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  • Christmas, Treasure Or Celebrate?

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 12, 2013
    based on 41 ratings
     | 13,472 views

    Is that what I do? Do I 'keep Christmas.well? I have a feeling that many of us do not. Maybe we do not how to keep Christmas. We do not know how to Treasure Christmas, so we just celebrate it.

    For those not familiar with an Anglican Service, there are Four Scripture readings prior to the message. Those assigned for this day are Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14 and Luke 2:1-20. Let Us Pray..... O' Heavenly Father.... I thank-you for all those gathered here this night. May you fill ...read more

  • The Ledger

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 10, 2015
    based on 86 ratings
     | 16,900 views

    Years ago when I was a young banker in Painesville Ohio, we used large leather bound ledgers in which all the accounts were entered by hand. Those ledgers remind me of God's ledgers in heaven.

    There is probably no greater summary of God's love ....than that which is found.... in John 3:16. Martin Luther called it ......the miniature gospel. One Sunday school teacher .... kept a copy of this verse in a walnut shell on his desk .....because he was taught as a child..... that John 3:16 ...read more

  • Heavenly Minded Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 16, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 232 views

    Why would the angels prompt the followers of Jesus to stop watching the sky for Jesus? Was it wrong for them to want Jesus to return? Or is there something else we need to see here?

    Years ago, a famous Supreme Court Justice named Oliver Wendall Holmes said: “Some people are so heavenly minded, that they are no earthly good.” Now, I’m not exactly sure why he said that, but it has been true in the past. ILLUS: In 1823, there was a Baptist minister by the name of William ...read more

  • Listening

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 21, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,262 views

    How often do we take time to listen for the word of God to come to us?

    Listening John 10: 22 - 30 Intro: (Story quoted from SermonCentral “My Sheep Hear My Voice by J. Jeffrey Smead) Franklin D. Roosevelt grew tired of smiling the expected presidential smile and saying the usual expected words at White House receptions. One evening he decided to find out whether ...read more

  • Nobody's Perfect

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Oct 18, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,874 views

    In the story of Noah and his drunkenness, we see the fall of a man who was lifted up as a model for mankind show his humanity. This story shows that all mankind is in need of God's grace. Nobody is perfect.

    Nobody’s Perfect Genesis 9:18-28 Intro: A story is told about Fiorello LaGuardia, who, when he was mayor of New York City. Laguardia’s nickname was "the Little Flower" because he was only five foot four and always wore a carnation in his lapel. He was a colorful character who used to ...read more

  • What Is The Opposite Of A Christian People Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,244 views

    What flight simulators and Chipee the Parakeet have to teach us about Gaudate Sunday.

    What would you say was the opposite of a Christian people? would it be an atheist people? a pagan people? Perhaps even a hypocritical people? an unforgiving people? what would be your answer? When the novelist George Bernanos was asked this question “what is the opposite of a Christian ...read more

  • Donut Theology

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 21, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,397 views

    A unique take on what it means to be "Perfect"

    Donut Theology Matthew 5:38-5:48 In the last sentence of our passage today, Jesus says something that is very confusing… "Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect." Be Perfect! Doesn’t that make you scratch your head? How can we possibly be “PERFECT”? Or ...read more

  • The Perfect Hole

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 29, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,804 views

    A different understanding of "Be ye perfect" (Matt. 5:48) that talks about 1. The perfection OF Christ, the perfection IN Christ and the perfection LIKE Christ.

    The Perfect Hole Matthew 5:38-5:48 In the last sentence of our passage today, Jesus says something that is very confusing… "Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect." Be Perfect! Doesn’t that make you scratch your head? How can we possibly be ...read more

  • Is It Fair? Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Sep 20, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,785 views

    An interwoven set of stories reflecting on the parable of the eccentric employer

    We are in the one hundredth anniversary of the first World War at the moment, so I would like to take you back to an event that happened in the middle of it. When Emperor Franz-Josef I of Austria died in 1916, his was the last of the extravagant imperial funerals. A processional of dignitaries and ...read more

  • They Could Have Had Jesus

    Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 29, 2018
     | 9,568 views

    Frequently we settle for less, missing out on God's best. Nazareth could have had Jesus, but they rejected Him and missed the healing and deliverance they could have had.

    THEY COULD HAVE HAD JESUS Mark 6:1-13 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. I heard about a man who asked his pastor, “My grandmother dips snuff. Can she go to heaven if she dips snuff?” 2. The pastor replied, “Yes, your grandmother can go to heaven if she dips snuff. But, she’ll have to go to hell if she ...read more

  • Lessons From The Sheep Pen

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 14, 2014
     | 6,186 views

    The Bible compares us to sheep. We all tend to wander and need a Shepherd. As sheep in God's pasture, choose well who you listen to and follow. The Good Shepherd leads us faithfully, firmly, yet lovingly.

    Lessons from the Sheep Pen Intro: [Play youtube clip of crazy sheep sounds] -Yes, the Bible really does compare us to sheep. But as crazy as what you’ve just heard sounds, it is nothing compared to the craziness that comes from people, whether out of their mouths or out of their lives. 1. ...read more

  • You Change Your Mind Like A Girl Changes Clothes

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Dec 22, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,011 views

    Meatanoia - what it means to "change our mind"

    “John the Baptiser appeared in the Wilderness, announcing a baptism for repentance of sins” Do any of you have one of those relatives you get a bit embarrassed about inviting over for Christmas Dinner. You “love them dearly” because they are related to you, but well… ...read more

  • I Thought I Had More Time

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jun 20, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,533 views

    The writer of Hebrews tells us that we all will die and face judgment but there is salvation available through Jesus Christ.

    I Thought I had More Time Hebrews 10: 27-28 Intro: I saw a book of letters that children have written to God and I want to share a couple of them with you this morning. . Mike writes, Dear God, what is it like when someone dies? Nobody will tell me, I just want to know. I don’t want it to ...read more

  • Warped World Views

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Nov 1, 2013
     | 4,451 views

    In Genesis, we see that God's Word should shape the world view of Christians

    Warped World Views Genesis 1:3,6,9,11,14,20,24,26 Intro: In a wealthy suburb of Indianapolis, a group of Christian High School students were asked, "Was Adolf Hitler wrong in murdering millions of Jews?" They said yes. The interviewer then asked them why. They did not realize that their response ...read more

  • Battlefield Spirit

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Feb 26, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,974 views

    Lucifer fights a spiritual war, and therein lies the real battlefield . . . the spiritual realm.

    Luke 4:1-13; Rom. 10:8-13; 1 Pet. 5:5,8-9; Jn 14:6; Heb. 10:25; 11:6; Eccl. 4:12; Micah 6:8 It’s been said, “I wouldn’t be tempted ... if temptation .... wasn’t so tempting.” Oscar Wilde described it this way, “I can resist anything.... except ...read more

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