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  • Are You In Or Out?

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,842 views

    In the end we will not be able to say "I don’t want to play this religion game." It won’t be about religion, but about relationship with God. As Jesus prepares to go to the cross, He shares His very last teaching, about our lives, and about the end times.

    A professor of a graduate-school class of gifted students included a HUGE amount of material on the midterm exam. Tension in the room built, people were sighing and gasping aloud as they realized how much material they had covered and were expected to recall. The following week, the professor ...read more

  • Hope Risk

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,648 views

    A sermon for the 26th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 A sermon about talents

    26th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Matthew 25:14-30 "Hope, Risk"   14 ¶ "For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 ...read more

  • Duty Consciousness

    Contributed by William Baeta on Nov 13, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 9,448 views

    “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” Matt. 25:23

    Theme: Duty consciousness Text: Zeph. 1:7, 12-18; 1 Thess. 5:1-11; Matt. 25:14-30 Today’s Scripture reading from the gospel of Matthew belongs to what is referred to as the Olivet discourse as it was delivered as Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. Addressed to His disciples it was intended to give ...read more

  • Trading Goodness Series

    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 2,583 views

    Our contributions to the gains in the lives of others are the keys to our own personal inner growth.

    When I started studying economics in the college, one of the first lessons in economics I learned was this: Business is first and foremost a community service which brings a gain on the investment in return. A businessman or a shopkeeper from this perspective is a skilled and responsible ...read more

  • 26 Pentecost A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,529 views

    Jesus commends the servants who risk trusting the master and produce good return but scolds the servant who is motivated in fear and fails to trust the master.

    26Pentecost A Matthew 25:14-30 17 November 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen This summer, while we attended the Synod Convention in Swift Current, a friend pointed out one particularly fine house. It belonged to a person who was somewhat of a hero in the area. In that ranching area, one gains a certain ...read more

  • "life, What You Do With Yours Matters" Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 7,997 views

    In this message we will see 3 reasons why what we do with our life matters(The Life - part one)

    “Life, What You Do With Yours Matters” The Life – part one I want to start this message out this morning by asking you to take out a pen if you haven’t already (share if you need to). And what I want you to do, on the left hand corner of your outline…or any other piece of paper. I want you to ...read more

  • Identifying Your Gifts Series

    Contributed by Stuart Blount on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 7,867 views

    It’s both thrilling and exciting discovering the gifts God has given us and using them. First we have to ask ourselves some questions about who God has made us and what he has given us.

    MAXIMISING YOUR MINISTRY Part Three: Identifying your gifts Read: Matthew 25:14-30 The parable of the talents teaches us three basic yet key truths …..  God has distributed gifts. Relate Matthew 25:15 with Ephesians 4:6,7. By gift we can mean any number of things from a specific ...read more

  • Potential Service

    Contributed by Greg Cooper on Oct 9, 2001
    based on 464 ratings
     | 26,840 views

    We must realize that God expects us to do more than sit on a pew each week. His desire is for us to become a useful vessel.

    Title: Potential Service Text: Matthew 25: 14-30 Intro: There are many good people, nice people with potential service for God. The only thing is they never move from potential to productive. ILL. Like the car that’s transmission is stuck in neutral; the motor sounds impressive, the lights radio ...read more

  • The Trouble With Squirrels Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 9, 2001
    based on 224 ratings
     | 17,123 views

    Sometimes playing it safe is dangerous

    Introduction Are you a Risk-taker or a safety-seeker? Responding to the increasing destructiveness of high winds in the Midwest, one developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. It cost an additional $2,500 for the room—which can also be ...read more

  • "Talent"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 9, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,631 views

    We all have divinely endowed gifts for use in ministry. Is yours being multiplied, or buried?

    Let’s begin today, just looking at some definitions so certain information can be established in your mind, to consider as we progress. Talent: 1. An ancient weight and money unit. The talent contained 60 minas of 60 0r 50 shekels each, but its estimated money value varied greatly ...read more

  • "We Are To Be Stewards Of Our Resources” - The Parable Of The Talents Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Sep 13, 2004
    based on 79 ratings
     | 27,687 views

    The Parable of the Talents gives us five amazing principles about being a steward.

    “The Stories that Jesus Told” Sermon # 4 “We are to be Stewards of our Resources” or The Parable of the Talents Matthew 25:14-30 This morning we are in a series on the parables entitled “The Stories That ...read more

  • Use It Or Lose It Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,796 views

    Why dont we use the gifts that God gives us?

    6: A Life of Meaning Series February 8th, 2008 Use it or Lose it I have a problem. I am really not very good with subtlety. When my wife started working for the news she was a reporter. Then there was an opening for a weekend anchor position. She was the newest reporter to the station so ...read more

  • What Kind Of Return Will We Get On Our Dollar? (Invest In Future)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,334 views

    This is a sermon that encourages the church to reach out and to risk.

    Matthew 25:14-30 The Parable of the Talents 14"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on ...read more

  • Is It Worth The Risk?

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Sep 13, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,695 views

    Are we making the most of our opportunities?

    IS IT WORTH THE RISK? A guy was talking to his pastor about talents, abilities and natural gifts one morning. He said, “Pastor, I think I have only one talent.” The pastor asked, “What’s your talent? The man said, "I believe I have the gift of criticism." The pastor replied, "Then maybe you ...read more

  • "Will We Run With The Ball In 2008?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,475 views

    What are those things that the Owner of all things has entrusted to you, and how are you going to respond to that trust?

    Matthew 25:14-30 “Will We Run With the Ball in 2008?” The front page of a Texas newspaper a few years ago carried the picture of a young and beautiful African American mother born without arms and legs! The State Department of Public Welfare had charged in court that she was incapable of ...read more