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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
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Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
'Wrestling with God' - Genesis chapter 32 verses 22-32 - sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)
SERMON OUTLINE: (1). The Stage is Set (vs 22-24A) (2). The Match (vs 24B-25) (3). The Result (vs 26-32) THE TAKEAWAY. #1: God Alone Determines Our Identity. #2: God Alone Assures Our Victory SERMON BODY: Ill: • Hulk Hogan is probably the best-known wrestler in the world. • Standing at 6 feet ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32
Denomination: Brethren
Abram and Sarai tried to fulfill God's Promise themselves, by using Hagar and made a mess out of it.
INTRODUCTION: Have you ever been at a restaurant and waited so long for your drinks, or for a refill, that you decide to just take things into your own hands and get them yourself? I witnessed just such a situation one day when I was in college at a TGIFridays in Covington. I had organized a ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 15:1-6, Genesis 16:1-16, 2 Peter 3:3-13, Isaiah 55:6-13, Colossians 2:4-8 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
1. We see Peter following the Lord(vs. 15). 2. We see Peter's friends (vs. 16). 3. We see Peter failure (vs. 17-18; 24-27). 4. We see Peter finding out that failure isn't final.
Key Lessons from Peter and John in the Hours before the Cross The Gospel of John John 18:12-18; John 18:24-27 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 9, 2018 (Revised May 18, 2020) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 18, as we continue looking at the Lord's final steps ...read more
Scripture: John 18:12-18, John 18:24-27
Denomination: Baptist
Many people believe nothing is worse than death. But in the experience of Jesus being betrayed, tried and denied, we see that there truly are some things worse than death.
"Some things Worse than Death" Matthew 26:57 - 27:10 INTRODUCTION In the minds of most people, death is the worst experience that can happen. Not only physical death is capable of producing the end of what we value or count as precious. We are sometimes willing to say or do anything to avoid the ...read more
The world teaches us to only consider Me, Mysel, and I. Let us dethrone self as God deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Jesus.
Dieing To Live At a party a woman said this: “My husband and I managed to be happy together for 20 years. I guess this is because we’re both in love with the same person.” The husband of this marriage is a picture of the self absorbed and self-centered society we have today . The wife even ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:24
Every denomination has its own take on sacrament, and some deny that there are any sacraments, even Baptism, that are normally required for salvation. But Scripture helps us solve the problem.
Thursday of the 4th Week in Course 2018 Reformation/Revolution The forty years that King David ruled over Israel were looked upon in later centuries as a kind of golden age, one that extended into the early years of his son, Solomon. David was chosen by God through the prophet Samuel because he ...read more
Scripture: Mark 6:7-13, 1 Kings 2:1-12
Denomination: Catholic
The Cross allows us to "deny oneself" from pure self interest to serve a higher purpose. It's a way for us to continually do a self check, and for us to be sanctified.
13A There is a story by Guy de Maupassant titled "The Necklace." The Necklace is a tale of a young woman named Mathilde who wishes she was rich and also wishes she was accepted in higher social circles. However, her husband is an ordinary French citizen without the resources to fulfill her ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 10:37-42
“The mystery of the impossible shows us what amazing things that the Lord is able to do due to His power.”
THE MYSTERY OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Luke 1:26-38 Proposition: “The mystery of the impossible shows us what amazing things that the Lord is able to do due to His power.” Objective: My purpose is to help people to know that what seems impossible to the world is an open secret to a child of ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
The Lord's Last Supper is an admonition on how we should conduct our lives as Christians.
Background: • Jesus was in his final week of ministry before He would suffer and die. • It was a time of intensity, both in Jesus’ teaching and the religious leaders’ opposition, as we have seen. • Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus followers, had already determined to ...read more
Scripture: Mark 14:22-26
Jesus teaches more about "the Christian Righteousness", revealed in giving, doing, and praying; He gives us the model of "the Lord's Prayer.
“Doing and Praying” Matthew 6: 1-13 Living the life of a Christian, a person who has been called into the Kingdom of God, is not a “cake-walk”: This ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:1-13
God explains how a man can be saved by faith, then who & what he is to have faith in, for it to be saving faith. God’s plan is that you must personally & publicly transfer your faith for your salvation to Jesus, to who Jesus is & what He has done for you.
ROMANS 10: 8-13 THE TERMS OF SALVATION George Swanson had a plan to get to heaven. He was buried in His corvette. He planned to drive His white corvette down the highway to heaven and arrive at "the Pearly Gates in style" the newspaper column said. That was George Swanson plan. ...read more
Scripture: Romans 10:8-13
When we see ourselves in the drama played out in Revelation, we can bet our lives on Jesus.
“The Great Unveiling: The Final Chapter” Revelation 22:6-21 We have watched this entire vision, this drama, with John. The drama is over; everything has been unveiled. The curtain has been drawn. And now the lead actor, Jesus Christ, comes out in front of the curtain and reiterates ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 22:6-21
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Part 5 of a study on the book of Genesis- focus on our relationships and responses
Please feel free to use any or all of this material for God's glory As always , I write like I preach - sorry if it is hard to read Too hard? Genesis 18:1-18:15 Have you ever been in a situation where everything seemed impossible? I mean no matter how hard you looked You could not see ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15
Every person who walks humbly with the Lord encounters various situations along the way. Micah 7:8-13 discloses some of the experiences in the pilgrimage. Not everything that happens to the godly is good. God’s people encounter both good and bad during
The Pilgrimage of Faith Micah 7:8-13 Intro John Bunyan wrote a classic when he penned Pilgrim’s Progress. The work is sound allegorical literature; it also contains many helpful insights about the Christian life. One of the contributions Bunyan make was to depict the Christian life as a ...read more
Scripture: Micah 7:8-13
This sermon examines the third petition of our Lord’s Pattern for Prayer, "May Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven", seeking to explore how God communicates His Will to us.
A PATTERN FOR PRAYER DOING GOD’S WILL "So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:10
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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