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  • What God Expects Of Leaders

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 29, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,378 views

    I believe that this passage also shows us what God expects of His leaders.

    WHAT GOD EXPECTS OF LEADERS GALATIANS 2:1-21 INTRODUCTION Today is Ordination Sunday in our church when we install new leaders and reaffirm our trust in those that lead our congregation. It is an important day. I wanted us to look at a passage this morning that would encourage, inform, and help ...read more

  • Believing For Breakthrough Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,799 views

    God is the God of the breakthrough. This passage shows us some of the factors that make a breakthrough happen.

    Believing for breakthrough Sun 31st Aug 03 am. Mark 1:14-20 What an absolute turnaround this passage is. Have to see it in context - intertestamental period. 300 years of silence then comes a great man of God. The greatest man of the OT era. JTB. Folks flock to hear him. ¡¥are you the ...read more

  • Serving God Is As Easy As 1-2-3 Series

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 7,468 views

    This passage teaches us how easy it easy to serve God in a way pleasing to him.

    Serving God Scripture Reference: II Kings 4:8-17 (KJV) 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold ...read more

  • Forgiving The Debt

    Contributed by Phillip Day on Aug 17, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,113 views

    This passage details handling forgiveness via Philemon’s situation with his runaway slave.

    Forgiving the Debt Philemon 1-25; Matthew 6:12 I. The Character of Philemon (v. 1-7) a. Love and faith toward Christ and His church (v. 1-2, 5) b. An encourager (v. 7) c. A witness (v. 6) II. The Character of Onesimus (useful) (v. 10-18) a. Before salvation i. Apathetic worker (v. 11) ii. Thief ...read more

  • Faith, Don't Leave Earth Without It.

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Dec 1, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,844 views

    This passage will reveal to us that faith in Jesus is something that we cannot afford to pass on.

    Faith, Don’t Leave Earth Without It! Am service December 2nd 2007 1 John 5:1-12 Introduction American Express credit card has an advertising slogan, called American Express, Don’t leave home without it. Meaning this card is accepted and can be used in so many places you really don’t want to live ...read more

  • Walking On Water Calming Hearts Series

    Contributed by Donald Rapp on Sep 5, 2010
     | 3,459 views

    Despair sometimes follows a particularly exciting spiritual experience this passage talks about that.

    Walking on Water – Calming Hearts The Book of Mark Mark 6:45-52 I. Introduction: A. We are going to get back into the book of Mark again today. B. This section of the book is following Jesus’ Galilean ministry. 1. He has called 12 men to be with Him so that He could train them and ...read more

  • A Few Christian Buzzwords - Calling, Gifting And Unity Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010
     | 8,909 views

    What is unity? In this passage, we learn what true biblical unity in the church is.

    Buzzwords. Who likes buzzwords? Paradigm shift. Synergy. Empowerment. Exit strategy. Wellness. Offshoring. Downsizing. Benchmarking. Mission Critical. Fuzzy logic. We love our buzzwords. But do we always know what we mean when we use a buzzword? Do other people know what we mean? How ...read more

  • Setting The Stage For Jesus Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 6, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,908 views

    Luke sets the stage for the coming ministry of Jesus in this passage on the start of the ministry of John the Baptist.

    Scripture Today is the Second Sunday of Advent. We are focusing our attention during this Advent Season on one of the Scripture Readings read during Advent. And so today’s text is Luke 3:1-6. I have spent many wonderful hours studying this remarkable passage. I wish we could spend the rest of ...read more

  • Our Name And Identity

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 24, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,376 views

    This passage in Proverbs 22 illustrates our potential for our names, positions, judgments and behaviors.

    OUR NAME AND IDENTITY Text: Proverbs 22: 1 – 2, 8 – 9 & 22 – 23 Someone once said “True wealth is not found in gold, silver or other tangible forms of treasure. It is found in the possession of a reputation for honor, integrity, and justice”. (Walter Bruggemann, Charles B. Cousar, ...read more

  • Why Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Oct 7, 2009
     | 3,135 views

    Introductory sermon on the uniqueness of Jesus using passages from John 1 and John 20

    That 23-second blurb opens a quirky half-hour sitcom called "Big-Bang Theory". In it four geeks work in a university and live a pretty much clueless life. In the last episode Sheldon, who does not believe in God runs away and goes home to Texas and his bible thumper mom. When she finally annoys ...read more

  • The Christian And Sin Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 22, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,817 views

    Christians sin, but cannot continue in sin. Why and what it means is covered by John in this passage.

    Sin and the Christian 1 John 3:1-9 When I worked for a huge family distribution business, several of us used to meet for lunch and play cards. We had to take an hour lunch and had nothing else to do. Of course, discussions normally ran all across the board, from sports, to politics, to religion, ...read more

  • Conformity And Holiness

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jun 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,078 views

    This passage of scripture helps us to see a view of how Christians are to live following the resurrection.

    CONFORMITY AND HOLINESS Text: I Peter 1:13 – 25 “In a recent article on the suffering church, FaithWorks listed the degrees of persecution one could face for practice of religious faith: 1. Disapproval 2. Ridicule 3. Pressure to conform 4. Loss of educational opportunities 5. ...read more

  • The Kin Of Kinsman Redeemer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 17, 2014
     | 3,717 views

    Let's talk about the "kin" or kinsman redeemer through 3 passages in the New Testament

    HoHum: You might be a redneck if: Your family reunion features a chewing tobacco spit-off. The tobacco chewers in your family aren't just men. You view the next family reunion as a chance to  meet girls. You look upon a family reunion as a chance to meet `Ms. Right' In Ruth we probably find the ...read more

  • The Risen Beast Series

    Contributed by Martin Holland on Feb 7, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,777 views

    In chapter 13 of Revelation we discover the rising of a beast from the sea and the meaning of this passage.

    The Risen Beast Revelation 13:1-10 The world is evolving into a system that will become suitable for a world leader once again. As we saw in Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation Satan is he that is fashioning it. In this chapter we see the development of this world leader in the first ten ...read more

  • On This Rock

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 23, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,865 views

    Matthew 16:13-20 What does this passage actually say and not say to us?

    Prelude, Purpose, Plan Protestants, Orthodox and Catholics largely agree on perhaps 95% of the most important teachings of Christianity. Why do we drift from the message that Jesus taught into partisanship and graceless rivalry? For instance, how do we deal with the claim by Rome of exclusive ...read more

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