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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Exploring both the debate within the Christian community about the value of The Chronicles of Narnia and the debate within the secular community about its allegorical meaning.
CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia are now acclaimed by many as the standard for what is considered ’classic’ in Children’s fantasy literature, yet they have provoked heated responses from Christians who reject their use of mythology, and even derision from some aspects of the secular media for its ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 5:5
Denomination: Pentecostal
Standing up in trials
Harry Truman - If you can’t take the heat... The Kitchen is where it’s Cookin! What I know about Heat and pressure - Hot Wings! Iron into Steel Charcoal to Diamonds Jeremiah 12 - "Why do wicked prosper? Rub it in my face?" So you can run w/ the horses If you Mickey Mouse around with God - you ...read more
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
how God preserved Moses through the Nile to save his people and how we have similar circumstances
June 22, 2003 Exodus 2:1-10 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10
Denomination: Lutheran
With all the Hype about Evan Almighty it’s a great time to preach about Noah
He wiped the sweat from his brow and took another look around the desert that surrounded him. The Sun baked the ground into a rock like consistency and the reflected heat simmered like pools of cool water on the hard surface. It was going to be another scorcher. I’m getting too old for this type ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:7
Denomination: Wesleyan
I will not allow my fears to stand in the way of what God has called me to do.
What is the one or two things you would do right now to serve the Lord if money, family, talent, friends or time weren’t an issue? We all have a really scary movie playing in the theater of our minds. An unredeemed imagination which unmonitored will take us into all kinds of darkness and despair. ...read more
Scripture: Romans 1:16-17
Christian Compassion moves us to connect with others we overcome the fear of abandonment
Where does Compassion enter your life? We all have a really scary movie playing in the theater of our minds. An unredeemed imagination which unmonitored will take us into all kinds of darkness and despair. Fear is defined as an anxious feeling, caused by our anticipation of some imagined event ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 14:14
A relationship w/God makes our lives bigger or Surrender to win – love, joy peace & hope.
Does a faith in God mean I lose myself? We all have a really scary movie playing in the theater of our minds. An unredeemed imagination which left unmonitored will take us into all kinds of darkness and despair. Fear is defined as an anxious feeling, caused by our anticipation of some imagined ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:18-19
Salvation is a gift from God
How do I overcome this nagging feeling that there must be more to life than death? Image: (two minute video clip of Movie deaths and followed by fears from the congregation) For your information those fears listed at the end of our video this morning were fears we texted that we hoped and prayed ...read more
Scripture: Daniel 12:13, 1 Corinthians 15:26, Daniel 12:2-4
What we see in our minds is critical to our ability to walk in this life as Jesus did when He was on earth. But far too many of us allow "movies" to play that should be deleted.
An article in a recent USA Today reported that in an online survey of 1000 adults, “three-quarters of Americans believe the country was better off in the ‘80s than now.” What is noteworthy about the poll is that some who answered in the affirmative weren’t even alive during the 1980s. Isn’t that ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:28, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:5-15, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Mark 5:25-34, Leviticus 15:19-25 (view more) (view less)
This is a Bible study lesson, not a sermon. This lesson focuses on how our thoughts creates images (movies) within our minds that we then act on.
What Movie Is Playing In Your Mind? Rev. Rodney Johnson and Rev. Barry Johnson NOTE: New Light Faith Ministries and Barry Johnson Ministries, founded by Rodney V. Johnson and Barry O. Johnson, respectively, are partnering to offer Bible studies for Christians who are seeking to grow in their ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:27-28, Genesis 3:1-6
This message is about the power of our thoughts and how they create movies within our minds that we respond to - spiritually and physically.
What Movies Will You Create in 2025? Scripture: Second Corinthians 10:3-5; Mark 5:25-34 Good morning Strangers Rest! I hope you are excited about what God is going to do in this place in 2025. The title of my message this morning is “What Movies Will You Create in 2025?” Some of you might be ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Mark 5:25-34
How can we as humans know what true love is? God’s love for humanity guides us to understanding true love.
“What Is Love?” 12/15/2009 A.M. I. 1 Corinthians 13 A. We can get a greater understanding of what true love is from understanding God’s love for us. 1. God’s love is complete. a. Vs. 1-3 - The love of God is the key ingredient that completes the recipe of all that we attempt to do in our ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Denomination: Baptist
Do we need God’s love to truly be able to love and how does God want us to love others
Because He First Loved Us God’s love for us produces love in us God’s love in us, enables us to… …Love others… … Sacrificially … Undeservedly God’s love for us is received through believing in Jesus Good morning. You can go ahead and be seated. We are glad that you are here. We started a ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-16
The miracle in the movie: "Miracle on 34th St" depended upon letters from the US Post Office. But the miracle on "42nd" St depended upon a different paper trail.
(Suggest playing a clip from Miracle On 34th St. – Where the Post office delivers mail for Santa Claus to the Court Room proving Kris Kringle to be Santa Claus) OPEN: Is there a Santa Claus? Nearly a century ago or more, there was a newspaper article written to a little girl named Virginia. Do you ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Why did Herod want to kill the Christ child? His motivation has much in common with those today who want to kill Christmas.
OPEN: (I sat on a stool on stage, reading the following from “How The Grinch Stole Christmas.” I taped my sermon into the pages of the book and used the book as both prop and way to hide my sermon notes). Every Who down in Who-ville liked a Christmas a lot… But the Grinch, who lived just north of ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-20
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