Independence Day:God's Closeness in Uncertain Times

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  • Steven Buhr avatar

    Getting To Know Jesus, #7 - Parables Series

    Contributed by Steven Buhr on Apr 9, 2010
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    Jesus used stories to illustrate the Kingdom of Heaven. We can learn from His stories, and learn to illustrate the Kingdom to others with stories from our walk with Jesus

    Stories; who likes stories? A good story is something you remember. Can anyone recall a story they were told as a child before they went to bed? How about some of the stories you were told around a campfire, out in the woods, with someone holding a flashlight under their chin….ooohhh scary! ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Path Of The Older Brother Series

    Contributed by Chad Moore on Apr 11, 2010
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    prod⋅i⋅gal [prod-i-guhl] - wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure. You think you know the story of “The Prodigal Son”? Think again.

    prod⋅i⋅gal [prod-i-guhl] - wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure. The Father and the Older Brother …"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Tell Me The Story Of Jesus: The Message Series

    Contributed by Wes Humble on Apr 15, 2010
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    Tell Me the Story of Jesus: The Message

    Tell Me the Story: The Message Luke 15:1-32 This is the fourth message in the series we have entitled, Tell Me the Story. So far we have looked at Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Man and Jesus and His Ministry. Today we try to discover the heart of the message. What is the greatest message when it ...read more

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    Hard To Be Humble

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 24, 2010
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    Independence Day 1988: Arrogance breeds blindness to our own sin, numbness to the needs of others, and a denial of relationships. The Father's Table is about mercy and grace for all.

    You have heard him a thousand times in the TV commercial, warbling away in that gravelly voice with an accent I hear only when I go back to Kentucky. He is singing in the shower and flaunting his huge schnozz at the camera. "0 Lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way". ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Picture Of Selfishness- The Younger Son Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 4, 2010
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    From the younger son we will see the issues that follow those who chose to live a selfish life.

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Over the next three weeks we are going to examine the interesting interactions of a family. This is a story of a father and his two sons. We have a father who owns what is likely a vast amount of property. His sons worked the land with him. • The younger of the two sons ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Picture Of Jealousy- The Older Son Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 11, 2010
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    The older son had his share of problems also!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Last week we saw a picture of a selfish son. The younger son had some real serious character problems, problems that he was not willing to acknowledge until he almost permanently ruined his life. • As you read the story of the Prodigal Son, it is so easy to spend all our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Grace Is The Difference

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jun 16, 2010
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    During a British conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated what, if any, belief was unique to the Christian faith. The debate went on for some time until C. S. Lewis wandered into the room. "What is the rumpus all about

    During a British conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated what, if any, belief was unique to the Christian faith. They began eliminating various possibilities. Incarnation? Other religions had different versions of gods appearing in human form. ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Father’s Day Let Us Be Transformed (Message With Humor)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jun 18, 2010
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    Someone noticed that the word "father" appears in the dictionary just before the word "fatigued" and just after the word "fathead." So, to all us fatigued, fathead fathers, Happy Father's Day! Updated June 2020.

    Let us Pray.... O' Gracious Father - bless now the words of my lips and the meditations of our hearts. Breathe your Spirit into us and grant that we may hear and in hearing be led in the way ...... you want us to go. We ask this in the name of your son Jesus the Christ. Amen. Someone ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Picture Of Forgiveness- The Father Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 18, 2010
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    The father paints the most beautiful picture of forgiveness for all of us to behold!

    INTRODUCTION • VIDEO CLIP (After clip, then go to PowerPoint’s) • SLIDE #1 • God gives us some DIFFICULT stuff to do at times. • Of all the things we are called to do as a follower of Jesus and quite frankly as a decent human being the thought of having to extend forgiveness to someone who has ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Three Great Homes

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    In Luke 15, Christ tells three ‘lost and found’ stories about three homes – the three great homes.

    In Luke 15, Christ tells three ‘lost and found’ stories about three homes – the three great homes. The first parable (v4-7), about a lost sheep, records Jesus as the Great Shepherd of our souls, searching for the one, lonely, wandering sheep. The second parable (v8-10), about a lost coin, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Searching For You And Me

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jul 31, 2010
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    Focuses on how God searches for us whenever we are not where we are supposed to be.

    God Is Looking For You and For Me Scripture: Luke 15:1-32; Matthew 6:33 Introduction Webster’s dictionary defines the word lost as “ruined; destroyed; not to be found; missing; having wandered away.” Spiritually we often think of the “lost” as those persons who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Parable Of The Good Father

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Aug 4, 2010
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    Today we will look at a familiar passage of scripture commonly called the parable of the prodigal son but I feel a fitting title would be the parable of the good father. We see the selfishness of the two sons set off against the love of the good father.

    Introduction Today we will be studying a fairly familar passage of scripture, familar to most of us as the parable of the prodigal son but most aptly called in my opinion the parable of the good father. Luke 15:11-12 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Hitting Rock Bottom: The Younger Brother

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 19, 2010
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    The prodigal succumbed to temptations all of us face: money, sex and power. He survived because he stopped denying his reality and received the grace of the father.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC June 26, 1988 It is frequently said about alcoholics that they have to hit rock bottom before they can be helped. The usual understanding is that because of the nature of the disease, the behavior called alcoholism, the person who suffers as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Laying Claim To The Family Fortune Series

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Oct 22, 2010
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    You have an inheritance that is waiting for you to claim right now - not just for eternity but for this life.

    October 24, 2010 Morning Worship Text: Luke 15:11-31 Subject: Your Inheritance Title: Laying Claim to the Family Fortune Does anyone here today have a copy of your family tree? How far back can you go? Is it something that is important to you? One thing that I have noticed in the nine years ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • John Wagner avatar

    Get Up & Go

    Contributed by John Wagner on Dec 2, 2010
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    The first in a series of messages centered around the "Go" sayings of Jesus.

    Today we start a brand new series that is extremely timely for us as a church and I suspect for many of us as individuals. The series is simply entitled “Go.” And even though “go” in both the original languages of Hebrew and Greek means “go” I think it is ...read more

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