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#4-Jesus Came So We Can Know God Series

Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 22, 2010

Fourth in a series leading up to Easter about why Jesus came.

Sermon Notes Series: Why Did Jesus Come? Sermon: #4-So We Could Know God Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14 God’s desire all along for man has been that man would know and love God and have intimate F_______________ with Him. I. We cannot know God or become the people God wants us to be through the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:3-14

Denomination: Baptist

A Call To Prayer Series

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 19, 2012

It seems to me that God is doing 4 things. Now, I'm sure He is doing much more than that. But in regards to the church it seems there are 4 things God is doing that have great impact on the church today.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK I think that there is nothing more exciting than discovering what God is doing in our world today. But I don't want just to hear about what God is doing, or to read about it in some ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 56:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Birth Pains To Come Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 31, 2012

I will be today and next week presenting the four or five views of what the end time entails.

Introduction I cannot think of more exciting time in my life than the summer of 1972 as a rising high school senior. I had attended Explo ’72, a nationwide week-long conference of high school and college students. About 80,000 attended. I came back fired up for the Lord. Another friend ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Pain And Pleasure Of The Pastor

Contributed by Ken Henson on Nov 12, 2012

A person in ministry experiences both, pain and pleasure. From 2 Timothy 4 we can see that Pastor Paul experienced: Pain from Opposition, Pain from Disappointment, Pain from Abandonment and Pleasure of Partnership, The Pleasure of Restoration and The Plea

We had a recital yesterday from our music school. I was looking around at our community, enjoying Sam’s performance. For those of you who do not know him, Sam is a student of the Bangalore Conservatory. He has autism, somewhat rare condition, in which his brain does not function like everyone ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:9-18

Denomination: *other

They Believed In The Kingdom Of God

Contributed by Ralph Jenkins on May 28, 2013

the first church was able to do all the did because they honestly believed in all Jesus ever began to do and teach..

“They Believed in the Kingdom of God” 4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:4-8

Denomination: Baptist

Speaking The Truth In Love - Loving The Unbeliever Series

Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Jul 17, 2013

The best witnesses for Jesus to an unbelieving world are followers who hold on to what they believe in every circumstance

You know the game where one person stands in front of a group of people and says, “Simon says raise your hand,” and everybody raises their hands. “Simon says raise your other hand,” and everybody raises their other hand. Well the world is like Simon and many are doing ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Construction 101

Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 5, 2011

What kind of Christian Worker are you?

Construction 101 Jude 17-23 Jude is one of those books of the Bible that is easy to miss. At children’s camp this year one of the campers was reciting the Book of the Bible to me and missed Jude. It is one chapter and most have never heard sermons from Jude, but here goes. Today’s ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:17-23

Denomination: Nazarene

Speak To The Wind Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011

Throughout this series, we’ve been learning the functions of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit which gives our life meaning and ties us to God. It is the Holy Spirit that allows us to understand God’s will for our lives but it is also the Holy Spirit

Breathe: Speak to the Wind Ezekiel 1:28-2:2 and 2 Corinthians 3:5 Throughout this series, we’ve been learning the functions of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit which gives our life meaning and ties us to God. It is the Holy Spirit that allows us to understand God’s will for our ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

The Keys To Heaven And Hell Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 17, 2011

Is it only Peter who got the "keys" to the Kingdom of Heaven? And what does it mean to "loose and bind" as Jesus told them they could do?

OPEN: A husband and wife arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up their car but they were told that the keys had been accidentally locked in it. They went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver’s side door. As the wife watched from the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted Series

Contributed by John Petty on Oct 18, 2011

Persecution against the children of God is meant to accomplish two things... shut them up and shut them down.

Matthew 5: 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Today I want to speak on something that has been going on since the birth of Cain and Able… the persecution of the children of God. It is no coincidence the last Beatitude ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12

Denomination: Church Of God

Christians & Antichrists Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 2, 2012

The Christian who is real builds his life on truth, not superstition or lies. It is impossible to live a life that is truly spiritual by believing lies. That’s why it is essential to get our thinking right about Jesus Christ.

1 JOHN 2: 18-23 CHRISTIANS AND ANTICHRISTS Have you heard the statement, “It makes no difference what you believe, just as long as you are sincere!” That statement expresses the personal philosophy of many people today, but it’s doubtful whether most of those who make it have really thought it ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:18-23, 1 John 2:20

Denomination: Baptist

The Testimony Of Anna Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 14, 2012

In this lesson we analyze the testimony of Anna in order to see how God works in the life of a dedicated follower of God.

Scripture We are studying the life of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke in a sermon series I am calling, “To Seek and To Save the Lost.” Luke described the birth of Jesus, which took place in a stable in Bethlehem (2:1-7). Then he told us about the shepherds visiting Jesus on the night of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:36-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Son Of Man To Come Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Dec 20, 2012

We are halfway through our adventure into the end times tour known as eschatology, the study of last things.

Introduction We are halfway through our adventure into the end times tour known as eschatology, the study of last things. We have looked at all kinds of millennial names – post, a, pre, post trib, pretrib, and midtrib. Hopefully I have convinced you that whatever position you desire to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God Sent Jesus To Give Us Peace Series

Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013

Amidst a world of turmoil and war and sin, Jesus came to bring peace.

Sermon Lanier Christian Church David Simpson November 25, 2012 God Sent Jesus to Give us Peace Luke 1:67-79 We went to see the movie: "Lincoln" last week. It is the story of a small part of Abraham Lincoln's presidency as he sought to free the slaves. It portrayed briefly the horrors of the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:67-79

Denomination: Christian Church

The Banquet

Contributed by Joe Tilton on Aug 28, 2013

Messiah uses a banquet to make serious point about how we should think of ourselves. Does self esteem have a place in a Christian's life?

September 1, 2013 The Banquet A drunken man who smelled like beer, sat down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was smeared with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: *other