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Hearts Ablaze For Serving Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 3, 2001

Thesis: We need to have hearts that are ablaze and that burn with the passion for serving God and serving each other. Only then will we find fulfillment and happiness in life! Only then will we make a difference for all eternity.

Hearts Ablaze for Serving? Thesis: We need to have hearts that are ablaze and that burn with the passion for serving God and serving each other. Only then will we find fulfillment and happiness in life! Only then will we make a difference for all eternity. Illustration: While I was helping to ...read more

Scripture: John 13:12-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Verdict On The Human Race Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 4, 2001

The content, extent, and proof of God’s verdict on the human race.

The twentieth century has been punctuated by a series of extremely controversial court verdicts. Consider the O. J. Simpson trials. O.J.’s criminal trial in 1995 acquitted him of the accusation that he murdered his ex-wife and her boyfriend. But his civil trial in 1997 find him liable for $8.5 ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:9-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Messiah Must Be Made Known Series

Contributed by Kyle Meador on Jan 15, 2001

If the lost of this community are ever going to see Jesus for themselves, they must first see Him in us.

Our Messiah Must Be Made Known “So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-20, John 14:12-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed Or Cursed: It's Your Choice

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Jan 16, 2001

The contrast between unity and disunity in the Body of Christ

Tonight, we are going to take a look at two contrasting sections of Scriptures. One set of verses which can lead you to blessings and the other set which carry with them a curse. It is all an issue of integrity. It is not uncommon in our world today to see people try to compromise on ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Christians Think About The Church Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 17, 2001

Four word pictures about the church for people investigating the Christian faith.

Back when I was a college intern here at LBF Church, we sent some college students on a short-term missions trip to London. While they did street ministry in London they stayed in an abandoned church in downtown London. You see, London is littered with abandoned churches that were once packed with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18, Romans 12:4-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is There A Hereafter? Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 18, 2001

Compelling evidence for an afterlife for people investigating the Christian faith.

Are our lives parts in a play scripted by God, or is this all there is? Is this life merely a stage, with life-like props? Is there life beyond this realm? The vast majority of Americans believe that there’s life after death. We see it in popular movies like Ghost, Heaven Can Wait, even in Disney ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:17, Romans 5:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Not Harps And Halos Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 19, 2001

Plain talk about the "intermediate state" (between death and resurrection) for people investigating the Christian faith.

Mother’s Day is an appropriate time to mention the fact that that no matter how prepared we think they are for parenthood, we’re never really ready. Somehow all the books, seminars and advice can’t prepare you for those dirty diaper blow outs, or those embarrassing grocery store tantrums, or ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The God Who Speaks Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 24, 2001

Two ways God speaks to people, and how people investigating the Christian faith can respond to his voice.

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are great opportunities to gather together with the people we love the most and tell them how much we appreciate them. On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day we receive love and appreciation from our children, and we shower our moms and dads with appreciation. But for some ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Gifts Go On

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Jan 28, 2001

We will explore what Paul teaches about spiritual gifts. I think a great deal of controversy could have been avoided on this topic if people would have simply studied this a little more closely.

Church conflicts happen for pretty unusual reasons. In the 1890s there was a small Baptist church in Mayfield County, Kentucky. The church had just two deacons, and those two men seemed to be constantly arguing and bickering with each other. On a particular Sunday, one deacon put up a small wooden ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:27-31

Denomination: Baptist

The Key Ingredient

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Jan 28, 2001

Love is not only the key ingredient, but sometimes the missing ingredient in the church.

A Peanuts cartoon shows Lucy standing with her arms folded and a stern expression on her face. Charlie Brown pleads, "Lucy, you must be more loving. This world really needs love. You have to let yourself love to make this world a better place." Lucy angrily whirls around and knocks Charlie Brown to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Facing Life's Final Uncertainty Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 30, 2001

Three confident actions Christians can take in the face of death.

One of the real tests of a person’s belief system is how that belief system stands in the face of death. Consider some of these dying words of people throughout history. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas urged us to not go gently into the night but to rage against dying. The Roman Emperor Vespian said, "I am ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Focusing On The Final Destination Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001

Four ways focusing on Christ’s second coming can help us in the spiritual journey today.

Few things are more difficult than driving a long distance with small children. No matter how many activity books, games and tapes you bring, you still hear the steady drone of, "Are we there yet?" How do you respond that? The Irritated Response: "We’re closer now than the last time you ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Has Your Flight Been Delayed?

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 5, 2001

We all experience spiritual flight delays, but there is a way to change these.

HAS YOUR FLIGHT BEEN DELAYED? Psalm 4:1 “Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer.” INTRO.- ILL.- Thirteen ministers were on a flight to New York. When they came into a large storm, they told the stewardess to tell ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 4:1, Psalm 5:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Evangelism--Being Real

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 7, 2001

This sermon deals with having a realistic view of evangelism and its results.

Evangelism Being Real Evangelism Dinner John 10:7-18 Psalm 37:1-11 How we view the word of God, will have a lot to do with shaping our views of evangelism, as to whether it is to be a positive or negative experience. The story is told of two new pastors who were in the same town. Each ...read more

Scripture: John 10:7-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Getting Creative With God

Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Feb 7, 2001

God continues his creativity through us.

GETTING CREATIVE WITH GOD If one were to ask an unbiased observer to name that institution in our society which clearly espouses creativity, we can be sure that he would not name our twentieth-century church. This is an indictment of how we Christians feel about the mandate God has given us for ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational