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  • "Therefore, Bear Fruits Worthy Of Repentance"

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Sep 16, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,645 views

    understanding what repentance really is

    Weekend Message/Devotion Matthew 3:8 September 16, 2018 Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance How often do we pray for forgiveness and repentance? It is within our daily prayers at the Gunter house. In Matthew’s account of John the Baptist in Chapter 3, we come across a very interesting ...read more

  • Get Smart - 2 Peter 1:5 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Feb 9, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 382 views

    Is the Christian life supposed to be hard work? Or should it be easy?

    2 Peter 1:5 For this very reason, having made every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For ...read more

  • Unity Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Mathew Philip on Mar 6, 2023
     | 1,021 views

    "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." (Ephesians 4:3)

    Lent is a season of reflection on the frailty and vulnerability of human life. The season starts forty days before Easter on a Wednesday, which most churches observe as Ash Wednesday. Some churches have special services on Ash Wednesday and impose ashes on the forehead as a sign of our mortality ...read more

  • Contending For The Sanctity Of All Human Life

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Aug 19, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,875 views

    How would you advise a mother who was pregnant with her fifth child based on the following facts? Her husband had syphilis. She has tuberculosis. Their first child was born blind. Their second child died. Their third child was born deaf. Their fourt

    Contending For The Sanctity Of All Human Life How would you advise a mother who was pregnant with her fifth child based on the following facts? Her husband had syphilis. She has tuberculosis. Their first child was born blind. Their second child died. Their third child was born deaf. Their ...read more

  • The Most Important Of Human Qualities # 1 Series

    Contributed by Fred Elliott on Jan 3, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,131 views

    Love --- The Only Quality That Will Last

    THE MOST IMPORTANT OF HUMAN QUALITIES # 1 1 Corinthians 13 Intro:A. The word used in this passage is charity 1. However the original Greek word used here is "agape" 2. That is not to say that the scripture has been misinterpreted (a) In that day the word charity and the word love were ...read more

  • The Most Important Of Human Qualities # 2 Series

    Contributed by Fred Elliott on Jan 3, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,047 views

    Love --- The Only Quality That Will Last

    THE MOST IMPORTANT OF HUMAN QUALITIES # 2 1 Corinthians 13 Intro:A. This morning we began a message about the need for Agape love in the church and in Christian lives 1. We pointed out that we are to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul & strength 2. We also pointed out ...read more

  • Only Human....no Excuse For Sinning!

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,722 views

    We often hear folks try to justify or minimize their sins by declaring: "I’m only human!" This outline seeks to expose the flimsiness of excuse making.

    ONLY HUMAN…NO EXCUSE FOR SINNING! “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God ...read more

  • Jesus Meets The Greatest Human Need Series

    Contributed by John Davis on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 9,480 views

    This sermon is based on the story of the healing of the paralytic and focused on how Jesus probes and meets the deeper need of forgiveness.

    Jesus Meets the Greatest Human Need Mark 2:1-12 Mark 2 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a ...read more

  • Some Reasons For Not Relying On Human Judgment

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,198 views

    Reasons why we should avoid relying on human judgment, including our own - only on the God’s perfect and impartial judgment

    Reasons For Guarding Against Relying on the Judgments of Men (Acts 24:1-20) 1. Have you ever wondered why some people fall into the temptation of relying on the judgments of others? Illustration:It was F.B. Meyer, I believe, who once said that when we see a brother or sister in sin, there are ...read more

  • Sanctity Of Human Life In A Culture Of Death

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jan 13, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,888 views

    On Sanctity of Human Life Sunday we will compare God’s design for life and how man is a destoyer of life. Christians are called to respond.

    Sanctity of Life In A Culture Of Death January 16, 2005 Intro: Today is sanctity of human life Sunday. We recognize today the need for Christians to respond to the social issues facing us. Today, I hope you hear a message of hope, challenge and grace. Since 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court ...read more

  • I Believe In The Sanctity Of Human Life

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 77 ratings
     | 5,333 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to teach some and remind others of the value and sacredness of human life.

    I Believe in The Sanctity of Human Life January 18, 2004 Intro: A. [Source: Right to Life League of Southern California web site, http://www.rtllsc.org/abortion.html Abortion Facts Did you know that…? …1.2 to 1.4 million abortions are performed in the United States every year? That amounts to ...read more

  • "Seeing Humanity Through Jesus' Eyes"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 10, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,078 views

    The ultimate good in life is when we are liberated, let loose to become such lovers of God that we surprise ourselves by loving those whom God loves.

    “Seeing Humanity Through Jesus’ Eyes” Mark 1:40-45 2 Kings 5:1-14 By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org Both in our Old Testament Lesson and in our Gospel Lesson for this morning we come face to face with the disease of ...read more

  • Human Verus Divine The Sin Of Unbelief

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Mar 3, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,859 views

    The cross gives life real meaning

    HUMAN VERUS DIVINE the sin of Unbelief 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 How is your Determination in what God has given us to do? Do you have an excuse? Johnny Fulton was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. ...read more

  • God's Promise To Humanity: The Covenant In Genesis Series

    Contributed by Andy Payne on May 31, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,412 views

    Genesis then is primarily about revelation; God’s revelation of himself to human kind. The purpose of this self-revelation is to establish the notion of a covenant people. Sadly today the word, “covenant” is not widely used or understood in our 21st Centu

    Intro: DVD series – Case for Creation Affirms the Christian view that God created the world Genesis does not explain in a scientific manner how God achieved this. But it does account for a certain worldview. David, got it right when he says in Psalm 19 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; ...read more

  • Suffering And The Human Condition: Where Was God? Series

    Contributed by John Barry on Jun 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,655 views

    The editor-in-chief of Bible Study magazine addresses the topic of suffering and God’s place in it and through it.

    I was in a room close to 7:00 AM playing Jazz with my High School Jazz Band. We had band practice at 6:00 AM Monday to Friday mornings. (What kind of deranged person came up with that idea?) As I was sitting there at the drum set playing along half-asleep, the intercom began to come on and off. It ...read more