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Communion - Open, Closed, Or Cracked? Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 7, 2020

Is the Communion Meal Open to all who profess Christ? Or is it overseen by the congregation hosting the meal and thus restricted to those who are in open fellowship with the assembly? The message is a study of this controversial question.

“In the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among you in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:17-32

Denomination: Baptist

Reading The Bible Can Change Your Life

Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Oct 9, 2002

A goose named Petunia teaches us this fact through her story.

Bibliography: One Tin Solder from Billy Jack; Petunia Listen children, to a story, that was written long ago. About a kingdom, on a mountain, and the valley folk below. On the mountain, was a treasure, burried deep beneath a stone and the valley people swore they’d have it for their very own. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 22:1-13

Denomination: Methodist

Is The Lord Among Us? - Moaning And Mannah Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000

The Israelites complain that God isn’t looking after them. So he provides them with food, but with conditions.

In 1 Cor 10, Paul warns his readers about what happened to the people of Israel during the Exodus. Listen to what he says: "These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come." In case you were wondering why we’re ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Wise Up In 2002 Series

Contributed by James Westervelt on Jan 15, 2002

"Everyone is invited to enroll in the ’School of Solomon.’ These words are written over its doors: ’The young, the simple, the foolish - welcome!’

WISE UP in 2002! Have you ever done something, and then, almost as soon as you did it, wonder how you could have acted so foolishly? Have you ever had a disagreement with someone then gotten into a full-blown argument because you lost control of your temper and said things that were unwarranted ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5, Proverbs 1:20-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Because Mama Says It Doesn't Make It Right"

Contributed by Ken Harris on Jul 12, 2009

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that adult Christian children are to pay attention to the advice of Christ-like parents and think twice about the guidance given by unbelieving parents.

12 July 2009 Pentecost Sunday U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel Contingency Operation Site (C.O.S.) Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: Adult Christian children are to pay attention to the advice of Christ-like parents and think twice about the guidance given by unbelieving ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:16-29

Denomination: Pentecostal

Where Moses Met God

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010

Meeting with God. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Exodus chapter 19 verses 1 to 8 Ill: • After going on a diet, a woman was really feeling good about herself; • Especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago. • "Look, look!" she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband. ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:1-8

Denomination: Brethren

How To Be Sure About What Is Right When All Hell Has Broken Loose

Contributed by W F on Jun 19, 2006

How to know what is right when uncertainty confronts us.

INTRODUCTION We live in times of rapid change. Just this week I’ve been reading about how shopping malls are becoming a thing of the past as people opt to buy everything from dog food to cars and even houses over the Internet. You know, recently Encyclopedia Britannica laid off every single one of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:24-29

Denomination: *other

Shepherding The Flock Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jan 18, 2017

Shepherding the flock involves dealing appropriately with elders, women, widows, young men, Not harshly but with love.

Over the last couple of weeks we've looked at the criteria for choosing elders and deacons, we've read Paul's instructions to Timothy to guard his inner life, to train himself in holiness, and now we come to more instructions, this time to do with how he's to relate to others in the congregation ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-25

Denomination: Anglican

Guilty Feelings

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 2, 2020

A study in Psalm 32: 1 - 11

Psalm 32: 1 – 11 Guilty Feelings A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit, there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:2

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

"let Me Show You The Door" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 3, 2020

My brother’s wife is a flight attendant and works out of the airport in Charlotte NC. You may have seen her if you watch Wheel of Fortune …

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW “Let me Show you the Door” 2nd Corinthians 6:3-11 I titled our current preaching series “I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW.” My hope in this group of messages has been that all of us will see more clearly the vision God has for Eagle’s Landing. To help us get there one of the things I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:3-11

Denomination: Baptist

Father's Day

Contributed by Lee Houston on Jun 18, 2021

A first grade teacher asks her class what was Father's Day. One boy answered, "Father’s Day is just like Mother’s Day, only you don’t spend as much on the gift." Another boy responded, "What gift?"

Father’s Day Ephesians 6:1-3, "1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth." A first-grade teacher asks her ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-3, Exodus 20:12

The Field Of The Slothful

Contributed by David Dailey on Feb 15, 2001

Thonns and thistles come up on there own if allowed they take over

THE FIELD OF THE SLOTHFUL Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:5-10, Proverbs 24:30-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Swift Ears And A Slow Tongue

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 25, 2003

Have you ever met someone who is blessed with all the information about everything?

SWIFT EARS AND A SLOW TONGUE. James 1:19-27 There is no one harder to teach than a know it all. Have you ever met someone who is blessed with all the information about everything? They all are good at talking and enjoy having people to listen. Haven’t you just wanted to bring up a subject they ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Apollos Question

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 1, 2005

Which is better Preparing or Participation?

Acts 18:24-28 The Apollos Question Preparation Or Participation Which is better Preparing or Participation? - With water Balloons it is Preparing and not Participating - With life it‘s defiantly participation not preparing - Ex. - Education preparation is a drag - But participation in what you ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:24-28

Denomination: Baptist

Part 10 - Matthew 10:8-10 - Now That Would Make My Mothers Day! Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 11, 2010

"I think it was partly that experience that prompted me to start praying for dead bodies to be raised back to life - just to be sure that it was really their time. Jesus gave His disciples authority to raise the dead."

Part 10 - Matthew 10:8-10 - NOW THAT WOULD MAKE MY MOTHER'S DAY! I was working as a funeral assistant and it was the first time I had ever touched a dead body when it happened. We had been called to a house to transfer the body to the hospital or funeral home. "THE BODY" - that sounds so ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational