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  • Who Cares?

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001
    based on 410 ratings
     | 20,777 views

    Real Christians display real love to those who need it most.

    Introduction Kitty Genovese Story At about 3:20 a.m. on March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old manager of a bar in Queens, New York, returned to her quiet residential neighborhood, parked her car in a lot adjacent to her apartment building, and began to walk the 30 yards through the lot to ...read more

  • Four Dimensional Love Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 229 ratings
     | 35,901 views

    God is crazy about you

    Introduction A group of four-through eight-year-olds were asked: “What does love mean?” Their answers vary from the amusing to the profound. Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other. Love is when you go out to eat and ...read more

  • Imagine That!

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 183 ratings
     | 22,009 views

    God wants to do things in and among us that we cannot possibly do ourselves.

    Introduction – Mr. Holland One of my all-time favorite movies is “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” It’s the story of a musician who really just wants to be a composer. Rather grudgingly, he takes a job teaching music at the local high school, supposing it will give him time to write music while providing an ...read more

  • Playing Defense In The Game Of Love Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 5,480 views

    If God loves us so much, why don’t we always live in that love?

    Introduction I’ve taken several long road trips in the last year. I’ve discovered that the best way for me to maintain my alertness and my sanity is to listen to audio books. I’ve become a fan of Tom Bodett, the guy who does the Motel 6 ads, whose most famous line was “We’ll leave the light on for ...read more

  • The Day The Aliens Came

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,511 views

    Christmas Sermon on the Magi: God reveals Himself to all kinds of people – and the least likely are often the most open.

    Intro I haven’t seen them for a long time, but about this time of year when I was a kid, we would see ads on TV that informed immigrants that they had to fill out certain forms to register with the government. Which wouldn’t have been that memorable, except that they didn’t call them immigrants. ...read more

  • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Altar Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 29, 2001
    based on 156 ratings
     | 11,437 views

    Zechariah’s experience in the Temple: Religion can turn us away from God. (Preached during Advent, but not really seasonal)

    Introduction In the musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” Tevye, a man devoted to tradition, finds his thinking challenged when his oldest daughter wants to marry for love, instead of having her marriage arranged by her parents. It had never occurred to him that one would marry for love, and one night he ...read more

  • Guard Duty

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 63 ratings
     | 6,234 views

    The importance of guarding your heart, which is "the wellspring of life."

    Guard Duty 1/20/02 Prov. 4:23 Introduction This week, a team from the International Red Cross is paying a visit to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to determine whether the detainees captured by U.S. forces are being kept in conditions which are acceptable according to the terms of ...read more

  • Guardians Of The Heart

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,012 views

    Listening to God’s voice speak to our hearts

    Introduction When I was in seminary, I lived in dormitories for four years. I had done that in college, but I was young and stupid then! I wanted to settle down, to have a place that was my own. I wanted to be near friends and family. I was pretty committed to staying in New England, and I really ...read more

  • The Great Divide

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 11,516 views

    The Scriptures are not given to inform us, but to transform us.

    I. Introduction – The evil hidden within Many of you grew up in “The Golden Age of Radio.” You have fond memories of gathering around the radio to listen to your favorite shows. I wasn’t around for those days; I grew up as a child of the television era. But there is at least one radio show that ran ...read more

  • Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 7,810 views

    We can know beyond a Shadow of a Doubt that God keeps His promises.

    Have you ever been around someone you think you know really well, and suddenly they do something totally out of character? It may be something good or it may be something bad. If you’re married, you’ve no doubt had that happen! Or maybe we’ve stereotyped somebody and found out they’re nothing like ...read more

  • Mission: Impossible? Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,270 views

    God uses our trials to transform us

    Introduction: Gordon MacDonald, who is a well-known Christian speaker and writer tells this story from his days running track: When I first ran track in prep school, my coach invited me to his home for dinner one night. After the meal, he pulled out a notebook with my name on the front cover. He ...read more

  • One Mind Is Better Than Two Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,450 views

    Wisdom that produces a single-minded determination to do what’s right can only come by asking in Faith

    James starts with an assumption: that there will be those among the listeners who need some wisdom Meaning of SOPHIA: Not just “smarts” Not just “someone who knows a lot” It is a practical wisdom It was sometimes used for the kind of “knowledge” a skilled craftsperson has, someone whose knowledge ...read more

  • Flipped Right Side Up Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 3,761 views

    A "God’s eye view" of wealth and possessions

    Flipped Right Side Up James 1:9-11 March 10, 2002 James Boice once heard a statement given by an actress named Sophie Tucker. She was being asked by reporters about her early struggles before she became a success, and whether or not she had been happy in her years of poverty. She answered, ...read more

  • The Touch

    Contributed by Brad Lewis on Jan 25, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 26,264 views

    A retelling of the interaction between Jesus and a Leper

    NOTE: This sermon was originally told as a story not preached. I was a bit apprehensive about presenting a sermon strictly as a story (I’d never tried this before) but the response I got was amazing. One thing I tried to do was make the story come alive for the congregation, perhaps as it was ...read more

  • Common Cana

    Contributed by Brad Lewis on Jan 26, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,283 views

    The miracle at the wedding in Cana is an example of how God can take the common and do uncommon things.

    Common Cana John 2:1-11 Many people say, “I’m too ordinary!” “I’m nothing special!” “I have nothing to offer!” At some point in life, everyone reaches that place That place of inadequacy Especially when it come to doing something for God that you’ve never done before Certainly there are others who ...read more