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  • Parents: Give Your Children To God So You Can Have Them Forever!

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Jul 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,404 views

    A study of Abraham offering Isaac up as a burnt offering to God in Genesis 22 is a model of faith for all christian parents. Here are some life changing principles from the Father of Faith that will keep us from losing our children.

    PARENTS: Give Your Children to God so You can have them Forever! (Genesis 22 with Romans 12:1-2) Imagine yourself having been intrusted with the greatest gift in all of history: and then loosing it! Wow that would be a scary thought. But did you know that Mary and Joseph actually "lost" Jesus, ...read more

  • Lessons In Love Series

    Contributed by Greg Griffin on Jul 6, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,530 views

    The loving father in the parable of the Lost Son gives us some great lessons in love.

    Family Valued Lessons in Love June 19, 2005 “Bad dad.” That’s what my six-year-old son Ben calls me when I say or do something to discipline him. I know, those of you who have older kids are thinking, “It’s only begun.” Being a parent isn’t easy, and to be truthful, everybody’s dad is flawed in ...read more

  • A Correct Focus Brings Contentment Series

    Contributed by Stan Rodda on Jul 8, 2005
    based on 46 ratings
     | 14,887 views

    We all carry baggage around with us. For a lot of us, we are weighed down by the bag of discontentment.

    Content, Only With Christ! Every day you walk by hundreds, even thousands of people. They have different faces, names, genders, physical characteristics, religions and nationalities. Through all the differences that we have with everyone else, we all have one thing in common; every one of us ...read more

  • Judging - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 18, 2005
    based on 50 ratings
     | 7,760 views

    First in two-part series on judging, this message based on Matthew 7:1-5.

    Judging - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Matthew 7:1-5 July 10, 2005 Introduction Have you ever had someone say to you, "Stop being so judgmental"? I have, a number of times, and generally a not-so-pleasant conversation begins. Jesus commanded his followers to impact the world for him, and ...read more

  • Worship That Costs You Everything Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 8,290 views

    Have you realized that the Christian life is about surrender and not conformity? Many who come to Jesus think that the first thing they need to do is conform to the status quo of the group - dress like others, talk like the others, make sure their prayers

    1Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” 3Early the next ...read more

  • Name Above All Names: "The Word" Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Jan 8, 2004
    based on 106 ratings
     | 17,781 views

    Jesus is God’s ultimate WORD to all humanity! But what does that mean?

    Do you remember a time when your word was enough?Enough to enter into a contract? Enough to buy a car or borrow some money? Enough to enter into a marriage? I picture a time when my grandfather could walk into the local bank and tell Fred sitting behind his desk full of hand-written bank ...read more

  • The Eliezer Alternative Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 165 ratings
     | 36,057 views

    God had promised a son, but Abraham had waited so long, he was bewildered, disappointed, and working on a "plan B." The sermon had a powerful impact on people struggling with their faith.

    OPEN: A representative of the gas company phoned the owner of an expensive new home to make an appointment for the service man to come in and light the pilot lights and adjust the furnace. The owner said that was OK, but he wanted to make sure he was there, because if he wasn’t the service man ...read more

  • Life Is Beautiful! Series

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jan 25, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,881 views

    Appreciate the beauty of life loved by God

    LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! Part 2 Grasping a Full Life Series January 25, 2004 GIBC, Vancouver, BC And the LORD God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person. Genesis 2:7 (NLT) If you could tap Jesus’ phone line and hear His ...read more

  • The Cost Of Cheating Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 31, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,946 views

    This message looks at David’s affair with Bathsheba and what it cost him.

    The Cost of Cheating! Let me tell you a story. It all started with a man; figures doesn¡¦t it? He wasn¡¦t just any man he was the most powerful man in the nation, top political dog. He was it, he had arrived, he had it made and he was on the top of the heap. But he hadn¡¦t done it by himself, ...read more

  • A Renewed Faith

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 9, 2004
    based on 198 ratings
     | 14,724 views

    The apostle Paul speaks about a renewed faith.

    INTRO.- ILL.- An elderly man visited a doctor for a thorough exam. After the exam, the doctor said, “You’re as fit as a fiddle. You’ll live to be eighty.” The man said, “But I am eighty!” The doctor replied, “See, what did I tell you?” Most of us don’t mind growing older as long as we can stay ...read more

  • Getting A New Focus On Life

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 4, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,951 views

    Jesus is worthy of our worship.

    GETTING A NEW FOCUS ON LIFE Matthew 14:22-33 S: Worship C: Jesus as Son of God Th: A Passionate Pursuit of God Pr: JESUS IS WORTHY OF OUR WORSHIP. Type: Inductive PA: How is the change to be observed? • Confess to the truth about yourself. • Passionately pursue God. • Worship Jesus as the Son ...read more

  • Going All The Way With God - A Sermon For All The Oddballs

    Contributed by Byron Maynard on Apr 9, 2005
    based on 104 ratings
     | 19,693 views

    What does going all the way with God entail? Have you stopped in your journey? Does that make you an "oddball" if you desire to go all the way with God?

    Sermon preached 4/05 Byron K. Maynard GOING ALL THE WAY WITH GOD A Sermon only for the "oddballs" in their journey Scripture: Numbers 32:1-15 Joshua 1 INTRODUCTION: For a Christians to desire to go all ...read more

  • Taming The Giants In Your Life

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 91 ratings
     | 13,858 views

    When we encounter difficult situations or giants they try to discourage, defeat, and steal the joy out out of our living. There are four principles that we can gain from the story in I Samuel 17 that can help tame the many giants in our lives.

    INTRO.Don’t you just love to hear a good story? I think everyone loves a good story. Where is the best place to go to get a good story?? Movies or TV! Name some of your favorite movies or TV shows. There are a couple big differences between these movies and tv shows and the stories we find in ...read more

  • Fragrance Of The Father Vi Series

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Apr 13, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,119 views

    In Max Lucado’s book the “Applause of Heaven” reads, Even though by the “book” I’m guilty, by God’s love I get another chance. Even though by the law I’m indicted, by mercy I’m given a fresh start. “For it is by grace you have been saved … not by works,

    Fragrance of The Father VI “Our Cross for Christ After Christmas” Script. Philippians 2:1 - 11 (NIV) Introduction: In Max Lucado’s book the “Applause of Heaven” reads, Even though by the “book” I’m guilty, by God’s love I get another chance. Even though by the law I’m indicted, by mercy I’m given ...read more

  • The Gate Has A Pathway For The Sheep To Follow

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 15, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,834 views

    This sermon touches on what members of a congregation - the sheep - are to look for in a shepherd and how they are to respond to a faithful one.

    April 17, 2005 John 10:1-10 1 “I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. 3 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his ...read more