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  • For Granted Or Gratitude

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 21, 2003
    based on 221 ratings
     | 8,252 views

    We can take God’s blessings for granted or with gratitude.

    INTRO.- It’s Thanksgiving time! ILL.- Someone said, “Thanksgiving is when millions of Americans get together to drink, talk, eat, and go home again. It’s known as the four G’s: giggle, gabble, gobble, and git!” ILL.- Someone else said, “On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to ...read more

  • Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 17, 2006
    based on 75 ratings
     | 60,158 views

    A look at several biblical reasons for Christian suffering.

    WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? - Read 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 As we look at this passage, we wonder, "If God is in control, and He is; and if God is all powerful, and He is; why did He let all of this stuff happen to His man Paul? If God is in control, why do bad things happen to ...read more

  • Is Jesus The Only Way To God? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,862 views

    The final message ina seires on the reliability of Christianity.

    A Ready Defense April 3, 2005 Is Jesus the Only Way to God? Intro: Why believe in Jesus? What makes him so different from Socrates, Buddha, Mohammed, or any of the others? After all, don’t all religions lead to God? According to the teachings of Jesus – the answer is a definitive ...read more

  • The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 17, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,772 views

    Do you feel insignificant in your service to God? You may be more powerful than you thought. Or do you feel pretty secure? You may be more in need and weak than you thought. Take some advice from Philadelphia and Laodicea.

    Even as the Philadelphian church doesn’t receive even one rebuke - the church at Laodicea receives not one commendation - the contrast couldn’t be more stark - and that’s not the only contrast we’ll see as we compare these two churches. -The church at Philadelphia was small in appearance but ...read more

  • The Question That Never Dies Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 14, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,057 views

    This is the fourth message in a Lenten series on"The Seven Last Words of Christ." I also have information on appropriate dramas that can be used as an introduction to this and the other six messages in the series.

    THE QUESTION THAT NEVER DIES --Matthew 27:46 (27:45-54) Psalm 27:10 assures us, "Though father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me"; but, in all likelihood, everyone of us has experienced times when we have felt as if we have been forsaken by God. This is true for both ...read more

  • Learning Right From Wrong: Empathy Series

    Contributed by Wes Richard on May 25, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,147 views

    Empathy is a foundational virtue that children need to learn for determining right from wrong

    Learning Right from Wrong: Empathy INTRODUCTION Several weeks ago Sue and I received a request from Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs to conduct a session for parents on helping children learn right from wrong. These are parents who, for one reason or another, have demonstrated a need ...read more

  • Become A Committed Follower Of Jesus

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Aug 9, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,804 views

    Our lifelong goal is to become more and more like Jesus. Hebrews 12:2 helps us on that journey.

    Become a Committed Follower of Jesus Hebrews 12:1-2 Philippians 3:12-14 As we “Go for the gold” in our Christian life our goal is Christ-likeness. The Hebrew writer challenges us to keep the goal before us and not forget it. “We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends ...read more

  • Fish Stories

    Contributed by James May on Jun 26, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,221 views

    Jesus has called us to be fishers of men. I want to hear some fish stories of the one that didn’t get away.

    Fish Stories By Pastor Jim May Mark 1:16-20, "Now as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook ...read more

  • Windswept

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 3, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,626 views

    America is a land swept by the winds of change. Are they destructive? Yes, if we invest in religion without integrity and if we accept leaders committed to materialism. But refreshing winds are possible as we the church are in touch with the Spirit.

    In the hills of eastern Kentucky, not far from where we once lived, there is a hidden-away estate called Windswept. If you crawl up the winding grade of US 421 to the wide place in the road called Morrill, off to your left there is a driveway that leads to a lovely stone house. Windswept was ...read more

  • Three Lessons For The Land Of The Free

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jul 6, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,343 views

    Three lessons the American nation needs to learn concerning its freedom.

    I forget which philosopher said that “Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.” We learn from history—not to live in the past, but learn the principles that history has to teach us. We don’t live our lives in the past hoping that circumstances will return like they were in the “good ...read more

  • Judge Not

    Contributed by Thomas Baird on Jun 8, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,085 views

    We are not to Judge.. or are we?

    Judge Not I am again going to read this evening’s main passage of scripture from the King James Version of the Bible… The reason is just like last week, it is a widely known passage of scripture and everyone seems to know the wording as it is written ...read more

  • I Forgot

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Jul 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,360 views

    MEMORIAL DAY IS A CALL TO REMEMBER AND NOT FORGET

    I FORGOT DEUTERONOMY 8: 1-20 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MAY 30, 2004 INTRODUCTION: General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868 The 30th day of May 1868 is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country ...read more

  • Reaching Out To The Poor Series

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 12,122 views

    The Bible commands us to feed the hungry and look out for the poor.

    Reaching out to the Poor Proverbs 14:31 Two events in recent months have turned the attention of our nation to the issue of poverty. One was the conference of the Group of 8 nations in July, where world leaders decided to cancel the debts of the 38 poorest nations of the world to help ...read more

  • He Is The Good Shepherd Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Nov 17, 2004
    based on 88 ratings
     | 17,247 views

    •All people can receive the spiritual leadership and protection of Jesus, the Good Shepherd. •Jesus, as the Good Shepherd, offers us leadership, an abundant life, and protection

    Who Is This Jesus? 10. He is the Good Shepherd John 10:1-21 November 13/14, 2004 Don Jaques ANNOUNCEMENTS: - welcome guests - Coupeville outreach next Saturday. - Thank God for veterans. - Prayer for Senegal TREK team. MAIN IDEA: • All people can receive the spiritual leadership and protection ...read more

  • Christian Stewardship - Part One Series

    Contributed by Donald Stevens on Nov 19, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,138 views

    First of four messages in a series on stewardship. Based on UM congregational pledge and UM "Guidelines"

    Christian Stewardship - Part 1 Romans 12:1-8 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the ...read more