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  • Heavenly Minded Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 16, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,596 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
     | 4,588 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

  • The 3 J's

    Contributed by C Vincent on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,945 views

    Comparing Jehoiada, Joash and Jesus

    The Three J’s First reading 2 Chron 22:11-12 But Jehosheba, [fn] the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, [fn] the daughter of King Jehoram and ...read more

  • J-Who?

    Contributed by Ronnie Smith on Oct 23, 2006
     | 5,058 views

    JEHU Becomes Anointed

    The turn around anointing II Kings 9:1-7 and 16-20 • The tribes of Israel were divided. Israel had two kings. Ahaziah and Jo-ram but really Jezebel was running the show. • Elisha called one of the prophets and told him to go found Je-hu. The only thing he brought with him was a box of ...read more

  • The Perfect Hole

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 29, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,987 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

  • Donut Theology

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 21, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,542 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

  • Christmas, Treasure Or Celebrate?

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 12, 2013
    based on 41 ratings
     | 13,669 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
     | 17,088 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

  • Know Yourself (Short Homily)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 10, 2012
    based on 69 ratings
     | 18,771 views

    This is a very short Homily titled "Know Yourself". That was used for the opening of a Men's retreat weekend.

    Let me share a reading from the Gospel of Mark with you. " They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, ...read more

  • Do The Small Thing To Show The Main Thing - God's Love

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jun 29, 2014
    based on 48 ratings
     | 52,708 views

    What is servant evangelism: It is demonstrating the kindness of God, The Love God, by offering to do some act of humble service, with no strings attached. We never fully know what small act of kindness will touch and transform a life. (Updated July 2023)

    For Those not familiar with an Anglican service; there are four Scripture readings prior to the Message. Today's readings are Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13; Romans 6:12-23 and Mathew 10:40-42 Jared and his dad were playing a game of catch one afternoon, when Jared asked, ....... "Dad, ... is ...read more

  • Funeral Eulogy J. Moffett

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 26, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,589 views

    This is a funeral of a Christian single male age 45. Five years earlier he had suffered a heart attack.

    Jeffrey Alan Moffett 3/7/2001 Every now and then God does something super extraordinary and then wraps it up in such an ordinary looking package that if we do not look closely, we miss the beauty inside the package. Brothers and sisters I submit to you today, that Jeffrey Alan Moffett ...read more

  • The Mirror (Short Homily)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 270 ratings
     | 53,661 views

    Some people look at themselves, at their image, as though they were looking into a very tiny mirror. You know the mirror I'm talking about. Every woman seems to have one. I know my mother would always have one buried somewhere inside her purse. Updated January 2020.

    The Mirror (Short Homily) James 1:16-27 What image do you see ... when you look in a mirror? Who is that person ... in the reflection? Paul speaks of looking into a darkened mirror: BIBLE "For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face (Pause) now I know in part; but ...read more

  • Three Glances Of Christ (Short Homily)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 25, 2011
    based on 41 ratings
     | 17,352 views

    Christ is on that cross for six hours and we can imagine that during the time he endured that suffering his gaze must have fallen upon the people gathered at the foot of the cross. What did He see as he glanced at them. Message in Lent.

    The theme that has run through this Lenten Series .....is the cross. And Beloved ......through the cross .....the love and grace of God ..... was displayed. (Pause) The image which I would suggest to you this day.....is that of Christ ..... upon the cross. He is on that cross for six hours ...read more

  • Where's The Line To See Jesus / Christmas Eve

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 19, 2015
    based on 45 ratings
     | 14,952 views

    Spencer, having been taught as a toddler that Christmas is the holiday when Christians celebrate the birth of God's Son, with the innocence of a child, he asked his mom, "Where's the line to see Jesus? (This Message was updated December 20, 2019)

    For those not familiar with an Anglican Service there are four Scriptures readings proceeding the Message. Today's assigned readings are: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14 and Luke 2:1-20. Let Us Pray... O Heavenly Father ... We come to you ... with hearts open ... open to your ...read more

  • It Is Sacred, It Is Holy, It Is Pentecost

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jun 4, 2017
    based on 18 ratings
     | 11,802 views

    We must yield to the direction and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Who abides within your very being. Yield to the Promise, Purity and Power that God has graciously given to his people. And when we do It is Sacred, It is Holy, It is Pentecost.

    This is Pentecost Sunday…... and the liturgical color is red …. The color representing …...the presence of the Holy Spirit. “Pentecost” … designates … the 50th day … after Passover Pentecost is a Jewish Feast Day……. known as …the Feast of Weeks … or the … Feast of Harvest. It was on this day, ...read more