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The Quest For Honesty Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2005

based on 55 ratings

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The character attributes involved in honesty are: 1. Simplicity 2. Transparency 3. Integrity

We are dealing with a topic today which is a struggle for all of us. If we are truthful, we will admit that not lying can be a problem. There is the fib, the white lie, the half-truth, the clever deception, misleading information, stretching the truth, exaggeration. Who has not been startled to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:31-37, Matthew 5:31

Denomination: Methodist

Taking Revenge... Or Not! Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 27, 2005

based on 44 ratings

| 5,924 views

How are we to understand this teaching of Jesus? 1. It is about trusting God. 2. It is about not doing it our way. 3. It is about being like God.

In Judith Viorst’s book for children entitled I’ll Fix Anthony, Anthony’s younger brother complains about the way his older brother treats him. The little brother says: “My brother Anthony can read books now, but he won’t read any books to me. He plays checkers with Bruce from his school. But ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Methodist

Sex And The City Of God

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 12, 2006

based on 16 ratings

| 2,454 views

1. The Bible teaches us that sex is a gift of God. 2. The Bible teaches us that sex is sacred. 3. The Bible presents boundaries for the use of sex.

With the advent of television’s Sex and the City, and a host of shows like it, it should be apparent that our nation is in a moral free fall. The whole idea of who we are and how we should live has become so distorted that it has corrupted our vision of what God created us to be. Rather than ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:27-28

Denomination: Methodist

Fading Glory

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 20, 2005

based on 34 ratings

| 5,468 views

If your are going to withstand the pressure to conform to the world it is necessary to understand: 1. Who you are 2. Life 3. What is important

In 1964, Gene Smith published his book entitled When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson. It is the story of President Wilson and the events which led up to and followed WWI. Wilson was an international hero at the end of the war, and both in the United States and abroad there ...read more

Scripture: John 12:9-16

Denomination: Methodist

Do Not Judge Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 24, 2005

based on 24 ratings

| 7,031 views

Jesus teaches us: 1. Do not condemn. 2. Do not rush to judgment. 3. Do use discernment.

The Super Bowl is known as much for its commercials as it is for football, and Super Bowl XXXIX was no different. Ameriquest Mortgage Company sponsored two ads. One had a man coming home with a bag of groceries and a bouquet of flowers. He begins dinner by starting a pot of spaghetti sauce. As ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

Ask, Seek, Knock Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 1, 2005

based on 39 ratings

| 14,812 views

1. Prayer’s cornerstone is the character of God. 2. Prayer is powered by our persistence. 3. Prayer is founded on faith.

A Chicago based company claims the prize as one of the world’s largest magazine fulfillment firms. Translated, that means they handle subscription mailings by computer. One of their main responsibilities is to send out renewal and expiration notices. But as computers do, there was a malfunction ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-11

Denomination: Methodist

Being Fruitful Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 8, 2005

based on 49 ratings

| 15,159 views

Nature teaches us that if you are going to be fruitful, you have to: 1. Have your roots in good soil. 2. Have a healthy trunk and branches. 3. Have fertilization.

A wealthy businessman, who was well known for being ruthless and unethical, told Mark Twain that before he died, he wanted to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He said that when he got there he wanted to climb to the top of Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments, and there read ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-23

Denomination: Methodist

What Is Community?

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 29, 2007

based on 77 ratings

| 16,988 views

Living in Christian community means: 1. Unity in love. 2. Focusing on Jesus. 3. We lose ourselves in service.

What Is Community? John 17:15-21 I talked with a friend and her husband from another town this week who are having trouble with their teenage daughter. They have been to court several times because she is completely out of control. They have also taken her to professional counselors who have ...read more

Scripture: John 17:15-21

Denomination: Methodist

The Scourge Of Legalism Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 12, 2004

based on 58 ratings

| 6,228 views

The problem with legalism is: 1. It turns a relationship of love into a religion of laws. 2. It turns people from encouragers into fault-finders. 3. It emphasizes outward conformity rather than inner transformation.

What an interesting story about the early church The Word of God has just spread to the Gentiles (non-Jews and people from other lands), and they have responded enthusiastically to its message. There were thrilling stories of healings, miracles and dramatic conversions. These new converts were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

Confronting Evil

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 18, 2005

based on 57 ratings

| 16,511 views

1. Evil is real. 2. Jesus sought after radically evil people. 3. A radical conversion is necessary and available.

Confronting Evil Luke 8:26-39 This powerful story of Jesus confronting evil is fascinating. If we had started the Scripture reading earlier in the chapter you would understand that Jesus and the disciples have just survived a terrible storm in a small fishing boat. The storm was blowing them ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:26-39

Denomination: Methodist

A New Name

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 5, 2003

based on 214 ratings

| 24,733 views

As we think about the new year, we need to see that: 1. God is always doing a new thing. 2. Only God can bring about real change. 3. God’s new name for us means a new beginning.

I love to read the comics, and one of my favorites used to be “Calvin and Hobbes.” Calvin and Hobbes are talking about the new year when Calvin says, “I’m getting disillusioned with these new years. They don’t seem very new at all Each new year is just like the old year Here another year has ...read more

Scripture: John 1:25-42

Denomination: Methodist

God's Frightening Gift

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 12, 2003

based on 24 ratings

| 3,421 views

Our moral universe raises several questions: 1. What does it mean to have free will? 2. Why is it frightening? 3. What are we to do with it?

God has a problem. His problem began when he created other living beings to live in the same universe as himself. Before the creation there was only one will — God’s will. But now there were other beings and other wills operating in the universe — millions of them. And because God wanted a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-13

Denomination: Methodist

Finding God In The Silence Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 19, 2003

based on 55 ratings

| 10,103 views

In considering the spiritual discipline of solitude and silence, we want to ask: 1. Why do we need solitude? 2. What are the benefits of solitude? 3. How do we move into solitude?

We seem to be obsessed with our bodies. If you believed the commercials, you would believe that you really can lose 30 pounds in ten days while eating everything you want. Or if that doesn’t work, you can buy the Reduce-EZ girdle, and lose weight just by wearing it. If that doesn’t do it, you ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

For Those In Quest Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 19, 2004

based on 54 ratings

| 3,939 views

The Bereans show us that a quest becomes noble when: 1. We receive the Good News with eagerness. 2. We examine the Scriptures to see if it is true. 3. We are transformed by the truth.

My favorite part of Paul Harvey is the last segment of the newscast that he calls “For What It’s Worth.” One day he gave this interesting story: “Our For What It’s Worth Department hears from Hershey, Pennsylvania — where the woman in the Mercedes had been waiting patiently for a parking place to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Waking Up

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 10, 2004

based on 44 ratings

| 8,681 views

Three great awakenings: 1. Awakening from spiritual death. 2. Awakening from spiritual dullness. 3. Awakening from spiritual deafness.

For a long time I knew that the Christian life was a matter of having a relationship with God, but I also often thought of it as a list of rules to be kept. I wasn’t sure how to maintain a relationship with God, but it was clear to me what it meant to keep the rules. If I did well, I was in ...read more

Scripture: John 11:38-44

Denomination: Methodist

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