Your Life More Meaningful Introduction Short sideline passes; long bombs, and sometimes long over-the-middle pass plays are common after the “Two Minute Warning” is given in a professional football game. Here game clock management is as important as yardage gained. Despite ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-19

Denomination: Orthodox

Living In Limbo

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 13, 2007

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Too many of us are living in spiritual limbo because we have chosen to sit back and ‘let things happen’ or as we say “Let the cards fall where they may”. We often catch glimpses of what God has in mind for us but somehow the vision never becomes reality.

Michelle Collins of the Globe & Mail: When 26-year-old Geoff Emery put money down on his first condominium, he started looking forward to moving out of his mother’s house. The move-in date of November 2005 rolled around only to find himself in November 2006 still living with his mom in Markham. He ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-9

Denomination: Salvation Army

We Worship The Son Of God

Contributed by William Baeta on Dec 1, 2000

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Jesus deserves our worship

Theme: We worship the Son of God Text: Jer. 11:18-20; James 3:16-4:3; Mk. 9:32-37 A few weeks ago the press carried a news item that another European parliament had approved a bill giving homosexual marriages the same legal status as heterosexual marriages. They have even gone further by ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 11:18-20, Mark 9:32-37

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Pictures From The Passover

Contributed by David Scudder on Mar 4, 2008

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The more we look at the Passover the more we can see that Christ is clearly pictured in it. Christ’s forgiveness is glorious.

Pictures From the Passover Exodus 12:1-14 Purpose: To explain how the Passover pictures our salvation. Aim: I want he listener to glorify God and rejoice in His forgiveness. INTRODUCTION: Many of the announcements in Scripture don’t have the impact on us that the original hearers had. For ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

And Then There Were Three Thieves...

Contributed by Christopher Rainer on Mar 5, 2008

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A lot of people believe that there were just two thieves hanging on those crosses on Calvary’s mountain. Well, Luke lets me know that there was some more thievery going on that day...

And Then There Were Three Thieves… Scripture Text: Luke 23:39 – 43 Introduction: Under normal circumstances, it doesn’t feel good to be taken from. It’s different when I give it to you or you have a need and I share what I have with you. It’s another thing altogether for you to see me with it, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:39-43

Denomination: Baptist

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