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Live And Let Live (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 9, 2007

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Jesus offers community as a corrective to individualism.

LIVE AND LET LIVE (PART 1) Mark 3:1-6 Sermon #5 of “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America” Special Note: A singer is used repeatedly throughout the sermon to sing the six verses of “The Servant Song” (Hymn #679 in the Nazarene Hymnal). At the conclusion the congregation read responsive reading ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:1-6

Denomination: Nazarene

Why Am I Here? Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007

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If you will climb out of your rut and go out of your way to see who Jesus is, And if you welcome Him into your home, the way Zacchaeus did,you’ll discover the answer to the question, WHY AM I HERE?

Why> Series # 1 CHCC: September 17, 2006 Why am I Here? Luke 19:1-10 INTRODUCTION: The title of today’s sermon is “Why Am I Here?” I can’t hear that without remembering a Presidential Debate that happened a few years back. Ross Perot was running as an “Independent.” He chose an older ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Identifying Apostates Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 25, 2007

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Exposition of Jude 5-11

Text: Jude 5-11, Title: Identifying the Apostates, Date/Place: LSCC, 9/10/06, AM A. Opening illustration: The First Battle of Bull Run might not have been a smashing Confederate victory without the flowing curls of Rose Greenhow. On July 9, 1861 she hid a message in her lovely tresses; when she ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:5-11

Denomination: Baptist

Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Feb 10, 2009

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Euodia and Syntche will forever be remembered for not getting along in the church at Philippi. What did Paul have to say about Church members in conflict?

“WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?” To many of us the L. A. riots of several years ago were just a news story. A score of people were killed and several thousand were injured in the ensuing fights that erupted over a racially charged situation. The African-American community in L.A. correctly ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-3

Denomination: Mennonite

Here Comes The Judge

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 16, 2008

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Everyone and every thing will be judged on the judgment day but there are some specific matters that the Lord may judge more critically. Here they are: 1- God will judge ungodly acts 2- God will judge ungodly words

INTRO.- ILL.- A young Bible college student was witnessing in a suburb of Atlanta. As he approached one house, there was an elderly gentleman sitting on the porch. He said, “Are you a Christian?” The old man said, “No, I’m a Smith. The Christians live two doors down.” “You don’t understand. ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:14-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Is Able Series

Contributed by Wes Richard on Jan 22, 2010

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Jude's benediction is a wonderful description of what God is able to do

God is able Jude 24,25 1. Look at the order of our worship in the bulletin. Regular worshipers have come to expect several public prayers in a worship service. Opening Prayer/Invocation- The first prayer of a worship service has one purpose: to invite and acknowledge God’s presence among the ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:24-25

Denomination: Brethren

I'm An Animal, You're An Animal

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 5, 2009

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A vivid description of my conversion and subseqent discoveries

" I’M AN ANIMAL,YOU’RE AN ANIMAL" The True Confessions of a Writing Evangelist This story begins on a cold wintery day in March of 1980. While searching intensely for the cure for my drink and drug habits, I began reading the Gospel of John on advice from my older brother. He told me once "If ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Tear Down Imaginations Or They Will Tear You Up.

Contributed by Jack Martin on Aug 22, 2009

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A reminder that we are called to control what we think and dwell on. And the consequences for not.

Title: Tear down your imaginations or they will tear you up. We are so able to identify evil when it comes in those clear vial, hateful waves. They stop us in our tracks! Take our breath way! Crush our hearts! There are times when we see evil so blatant, so powerful that we shudder with fear ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:1-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Christians In The Workplace

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Aug 31, 2009

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God’s people should give their best in the workplace.

CHRISTIANS IN THE WORKPLACE Daniel 6:1-28 Let us read Daniel 6:1-28 to find out what is expected from God’s people in the workplace. Read the text. EXPOSITION God’s people should give their best in the workplace. Working in a non-Christian environment is not an excuse to mediocrity. No ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

"Gain The Proper Perspective On Society” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Apr 21, 2009

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If we are to be fulfilled as God wants to bring us fulfillment, we must gain the proper perspective on our society and the world in which we live.

The idea of peace dominates the Bible. There are four hundred references to peace in the Bible. It opens with peace in the Garden of Eden and closes with peace in the new heavens and new earth. In fact, a study of redemptive history could be made from the standpoint of peace. Man’s sin interrupted ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Baptist

When You Are Under Attack

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on May 24, 2009

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Of all cities in the world, none has been so frequently attacked like Jerusalem. Why is it so? It is because the place has a prophetic destiny. So, as a child of God, in case you are seriously under attack or you are wondering why you are sweating and str

WHEN YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK Dr. D. K. Olukoya Isaiah 59: 19 says, “So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” Many people do not ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 59:19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why Truth Matters

Contributed by Chuck Colson on Aug 13, 2008

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Why Truth Matters An Excerpt from The Faith By Charles Colson and Harold Fickett In February Zondervan published The Faith, Given Once, For All: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters. An excerpt from Chapter 4: “Truth” is p

This article is from BreakPoint WorldView magazine: http://www.breakpoint.org/contentindex.asp?ID=146. -------------------------------------------------- Truth Matters Because the Heart of What We Believe Is at Stake The path of postmodern Christianity bears some chilling resem¬blances not only ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:20-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Slay A Lying Lion (Satan)

Contributed by Jennifer Casto on Oct 11, 2009

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JESUS identifies Satan as “the father of lies”, and “the master of deceit” IT IS THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD THAT DISPELS ALL DARKNESS AND EXPELS THE LIES…WE MUST USE THE WORD AGAINST HIM TO SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT THE ENEMY. THE DEVIS IS A LIAR!!!

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-11 (AMP) 8 Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. 9 Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-11

Denomination: *other

Don't Just Sit There - Do Something!

Contributed by Jyoti Banerjee on Aug 19, 2003

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Faith and works are not mutually exclusive - only two sides of the same coin.

James 2 vv 14-26 Don’t just sit there. Do something! My dearest Sally, I love you more than anything else in the whole world. I would climb the highest mountain just to be with you. I would walk across the hottest desert just to be with you. I would swim the deepest ocean just to be with you. ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Using Religion To Escape Religion

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Sep 5, 2003

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A sermon for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17

12th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 Mark 7:1-8,14-15, 21-23 "Using Religion to Escape Religion" 7:1 ¶ Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Lutheran

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