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Trusting God’s Guidance Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jul 29, 2010

We seek after it... We receive it into our lives... We test it to make sure its from God... but until we fully learn to TRUST God’s guidance, our Christian walk will NEVER be what God wants it to be for the simple reason that we trust ourself MORE than we

SERMON BRIEF Date Written: July 27, 2010 Date Preached: Aug 1, 2010 Church: OPBC (AM) FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS Series: Finding God’s Guidance in this World Title: Trusting In God’s Guidance Text: Proverbs 3:5-6 ETS: The writer of Proverbs wanted his readers to rely on Godly wisdom and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Baptist

Walking By Faith Series

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Feb 3, 2011

The second in a series on walking worthy of our calling. Walking by Faith

WALK BY FAITH HEBREWS 11;1- 3 INTRO: There was a teacher who wanted to introduce her students to the theory of evolution and the origin of the universe but she had an outspoken young boy who was a Christian and she knew that he would surely give her a hard time. She thought and thought about how ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Bin There Done That Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 3, 2011

A study of chapter 3 verses 1 through 15

Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 15 Bin There Done That 1 To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Healthy Vision Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 13, 2011

This is week five our our health check series and looks at health vision, both for individuals and churches.

Healthy Vision This is week six of our health check series and for me it represents the most frightening topic that I’ve spoken about since the New Year, and that is optical health. Being very honest this morning the thought of losing my sight is frightening. I tend to be a procrastinator ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:22-26

Denomination: Wesleyan

Following Jesus Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 15, 2011

The Battle of Armageddon points out the need to follow Jesus and to trust in what He has done for us.

Last year the 1980’s TV series, “The A-Team” was made into a full length motion picture. In both the TV series and the movie, a group of ex-United States Army Special Forces are led by Colonel “Hannibal” Smith who was played in the TV series by George Peppard and in ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:11-21

Denomination: Baptist

Christ And His Church Series

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 17, 2011

The challenge for the church is not what we do when we call our Sunday morning huddle, but what we do when we break our huddle ... When Satan lines up against us, what difference does it make that we are Christians?

Opening illustration: The job of the church is not to impact the church, but to impact the world. It’s like a huddle in a football game. 67,000 people don’t pay $25.00 a ticket to watch the Titans huddle. What if you went to a Titans game and for 2½ hours you watched 11 men stand in a circle and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Signs Of Life

Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Mar 1, 2011

What are the signs of a person who is "born again"?

Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus. He appears three times in the plot: the first is when he visits Jesus one night to listen to his teachings (John 3:1-21); the second is when he states the law concerning the arrest ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: *other

A Messiah's View Of Divorce Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 11, 2011

Jesus can bless marriages and heal divorces.

A Messiah's Look At Divorce Text: Matthew 19:1-12 Introduction 1. Illustration: "Saying you believe something or merely belonging to a church, unsurprisingly, does little for marriage; but the more you are involved in the actual practice of your faith in real ways -- through submitting yourself to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Happy Are The Peacemakers Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 16, 2011

What a peaceful world we live in. No war, no crime, everyone just getting along, cooperating in everything we do. Oh wait, wrong planet.

What a peaceful world we live in. No war, no crime, everyone just getting along, cooperating in everything we do. Oh wait, wrong planet. As of a couple weeks ago depending on who you talk to, there are anywhere between 35 and 60 wars going on at present in our world. More people died in wars in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Packing For A Missions Trip Across The Street - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Nov 10, 2008

What is it that we need to be prepared to unpack to people when they need to know how to be saved.

Packing for a Missions Trip Across the Street Part 1 Acts 17:16-34 Part 1 Know God is in Control Know what Christianity really is The Essentials of the Gospel People must believe that… …they are sinners separated from God …that Jesus is the Christ, God in the Flesh …That ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The "Logos" Animating Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 10, 2008

5th in a seven part series on the incarnation from John 1.

In the June 2002 issue of Astrobiology Magazine, Leslie Mullen began her article titled “Defining Life” with these words: What is life, exactly? This is a question that keeps biologists up at night. The science of biology is the study of life, yet scientists can’t agree on an absolute definition. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:4

Denomination: Baptist

Place Yourself On The Manual Mode

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Dec 10, 2008

God calls us into His harvest. If you are living in isolation from the world and the only friends you have are in your comfortable bible study, Wednesday night church get-togethers, Sunday school, Christian picnics you will never experience the joy of sha

Place yourself on the Manual mode Rev. Allan Kircher Now I’m old enough to remember when the cars sold were all manual. Manual brakes, manual transmission, manual locks, manual radio—you had to turn a knob to search for a radio station. Manual air conditioning—roll down the windows. I used to ...read more

Scripture: John 1:37-43

Denomination: Baptist

Biblical Principle Of Long Life

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Apr 17, 2009

God’s original plan for man was life not death, health not sickness, energy not weariness and radiance not dullness. So, if Brother Adam had not sinned, he would have lived forever. The Bible emphasizes that God is not interested in short life. One man of

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF LONG LIFE Dr. D. K. Olukoya In the last few years, we have witnessed or heard about a lot of tragedies. People that were expected to be alive are dead. A lot of young people are dead and some of them were born again. Is it God’s will? No. We must also realize that the devil ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Untouchables – Homosexuality Part 2 Series

Contributed by David Elvery on May 6, 2009

Looking at some of the Myths about homosexuality

“the Untouchables – Homosexuality Part 2” Gladstone Baptist Church – 10/9/06 pm Tonight I want to continue the series I started last week when we began to talk about Homosexuality. If you weren’t here last week, we were confronted with the fact that as Christians, we are often guilty of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:21-32

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Good All The Time!

Contributed by H.b. Charles Jr. on Dec 6, 2010

"God Is God All The Time" is an exposition of James 1:16-18 in which God’s goodness and immutability are emphasized. The outline explains how the goodness of God is defended (v. 16), declared (v. 17), and demonstrated (v. 18) in the text.

GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME! James 1:16-18 In his book, Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome, R. KENT HUGHES tells of a dark night of the soul that he went through and how the Lord brought him out. Kent Hughes had been groomed for success. It was no surprise that he was chosen to plant a ...read more

Scripture: James 1:16-18

Denomination: Baptist