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  • The Heart Of Ministry Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Jul 11, 2018
     | 6,733 views

    Message 7 in our exposition of Colossians exploring what Paul considered the heart of ministry.

    Chico Alliance Church Review It is so easy to get sidetracked and focused on the wrong thing. Some people spend their whole life climbing the ladder of success only to discover it is leaning against the wrong wall. Paul writes to the believers at Colossi to keep their focus sharp and clear. He ...read more

  • Knowing What Is Good For You Series

    Contributed by David Mcclain on Jul 22, 2018
     | 2,497 views

    Marriage is threatened when we question the goodness of God’s design. Sin and disobedience is the result of believing that God is withholding something from us and we know better than Him what is good for us—so we pursue our own path.

    OPENING SENTENCE: I can remember when I was still in High School my sister was watching a romance movie where the handsome main character was telling his beautiful recently discovered true love the depth of his everlasting love. INTRODUCTION: While I was trying to hold back my natural guy gag ...read more

  • I Am Holy Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Aug 15, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,851 views

    Holy! Holy! Holy is the Lord God Almighty, amen? What His holiness demanded, His grace provided in Jesus Christ our Lord. We walk around today wearing the holiness of Jesus Christ. When God looks at me, He sees the holiness of the blessed Savior.

    Pastor and author John MacArthur remembers a conversation that he once had with a well-known charismatic pastor who told MacArthur that Jesus sometimes comes into his bathroom while he’s shaving in the morning and puts his arms around him and they talk together. I love MacArthur’s incredulous ...read more

  • Working While Waiting

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 3, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,604 views

    The Faithfulness of God

    2 Thessalonians 3 - Working While Waiting - 7/24/16 Turn with me to the book of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 3.  We’ve been looking at the book of 2 Thessalonians, which is a letter from the Apostle Paul to Christians in a town in Greece called Thessalonica.  It’s a town that is still in ...read more

  • It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 18, 2017
     | 6,232 views

    This Christmas carol lists many things that make it the most wonderful time of the year. And while kids jingle-belling and parties and caroling are all fun and wonderful, the song fails to mention the one thing that truly makes Christmas wonderful-Jesus.

    IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR The title of the sermon is taken from the popular Christmas song of the same name. The songwriter declares it's the most wonderful time of the year and then goes on to say why. The kids jingle-belling along with holiday greetings and gay happy meetings ...read more

  • Let Your Voice Be Heard! Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 12, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,498 views

    Let your voice be heard, because: 1. people will still believe in Jesus (1). 2. people are still belligerent against Jesus (2-7). 3. God is still big (8-10). 4. people are still blind to the truth (11-18). 5. eternity still hangs in the balance (18-20).

    Let Your Voice Be Heard! The Book of Acts - Part 46 Acts 14:1-20 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - June 15, 2014 *Life changing words: Hearing your boyfriend ask, "Will you marry me?" Answering "Yes!" or "No." Both of those answers are pretty life-changing. How about hearing your ...read more

  • Stop Supporting Missionaries!

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Apr 7, 2016
     | 5,002 views

    This message, from Acts 13, argues that the proper relationship between the church and missionaries involves missionaries supporting the church, rather than the other way around, because the work of mission is the work of the church as led by the Spirit.

    Three Statements: • I propose that effective immediately, Grace Community Church stop supporting missionaries. • I am completely serious. • By the end of this message, I believe you will agree with me. Got your attention? Follow along this morning as we read Acts 13:1-4: Now ...read more

  • Love--And The Angry Outsider Series

    Contributed by James Hickman on Apr 9, 2016
     | 5,790 views

    Showing love to those outside the Christian community enhances our witness.

    Love and the Angry Outsider Romans 12:9-21 Lately Pat and I have been talking about taking a trip to Europe. It would be our first trip there. Anyone going to Europe faces a problem. You see, Europe isn’t like Texas; Europe is big. So, unless you plan a really long visit you have to ...read more

  • Be Bold For Christ

    Contributed by Doug Gorman on Apr 11, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,196 views

    We need to be bold for Christ and His Church!

    AW Tozer said, “The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather they will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!" How many times have you had the chance to witness to someone about Christ and failed to do so because ...read more

  • Decision Time Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on May 3, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,677 views

    From the Book of Revelation series, "Decision Time" looks at Revelation chapter 14. It looks at 144,000, the proclamation and work of the angel's sent by God to proclamation the gospel as well as the doom of Babylon and the coming judgment of the earth.

    The Book of Revelation “Decision Time” Revelation 14 Years ago, I use to love watching “The Wide World of Sports.” What always got my attention though was the opening, especially when it illustrated the words, “And the agony of defeat” with a ski jumper ...read more

  • Warning Signs Of A Failed Marriage Series

    Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on May 3, 2016
     | 8,037 views

    There were warnings signs that Samson's marriage was bringing him down but he did not take heed instead continued to allow his desires, his disrespect, his disobedience and his his deception to overcome him. We can learn many things from his life.

    Warnings signs are set up to give precautionary notice of possible occurrences. But there are signs I saw in the internet that are so funny that I want to share with you today. Have you seen these kinds of signs? 1. "Do not Breathe under the water" - of course, you cannot breathe under the ...read more

  • I'm Confident Of That (Part Two)

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 9, 2020
     | 3,601 views

    Last week I talked about the need to place our confidence in God and that we need to have a heart of confidence. This week I make the point that although we can't place our ultimate confidence in people, we can still have confidence in them. I finish with our need to persevere in confidence.

    I'M CONFIDENT OF THAT (part two) Last week I started out by asking what are you basing your confidence in. We read the story of Sennacherib king of Assyria attacking Hezekiah king of Judah. Sennacherib was certain he would defeat the smaller army of Judah. He taunted them saying their god ...read more

  • What On Earth Is Going To Happen? Series

    Contributed by James Wallace on Jan 18, 2021
     | 2,157 views

    In these incredibly tumultuous times, what on Earth is going to happen? Daniel 7 gives us a panoramic view of tumultuous human history, but assures us in the end, God wins. Much of it has been fulfilled, assuring us that what awaits to be fulfilled will be fulfilled as well.

    The year 2020 continues to be a year like no other we have experienced. We are hurdling toward election day here in the U.S., it is now only 16 days away. And it’s an election that is likely to divide our country in the midst of a pandemic and social unrest like no other since the Civil ...read more

  • I Am The Light Of The World Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 24, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,938 views

    Jesus said that he was the light of the world, but also said we were the light of the world. This message looks at the implications of that statement.

    Were you scared of the dark when you were a little kid? Maybe you are still scared of the dark. Dark wasn’t my favourite when I was a kid. And back then as a kid, you even got to be out after dark. And until I was 16, we lived in the sticks and when it got dark, it got really dark. And when you ...read more

  • The Power Of Joy Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Feb 20, 2021
     | 17,307 views

    This short series discusses the power of Joy - God's joy. There is a unique difference between joy and happiness. Joy can sustain us and dwell within us despite all circumstances we face while happiness cannot not.

    The Power of Joy Part 1 Scripture: Proverbs 13:22; 15:13; 17:22; First Thessalonians 1:6 The title of my message this morning is “The Power of Joy.” It was my desire to cover the topic in one message but there is too much information for me to cover in just one message so we will see how it ...read more