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  • True Inculturation And The Liturgy Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 16, 2011
     | 2,748 views

    Authentic inculturation means that we Christianize the culture in which we live.

    18 July 2011 The Spirit of the Liturgy I recall from grade school days when some particularly hard-hearted kid wanted to get under my skin, he would say “Prove it!” to anything I might advance. We see this in the Hebrews fleeing from Egypt. They trusted Moses until they got into a ...read more

  • The Reality Of Evil In Post Christian America: Be Spiritually Armed"

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,717 views

    Sermon Based on Ephesians 6 the Armor of God.... quotes from David Kupelain's book "How Evil Works" concluding with the need for Christians to be defensive and offensive using Paul's descriptive Roman armor.

    In Jesus Holy Name August 26, 2012 Text: Ephesians 6:10-17 Redeemer “The Reality of Evil In Post Christian America” The Need to Be Spiritually Armed Today, we understand the physics of an expanding universe and the mysterious behavior of quarks. We know how to ...read more

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    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 3, 2012
     | 4,678 views

    Sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

    John 6: 24 – 35 / More Intro: I want you to imagine this morning that you are a solitary traveler in a lonely desert. As you travel, you become very thirsty. Just ahead you see a rusty old pump at the edge of an oasis. Handing on the pump is a note that reads, “I have buried a ...read more

  • Youth Guidance (We Are All Youth)

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 29, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 30,013 views

    We are all youth. As youth, we encounter the culture of society that continues to redefine sin as something more acceptable to secular eyes. We need to keep God's Word close to remain true to His wisdom.

    Introduction When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look at her ...read more

  • A Call For New Missional Initiatives -- Acts 11: 19-26

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Aug 7, 2011
     | 6,668 views

    Do you long to be able to share your faith with others but have great difficulty doing so? It might surprise you that even Apostles such as Peter, James and John had some difficulties with cross-cultural communication. What is the way forward for a Chu

    A CALL FOR NEW MISSIONAL INITIATIVES -- Acts 11: 19-26 INTRO Yesterday -- the first Saturday in August -- is reckoned to be the happiest day of the year. To be even more specific: 7pm is the happiest moment of the happiest day of the year. The statistics are based on a study of more than 9,000 ...read more

  • The High Cost Of Low Living Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,709 views

    The godly line of Seth is now intermingling with the ungodly line of Cain.

    Intro: 1. Tozer, "The rise of a new religious spirit in recent years is marked by disturbing similarities to that earlier "revival" under Constantine. Now as then a quasi-Christianity is achieving acceptance by compromise. It is dickering with the unregenerate world for acceptance and, as ...read more

  • Lessons In Apologetics #6: Pantheism

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Mar 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,150 views

    As a worldview, Pantheism has plagued the religious thought of both the East and West from ancient times on up through our contemporary day.

    If Deism is the belief that God is so transcendent from the cosmos He created that He no longer participates directly in it, Pantheism must be the worldview at the other end of the continuum believing that a higher power exists as Pantheism holds that God is so immanent with the universe that God ...read more

  • Countercultural Community, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,086 views

    In this series, we’re talking about being a countercultural community. What does that look like? Last week, we saw that the early church was committed to one another, they had crazy courage and a deep rooted spirit of compassion. Today we find four more

    Countercultural Community, Part 2 Acts 2:42-47 After the apostles received the power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, it was all about the power of the resurrection and this mindset to go against the grain and do whatever it took to honor God and bless other people. They hadn’t been tainted ...read more

  • Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Nov 9, 2011
     | 5,222 views

    Lessons In Apologetics #9: Theism

    The next worldview examined by Geisler in "Christian Apologetics" is Theism. Theism is the belief that a transcendent God created the universe as a reality distinct from Himself but which He actively sustains through both a system of natural law which He created and through divine intervention at ...read more

  • The Bubble Series

    Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 12, 2010
     | 4,313 views

    A sermon on the social "bubble" of Christian culture and how we can reach beyond it to bring more people to Jesus.

    INTRO Video "The Bubble Boy" -- Seinfeld <walk in, in a bubble>  I am so excited about my new bubble  No germs -- no sickness  But hard to live life o Have friends o Have a job o Relate to people  Eventually I would die. * Yet many Christians have made this ...read more

  • Truth Has Perished Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2014
     | 3,720 views

    Truth and faith are only possible when we share in a memory greater than the one we accumulate in our lifetime.

    Thursday of 3rd Week in Lent 2014 Truth Has Perished “Truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.” Thus the words of Jeremiah about the people of Israel. He could be saying it about modern life in the United States of America. Oh, there’s plenty of information. Never ...read more

  • The Millennials Are Coming/Leaving! Series

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Mar 26, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,729 views

    How do we reach millennials before they leave the church. Unleash the boomers as undercover mentors.

    The Millennials are Coming/LEAVING! The below is a roadmap to understanding the Millennials depicted in statistics. May this serve as your roadmap as you chart new territories with today's largest generation. Venture on. The Millennial Generation A new breed of American is about to impact ...read more

  • Living In A Bleeped Out World Series

    Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Mar 12, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,554 views

    This sermon deals with the topic of profanity and cursing.

    “Living in A Bleeped Out World” James 3:9-10; Ephesians 4:29 Introduction: About 2 months ago I went fishing and put my porta-boat in the garage. The next day something began to stink! I found the culprit a ½ a shrimp that was decomposed. The word Paul uses in Eph. 4:29 NKJ uses ...read more

  • Lower The Nets For A Catch Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,735 views

    Jesus calls us to lower the nets for a catch, even though it means persecution and rejection. We must learn the four steps of evangelization of our surroundings, friends and coworkers.

    Third Sunday of Easter 2013 Vatican II About forty years ago, acting on the directions of the Fathers of the Council, a team of expert Scripture scholars and liturgists gave the Church what is called the “expanded Lectionary” for Mass. The exact words of the Liturgy Constitution are ...read more

  • Believe In The Son And Walk The Talk Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 13, 2013
     | 3,050 views

    The answer to the new atheism is the old faith, belief in Christ and reception of his forgiveness and grace.

    Monday of Third Week in Easter 2013 Gaudium et Spes It’s been a while, but some years ago I used to hear Christians using the phrase “walk the talk.” That means that what you profess with your lips you have to live with your whole person. Today we are given the first ...read more