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  • Hold Lightly What You Value Greatly

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Jul 3, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 12,849 views

    God orchestrates the affairs of life—both the good and the bad—to bring us to the place where our faith will be in him alone.

    Hold Lightly What You Value Greatly Luke 12:16-21 The land of a rich man produced plentifully and he thought to himself, "What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?" And he said, "I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and ...read more

  • Keeping Score

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Jul 15, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,514 views

    Jesus Kingdom plays by the rules of love, not money

    Title: Keeping Score Text: Luke 12:13 – 21 MP: Self-sufficiency is an insufficient legacy. FCF: Through Christ and his Word, we can be sure that we have won the only game worth playing. <NOTE: During the reading, when Jesus asks “Who made me an arbiter and a judge among you – The answer is – by ...read more

  • The Rich Fool

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jul 18, 2007
    based on 42 ratings
     | 14,274 views

    The rich man prided himself on his intelligence, his success, his efficiency and foresight. He had plans to ensure his comfort for years. But God calls him a ’fool’.

    The Rich Fool Luke 12:13-34 Jesus is preaching mainly about the Pharisees (see 11 :37, 45;12:1). Suddenly a man shouts out from the crowd. ’Tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me,’ he calls out. While Jesus is preaching, the man is thinking about a family quarrel in which his brother ...read more

  • Contentment

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jul 30, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 12,462 views

    A sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost A sermon about being contentment with what you have

    10th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 13 August 5 Lectionary 18 Luke 12:13-21 Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-14 2:18-23 "Contentment?" "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity." Ecclesiastes 1:2, RSV. "I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied ...read more

  • A Good God Or A Goods God

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,132 views

    Sometimes we let goods be our God instead of letting God, who is good, be our God.

    A Good God or a Goods God For years there has been a Snoopy poster that shows how he spends his week: On Sunday, he dances, with the caption, "Party-Time!" On Monday, he scowls, with the caption, "Don’t speak to me." On Tuesday, he lies flat on his back as though dead, with the ...read more

  • "Don't Be A Rich Fool"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 2, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,046 views

    A sermon on being released from the bondage of "stuff."

    Luke 12:13-21 Colossians 3:1-14 “Don’t Be a Rich Fool” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church Soddy Daisy, TN www.gbgm-umc.prg/grace-sdtn We Methodists have always been known for our good music! Methodists are a singing group of Christians. Back in the 1700’s there was a ...read more

  • The Good Life

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Aug 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,256 views

    Whatever you have, learn to be content with what God has entrusted to you. Remember, it isn’t wrong to earn more to live in security and provide for your family. It is the love of money that is dangerous. It is the constant pursuit of the good life tha

    The Good Life, Luke 12:13-21 Introduction By the time I met my father in law he had been a used car salesman for more than thirty years. For the bulk of that he owned a buy here pay here lot. He could always get a great deal from him, but you just had to know that any car you got from “Big John” ...read more

  • The Ultimate Treasure #3 - Serving

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 11,604 views

    Part 3 of a 5 part series used for VBS at Welcome Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Lemont Il.

    WHMBC VBS 2007 – Treasure #3 – Serving Luke 12:16-21 The most effective preacher who ever lived was Jesus. He knew how to make his sermons interesting. He knew how to reach and capture the hearts and minds of men. In this parable Jesus is speaking about those who thought more of the things of ...read more

  • Does This Sermon Apply To You?"

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Aug 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,131 views

    Parable of the Rich fool. Sometimes people have trouble identifying with this parable because we don’t see ourselves as rich.

    Does this Sermon Apply to You? Luke 12:13-21 August 5, 2007 I would like to take you this morning to a place in your imagination. There was this fellow named Ben. Ben was the first from his family to go to college. His parents had grown up during the depression and money had been so tight, that ...read more

  • Oh, To Be Rich

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,853 views

    Man thinks of worldly riches but God thinks of heavenly riches.

    Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (v. 13). People were always following Jesus; perhaps out of curiosity, perhaps they really believed in what he said, perhaps they were looking for a miracle or healing to take place, or for other ...read more

  • What's Your Focus

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,518 views

    Do we focus on ourselves or Do we focus on God?

    “Magic Eye” pictures You and I have seen them in the Sunday comics and on book counters, These pictures look like a mess of colored dots and lines. Supposedly, if you stare at one long enough a picture will emerge. People either see it or they don’t. Those who see it, … are thrilled. The images ...read more

  • How To Deal With Stinginess Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 30, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 15,477 views

    This is a sermon that deals with destructive behavior of Greed in the Christian life.

    How to Deal with Stinginess This morning I want to talk with you about a destructive behavior that is not mentioned much in churches. Over the past few weeks we have been talking about destructive behavior that affects the Christian. We have not been talking about lying, stealing, or cheating. ...read more

  • Adventures In Life Management

    Contributed by John King on Nov 9, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,882 views

    What the world sees as financial success Jesus sees as "foolish."

    ADVENTURES IN LIFE MANAGEMENT (stewardship) John L King, Taconic Christian Church, Shrub Oak, New York Introduction (sarcasm) •Jesus told a parable about A Rich Man in Luke 12 This guy was Rich and famous. (Tell parable in own words) •This rich man had evidently been very successful and there ...read more

  • Freedom From Debt – I Owe, I Owe, It's Off To Work I Go Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,027 views

    Discover real financial freedom as we break free from the gip of debt in our lives.

    FREEDOM FROM DEBT – I Owe, I Owe, It’s Off to Work I Go Luke 12:15-21 (NIV) [15] Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." [16] And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man ...read more

  • Seven Sorts Of Simple Fools

    Contributed by John White on Nov 22, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,830 views

    This parable contains several characteristics that are common to those who leave God out of their lives.

    SEVERAL SORTS OF SIMPLE FOOLS Luke 12:16-23 Introduction: Have you ever felt foolish? That you did something to make a fool of yourself? Did you ever look at someone and say, "That person is a fool.." We simple Bible believing Christians are seen by the unbelieving world as fools. They ...read more