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  • Hearts Wide Open: Differences Are Okay

    Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Jul 23, 2019
     | 3,516 views

    Mary and Martha are different - sermon speaks to open hearts toward both expressions.

    Hearts Wide Open: Differences Are Okay Intro: Australian author Nikki Rowe said, “The greatest asset you could own is an open heart.” Open hearts compel doctors to give free medical care in the inner city. Open hearts lead Christians live out their baptismal vows and serve Christ in all people. ...read more

  • Keys To Permanent Happiness

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 23, 2023
     | 1,655 views

    What are the secrets of happiness? Are they really secrets or just ignored? Let’s understand secrets of true, permanent happiness, found in the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12.

    What are the secrets of happiness? Are they really secrets or just ignored? Let’s understand secrets of true, permanent happiness, found in the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12. Poor in Spirit And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 ...read more

  • Pride And The Wicked Tenants

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Apr 5, 2025
     | 194 views

    So often we let our pride get in the way from admitting we were wrong, or to see something from another angle. This morning the Pharisees Pride keeps them from acknowledging Jesus for who he is and provide a cautionary tale for us.

    Pride and the Wicked Tenants Good Morning. Believe it or not, we are in the final days of Lent! The Scripture lessons from today through Good Friday are all Jerusalem and Temple themed. Today’s especially we focus on a common temple theme of having a right heart and purity when we come before God. ...read more

  • Sermon On A Communion In Diversity

    Contributed by William Meakin on May 9, 2025
     | 111 views

    A communion in diversity is said to represent an identity of different persons, groups, or even perspectives coming together from an assortment of cultural ideas or opinions while retaining individual character and personal contribution.

    Benedictine Abbot Donato Ogliari, an Italian Catholic prelate once remarked: "The communion that the Holy Spirit builds in the community of believers is not the result of a flat and rigid uniformity. On the contrary, as the Apostle Paul describes using the metaphor of the body, the unity and ...read more

  • Living Water PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,191 views

    Explore the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, emphasizing how Jesus, as the living water, satisfies our spiritual thirst and hunger.

    Good morning, everyone! It's so wonderful to see your faces in this blessed gathering. Today, we are going to dive into a beautiful passage from the book of John, specifically John 4:5-42. It's a story that's as relevant today as it was two millennia ago. It tells us about an encounter between ...read more

  • By Their Fruit We Shall Know Them PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 4, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,295 views

    Emphasizes the importance of choosing the narrow, challenging path of true belief, bearing good fruits, and being wary of false prophets, as guided by Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters. I bet you've all heard the saying, "The road less traveled is often the most rewarding." It calls to mind a sense of challenge, doesn't it? A call to venture beyond the ordinary, to embrace the difficult for the sake of the extraordinary. This concept isn't new ...read more

  • Beyond Understanding Yet Within Reach Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Oct 24, 2006
     | 2,241 views

    This is the second in a series of dialog based sermons based on A W Tozers book "The Knowledge of The Holy". It is in outline form and is intended for a contemporary dialog series or even a small group setting. This message deals with the question "What

    What Is God Like? Romans 1:18-25 Pt 2 - Beyond Understanding Yet Within Reach What is God like? That’s the question that we are asking as we look into the concepts presented in A W Tozers book “The Knowledge of the Holy”. How would you respond to this statement? “Left to ourselves we tend ...read more

  • The Wages And The Gift.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 10, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 454 views

    Set free to serve righteousness.

    THE WAGES AND THE GIFT. Romans 6:19-23. Upon conversion Christians, 'having been set free' from sin, 'became bondmen' to righteousness (cf. Romans 6:18). Paul apologises for thus speaking in such stark human terms: but it is “because of the weakness of your flesh,” he argues. ...read more

  • Using Old Testament Analogies In Cross-Cultural Evangelism

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,839 views

    USING OLD TESTAMENT ANALOGIES IN CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELISM

    USING OLD TESTAMENT ANALOGIES IN CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELISMIntroduction - Everyone tends to learn best when they are taught in ways that they are accustomed to. After ten years of teaching in an African seminary, this truth is becoming more evident daily. When I first brought out the book of ...read more

  • The Bread Of Life Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Feb 7, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 26,743 views

    Material things have a built-in mortality. No matter how much we exercise, how good our diet is, we’re eventually going to die. If you want something that lasts for eternity then you must partake of the one who alone is eternal.

    The Bread of Life John 6:35-71 Rev. Brian Bill February 6-7, 2016 For my dad’s 80th birthday, my four sisters and I met in California two weeks ago to surprise him. I think we pulled it off. I came to the front door with a bunch of balloons so he couldn’t see my face and declared, ...read more

  • Satan The Devil Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 18, 2022
     | 3,427 views

    Although Satan is generally viewed as evil, some groups have very different beliefs. In Theistic Satanism, Satan is considered to be worshiped or revered Deity. In LaVeyan Satanism, Satan is a symbol of virtuous characteristics and liberty

    Satan the Devil (Illustrations did not copy) ISAIAH 14:12 "How you have fallen from Heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the Earth, who once laid the nations low!" Satan was originally a righteous angel named Lucifer, meaning "light bringer." In the ...read more

  • In The Shadow Of The Valley

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 7,718 views

    Psalm 23 likens us to sheep which are vulnerable -in contrast to the symbol of America - the Bald Eagle. (A sermon that refelcts upon the wake of September 11,2001).

    IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY Psalm 23 One of the most beloved Psalms of the Bible is Psalm 23. Psalm 23 likens us to sheep which are vulnerable. We as Americans do not like to see ourselves as vulnerable. For that matter, no one likes to be seen as weak and vulnerable. As one of the major ...read more

  • The Body Of Christ Series

    Contributed by Tim Bond on Nov 18, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 27,975 views

    The Church is described as the Body of Christ to stress the connections that we all have to one another, as well as our response to the direction of the head, Jesus Christ.

    For the next several weeks I’m going to be preaching a series of messages called “A God’s Eye View of the Church.” In these sermons we’re going to be taking an up close and personal look at what God wants the church to be, and hopefully an honest appraisal of who we really are. Now I want to be ...read more

  • Hurricanes And God

    Contributed by Tony Grant on Sep 24, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,749 views

    God is with us even in the midst of the fury of the hurricane.

    Hurricanes and God James 1:2 09/18/05 2373 words I invite you to turn in your Bibles to the book of James, chapter 1, and follow along as I read v2: 2 My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, Amen. The word of God. Thanks be to God. Did God ...read more

  • Article 26. The Church (Part1 Nature) Series

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Mar 17, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,728 views

    This sermon unpacks the nature of the Church

    Article 26: The True Nature of the Church. Over the next three weeks we are going to be unpacking the doctrine of the Church we will be looking at the true nature of the Church ~ The Marks of the Church ~ and the true purpose of the Church. Today we are looking at the Nature of the Church ...read more