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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
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Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
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The word "antichrist" means "against Christ. John writes that Antichrist is in the world in the first century. There are many antichrist. To focus on the final antichrist while ignoring the antichrists among us misses the point.
THE ANTICHRIST IDENTIFIED Warsaw Christian Church, Richard Bowman, Pastor Text: 1 John 2:18-22: Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 2:18-22
Apostle Paul told Corinth's members to not be yoked to unbelievers. Who is an unbeliever? Does scripture identify them for us?
As we continue our study on 1 Corinthians chapter 7, we are introduced to someone identified as an unbeliever; spoken of when Apostle Paul wrote this letter to Corinth. For us to identify unbelievers we need to read 2 Corinthians 6:14-16. This is one passage identifying two types of unbelievers. 2 ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-16, Deuteronomy 13:13, 1 Samuel 2:12, 1 Corinthians 7:12-17
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
This sermon explores the importance of preserving and reclaiming our God-given spiritual identities, using the story of Jacob and Esau in Genesis 27:1-38. Key
Good morning, friends. It's a joy to gather with you today, as we open our hearts and minds to the wisdom and revelation found in the timeless pages of God's Word. We are here to share, to learn, and to grow together as we seek to understand more deeply the profound truth of our faith. Today, we ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 27:1-38
Topics: Spiritual Identity Theft
Unforgiveness is a trap that we’ve all been caught in at one time or another. This series attempts to help people find release people from the trap.
Caught in the Trap Series: Escaping the Trap of Forgiveness July 16, 2006 Last week I told you to prepare yourself for an eye-opening confrontation with truth, and I introduced you to this humble mechanical marvel called a ‘mouse-trap’ (actually this is a rat-trap). I demonstrated for you how ...read more
Scripture: Luke 17:1-3
Denomination: Wesleyan
What is it about money that could cause Christians to cripple their faith and witness?
OPEN: Many years ago a Chicago radio station, WKOX, offered $10,000 to the individual who could devise the most outlandish way to get the money. More than 6,000 people responded to the challenge. The eventual winner was Jay Gwaltney of Zionsville, Indiana, who consumed an 11-foot birch sapling - ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19
This sermon contrasts the trap of fearing man and the triumph of putting your trust in the Lord.
INTRO: --Someone has said that there are 4 motivations for man: fear, faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is fear. --Ann Landers receives 10,000 letters a month and most of the questions she is asked revolve around fear. --Psychologists call fear ‘phobias’ and some have calculated up ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 29:25
Denomination: Baptist
God tells us that godliness with contentment is great gain. But there is one trait that gnaws at the heart of many Christians that can deprive them of that contentedness. What is it, and how can we defend against it?
TEXT: I Timothy 6:3-10 TITLE: The Envy Trap OPEN: How many of you have heard of the tooth fairy? (The question met with a little laughter as everyone raised their hands). I read a story not so long ago about a woman whose 2nd grader had collected a fair amount of money from the "tooth fairy." ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10
The goodness trap: 1- a human question 2- A human response 3- The divine way
INTRO.- ILL.- A young boy traveling by airplane to visit his grandparents sat beside a man who happened to be a seminary professor. The boy was reading a Sunday school take-home paper when the professor thought he would have some fun with the boy. "Young man," said the professor, "If you can tell ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 19:16-26
Baiting the Trap Series: Escaping the Trap of Unforgiveness July 9, 2006 What I’m going to be talking to you about the next 4 weeks, is possibly the most important confrontation with truth that you’ll ever have! Not because I’m preaching it, but because of the subject we’re going to deal with. ...read more
Scripture: Luke 17:3-5
Escaping the Trap Escaping the Trap of Forgiveness July 23, 2006 For the past 3 weeks now we’ve been concentrating on the subject of “offenses”. Jesus told us that it’s impossible to go through this life and not be offended by someone or something. And so we’ve taken the attitude, “That being ...read more
Examining the idols in our lives, we see what keeps us from receiving God’s blessing
SERIES: “LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH” TEXT: ACTS 19:23-41 TITLE: “TRAPPED IN IDOLATRY” INTRODUCTION: A. The dictionary definition of “idol”: “an object of excessive devotion or admiration” --Fails to capture the biblical sense ...read more
Scripture: Acts 19:23-41
This passage teaches how great the consequences of temptation really are and the necessity of resisting it.
Sermon Scripture: Joshua 7:126, especially verse 12b The Trap of Temptation Introduction: Do you realize that a single sin can potentially ruin your success, your family, a lifetime friendship, or a reputation? Temptations are all around us, waiting to destroy us if we give in (Gen. 4:7). Our ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 7:1-26
How do we escape the traps of life, religion, etc? How do we get out, how do we keep out? In this message we discover the keys as we see some religious leaders try to trap Jesus.
ESCAPING THE TRAP Mark 12:13-27 INTRO: Pitch the hamster – feeling trapped. A hum-drum existence, punctuated by brief moments of excitement. Eat the food. Run on the wheel. Over and over again. Not able to be all a hamster could be. You could tell it was getting to her – more urgent climbing and ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:13-27
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Fist Sunday of advent, exhortation to watch and pray
Of Signs and Traps Aim To Alerts the congregation to the signs or the return of Christ& to encourage them to avoid the traps on the way To introduce Advent Introduction – Advent Happy New Year. That may sound like a strange thing to say just before Christmas, but the season of Advent is the start ...read more
Scripture: Luke 21:25-36
Denomination: Anglican
The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that the Enemy of our Faith has "Booby Traps" set for unsuspecting believers; but our King is going to reverse his entrapments.
27 September 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris 504th Compound’s Multi-Purpose Facility C.O. B. Adder Tallill, Iraq REFERENCES: Sun Tzu: “The Art of War” & other quotes from this military genius; Haman – Enemy of the Jews; Esther 2:7 (ESV) He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther,(A) ...read more
Scripture: Esther 7:1-10
Denomination: Pentecostal
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