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Living In A Lions Den Without Being Eaten

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Oct 17, 2003

based on 38 ratings

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We find helpful foundational teachings in Daniel 5 and 6 to help us survive attacks of our enemy. Who is our primary enemy: The Bible says, Satan goes about like a roaring lion."

Living in the Lions Den Without Being Eaten Daniel 5:1-6:28 Has there been a time in your life you felt you were under attack? One of the times in my life and family that I experienced attacks from evil happened when I was pastor of the FMC in Taylor, Michigan. (Myrtle Hannah) We find helpful ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 5:1-2

Denomination: Free Methodist

A Slowly-Moving Ship

Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 21, 2003

based on 37 ratings

| 3,755 views

A sermon for my friend’s induction service, it uses a long analogy of a rescue ship with food and medicine, unwilling to share with others.

Ephesians 4:1-16 – A Slowly-Moving Ship A ship rocked slowly upon the greasy seas. Its sails were tattered, its masts spliced, and its hull leaky with worm-eaten planks, but it still stayed afloat. It had been sailing for many years – for generations, actually. Many years ago it had been loaded ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

First Mary, Now Us

Contributed by John Nadasi on Dec 19, 2002

based on 131 ratings

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The call to share Christ with the world began with Mary... It is now our turn.

Luke 1: 26-38 Paonia United Methodist Church December 22, 2002 I want to start off this morning with a little exercise. Don’t worry, you don’t even have to get up… But I do want you to take a minute to reflect back on your life. I want you to remember being 15. Can you remember back that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Methodist

Planning For The New Year

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jan 2, 2003

based on 56 ratings

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As we consider the resolutions and plans we are making for the New Year ahead we need to realize that planning is important and that there is a right and wrong way to plan.

PLANNING FOR THE NEW YEAR JAMES 4:13-17 Introduction: Most of us make resolutions and plans for the coming new year ¡V things we resolve to do and plans we intend to carry out. At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers¡¦ new year¡¦s resolutions on the ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Changes The Way You Look At Tomorrow

Contributed by Don Schultz on Feb 6, 2003

based on 57 ratings

| 11,430 views

The sin of despair. Only Christ can change the way you look at tomorrow.

JOB 7:1-7 JESUS CHANGES THE WAY I LOOK AT TOMORROW Why should I be excited about tomorrow? That is a question that every person thinks about from time to time. Why should I be excited about tomorrow? “Because it’s good for you,” we are told. “It’s healthy.” And it’s true, that having a ...read more

Scripture: Job 7:1-7, Mark 1:29-39

Denomination: Lutheran

Hail, King Of The Jews! (Whose Line Is It?) Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 6, 2003

based on 66 ratings

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The insults, tauntings and cruelty the soldiers inflicted on Jesus makes many angry. It also hurts us when people in our own day attack Jesus. How should we respond to those who insult and mistreat our Jesus?

OPEN: (TRUE STORY) A detective, was investigating a church burglary. But he had a problem: the suspect (who he just knew had committed the crime) wouldn’t admit to it. Finally, the preacher of the church stepped in and asked to speak to the suspect alone. Within minutes, the preacher emerged and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:15-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus' Empty Tomb Is A Place Of Life

Contributed by Edward Frey on Apr 18, 2003

based on 84 ratings

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Easter morning injects a rock-solid conviction that our sins are forgiven.

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Scripture: Mark 16:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Worry-Free Living For Mothers

Contributed by Dana Chau on May 14, 2003

based on 24 ratings

| 3,650 views

Learn how Fathers and Mothers can apply two biblical principles to foster worry-free living for mothers

Happy Mother’s Day, Mothers and Grandmothers! On Friday night, one of the men at the English Fellowship made this comment: "If I have to give birth, I would rather be a monk." Mothers, you need to know that’s not just one man’s opinion, but I suspect if we were to ask for a show of hands, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-33, Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: *other

The Spirit Of God's Love In The Church

Contributed by William Baeta on May 24, 2003

based on 38 ratings

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“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love” 1 John 4:7-8.

Theme: The Spirit of God’s love in the Church Text: Acts 10:44-48; 1 Jn. 4:7-10; Jn. 15:9-17 The Scriptures take it for granted that God exists. It begins with the words “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. Creation declares that there must be a Creator. Philosophers and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-10, John 15:9-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Thankfulness

Contributed by Jeffrey Cox on May 11, 2004

based on 14 ratings

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Jesus cleansed 10 Lepers and only one returned to say “thanks.” Are we like the one or the nine? Do you get and take and not take time to say thanks to God? Do you do this to others? Because of this unthankfulness, are we jeopardizing future blessings

Thankfulness: ways to show it I. Luke 17:11-18 Jesus cleansed 10 Lepers and only one returned to say “thanks.” A. Are we like the one or the nine? Do you get and take and not take time to say thanks to God? Do you do this to others? B Because of this unthankfulness, are we jeopardizing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Gog And Magog; The Rise Of The Phoenix

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Jul 9, 2004

based on 46 ratings

| 8,097 views

The Phoenix is an mythitical Bird that every five hundred years is reborn from the ashes just as Israel will also rise from the ashes. A Study Lesson in Prophecy.

Gog and Magog, The Rise of the Phoenix .The Phoenix is an mythitical Bird that every five hundred years is reborn from the ashes just as Israel will also rise from the ashes. 1. Mythology. A bird in Egyptian ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 38:16-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Remembering The Resurrection

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004

based on 6 ratings

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This message seeks to show what a vitally important event the Resurrection was by showing some of the victories won because of its reality.

REMEMBERING THE RESURRECTION Text: Luke 24: 1-9 Intro: I suppose it is befitting that Easter is the first holiday of spring. After all, spring is the season of the year when the earth begins to bud forth with new life. That is very much what Easter is all about. It is the celebration of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Restorative Justice #2:the Massive Search Series

Contributed by Anne Grant on Sep 19, 2001

based on 38 ratings

| 4,351 views

The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon brings new awareness of our sins and God’s search.

The Massive Search Matthew 18:1-14 Rev. Anne Grant Trinity United Methodist Church, Providence, RI 02907 Sunday, September 16, 2001 (following 9/11/01 attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon) For the rest of our lives, we will remember what we were doing on September 11th. Phil and I had ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:1-14

Denomination: Methodist

"God's Blessing On All The Children!"

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Oct 17, 2002

based on 76 ratings

| 13,738 views

This sermon is to bestow God’s blessing on all the children, and to offer God’s grace to those who have felt outcast or abandoned..

I. Let me tell you the story of "Willow".(1) Every day as the Johnson kids played in their yard they would notice that they were being watched from the tree-line. The Johnson’s lived on a nice estate just this side of Greenville. It was a time when the days seemed "care free" and they enjoyed ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:8-12, Matthew 10:24-31

Denomination: United Methodist

Leading Indicators Of Spiritual Decline (Part 1)

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002

based on 14 ratings

| 4,697 views

Signs your spiritual life is headed in the wrong direction

4, August 2002 Dakota Community Church Leading Indicators of Spiritual Decline Part I Introduction: When there is economic decline, governments pretend all is well. When there is spiritual decline, Christians pretend all is well. Sometimes you know but other don’t and sometimes others know and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:13-24, Matthew 23:25-28

Denomination: Mennonite

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