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The Salvation And Fall Of Man Series

Contributed by Paul Durbin on Feb 16, 2003

The docrine of the Fall and Salvation of man are central to Biblical Truth

The 16 Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God 4. The Fall of Man a. Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." b. However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Commitment To Trust - Part Ii

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 14, 2005

More benefits of putting our trust in the Lord.

INTRO.- ILL.- A man pulled up next to a little girl walking home from school and said "If you get in, I’ll give you a lollypop." The girl kept walking. Following along slowly, the man said "Come on and get in the car with me and I’ll give you two lolly pops." She kept her eyes on the sidewalk ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:3-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Truth, Obedience, And Other Antique Virtues

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007

The unpopular notion of absolute truth, and how obedience leads us to truth

TRUTH, OBEDIENCE, AND OTHER ANTIQUE VIRTUES 1 John 2:3-6 March 5, 1995 INTRO: A few weeks ago, during our Friday night devotional, I asked my teens how many of them had seen "Schindler’s List", Steven Spielberg’s recent movie about the Holocaust. I asked them: was the Holocaust right or was ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:3-6

Denomination: Baptist

More Than Chicken Soup

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007

What is love? Laying ourselves down for others (some good stories)

More Than Chicken Soup What is love? I’m married to a scientist; some of her colleagues would describe love simply as a biochemical reaction in the brain that produces a variety of emotional stimuli and motivation for behavior. Is that love? I’m part of the culture of the late 20th ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

Sharing Your Faith Your Way

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007

personalizing the sharing of your faith to match your personality (much of the Contagious Christian stuff)

Sharing YOUR Faith YOUR Way: Acts 3-4 October 19-20, 2002 Intro: Last week my wife came home from work and said, “I feel bad. I realized on the way home that I had an opportunity to share my faith with a co-worker and I blew it. She had asked a question about how we balance life with both of us ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Loving Seekers Deeply Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007

We are ambassadors - never forget to which Kingdom we belong, but let us love the people of this world as much as Jesus loves them.

Loving Seekers Deeply: Experiencing Biblical Community Acts 8:26-40 Intro: After the resurrection of Jesus, the believers experienced the incredible outpouring of the Holy Spirit. With the Holy Spirit came power, which was evident in miracles and in changed lives and in the incredible growth of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40

Denomination: Baptist

An Undivided Church Series

Contributed by Louis Bartet on Nov 16, 2003

Belonging and the desire to belong are not bad, but the desire to gain status by belonging is dangerous. This text explores Paul’s thoughts on preacher worship and the division it causes.

SERMON TITLE: An Undivided Church SERMON TEXT: 1Corinthians 1:10-17 Preached by Louis Bartet on 11-16-03 at Point Assembly of God. ---- 10But, dear brothers, I beg you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so that there won’t be splits in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Once Was Blind, But Now I Have To See

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Jun 10, 2005

If you want your life to be "fixed" so that everything is easy and pleasant, see a shrink. But if you want to be a disciple, come to Jesus!

Lynn Williams is a professor of creative writing at Emory University and she has written a wonderful little short story called, “Personal Testimony.” Personal Testimony is a story about a 12 year old girl who is the daughter of a fire and brimstone evangelistic preacher from West Texas, who every ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Spirituality - Part Of The Life God Blesses Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on May 14, 2007

Spirituality is a term that is much used and equally misunderstood in our time. In the broadest sense, when we define spirituality, we think of that person who is intent on the qualities of soul, whose life is not centered on physical matters such as owni

Series - “Preparing to Prosper” “God loves to bless His children!” That is the declaration of the Bible, a promise that we can live by. In this series of messages, my aim has been to teach how we position ourselves to stand in the flow of God’s blessing, to live in a way that is prosperous, not ...read more

Scripture: John 3:3-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Joseph - The Hero That Ran Away Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 9, 2006

We often think of heroes as those who run to the fight... but often heroes are those who engage in "organized retreats".

OPEN: One of my favorite stories from Revolutionary war involves the "Battle of the Cowpens". Toward the end of the Revolutionary war, the British General Cornwallis had captured Savannah, Charleston and Camden in South Carolina - and in the process he had defeated and imprisoned much of the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-23, Genesis 39:21-23, Genesis 40:5-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Design Our Dreams

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jun 17, 2005

This message helps us to restore God’s design and our shattered dreams by looking at the restoration story with Peter.

God’s Design - Our Dreams John 21:1-25 I want to begin this message with a word from Scripture and a line from a song. One of the most thoughtful and most perceptive folk groups of the 60’s and 70’s was the group Peter, Paul and Mary. This group disbanded in the early 70’s, only to regroup at the ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Be Fooled By Appearances Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 7, 2007

The Israelites had returned from captivity to find their city and their temple in ruins. They rebuilt what they could, but they became despondant because they weren’t wealthy enough to restore the temple to its former glory. However, God gave them insight

OPEN: An old farmer was about to die and he called his 2 sons to his bedside. He said, "Boys, my farm and the fields are yours. You each have equal shares. I leave you a little ready money, but the bulk of my wealth is hidden somewhere in the ground of the farm. I’m not sure anymore quite where it ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Stubbornly Firm Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 7, 2007

We live out oneness by standing firm in the good news about Jesus.

STUBBORNLY FIRM: Living the Unity We Have Been Given Ephesians 4.4-6 S: Doctrine C: Come ... Together Th: Living the Unity We Have Been Given Pr: WE LIVE OUT ONENESS BY STANDING FIRM IN THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS. ?: How? How is the good news defined? KW: Ways TS: We will find in our study of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

Judas, A Misguided Heart For God

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007

The second of series on ‘Developing a Heart for God’

(1) In the introduction to his book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of the ‘statue that did not look right.’ An art dealer who had a very rare statue, called a kouros, in his possession that came from the sixth century BC, (that’s six hundred years before Jesus’ birth), approached the J ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God

Judas, A Misguided Heart For God

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007

The second of series on ‘Developing a Heart for God’

(1) In the introduction to his book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of the ‘statue that did not look right.’ An art dealer who had a very rare statue, called a kouros, in his possession that came from the sixth century BC, (that’s six hundred years before Jesus’ birth), approached the J ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God