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Why Believe The Good News Of Easter

Contributed by Paul Sizemore on Sep 28, 2016

Our Easter joy is not always immediate. It certainly wasn't immediate for Jesus' first disciples either. Even the empty tomb and the angel's proclamation left them bewildered. It was in remembering Jesus' own words that the Spirit brought them to faith.

“Why Believe the Good News of Easter,” Luke 24:1-12, Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016 Brothers and sisters, you probably know that this coming Friday is “April Fools’ Day;” a day that is always celebrated every year on the first day of April. It’s a day, when ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Rachel's Sorrow

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 6, 2016

However crafty, however ruthless Herod might have been, he could be no more successful than his evil superior Satan. The Redeemer would come just as was planned, would live just as planned, and would die just as planned.

Matthew 2:13-18 Rachel’s Sorrow 12/15/02 D. Marion Clark Introduction I do like our Live Nativity we put on at our church. We show the manger scene; we have a full inn, a market square retail booth, angels singing to shepherds, and a tax collector at his booth. We even have the three ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Why Did God Put Me On Planet Earth?

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 8, 2017

The Bible teaches we have a definite purpose. It's to influence the people around us to make the choice to serve Jesus Christ. A C.S. Lewis quote captures to eternally critical job that we dare not neglect for the lost's sake!

WHY DID GOD PUT ME ON PLANET EARTH? Ps. 138:8, TLB. INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. There were three guys who wanted to be in the Olympics, but didn’t know how to enter. So they went to the gate of the Olympic Village to see how other athletes got in. 2. Soon a big, hulking guy walked up with bulging ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 138:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Joseph Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 7, 2016

Lessons from the life of Joseph

Joseph Genesis 17:1-11 Mark Herold tells the story of being a guest on the Gerry Ryan radio show to speak on birth order and the way it influences how we grow up. A woman came on the line to complain bitterly that, because she was the youngest in a large family, no one would take her seriously. She ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

Hebrews- " Encouragement For A Life Of Faith" Part 1 -- " The Real Deal" Series

Contributed by Randy Edwards on Jul 11, 2016

Part 1 of Hebrews-- Hebrews chapter 1- The real deal

Hebrews “Encouragement for a life of faith” Part 1 “The Real deal” Today we are beginning a new sermon series on the book of Hebrews I chose Hebrews because it complements Exodus nicely Over the next several weeks we are going to look at this great book With a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

"No Smell Of Fire"

Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 22, 2016

We're going to look at the trying of the faith of the 3 Hebrew “worthies” and see how some parts of the narrative are indicative of trials in general, how trials are really beneficial to us.

"NO SMELL OF FIRE" Dan. 3:16-27 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: OLD AGE DOUBLE TROUBLE 1. "Man, it’s tough getting old," said Sam to his friend Frank. "If it’s not one problem, then it’s another. As soon as I awoke this morning, I had two shocks, one after the other." 2. "So what ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:16-27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Danger Of Doing What Is Right In Your Own Sight

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Aug 6, 2023

The church has had far too much in common with the children of Israel back in the days when there was no king. We must cry out against the Spiritual, Moral, and Ethical Depravity that is being allowed to happen in the churches today.

The Danger of Doing What is Right in Your Own Eyes By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. PRAYER: SCRIPTURES: - Judges 17 – 21 Deuteronomy 12:8 says, “You shall not do as we are doing here today, everyone doing what is right in his own eyes”. That is not a request that is a command. Judges 17:6 ...read more

Scripture: Judges 17:6

Denomination: Apostolic

To Be Like Jesus

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 18, 2019

Having a hoarders mentality doesn’t allow us to live or share the life of goodness and generosity God has planned for those who Love Him!

To be like Jesus... Our topic today on the fruit of the spirit is goodness and the generosity it brings out in the world. Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided - Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:7-10, John 15:11, Psalm 23:6, Ephesians 1:3-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Everlasting Education Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 29, 2021

No people can be great who neglect the best that God has given to man, and no year is going to be great in which the Bible does not play a major role in our lives.

Abraham Lincoln did not like a lot of things about Christians and the church, but there are few great men in history who loved the Bible more than this great leader of our land. In Fisk University Library in Nashville, Tenn. is a copy of a Bible presented to Lincoln with this inscription: ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-25

Motives For Giving Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 30, 2021

Jesus says generosity toward the poor will be rewarded in eternity. This means that everything we give for the needs of others is like putting money in the bank of heaven.

All of us would certainly agree that it was a good thing that Columbus was given the money he needed to sail to the discovery of America. What we do not realize, however, is the evil method by which the money was gotten. In 1492 Tomas de Torquemada, the chief architect of the Spanish Inquisition, ...read more

Nothing Shall Stand Against You Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 1, 2019

Even the 1960 movie "Inherit The Wind" mocked this miracle. Skeptics have long maintained that the world would be torn apart if the earth stopped rotating and the Sun stood still. Find out why those skeptics were wrong.

The U.S. Civil War was the most devastating in American history. From 1861 to 1865 – the War dragged on for four long years. Part of the reason it lasted so long was that Union Generals would delay and postpone and stall, saying that they were so outnumbered they needed more time to prepare. ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our True Identity Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 12, 2024

The BIG question! Who Am I? (Want to thank Dan Raymond for his notes on this subject)

INTRODUCTION • What is one of the most critical questions in life? • WHO AM I? • How would you answer the question, Who am I? • Where would you start? • Name, occupation? • How much of your answer is about you as an individual, and how much is about the relationships you form? • How you answer the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Unity Starts In The Heart Series

Contributed by David Owens on Jan 15, 2024

God desires unity in the body of Christ, but unity is not easy or automatic. God creates the unity, but it is something that we must strive to keep. Humility, gentleness, patience and forbearance help us to do just that.

A. I’m excited to begin a new sermon series this morning – a series that I am calling “7 Ones Equal Unity” and will be based on Ephesians 4:4-6. 1. Over the years, I have preached many sermons using verses from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, including a sermon series on the entire letter back in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Man Has Twisted, Contorted, Inverted, And Opposed All God’s Creation – Part 3 – Genesis Chapter 1 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 4, 2023

We take a serious look at how man using evolution has inverted and twisted God’s creation. Man sets up his own idols and worships them. Man was created in the image of God not the image of an ape or Neanderthal. We follow more of the inversion of Genesis and look at gender distortions.

MAN HAS TWISTED, CONTORTED, INVERTED, AND OPPOSED ALL GOD’S CREATION – PART 3 – GENESIS CHAPTER 1 We have been considering our present time to see that at the end of the Church age, more and more evil is overtaking the world. This growing explosion of wickedness is according to 2Timothy chapter ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26, Romans 1:23, Genesis 1:27, Matthew 19:4, Ephesians 5:21-31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God And The 3rd Rock From The Sun Series

Contributed by Perry Fowler on Sep 13, 2023

Planet earth...our temporary home, the 3rd rock from the Sun. what do we know about this place we often call "home?"

God is an artist and architect. It’s part of being a Creator. Artist’s often begin with , and God was no different. Like a sculptor; He fashioned this planet with hills, ridges, and mountains; as His voice chiseled them with every shape and size. He painted this world with broad strokes, with ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:2

Denomination: Baptist