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  • "Something Worth Boasting About"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 3, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 3,037 views

    How are we to boast about our faith?

    Galatians 6:14 “Something Worth Boasting About” By: Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org As human beings, we are all pretty good at boasting. “Look what I did?” “See what I can do.” “Mine is better than yours.” These ...read more

  • Church At Thyatira Series

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,043 views

    the next sermon in the series on the seven churches of Asia

    And so we come to the church at Thyatira. This is the longest of the seven letters, which, ironically, was written to the smallest and least important city. Unlike the other towns, we don’t know very much about Thyatira, so it’s not so easy to understand and interpret the contents of the letter. ...read more

  • Setting Up Your Retirement Plan

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,416 views

    what Jesus says about laying up treasure

    "Setting Up Your Retirement Plan" Matthew 6:19-34 6\8\97 Intro: When people choose a job these days, one of the most important questions is "What kind of pension plan is included?" Americans have devoted great energy to planning ahead so we can enjoy all of the benefits of retirement. A number ...read more

  • A Higher Authority

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Sep 5, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,980 views

    A Sermon on the fiery furnace and our need to answer to the higher authority of God rather than the earthly authorities in our lives.

    "A Higher Authority" Sermon on Daniel 3:1-30 September 3, 2006 Badin United Methodist Church Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. I heard an interview with a lady who has always been one of the most respected preachers in America. It became known somehow that she didn’t watch television. The ...read more

  • God's First Name Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Nov 3, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,610 views

    This is an introductory sermon on the names of God. It was given on an "Open House" Sunday where we recieved many visitors and guests.

    God’s First Name Names are often meant to be descriptive or hopeful I really enjoyed the movie “Holes”. All the boys who were required to dig holes – 5 feet deep and 4 feet in diameter every day – were given some pretty interesting nicknames. Armpit, Barfbag, Zero, Caveman are just a few ...read more

  • That Ol' Dusty Book

    Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,625 views

    The importance of the Bible, and calling people back to devotion in the study of the Bible

    That dusty old book. King Josiah was born during the darkest time in Israel’s history. For years the people were mixing pagan practices with their worship of God. Disregarding God’s call to remain separate and distinct. During this time pagan priests were brought in, offerings to Baal and other ...read more

  • "The Heart Of Christmas” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 22, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,917 views

    The heart of Christmas must remain at the heart of all we are about as believers.

    At this time of the year, as well as the year to come, we who know the reason for the season must resolve, even as Paul did, to preach “Jesus Christ as Lord.” Jesus is the heart of Christmas, and honoring Him and exalting Him must be at the heart of everything we do. It is in this spirit that I ...read more

  • Lenten Lunch 2011

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Apr 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,650 views

    This is a service for a "Lenten Lunch" gathering at the beginning of Lent, asking "Why should Protestants give something up for Lent?"

    Acts 14:8-17 8 In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began ...read more

  • Christmas New Creation

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 7, 2008
     | 2,006 views

    In Jesus Birth, the New Creation has begun

    New Creation at Christmas December 16, 2007 Luke 1:26-38 I was talking with a friend this week about all the accesses that happen at Christmas, and how the retail ales system has taken over this celebration of Christ’s birth. We can respond to it in two different ways – at worst, we can just ...read more

  • Receiving Reconciliation Series

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,549 views

    This sermon seeks to explain our new relationship with God in terms of Four Reasons you need reconciliation and Four Results you receive in reconciliation.

    With Super Tuesday coming around the corner, can you feel the fireworks flaming? You can hear the rhetoric heating up as candidates fire back and forth. The final debates ended Wednesday night and Thursday night leading up to Tuesday’s primary elections. However, the hostility hasn’t ended has ...read more

  • Imagine

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on May 28, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,477 views

    St. John writes of the peace from heaven

    May 26, 2019 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Rev. 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 Imagine Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. John Lennon wrote a song that has come to be one of the most recognized and acclaimed songs of the ...read more

  • Baptism Of The Lord

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 12, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,955 views

    I once heard a preacher who said something like, “My old man has died with Christ in baptism but sometimes the devil does CPR and manages to resuscitate him.”

    Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. The ...read more

  • Beatitudes - Encouragement For Inner Peace

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Jan 29, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,373 views

    Understanding beatitudes as a means of discipleship

    Weekend Message/Devotion February 3, 2019 Matthew 5:1-12 Beatitudes - Encouragement for Inner Peace Our gospel reading for today is Matthew’s account of The Sermon on the Mount. I have drawn heavily from writings by Warren Wiersbe and Myron Augsburger in preparing this message. I can tell ...read more

  • Hope In Suffering

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Oct 28, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,003 views

    A perspective on Matthew 25: 31-46. The good news continues when Jesus will remove all oppression in our life by removing the goat from our presence.

    Matthew 25: 31-46 Hope in suffering Many editors of Bibles and commentaries subtitle our Gospel text as, ‘The judgement.’ They focus on judgement portrayed by the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats, the righteous from the self-righteous, and the good from the bad. Our Gospel ...read more

  • May Jesus Christ Be Praised Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 16, 2014
     | 7,541 views

    We Praise & Worship Because: 1. Of Who He Is 2. Of What He Has Done 3. Of Who We Are 4. It Brings Honor To Him 5. Of What He Is Like

    - This is how the world Praises Jesus - Promote unbelief - Lost Gospel – New Book - CTV - Jesus and Mary Magdalene were a "divine couple" that was married with two sons - ABC’s World News Tonight anchor David Muir on Wednesday (11/12/14) night, promoted a new book "The Lost Gospel" - ...read more