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  • Mournful Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Feb 14, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,960 views

    An 8 week series on the characteristics every Christian is called to possess as citizens of God’s kingdom.

    Be- Attitudes January 15, 2006 Matthew 5:4 Story: On a visit overseas, a wealthy man was fascinated w/ a powerful microscope that allowed him to study the petals of a flower. He was amazed at their beauty and detail, so he decided to purchase a microscope and take it home. He enjoyed ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Peacemakers Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Feb 23, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,983 views

    Week 7 of an 8 week sermon series on the Beatitudes that focuses on our call to bear His peace.

    Be-Attitudes February 19, 2006 Blessed are the Peacemakers Note: We live in a world characterized by fighting and rivalry. From sibling rivalry to civil war, we see is the affects of animosity at every level of society. It is everywhere. Funny: Lady Astor once said to Winston Churchill, “If ...read more

  • Expressions Of Love

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Mar 6, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,301 views

    This message focused in on how baptism and communion are expressions of worship to God’s. We show Him love because He first loved us.

    Expressions of Love March 5, 2006 Baptism and Lord’s Supper Intro: I am reading a book entitled, The Air I Breathe, by Louie Giglio. In the book Louie defines worship as “the pursuit of that which you value most.” I like that b/c I believe our greatest purpose for living is to honor God through ...read more

  • Let's Nail This Down

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 20, 2004
    based on 56 ratings
     | 6,890 views

    Ordination sermon for Victor Oke. Do not nail down peer group approval; nail down the promises of God to strengthen, help, and uphold you in ministry.

    “Who has roused a victor from the east, summoned him to his service?” Brother Oke, I warned you a month ago, at the ordination service for Gloria Grant, that I would probably use your name as the basis for your ordination message. The name “Victor” is so full of spiritual possibility! And so, ...read more

  • The Resurrection And The Life Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 21, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,218 views

    Thefive message in a series on the "I am" statements of Jesus from the book of John.

    The Great I Am June 20, 2004 I am the Resurrection and the Life Sunday AM Review: We’ve been studying the self descriptive statements of Jesus from John known as the “I am” discourses. 7 statements Jesus made to help us to realize that He is the great “I am” of the O.T., who has become flesh in ...read more

  • All Your Anxiety?

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 26, 2004
    based on 50 ratings
     | 5,797 views

    Final sermon as pastor, before retirement. Trust God for the future; He cares for you. Cast on Him anxiety about what threatens us; what only appears to threaten us; and about our ultimate destinies.

    I was taught never to put all my eggs in one basket. I was told, as a young person, that I needed to be careful not to commit myself to one and only one thing. I was to stay open to a variety of choices. When I started earning money, my parents taught me not to spend it all on any one ...read more

  • Does This One Count?

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,233 views

    We ought to have to pay the penalty of sin because we refuse to obey. But God in Christ has done what we could never do for ourselves and has given us a fresh start.

    Teenage boys were always looking for something to do on a warm summer’s day, and so the clanking sounds and the laughter got to me that day. I walked across the street to where my best friend lived, and found him in the back yard, with his father, engaged in something new: they were throwing ...read more

  • Millennial Mystery And Ministry

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,537 views

    Installation of Assistant Pastor. How may a young woman make an impact? By acknowledging that it was God who brought her to this time and place, and by laying down her very life for the task.

    A young woman in a very difficult situation. A crisis moment, for which no training could have fully prepared her. A dangerous moment, one in which the future of a whole people lay in the balance. She had little power, in the usual sense. She wielded no authority, commanded no troops, had access ...read more

  • A Partnership Of Parental Prayer

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,236 views

    When we are desperate about what to do with our families, we need to identify our central concerns, see that guilt shakes our weak faith, and use prayer to partner with the healing Christ.

    When there is a problem to be solved, we will do everything to solve it except the most obvious and most effective solution. Have you noticed? When something needs to be fixed, we will try all sorts of elaborate, complicated, expensive approaches. But the simplest, most direct, and most effective ...read more

  • Tired Of Too Much Church Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 72 ratings
     | 35,157 views

    It is easy to be tired of church if church does not connect with integrity, compassion, or fundamental life change. But you will not grow weary if you will work for the good of all.

    Several years ago I officiated at a wedding at National Cathedral. At the rehearsal an official of the Cathedral explained why the service would be held in just the Great Choir of the Cathedral, and not out on the main floor, and why we would have to be exactly on-time, no exceptions. He said that ...read more

  • Too Pooped To Pray Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,969 views

    When spiritual exhaustion strikes, we fail to pray. It means that we have not dealt with our control issues, and we compromise principle to save ourselves. But God will give us a sign of His presence, even when we do not ask.

    There is a weariness of heart that goes so deep, it puts us in danger of losing our souls. There is an exhaustion of the soul that goes so far inside us that, if someone does not do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, we wiII be lost in despair. There is a weariness of heart, an exhaustion of ...read more

  • Experience, Obedience, Fulfillment Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 6, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 7,081 views

    As the conclusion of a series on the "Experiencing God" discipleship course, and for Christ the King Sunday and a stewardship emphasis. The only way one can experience God is to obey Him and wait for the grace of fulfillment.

    The time comes when it is no longer good enough to know about something; you want to experience it directly. The moment comes when it just does not satisfy to have only an arm’s length relationship to something. The only thing that will satisfy is a first-hand, up close and personal, immediate ...read more

  • God Invites You To Become Involved Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 7, 2004
    based on 65 ratings
     | 10,460 views

    The story of Philemon and Onesimus, presented as an imaginative story, shows how God called Paul to become involved as a mediator, Philemon to become involved in real church work, and Onesimus to become involved in overcoming his background to become usef

    The new day greeted his eyes early. He stretched and shook off the sleep, but then, remembering why he had wanted to get up at the crack of dawn, Philemon jumped out of bed and began his day’s duties. His first task was to open his window and turn his gaze toward the rising sun, offering his ...read more

  • God Is Always At Work Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 10, 2004
    based on 135 ratings
     | 39,904 views

    Part of Experiencing God series: God may not seem to be at work, but He is, according to His own purposes, and using instruments we may not see. Our task is to trust Him and get out of His way!

    You’re driving along the road, and you come upon a roadblock. Somebody is holding up a sign which says, "Slow, men at work." What do you see? What do you do? Well, first, I speed up instead of slowing down. Why? Because I have important things to do, I have mv work to do, and I don’t want to slow ...read more

  • When Good Things Happen To Bad People Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 10, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 6,115 views

    When unworthy people get good things, prayer helps us discover that we too do have good things, that the issue is not goods but our feelings, and that ultimately God is just and gracious.

    There is, indeed, very little justice in the world. But that’s very old news. We established that last week. Last week we talked about that age-old problem of what you do what bad things happen to good people. We thought about how, when good people get into tough times, it just feels as though ...read more