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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Through the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper, God comes to us that we may come together.
Going on a field trip is something that every elementary student looks forward to. Teachers use field trips to make more tangible the lessons they want to teach. For example instead of just lecturing students about forests, a teacher will take students to a forest where they can smell the pine ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 3:27
Denomination: Lutheran
HOW TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS CULTURES
TIPS FOR CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Illustration: When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:15-23
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
3 of 4. Cain’s legacy was a spiritually derelict/deficient progeny. Personal unrepentance leaves a legacy of spiritually dereliction/deficiency. What does such a legacy provide? Spiritually deficient populations seek...
The LEGACY Of UNREPENTANCE-III— Genesis 4:16-24 Likewise we will leave a legacy to our families. But what of any value will they receive? Background: Previously we had looked at Cain’s willful disdain of God’s direction for his life, & discovered the ‘Tragedy of Unrepentance’(4:1-15). Today we ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 4:16-24
Denomination: Baptist
How To Use An Understanding of Culture In Church Planting and Growth
How To Use An Understanding of Culture In Church Planting Learning Objectives 1. The students will explain how a missionary can communicate the gospel cross-culturally effectively. 2. The students will explain how to use an understanding of a person’s world view to communicate the gospel ...read more
Scripture: Acts 21:5-40
Leadership should adjust itself to the cultural context so as to be the best servant leadership following the example of Jesus Christ who humbled himself and became like a man. Leadership Changes Across Culture
LEADERSHIP CHANGES ACROSS CULTURES Quote: Jesus said, "Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men. And they left everything and followed Him." (Matt 4:19,20) Introduction - Trying to work in another culture with your own cultural values of leadership can be frustrating, counter-productive, and ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:19-25
Hebrews 11 provides principles for living and ministering in a fast-changing world!
LESSONS FROM THE WILD WEST! LEWIS AND CLARK: WHERE THE MAP ENDS THE ADVENTURE BEGINS Hebrews 11:1-10 INTRO We are in a series called “Lessons from the Wild West.” Two weeks ago we looked at: “Buffalo Bill Cody” (10:1-15) and saw that he, just like the disciples of Jesus, was a common ordinary ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-10
Denomination: Nazarene
God can use what you already have to help you overcome challenges, just like David used five smooth stones to defeat Goliath. By understanding David's approach, we can learn how to conquer the giants in our own lives.
Today, we're diving into the epic showdown between David and Goliath. We're gonna focus on those five smooth stones David used to take down Goliath and see how God can use what we've got. Object Lesson: Bring out a sling and five smooth stones. Demonstrate how David might have used them. [Read 1 ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-40, Matthew 14:13-21
Topics: Resilience, Resourcefulness, Adaptability, Problem-Solving
How Paul Adapted His Message to His Audience - Acts 22
How Paul Adapted His Message to His Audience - Acts 22 Paul’s amazing ability to adapt His message to every audience is a demonstration of the Spirit’s power and wisdom in a humble man. The great apostle shows tact, presence of mind and an earnest desire to see people come to saving faith in ...read more
Scripture: Acts 22:1-30
The story of the rape of Dinah is one that makes us feel uncomfortable. What does such a story have to do with revealing God to us? This sermon explores living as faithful Christians in an ever increasingly violent world.
Bibliography: Culture Shifts, lesson 5 Our Bible story makes us feel uncomfortable. We are not really comfortable with it being in the Bible. Its a story that seems rather out of place and it doesn’t seem like it belongs. What is it doing in a book that talks about the relationship of faith ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 34:1-31
Denomination: Methodist
Principles of Identification in Cross-Cultural Church Planting and Evangelism
Principles of Identification in Cross-Cultural Church Planting and Evangelism Learning Objectives 1. The students will explain how one identifies with someone from another culture in evangelism. 2. The students will write a short paper discussing some of the limits of identifying with a ...read more
Scripture: Acts 4:12-16
A study of Christianity in the Postmodern age and how to be culturally relavent.
I use the term quicksand because it has a scary connotation of being caught in something that I have no control over. Yet I have always heard that the best thing to do if your caught in it is to stay calm because all the flailing around we tend to due when we’re scared just causes us to sink ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
This wedding message was used at a bi-racial wedding ceremony. The audience was mostly non church going people. Had a lot of positive comments on the differences between covenant marriage and contract marriage.
Marriage Ceremony of Dan and Kimm August 5, 2006 Greeting On behalf of Kimm and Dan, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of you. I know that some of you traveled a great distance to be here, some of you even came from another country, Texas, just to be here to celebrate this ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Behavioral guidelines for the believer for engaging a post-Christian culture in a postive manner.
Most of us know that there is currently a war raging. But what we don’t hear on the news every night is that there is a war raging on our own soil - not just halfway around the world in Afghanistan and Iraq. The war in which we are engaged is a culture war. It is a conflict to see what our ...read more
Scripture: Titus 3:1-8
We miss out on the blessing of God if we don’t honor our leaders.
Developing a Healthy Leadership Culture Today, I want to talk about something that we rarely speak about in church. It is an issue that people approach from a variety of ways with their personal history playing a large part in what they think. We are going to look at developing a healthy ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 13:17-19
Denomination: Holiness
Christians who choose to pursue godliness rather than greed will find contentment in living a life of trust.
Title: Finding Contentment in a Culture of Discontentment Text: I Timothy 6:6-19 Thesis: Christians who choose to pursue godliness rather than their cravings, will find contentment in living a life of trust. Introduction According to a study by a non-profit research organization, RTI ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-11
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