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  • God Blesses Those Who Obey Him Series

    Contributed by Ely Lambert on Jul 25, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,007 views

    The book of Daniel begins with an appropriate struggle for Israelites in a foreign land, and because of their obedient faith they are blessed.

    I. Illustration “The State of the Nation Address I grew up in rural America in the 50’s and 60’s. On any given day, you could walk through the high school parking lot and observe that half the vehicles parked there were trucks with windows rolled down and doors unlocked. Most of them carried, ...read more

  • First Things First: Know Your Identity Series

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 22, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 28,600 views

    A look at the life of Daniel and knowing who we are to be identified with.

    Series: When Cultures Collide Topic: First Things First: Know Your Identity June 2, 2002 Daniel 1 Introduction: Are you a thermostat or a thermometer? [Are you one who impacts your world, or merely an indicator of what the climate is?] In today’s ever changing culture we as ...read more

  • Holy Spirit, Fill Us

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,422 views

    A sermon for the 2003 World Day of Prayer. The reason the Holy Spirit doesn’t seem to be moving on us at the moment may be that he has to renew us before he can fill us.

    ****Introduction**** It is appropriate that the theme for this year’s World Day of Prayer is, in fact, a prayer. It is a prayer that the Church has been praying since Jesus went home to Heaven. It is a prayer that God has been pleased to answer since that first Pentecost. However, it is a prayer ...read more

  • The Church - A Family

    Contributed by Troy Harkey on Apr 16, 2003
    based on 101 ratings
     | 35,237 views

    When we think of the church, we most often think of a place like this where we come to worship and to study and be taught God’s Word, but before the church was the institution, as we know it today, the church was a family.

    THE CHURCH – A FAMILY (Mat 12:47-50) 47, Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48, But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49, And he stretched forth his hand toward his ...read more

  • Round Tuit

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Dec 27, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 7,063 views

    Many say we will serve Christ one of these days. But here we are a year has passed and many of us have never gotten around to it. In our text Christ addresses the problem of the “Round Tuit” lifestyle of so many.

    ROUND TUIT LUKE 12:36-48 "…that servant who knew his lord’s will and did not prepare, nor did according to His will" INTRODUCTION: We have come to the last Sunday of 2003. Over the past year we have preached and taught on salvation, discipleship, stewardship, separation, spiritual gifts, ...read more

  • Getting The Message Out

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 6, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,976 views

    What makes you uncomfortable as a Christian? God can use that to motivate you to spread the gospel! Look at Paul’s example here in Acts 17

    Getting God’s Message Out. Acts 17:16-34 What do you do when you are surrounded by things that make you uncomfortable? When Paul came to Athens, he walked through town and was upset by all the idols that he saw there. Now just think about the different ways he could have responded to it. 1. He ...read more

  • Memorial Stones

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 28, 2002
    based on 494 ratings
     | 35,414 views

    The need for establishing memorial or testimonial stones in our lives.

    MEMORIAL STONES JOSHUA 4:1-9, 19-24 Introduction: In April 1863, in Columbus, Mississippi after decorating graves of her two sons who served during the Civil War as Confederate soldiers, an elderly woman also decorated two mounds at the corner of the cemetery. An observer asked, "What are you ...read more

  • Why People Aren't Christians? Pt 1

    Contributed by Doug Gilford on Jun 7, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,987 views

    This sermon begins to explain why people do not turn to Christianty.

    Why People Aren’t Christians? Part 1 Matthew 19:16-22 “And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep ...read more

  • Christian Tolerance—part 1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 5, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,921 views

    Jesus reprimanded the Thyatiran church for tolerating worldly prophetic influences in their church. The Christian church should never tolerate contrary/opposing prophetic influences. What does Christian tolerance tolerate? Part 1 of a 2-part sermon.

    CHRISTIAN TOLERANCE—Revelation 2:18-29 The world tells us to be more tolerant...of this, that & the other. Jesus reprimanded the Thyatiran church for tolerating worldly prophetic influences in their church. The Christian church should never tolerate contrary/opposing prophetic influences. What ...read more

  • Let's Compare Our Righteousness

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,711 views

    Is our righteousness any better than the Pharisees?

    MATT.5:17-22 “LET’S COMPARE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” A) These words were spoken by the Savior, and they are strong, searching words of Jesus! * The word except is used only five times by our Savior in this sense and means: unless, if not! * Matt.18:3 “Except ye be converted, and become as little ...read more

  • Bad Ministry

    Contributed by Dana Carpenter Jr. on Dec 29, 2000
    based on 87 ratings
     | 2,796 views

    The Song of Solomon contains much allegory related to the church today -- this sermon deals with condemnation of others.

    INTRODUCTION. A. We are going to be examining a scripture from the Song of Solomon, looking at its meaning and its implications for the church today. B. In the Song of Solomon, the Shulamite girl is representative of the Bride of Christ, or in this and several other instances in the ...read more

  • Paying The Price

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 30,771 views

    Jesus wants us to seriously consider the high cost of following Him as a Disciple.

    IT IS ONE OF THE SUPREME HANDICAPS OF THE CHURCH THAT IN IT THERE ARE SO MANY DISTANT FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST AND SO FEW REAL DISCIPLES. ALL OF THIS SIMPLY DUE TO THE COST INVOLVED WITH DISCIPLESHIP. NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR FOLLOWING JESUS. INSTEAD, TOO MANY JUST ...read more

  • Epiphany A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 69 ratings
     | 18,060 views

    The Wise Men break into our little world and show us how awesome God’s breaking into our world truly is. We have sanitized the story and need to hear it once again as for the first time.

    Epiphany A Matthew 2:1-12 6January 2002 Each Christmas in our home Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever comes out and quietly makes its way around. It is the story of a church, which is faced, with the drudgery of putting on the Christmas pageant for yet another year. The woman ...read more

  • Watergrave

    Contributed by John Beehler on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 2,989 views

    When we are baptized with the water we are also baptized with the Holy Spirit and, as a result, receive a full measure of the same grace and love Jesus received when He showed us the way with His baptism.

    Watergrave Do any of you remember your baptism? I remember mine. You see, I can remember mine because I was 17 at the time. I was baptized and brought into membership in a Baptist church. Now, it wasn’t because I was a Baptist that I was older when I had this experience of ...read more

  • Do You Play Favorites? (Pt. 1)

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 29, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,886 views

    In our treatment of people, we must see all people as equally valuable rather than treating some better than others because of how they might benefit us.

    James 2:1-13 “Do you play favorites?” June 27, 1999 Everybody has favorites. [Ask different people in the congregation what their favorite items are in these categories: food, ice cream, car, color, time of year, holiday]. When I was growing up, my mom had it pretty easy whenever she was getting ...read more