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Breakthrough Intimacy Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 17, 2009

A discussion about communion in the book of Mark

NOTE: The following notes include several sections drawn / adapted from commentaries or messages (with credit given). These were not quoted or even stated in full but merely served as a reference for the idea. INTRODUCTION Some people will go to great lengths to preserve the memory of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:12-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thankfulness

Contributed by Darryl Blahovich on Jan 8, 2010

Where do we find thankfulness in this world.

"The Day the Sun Didn't Shine" In 1883, It is said that in New England the Sun didn't rise! The people awoke to an eerie darkness. They went outside to do their chores in stony silence. No rooster crowed, no birds chirping, none of the usual sounds of a new day. At the very start, people began ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

One Is Bigger Than Many Series

Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009

Idea: THE ONLY WAY TO REACH GOD’S GOAL IS TO REACH IT TOGETHER

[INTRODUCTION] The Olympic contestants line up in the starting blocks for the hundred-meter dash. Anticipation has the crowd suspended on the edge of their seats. The starter raises his gun and fires. The athletes spring out of the starting blocks. As they do, it becomes obvious this is no ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Christ Is Fully God Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 16, 2009

To preach Jesus Christ correctly we must preach him in his infinite and indisputable Godhead.

Dakota Community Church October 18, 2009 Incomparable Christ - 1 Christ is Fully God Adapted from a Sermon by C.H. Spurgeon From “The First Sermon in the Tabernacle” - Delivered on Monday Afternoon, March 25th, 1861 Acts 5:42 Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-59

Denomination: Mennonite

Life In Christ Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 8, 2010

1- Life in Christ excludes hypocrisy 2- Life in Christ excludes salvation by observance of the law 3- Life in Christ includes death to self

INTRO.- Life. What is life all about? Obviously, that depends on who you are talking to. Here are some examples. ILL.- It was said that Jimmy Johnson, when coaching football on the college level, had a wife and the appearance of a marriage because it was expected of college football coaches. ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:11-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Chapter 18 - "The Fall Of Babylon" Series

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Mar 22, 2010

Chapter 18 investigated

Revealing the Revelation Chapter 18 Revelation 18 1After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2With a mighty voice he shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 18:1-24

Denomination: Holiness

Bad Worship Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 30, 2012

What is the difference between good worship and bad worship?

Introduction What is the difference between good worship and bad worship? In our previous text we considered the elements of good worship that the people, knowingly or unknowingly offered to Jesus. It was good worship from the heart and the head. It was given out of sincere joy and desire to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:11-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Learning From God's Providence

Contributed by Charles Scott on Jun 22, 2017

Jesus learned obedience by the things He suffered. Similarly, St. Paul learned from the Christ that he had persecuted, the things he would suffer as He followed the Christ. Living the Christ life, we will see how suffering aids in redemption.

Trinity 2 2017 Learning from God’s Providence The Collect O LORD, who never failest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 3:13, Luke 14:6

Denomination: Anglican

Victory In Jesus Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 2, 2018

Death is certain but the promise of Resurrection is more certain. Why is that promise so powerful and what difference can our resurrection mean to us?

(We began the sermon by singing the favorite hymn: Victory In Jesus “I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me; I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning, Then I repented of my sins and won the victory. O ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:35-57

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Ever Happened To Sin? Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on May 2, 2018

Sermon 1 in a series on Vice and Virtue

Deadly Sins and Transforming Virtues Series - 1 What Ever Happened to Sin? In a blog written a couple of years ago, William Bradshaw asked a question that is stuck in my mind - What ever happened to sin? He repeated a story originally told by Dr. Karl Menninger, a psychiatrist who pioneered many ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

It's All Yours Series

Contributed by Ed Gratton on Aug 12, 2018

Last in a series on the Lord's Prayer

1 It’s All Yours 1 Chronicles 29:11, Matthew 6:9-13 2 [Slide of Lord’s Prayer] OK, where’s the ending? You know the part that talks about the kingdom and the power and the glory - Where is that? If you have one of those King James Bibles, don’t spoil the surprise. So where is it? Maybe your Bible ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Christian Church

How Do I Strengthen My Faith? Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021

The church of Colossae was dealing with a new form of teaching similar to the kind of thing we witnessed with Tom Hanks’ movie, The Da Vinci Code some years back. Only this was entertainment, it was heresy. This new brand of teaching sweeping the day denied Jesus really was a human.

Welcome and thank you for worshipping with us this morning. Keep Colossians 2 open before you, will you? Despite perceptions, people do love change. Many of you have been home with nothing to do for weeks now. If someone had come to you in early January and said, “I’ll give you a three month ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Face Of God Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 30, 2021

When Mary pressed the soft warm cheeks of baby Jesus to her own, she was touching the face of God. When the shepherds and the wise men came to see Jesus they were seeing the face of God. Christmas is about the face of God.

John Mcgee Jr. wrote the poem High Flight. It is so meaningful to some pilots, they repeat it as they sit in their planes soaring though the skies. It goes like this- Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

Fun Is Fundamental Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 6, 2021

If Christianity is not fun it is not pleasing to God nor man. We too often think fun and play is a secular side of life. It is good for a break until we get back to the important and serious stuff of life. This concept is too bad for it leads Christians to not take fun seriously.

Geography students after traveling around the world by books were asked to list what they considered the seven wonders of the world. It was a hard decision but such things as Egypts Great Pyramids, The Taj Mahal, The Grand Canyon, and The Great Wall of China, were getting a lot of votes. The ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 8:1-19

Known In Hell!

Contributed by John Gaston on Jun 11, 2022

The 7 sons of Sceva made an important discovery: God's warriors are known in Hell! We should aspire to be such stalwarts for Christ that word about us begins circulating in the underworld; "Watch out for that one!" Let's put a little fear in the enemy!

KNOWN IN HELL! Acts 19:10-16 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: “When the Attack-Dog became Afraid” 1. Elizabeth Bennett told of her friend, a deputy with the sheriff’s department canine division. One evening, the deputy was dispatched to the scene of a possible burglary, where he discovered the back door ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:10-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God