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  • Dealing With Discouragement Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on May 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,152 views

    Have you ever been discouraged? Are you discouraged now? You don’t have to be. As we examine our passage today, we will discover the causes of discouragement. But more than that, we will find the cure.

    http://brushforkbanner.blogspot.com You know how much I love to watch college football. How many times have you seen a huge underdog go into the home stadium of a football powerhouse and play them very close the first half? It seems like it happens every Saturday during college football season. ...read more

  • Finding More Faith In The Face Of Life’s Storms

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 1, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,353 views

    Why was Jesus so sharp in His rebuke of the disciples when they woke Him and told Him about the storm?

    ISN'T THAT A LITTLE HARSH? Why does Jesus rebuke the disciples for what seems a pretty reasonable request? - Matthew 8:25. - Why are the disciples chastised for what seems a pretty reasonable response? Wasn’t fear a reasonable response? - Most of us would look at that situation and say, ...read more

  • How To Respond When Your Toes Get Stepped On

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 14, 2013
     | 5,209 views

    A look at how we should respond when an uncomfortable word of rebuke comes our way.

    [Drama idea: Frame as a cheesy commercial. Three people on a pew, two getting convicted and visibly uncomfortable (squirming, facial agitation), one blithe and unconcerned. After a while, the other two ask him how he’s not bothered. He shows off his steel-toed boots. He got the ...read more

  • Why Do We So Seldom See God Do Great Things?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 17, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,400 views

    A look at how and why we settle for less than God's best.

    WHY DO WE SO SELCOME SEE GOD DO GREAT THINGS? Often in our spiritual lives, we become content with second-best plans. - Genesis 17:16, 18. - Abraham had so come to accept his Plan B (having Ishmael by Sarah’s maidservant) that when God speaks of the fulfillment of His original great promise ...read more

  • Why It's So Easy To Shift From Honoring God To Mocking Him

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 22, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,628 views

    A look at the mock "worship" that the soldiers give Jesus and five ways we too often mock Him in our everyday Christian lives.

    THE SOLDIERS' MOCKERY: The soldiers’ “worship” was a mockery because their actions and words didn’t match their heart. - Mark 15:16-20. - It’s interesting when you dig down into the passages just how much they mimic a worship experience in their mockery of Jesus: a. ...read more

  • Why Doesn't Someone Do Something About The Evil In The World?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 25, 2013
     | 5,761 views

    A look at how often we choose our peace and our property over standing up to the evil in the world.

    [Open sermon with "Bubble Creek Canyon" video from BluefishTV.com] OUR PRAYER: We want to be insulated and isolated from the evil in the world. - Matthew 8:28, 32-34. - There are two mentions of violence in this passage. - First, there are two men who are demon-possessed. They are men of great ...read more

  • How To Avoid Hypocrisy In Your Life

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 29, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,939 views

    A look at four keys to avoid hypocrisy in our lives.

    WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT HYPOCRISY? For the Christian, it’s the false security; for the non-Christian, it’s the disillusionment that happens when you look closely at Christians’ lives. - Luke 12:1 – “hypocrisy.” a. For the Christian, it’s the false ...read more

  • What To Do When You're Tired Of Serving The Lord

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 19,453 views

    A look at why we get tired of serving God and His reactions to the "pity parties" that we throw ourselves.

    [This is a long outline with a lot of points and is therefore probably more suited to a Wednesday evening study.] "I DON'T WANNA!": There are times in the Christian journey when we get tired of serving the Lord and we throw a pity party. - Jeremiah 20:14-18. - We whine and complain and fuss and ...read more

  • When We've Given Up On God Coming Through For Us

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 10, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,752 views

    As time passes by, we lose our hope that God is going to fulfill the promises He's made. This message looks at why God delays and how we can maintain solid faith in the face of the waiting.

    [This is a long outline that might be better suited to a Wednesday evening Bible study.] WHY WOULD YOU LAUGH AT GOD? We laugh because we’ve given up hope. - Genesis 18:11-12. - The way verse 12 is phrased makes it obvious that she once harbored real hope that this would happen. The problem is ...read more

  • Why Do We Ask Less From God Than He’s Willing To Give?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 12, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,089 views

    This message looks at the healing of the paralytic and asks why we settle for less than God's best when we ask from God. It then looks at four examples of how we do similar things today.

    - We want to begin with something that stands out early in the story: the fact that they obviously come for physical healing, but Jesus responds to the man by saying that his sins are forgiven. - Why would Jesus do that? Was He unaware of what they’d come for? (Obviously not.) Was He ...read more

  • Stepping Stones To Faith: Purity Series

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,260 views

    The fifth sermon of a seven part series, ‘Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks to Faith.’

    John Rowan Claypool once shared the following story in his sermon entitled “The Future and Forgetting:’ “Two Buddhist monks were walking in a drenching thunderstorm. They came to a stream, and it was swollen out of its banks. A beautiful young Japanese woman in a kimono stood there wanting to get ...read more

  • Stepping Stones To Faith: Diligence

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
     | 3,816 views

    The sixth sermon of a seven part series, ‘Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks to Faith.’ (Mother’s Day 2008)

    (Slide 1) Last Sunday during the bridal shower that was held here after worship, I thought that it would be a very helpful thing to have several married men take the groom-to-be out to lunch and share with him some important advice we had learned from our marital experiences. So we did… four ...read more

  • Stepping Stones To Faith: Forgiveness

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
     | 2,130 views

    The seventh and final sermon of a seven part series, ‘Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks to Faith.’

    About 10 years ago on a July 4th I went with the family to a minor league baseball game. We sat in the grassy area of the ballpark down the first base line and during the game a fowl ball game my way. It was spinning pretty well and I had a tough time getting a hold of the ball. Finally, I got a ...read more

  • Patriots And Prophets

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,011 views

    2008 Memorial Day Sermon

    (Slide 1) The song we have just heard serves to remind us that service, whether of faith, family, or country, is very, very costly. This is a weekend in which we are reminded that freedom is not free, it is a very expensive thing. This is also a weekend that is more important than the opening of ...read more

  • Kids Count

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,249 views

    Communion Meditation for June 1, 2008 and Kids and Teens Celebration Day

    About four years ago a group of people here in Noble County decided that there needed to be an event for kids to learn about important things like government, the arts, and community. As a result, they created Kid City and it will be held again this year at our county fairground on Saturday, August ...read more

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