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  • Living A Merciful Life

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 29, 2010
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    Believers have the wonderful privilege of showing God's mercy to others-and the responsibility.

    Living A Merciful Life Matthew 5:7 INTRODUCTION Landing on the bleak Massachusetts shore at Plymouth in December of 1620, the Pilgrims had to endure a desperate winter. It was a winter filled with hunger-a winter in which about half of them died. As luck would have it though, there was an Indian ...read more

  • The Importance Of A Pure Heart

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 30, 2010
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     | 8,370 views

    The condition of our hearts is of utmost importance for what we think will erupt in actions.

    The Importance of a Pure Heart Matthew 5:8 All of us are familiar with the purpose of a greenhouse. People who have greenhouses are usually in the business of selling flowers or other shrubbery or just want one so they can keep flowers year round. The temperature, of course, is warmer in a ...read more

  • The Happiness Of Being Peacemakers

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Oct 4, 2010
     | 3,926 views

    It is the believer's responsibility to live at peace with others as far as is possible.

    The Importance of Peacemakers Matthew 5:9 INTRODUCTION Though America is a peace-loving nation, our nation and world have known little peace. The terrorist attack on New York and Washington, D. C. in September of 2001-and the long war on terror that resulted, is evidence of how quickly peace can ...read more

  • Three Aspects Of Kingdom Faithfulness

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Oct 5, 2010
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    When we live a dedicated life of obedience, we can expect persecution for our faith.

    Three Aspects of Kingdom Faithfulness Matthew 5:10-12 INTRODUCTION A. Savonarola, Italian preacher 1. Greatest reformers of church period, condemned personal sin and ecclesiastical corruption. 2. Paved the way for the Protestant Reformation. 3. Biographer said of him: His preaching was a voice of ...read more

  • How To Be An Effective Influence

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Oct 6, 2010
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     | 4,445 views

    Jesus commands that his followers have an effective influence on their worlds.

    How to Be an Effective Influence Matthew 5:13-16 INTRODUCTION A. John Donne said: “No man is an island.” B. Andrew Murray’s holy and pure life was reflected in his children and grandchildren. Said of him, “Five of his six sons became ministers of the gospel and four of his ...read more

  • The Lasting Word Of God

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Oct 7, 2010
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     | 3,041 views

    We can place our utmost confidence in the Word of God to give us power for living and to guide us in the paths of righteousness.

    The Lasting Word Of God Matthew 5:17-19 INTRODUCTION A. Robert Ingersoll once held a Bible and said, “In fifteen years I’ll have this book in a morgue.” In that time he was dead himself. B. Voltaire said, “In one hundred years the Bible will be an outmoded and forgotten ...read more

  • Beatitudes: A Program Of Life Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 30, 2010
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     | 3,811 views

    Our worship must be an authentic and total gift of self in the spirit of the Beatitudes

    All Saints Day Nov 1 2010 The Spirit of the Liturgy Today is part of what we might call a great cosmic convergence, at least for our nation. Yesterday was both Hallowe’en, and, for Protestants, what they call Reformation Sunday, the anniversary of the great religious revolution that split ...read more

  • On The Sermon On The Mount

    Contributed by Augustine Of Hippo on Jun 1, 2011
     | 8,444 views

    A classic sermon by St. Augustine on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.

    Chapter 1 1. If any one will piously and soberly consider the sermon which our Lord Jesus Christ spoke on the mount, as we read it in the Gospel according to Matthew, I think that he will find in it, so far as regards the highest morals, a perfect standard of the Christian life: and this we do not ...read more

  • Carry The Torch

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 7, 2011
     | 8,407 views

    Being salt and light mean being out there in the world, not pursuing a private spirituality.

    How many of you watch Survivor? I never have. I suppose I should, to be in touch with contemporary culture, in order to be able to speak to it... but it simply doesn’t appeal to me. I have plenty of reality in my own life, thank you, I like my down time to be somewhat more elevated - to coin a ...read more

  • The Gift Of Persecution

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011
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     | 8,337 views

    Persecution shows us that we are doing what we are supposed to do: be different and make a difference.

    A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action “religiously based ...read more

  • Below The Poverty Line

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011
     | 3,810 views

    All of the beatitudes - and the rewards that accompany them - presuppose humility, acknowledgement of of one's dependence on God's mercy.

    Are you happy? If not, what would it take to make you happy? “What is happiness?” and “How can I get happiness?” are two of the most pressing questions facing people in the United States today. Most of us don’t have to worry a great deal about food, clothing and ...read more

  • It Begins With Mourning

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011
     | 2,455 views

    The first step in the turn towards God is to be troubled by "the way things are;" in effect, to mourn over sin.

    How many of you watched the debut of the new reality show, Temptation Island, this week? I didn’t. It had somehow slipped under my radar screen, and I hadn’t even heard about it until Thursday morning at Bible study. For those of you fortunate enough not to have heard about it, ...read more

  • Neither Wimps Nor Wolves

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 8, 2011
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     | 3,164 views

    Christian meekness is not weakness; it is strength tempered by obedience.

    Do any of you remember the old musical Camelot, about King Arthur and the Round Table? It was popular back in the early 60's, it’s one of the reasons the Kennedy White House started being called Camelot. The reason I bring it up is because of Lancelot. Remember Lancelot? Until he and ...read more

  • A Healthy Appetite

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 9, 2011
     | 4,159 views

    The proper response to mourning over the reality of suffering, and the key to meekness, is not conquering desire, but learning to desire the right things.

    How many of you are planning to watch the Super Bowl this evening? Now for the real test - everyone who’s rooting for the Giants, please raise your hands. Okay, hands down. Now, who’s for the Ravens? Who doesn’t much care one way or another? By the end of the day, half of ...read more

  • Unstrained Mercy

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 9, 2011
     | 3,146 views

    Unstrained mercy needs to be constrained by the same constraints that God himself recognizes: by wisdom, by justice, by the long-term, eternal good of the person you are trying to help.

    We’ve seen a lot about pardons in the news lately, haven’t we. Why did former President Clinton pardon Marc Rich? The “fugitive financier” is the nicely alliterative phrase that all the commentators use - I bet the journalist who coined the phrase is wishing he - or she - ...read more