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Psalm 8 Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 28, 2018

Jesus told the chief priests and scribes that it would be a good idea if they would read the scripture so that they would understand why the children were praising Him with shouts of ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’ (Matthew 21:19).

Thursday, February 10, 2014 Tom Lowe Psalm 8—Repair of man comes through man. Title: To the chief Musician upon Gittith. A psalm of David. Theme: A messianic psalm emphasizing the humanity of Christ and His ultimate victory as man. 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Stand Firm In Persecution Series

Contributed by David Welch on Apr 30, 2018

Message 13 from Philippians continuing a discussion of Paul's exhortation to stand firm in the Lord.

"Stand Firm in the Lord” Part 2 Paul’s letter to the Philippians offers some key elements to “Maintaining the Joy of the Lord No Matter What”. I. ADOPT THE RIGHT AXIS -- SUPERIOR PERSPECTIVE The Exaltation of Christ in Everything Passion to Praise Jesus II. MAINTAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE -- SUPERIOR ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Anger Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on May 3, 2018

Making Anger serve you

Deadly Sins and Transforming Virtues Series - 4 ANGER A friend of mine on Facebook, a mature Christian, started a post this way last Monday morning ... While out with my family after church yesterday ... I got my attention, as did the story she went on to tell. We were eating lunch at ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Truth For A Troubled Soul Part 1 Series

Contributed by David Welch on May 10, 2018

Message 34 in our journey through John's Gospel. This Message is the first of three offering hope for a troubled soul from John 14.

Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Truth for a Troubled Soul” II. The Private teaching and ministry of Jesus 13-17 A. Forgive one another with a servant’s humility. B. Love one another with God’s supernatural love. INTRODUCTION In John 13:33 Jesus informed the disciples that he would be ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Discipleship - The Normal Christian Life! Series

Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 14, 2018

Jesus calls Simon, James & John to Follow Him – Luke chapter 5 verses 1-11 – Sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: • Disciples love to hear the Word of God taught (vs 1-3) • Disciples obey Jesus even when it doesn’t make sense (vs 4-7) • Disciples are aware of their own sinfulness (vs 8-10a) • Disciples are fishers of people (vs 10b) • Disciples are willing to forsake all and follow Christ (vs ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Brethren

The Spirit And The World Series

Contributed by David Welch on May 14, 2018

Message 42 in our journey through John's gospel. This message focuses on the convicting ministry of the Holy Spirit in regard to the world.

Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “The Spirit and the World” John 16:7-15 I. Public Teaching and Ministry of Jesus 2-12 II. Private Teaching and Ministry of Jesus 13-17 A. Forgive as Jesus forgives B. Love as Jesus loves C. Practice pertinent truths that soothe the troubled soul ...read more

Scripture: John 16:7-15

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The First-Born Over All Creation Series

Contributed by John Lowe on May 21, 2018

The chief religions of Paul’s time included Gnosticism, stressing gnosis as essential to salvation, viewing matter as evil, and combining ideas derived from mythology, ancient Greek philosophy, ancient religions, and, eventually, Christianity.

5/7/18 Tom Lowe Lesson IIA2: THE FIRST-BORN OVER ALL CREATION (Colossians 1:15b-17) • Numbers in brackets [a], correspond to “Special Notes” following each verse. • NIV Bible is used throughout unless noted otherwise. Colossians 1:15b-17 (NIV) (Text) 15b the firstborn over all creation. 16 For ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1

Denomination: Baptist

Joseph-The Waiting Room Series

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Nov 20, 2017

The wait for God is worth it.

Title: Joseph-The Waiting Room Date: 11/26/17 Place: BLCC Text: Genesis 39-41 CT: The wait for God is worth it. Dan McConchie, vice president of government affairs at Americans United for Life, was riding his motorcycle through a suburban intersection when a car came into his lane and pushed ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Parables Of Persistent Widow, Pharisee And Publican Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 22, 2017

The Scripture teaches with respect to widows, how God protects them, how He urges people to be kind to them, blessing those who bless them and punishing those who hurt them. Widows were often among the most vulnerable people in Jewish society, and . . .

Samaria, Galilee Luke 18:1-14 (Luke 18:1) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Jesus has just finished speaking to His disciples on the subject of the last days and telling them that He would return, and that His return would come ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Mary's Side Of The Story

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Dec 5, 2017

I wonder, how does Mary’s story speak to you this Advent season? In a few weeks from now, Christmas Sunday would seem rather odd if we did not hear from Mary.

This is not an original sermon, points borrowed from Advent 3/C, December 17, 2006 Lynne M. Dolan (I believe the message was entitled “Nothing Impossible with God”). I have restructured the message, however; want to ensure I give proper credit. TITLE: MARY’S SIDE OF THE STORY SCRIPTURE: ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

Born To Die, Born To Give Life

Contributed by Jonathan Meyer on Dec 27, 2017

Most nativity scenes portray a cute scene of a happy little family, & friendly visitors. That's the way we like to think of it, but it's hardly realistic. When we pause at the manger with this image, we maybe forget that this infant was born to die.

Every year, at about this time, my dad has this tradition of getting out old home movies. A lot of families have a tradition of watching their favorite Christmas movie: “Home Alone,” or “Elf,” or “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” or “It’s a Wonderful Life,” or what have you. But for my dad, he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 1:18-25, 1 John 4:9-10

Denomination: Lutheran

The Disciple’s Discipline

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 3, 2018

The writer to the Hebrews revealed the rationale behind God’s discipline. What is the rationale behind accepting God’s discipline? 4 Factors in accepting God’s discipline are...

The DISCIPLE’s DISCIPLINE—Hebrews 12:4-11 Attention: Discipline A Butterfly: Pre-Emergent from cocoon... Little Bobby notices its struggle wants to help & so splits open the cocoon. The butterfly emerges with shriveled wings & swollen body. The restrictive cocoon & struggle are needed for pumping ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:4-11

Denomination: Baptist

After The Party

Contributed by Jeff Poor on Jan 3, 2018

The party will end, the question is will your hope survive.

Intro Good morning Real Life… Happy New Year! My name is Curtis and I’m the Connections Director and it’s great to be here with you all this morning. So here we are… It’s almost the new year. You probably have one more party before the new year begins. Not sure how you guys are but I love this ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Great I Am Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jan 16, 2018

In this sermon in our names of Jesus series, we are looking at the name I AM and what this means when Jesus uses it of Himself when it comes to our relationship with Him, in that He doesn't change and that He will keep His word and promises.

Names of Jesus “The Great I Am” The Name, “I AM” is the most iconic and recognizable name of God, and it is from this name that the name Jehovah or Yahweh comes from. The name Jehovah is used over 6,800 times in the Bible. It is the personal name of the Lord God of Israel. Now, to understand ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:14-15

Denomination: Foursquare

Temptation Is Only A Question - Your Response Is The Answer

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 21, 2014

When we meet the allurements of sin do not test God, trust God. Trust God and His word! Let God rather than your feelings lead you. Trust God not your Feelings Temptation is Only a Question, your response is the answer. Updated February 2023.

For those not familiar with an Anglican Service there are four (4) Scripture read just before the message. The Scriptures for this day are: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19 and Mathew 4:1-11 Desserts have often been called ... a "seduction" ... or a ...read more

Scripture: James 4:7, 1 John 4:4, Psalm 119:11, 1 John 2:16, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Peter 1:7, Romans 12:21, 1 Peter 5:8, Matthew 4:1-11, Matthew 5:37  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican