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  • Take It Back!

    Contributed by Tommy Jackson on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 24,022 views

    Unbelievable pain, incredible hurt. Why God? Why? Answers don’t come easily; sometimes they never come. But God wants us to know HIM and our pain drives us to him.

    TAKE IT BACK! One of my all-time favorite movies is Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film in the Indiana Jones trilogy. I think it’s Steven Spielberg’s greatest work. In the film Hitler’s Nazis have stolen the newly recovered Ark of the Covenant and placed it aboard a German submarine. The Ark ...read more

  • His Name Is...prince Of Peace

    Contributed by Brian Harrell on Jan 17, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,848 views

    He is the Prince of Peace. This name describes that Jesus is the Lord of peace. His peace makes us complete and whole. He brings peace between us and God, us and our circumstances and even to myself. This uses a couple of stories from Max Lucado about pai

    His Name will be…PRINCE OF PEACE Powerpoict available coolguybri@verizon.net Merry Christmas! Stories of Pain…taken from Max Lucado SHE HAS every reason to be bitter. Though talented, she went unrecognized for years. Prestigious opera circles closed their ranks when she tried to enter. American ...read more

  • Discover The Light

    Contributed by Mark Green on Jan 25, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,880 views

    To discover the light of the incarnation and how the incarnation challenges us to know Christ, live abundantly and be consumed by Him.

    (Begin with all lights in worship center off) Darkness. Have you ever been in a place so dark that it felt as if you could reach out and touch the darkness? I’ve been out in the deep woods after dark and I remember not being able to see my hand in front of my face. That was dark. On Thanksgiving ...read more

  • Narnia: He's On The Move Series

    Contributed by Chris Hill on Jan 3, 2006
     | 2,929 views

    In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Mr Beaver tells the children about who Aslan is. This message uses that illustration to introduce Jesus character as revealed in the birth narative.

    Where it’s Winter But Never Christmas: He’s On the Move In the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy find themselves in a world where animals talk and a wicked witch, Jadis has had the whole land under her spell so that for 100 ...read more

  • God's Word Becomes Flesh

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jan 5, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,837 views

    Christmas 1 - God’s Word becomes flesh as Jesus comes to all of mankind and as believers become God’s children.

    JOHN 1:10-14 - Christmas 1 - January 1, 2006 (Outline) INTRO: Awe and wonder fill our hearts as we look back at the past year and see how God has taken care of us every day. There is awe and wonder when we consider the infinite care and concern of our God who even knows the numbers of hairs on ...read more

  • Dried Out But Not Dried Up

    Contributed by Jeremy Lile on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,830 views

    A sermon that stresses the importance of staying in the word and remaining prayerful. Otherwise, we are weak and then the enemy will try and tear us down and strip us of all our joy.

    Text: Ezekiel 37:1-3,7-10 (NIV) 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry 3 He ...read more

  • He Is Immanuel

    Contributed by John Telgren on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,809 views

    God no longer comes near through a burning bush, tabernacle, prophet, or vision. He has come near through Jesus, who is God in the flesh, in order to reconcile us to him so that we can serve him and also carry the message of reconciliation to others.

    Have you every heard of Heavenly beans? Little Carried thought that this time of year was for heavenly beans because people sing about it everywhere. The song, Silent Night, that ends with the line, "sleep in heavenly beans." Was her favorite song. Carrie’s brother corrected her. He said, "do ...read more

  • Can Anything Good Come Out Of Suffering? Series

    Contributed by Ross Anderson on Oct 25, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,098 views

    As you joyfully persevere in trials, God will transform you in this life and bless you in next.

    We¡¦ve been talking the last few weeks about affliction and sufferings. Let me tell you a little parable about trials. A bird was flying south for the winter. It got so cold the bird froze up and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some manure ...read more

  • He Will Destroy The Veil That Veils All People

    Contributed by Joe Burke on Jan 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,313 views

    The beautiful face of Jesus Christ is hidden from us or is extremely dim.

    He Will Destroy The Veil That Veils All Peoples "On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples. A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all ...read more

  • The Lord Is My Portion Series

    Contributed by Gregory Neill on Jan 17, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 16,199 views

    Part 5 in a series on Lamentations. Jeremiah finds hope in the midst of tragedy.

    The Lord is My Portion Lamentation 3:19-39 I. Introduction A. A Bad Start 1. The Millennium and Tragedy a) The Y2K scare and the talk of the end of times – Great if you were a water salesman or a generator salesman. This shook our faith in technology. b) The Presidential election of 2000 that was ...read more

  • How To React To Persecution Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 31, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,185 views

    Exposition of 1 Peter 3:13-17

    Text: 1 Peter 3:13-17 Title: How to React to Persecution Date/Place: LSCC, 11/27/05, AM I. INTRODUCTION A. Opening illustration: the persecution of the insurance companies, the suffering of the bricklayer—ill file B. Background to passage: Peter again takes up the subject of Christians being ...read more

  • The Hardest Thing In The World

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Feb 5, 2007
     | 1,931 views

    The hardest thing in the world is to consider suffering and trials a gift from God.

    The Hardest Thing in the World James 1:1-4 February 4, 2007 Have you ever felt like you’d been body slammed by life? I remember Christmas vacation of my sophomore year in high school. For some reason, the wrestling coach decided that we needed to practice. We practiced for 3 or 4 days of that ...read more

  • Is Jesus My Friend?

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 35 ratings
     | 10,295 views

    Seeing Jesus as our friend changes how we feel that he sees us.

    “Is Jesus my Friend?” July 1, 2007 Me: When you think of Jesus, what word comes to mind? Write it down on your outline. You: We have all kinds of images of Jesus, but almost never think of him as a friend. Here is a video about how we sometimes see Jesus. (Show Vintage 21 video) What do you ...read more

  • Hope--The 1st Gift Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,343 views

    1st in Advent Series about Christmas Gifts

    So often we go to see the beautiful Christmas lights, we see the National Christmas Tree lit on television, and look at the Christmas scenes in store windows, and as we look at them we say, inside of ourselves, "Why am I not in the Christmas spirit? I used to be excited when I was a child. I just ...read more

  • Joy--4th Christmas Gift Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,356 views

    4th in Series about Advent/Christmas Series on Christmas gifts

    What is the spiritual significance of Joseph and Mary traveling though "Galilee"? In Galilee stands the Sea of Galilee. Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee six times during His walk as the Son of God. (Unger’s Bible Dictionary, map). In the same manner He turned the water of the six water pots of ...read more