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  • Elitist Christianity Series

    Contributed by Dean Johnson on Feb 6, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,517 views

    The early church was planted in the Greek culture, and immediately the culture began to attempt to influence it. Gnostics applied Greek categories of thought to the Christian message,emphasizing higher spiritual knowledge, making it "elitist." But Chris

    I John Sermon Series ELITIST CHRISTIANITY Introduction and I John 1:1-4 Pastor Dean Johnson, Lake Pointe Bible Church, 1-11-04 INTRODUCTION What is now called “The Church” was not yet 50 years old when a rather disturbing and even dangerous teaching began to creep in among Christians. The ...read more

  • Embracing Life Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 20, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 10,445 views

    The fear of life is often seen in resisting change and living in denial of the seasons of life. If we try to fight the seasons of life rather than accept them, we will miss the blessings God has for us and we will fail to mature. We need to embrace life

    Embracing Life (Ecclesiastes 3:1-15) Intro 1. A major part of who we are and what we do is determined by fear. 2. Fear is not necessarily evil. Legitimate fear of danger, for example, results in restraint: whether driving, playing football, or welding, caution is a virtue. 3. There are fears ...read more

  • The Marks Of A True Messenger Of God

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 15, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,436 views

    The Marks of a True Messenger of God: he speaks the true gospel and he defends the true gospel.

    Do you know how to detect a virus-laden email? It used to be that if you received an email from someone you didn’t know and it had an obscene subject heading, chances are that email had a virus and should be deleted promptly. Nowadays virus-laden emails can come from people you know and trust. Once ...read more

  • God Says Go, But You Say No

    Contributed by Tyrone Blue on Jun 22, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,095 views

    This sermon describes the results of the church (the children of Israel) not trusting and obeying God’s promise to enter into their Promised Land.

    Sermon - #40 Title: “God says go, you say no” Scripture – Numbers 14:1-4 Key Terms: Go – To be in motion, moving forward or ahead No – Refusal, denial or negation Background – In life today, many people appear to be standing in the same place. They are not progressing, they are not moving ...read more

  • The Davinci Code: Who Do You Say I Am? Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 23, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,412 views

    An answer to Dan Brown’s claim about the divinity of Jesus Christ in "The DaVinci Code."

    Cracking the da Vinci Code: Who Do You Say That I Am? Matthew 16:13-20 Forty million people. That’s the number of copies of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code that have been sold since its publication in 2003. That’s a lot of books. And now, two Academy Award winning celebrities, Tom Hanks and ...read more

  • A Message For Graduates

    Contributed by Greg Carr on May 24, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 20,519 views

    There is only a 4% difference between teenagers who regularly attend church and those who don’t in the area of attitude and behavior. This is scary because the crisis is real. We have a huge problem. What can we do about it? As parents, grandparents, guar

    Today we are honoring all the high school and college graduates. I would like them all to stand up. Now that you are graduating from high school and college, how do you expect your life to change? A little bit later today at the WMU gymnasium there will be a commencement exercise for the high ...read more

  • Spiritual Mayday

    Contributed by Aaron Johnson on Jun 9, 2009
     | 7,291 views

    Compares the firefighters mayday situation, to our spiritual lives; identifying the need to call the spiritual mayday.

    “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Phl 4:6) “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Phil. 4:6) (NIV) There ...read more

  • Jesus' Picture Of God

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 14, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,717 views

    God is patient in his call to salvation and service, but his punishment and discipline will follow when either is rejected.

    Jesus’ Picture of God Matthew 21:33-46 INTRODUCTION A. Heard the saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” B. Why do we take pictures? 1. Some are overly zealous about taking pictures. 2. Imagine the people developing pictures, “What in the world did this person take a ...read more

  • "Freedom In A Prison Cell"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 4, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,135 views

    Are we able to rejoice, even when the times get rough? Or does our faith depend on everything “going our way?” There is a cotton-candy like view of Christianity that promises all health and wealth, but it melts away when reality strikes.

    Acts 16:16-34 “Freedom in a Prison Cell” There is a lot to be learned from the example of Christians who live in third-world countries, and don’t have the freedom we might often take for granted. Will Willimon tells the story of a Bishop from Angola who came to visit America a ...read more

  • Investing Your Life In The King's Service

    Contributed by David Cook on Mar 19, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,622 views

    God has invested gifts, talents in our lives and we must use those in His kingdom service.

    Elvis Presley is known as the “King of Rock-n-Roll.” Perhaps there’s been no greater music entertainer in the past 100 years that has used his talents to shake up the crowd, like Elvis. Thinking over the latter years of Elvis’ life and his drug overdose, do you think he ...read more

  • Life's Broken Window

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,312 views

    It has been said that there is “a window to the soul” and through this window every person can see the wonder of God and sense the presence of God! Think about that, somewhere in the deepest place in all of us - this area helps us experience God!

    It has been said that there is “a window to the soul” and through this window every person can see the wonder of God and sense the presence of God! Think about that, somewhere in the deepest place in all of us - this area helps us experience God! Psalm 139: 13,14 “You made all the delicate, ...read more

  • Memorials Can Be Forgotten

    Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Aug 15, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,786 views

    Today i want to give you three reasons why we should remember Christs sacrifice.

    Memorials Can be Forgotten Intro: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Read it Everything has its season (Pause) Everything has its appropriate time (Pause) This weekend is the time for some memories The service of our nation’s servants (Pause) This weekend we need to be looking to the past and present ...read more

  • Give Thanks

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Nov 25, 2007
     | 5,982 views

    Thanks giving is a great holiday however, Christians should be giving thanks every day.

    Give Thanks Folks, I don’t know about you but, it hit me that another year has flashed by. It seems like it was not that long ago that we were preparing for and celebrating Christmas. And it seems like only a few days ago I was complaining that the stores were putting up Christmas decorations ...read more

  • Changing Our Focus Series

    Contributed by Carl Greene on Feb 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,011 views

    People with humility don’t deny their power; they just recognize that it passes through them, not from them.

    We have begun our journey into an understanding of what it means to be disciple of Christ. We’ve talked about the issue that sometimes we tend make becoming a disciple too hard, and too often when we here the word disciple, we tend to cringe and hide. It’s not that we don’t want to serve God, we ...read more

  • The Giant Of Deception Series

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jun 5, 2008
     | 8,302 views

    I’m going to talk about 3 things about deception.

    INTRO: There is a story about a woman who had been trying for years to persuade her egotistical husband to put an end to the idea that he and he alone was number one. This man was obsessed with being number one. He never stopped talking about being first in sales at the office, and first on ...read more