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  • No Looking Back

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 11, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 14,186 views

    This message shows the outright cost of discipleship.

    No Looking Back Luke 9:57-62 (57) Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, "Lord, I will follow you wherever you go." (58) And Jesus Said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has ...read more

  • God's Discipline Vs. Our Pain Series

    Contributed by David Wilson on Oct 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,539 views

    From a series of Wednesday night Bible Studies on Psalms 1-23. David thinks he has been disciplined enough, but we take the time to contrast parental discipline and godly discipline.

    Notes From Psalm 6 Verses 1-2 Discipline is unavoidable for the child of God. God’s discipline is a demonstration of divine love. See Hebrews 12: 4 - 11 Proverbs 13:24 The purpose of God’s discipline is not to crush us, but to create a right heart within us. What we think is God’s ...read more

  • Keeping In Step With Christ

    Contributed by Stephen Becker on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,816 views

    What is the cost of discipleship? It’s free! Jesus calls us to follow Him and then gives us the tools we need to do so. We keep in step with Christ when we allow the Holy Spirit to put our lives into order...into Christian order, as believers.

    Keeping In Step With God Readings: Galatians 5:1,13-25 Luke 9:57-62 Stephen Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, July 1, 2007 Have you completely committed your life to Jesus? I mean, completely? Have you ever thought of what it “costs” to completely turn ...read more

  • No Christians Allowed Series

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Oct 16, 2007
     | 3,721 views

    247 millions call themselves Christians yet Jesus calls us to be disciples. what is a disciple and what are the cost and sacrifices to be a disciple? (Taken from a series by Pastor Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv)

    Hello COTR- talk about being a Christian. Today’s message called- No Christians Allowed. What do I mean by that? Let me ask a question ... When you hear the word dog- what think about? What about when you hear the word cat? What do you think when you hear the word Christian? Republican, ...read more

  • The Through-It-All God

    Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Oct 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,857 views

    Surrender all to God. Depend on God not ourselves.

    The Through-it-all God August 26, 2007 Jeremiah 1:1-10, It doesn’t happen very often but this past Monday at lunch it was happening. Deb was near the end of her rope with our 3 children. During the morning our 3 precious children had sucked out every ounce of energy and patience that their ...read more

  • Pulling Against God Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Oct 19, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,800 views

    Part 3 of this series focuses on what Jesus says about Marriage, Swearing and Revenge/Longsuffering in His Sermon on the Mount.

    Pulling Against God Part 3 Scriptures: Matthew 5: 31-42 Introduction In my message last week I focused on the first two areas that Jesus dealt with in His sermon on the mount. This week we will continue from where we left off. Before I get into the heart of this message, I want you to ask ...read more

  • Confidence

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Oct 20, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,459 views

    I want you to consider how important it is for you, as a Christian, to have confidence before the Lord. It is only as we have confidence, that we will take bold steps of faith. It is only through our confidence in the promise of His word, that we will b

    “Confidence” 2Pe.1:2-4 My little grandson, is just beginning to walk. For a little while, we would see him standing in the floor all by himself, but then when he realized that he was standing alone, he would just sit down. He could’ve most likely walked at that time, but he lacked confidence. ...read more

  • Gone Fishing Series

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,697 views

    247 million Americans call themselves Christians yet Jesus calls us to be disciples. What is a disciple and what are the cost and sacrifices to be a disciple. (Taken from a series by Pastor Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv)

    Introduction This is the second week- talk about being a disciple. Last week- observation- Jesus never invited anyone to be a Christian, but called them to be disciples. Christian has become- those w/belief system that does not change how they live. 247 million Americans- call themselves ...read more

  • The Parable Of The Sly Bastard (A Sermon On Luke 16:1-9)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,492 views

    If you want to know how to handle money, take your lead from this sleaze-bag criminal accountant in Luke 16, for he was smart enough to know the most valuable thing that you.

    One of the lads at Fight Club on Tuesday night approached me with a question: "You know that parable Jesus tells about the merchant who found the pearl of great price?”, he asked. “Yeah”, I said. “Well, I want to know who is the merchant in the story supposed to be?” This is not the standard sort ...read more

  • Jesus V Legion: A Hellish Stoush! (A Sermon On Luke 8:26-39)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 14,393 views

    I do personally believe that the greatest thing that holds people back from following Jesus, and that so often holds us back from truly giving ourselves to Him, is fear.

    Those of you who tune in regularly to my online forum will know that there’s been a lot of discussion lately about Christopher Hitchens’ new book, "God is Not Great - how religion poisons everything". The publishers, Allen and Unwin, had sent me a review copy that I passed on to someone else on ...read more

  • Carnal And Spiritual

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,701 views

    Within the camp of those who are saved, there are two groups, and that is carnal and spiritual. All saved people have the Holy Spirit as permanent resident in their lives, but not nearly all have understood and/or obeyed the biblical instructions of how

    There are really just two kinds of people in the world, from the largest spiritual perspective, and that is saved and lost. All of humanity can be divided into one of those two camps. Those who are saved have come to God through faith in Christ, and those who are lost have not. Volumes and ...read more

  • A Fatal Attraction Series

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 22,000 views

    It is really a fatal attraction to fall in love with things that have the potential to destroy our relationship with God, our fellowship with others and the peace in our lives. This is what happened in the Ananias and Sapphira story.

    Subject: “A Fatal Attraction” Text: Acts 5:1-11 Introduction: How dangerous it is to hate what God loves and to love what God hates. It is really a fatal attraction to fall in love with things that have the potential to destroy our relationship with God, our fellowship with others and the peace ...read more

  • Nowhere To Rest! (Luke 9:57-62)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,214 views

    It hurts when we lose someone we love, and it hurts because we love them. Love and pain are never far from each other. You can’t have one without the other.

    Q: Why did the Palestinian cross the road? A: We don’t know either, but if he wont’ tell us what he was doing, crossing a road without a permit, we will detain him until we find out! I was looking for a joke with a jarring ending to introduce what I consider to be a particularly jarring Gospel ...read more

  • The Wounds Endure (A Sermon On John 20:19-29)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,238 views

    There is a mystery in the suffering of Jesus - we know that. His wounds are special, because they are Godxs wounds for us! We know that Jesusx wounds are deeply tied to His

    We’re in John Chapter 20 today - revisiting the story of ’doubting Thomas’. This is a familiar story. We have it read to us in church every year, though I’m not entirely sure why that is. As most of you probably know, we in the Anglican church work on a three year lectionary, which means that we ...read more

  • Hosea 9 Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Oct 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,142 views

    God’s judgment on unfaithfulness is unpalatable but we need to hear it.

    Hosea 9.1-17 I am sure we have all met people who always seem to look on the negative. Every time you meet them they have a tale of woe to tell you. No sooner have they recovered from one illness than they have a new illness to complain about. During world war II a man called Tommy Handley’s had ...read more