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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Thew opposition is great and the temptation to compromise is also great. but God encourages them to hold firm.
As we move on from Ephesus and Smyrna to Pergamum and Thyatira we see the intensity of opposition and persecution increasing. While in Smyrna there was a warning of possible death for Christ, in Pergamum we find it’s happened. Here maintaining belief in Christ has cost Antipas his life. Yet ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 2:12-29
Denomination: Anglican
Paul’s admonition to the Corinthian church to flee from idols is relevant to our temptations to secularism.
Flee from Secularism I Cor. 10:1-14 Most of you probably saw the story in the news last week about a man in Afghanistan who could be sentenced to death because he converted from Islam to Christianity. Under the religious laws of that nation, converting to Christianity is a crime. The ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-14
Denomination: Brethren
Dealing with temptation & other tips for keeping those pesky New Year’s Resolutions in Christ...
Title: The End Text: Rev 21.1-8 Today, of course, is a special day. Tonight, many of us will stay up late, focused on our TVs, counting down those last few seconds until Dick Clark descends from Times Square. Then we’ll sing an auld song about something called a ‘syne’ and just start humming the ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8
Denomination: Baptist
Jesus serves as our example when it comes to dealing with the temptations of Satan in every day life
Dealing With the Devil Text: Matthew 4: 1 - 11 Richard F. Harsell friendshippastor@yahoo.com The pages of Scripture are strangely silent concerning the nearly 20 - year period of Jesus’ life prior to the beginning of His’ earthly ministry, but Matthew picks up the story beginning somewhere ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11
Turkish Delight creates addiction and represents temptation and sin from which we need redemption.
Narnia II Dec 4, 2005 Template for worship planning David Selleck Lakeside United Methodist, Muskegon, Michign Felt Need: How is sin similar or different in Narnia, than what we deal with in our daily lives. Hoped for Results: Each person would receive the awareness that, anything that ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 3:1-13
Denomination: Methodist
Greed is a temptation that our society promotes. Christians are challenged to say "No," to greed and "Yes," to generosity.
Mark 10:17-21 “Ah, To Have It All” (Greed) INTRODUCTION America has a love affair with cars. We like sleek, fast, and powerful. We like big and brawny. Cars define us. They tell the world who we are, or who we’d like to be. America’s love affair with cars is not new, however. Before cars ...read more
Scripture: Mark 10:17-21
Denomination: Lutheran
As our High Priest, Jesus understands our struggles and temptations and gives us access to God.
Been There, Been Tempted To Do That Hebrews 4:14-16 Intro: A man had placed a claim with his insurance company for injuries that he had received and they sent him a letter asking him to explain and justify his claim. This is his reply. . Dear Sirs, I was recently moving 500 pounds of bricks from ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16
Jesus began his ministry with at least 2 significant events -- his baptism and his temptation.
1. Greatness During Watergate Back in 1974, Richard Nixon's administration was falling apart due to the Watergate scandal so, to divert everyone's attention from that, he planned a trip to Russia and Italy and two of his closest aides came along... Alexander Haig and Ron Ziegler. Even though' ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Why would people chose to be wicked? And why would this lifestyle be a temptation even for the average Christian?
OPEN: I once read the true story of their English professor who was on her way to class one day. She was running late and was going over the speed limit. Then she saw the dreaded red and blue lights in her rear view mirror and heard the siren, and she pulled over. As the policeman was making out ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 24:15-22, Proverbs 24:15
We must fight the temptation to compromise our faith to get along in our world, to be safe.
No Compromise! lanny smith Seven / Thyatira / Revelation 2:18–29 • Compromise meme. So we compromised and got a cat. • [Quote on screen] We don’t compromise because it’s right; we compromise because it is easy and because it saves face. We compromise in order to say that at least we got half ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 2:18-28, Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:18-20, 1 John 5:21
Emphasize the importance of obeying God's authority, respecting earthly laws, and avoiding the temptation to test God.
Good morning, family. Today, we're gonna take a deep dive into a topic that touches every aspect of our lives - obeying God's authority, respecting the law, and steering clear of the temptation to test God. In the words of St. Augustine of Hippo, "Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22
Topics: Obedience
A sermon examining the greatest prayer recorded in the Bible. sponse in times of trouble.
How To Respond When The Enemy Attacks Psalm 62:1-7 Two weeks ago we saw the largest terror attack on US soil since September 11th 2001. A man who swore allegiance to ISIS walked into a nightclub and killed 49 people while wounding 53 others. Since that day our leaders have seemed to focus on ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 62:1-7
And what does God expect from his people? The ten commandments, within their frame of God's apocalyptic appearance at Mount Sinai.
Today, we are going to work through "kind of" a big section in Exodus. It's maybe a mistake, to do it this way. We are going to fly high over some of God's most basic, well-known commands, and they deserve to be explained better than I'm going to. But the passage as a ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 19:16-25, Exodus 20:1-20
Redemption, relationship, and reverence come before God gives the requirements.
Setting the Table Exodus 19:1-25 Rev. Brian Bill April 17-18, 2021 I’ve never been very good at setting the table. My mom was a Home Economics teacher and taught me how to do it, but I always did it wrong…on purpose. I figured if I didn’t get it right, I’d get out of having to do it all the ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 19:1-25
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