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  • A "U" Turn

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,248 views

    The "U" turn for Nineveh ❶ Warned - v.4 ❷ Believed - v.5a ❸ Remorse — v.5b-7 ❹ Repented - v.8a ❺ Converted - v.8b-11

    - Ramp unto interstate has signs that warn wrong way - If you do not stop you find yourself in a heap of trouble - Only escape is to go back Examples this month - 3:00 am Arkansas I-30 - Sleepy man traveling wrong way crashes into grove of trees - 12:00 am Idaho I-84 17 yr. Girl - 2 ...read more

  • Why Is It So Hard To Do The Right Thing

    Contributed by Tim Larrimore on Apr 17, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,894 views

    WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR CHRISTIANS TO LIVE LIKE THE BIBLE TELLS US?

    WHY IS IT SO HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING? Text: Romans 7:14-25 Intro: The church sign at White Springs Baptist church has this on it. 1. WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR PERSON WHO IS NOT SAVED TO DO THE RIGHT THING? A) Satan is against them. Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the ...read more

  • Rightly Obsrving The Lord's Supper

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 23, 2008
     | 4,002 views

    When we celebrate communion, it must be done with the right attitudes and purposes if it is to honor Jesus.

    . Illus of footwashing in Alabama town • Several churches got together once a year to do it • Got out of hand- carnival, drunkenness, sex, rowdiness • Have to hire extra policemen each year • Started good, degenerated into something sinful. 2. Same thing had happened in Corinth. Lord’s supper was ...read more

  • Strengthen Your Heart

    Contributed by Ken Mowery on Dec 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,524 views

    Importance and result of strenthening your heart in the Lord.

    Colossians 2:1-7 1For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, 2that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the ...read more

  • Jesus Comes Into Our Mess

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,168 views

    A Christmas Eve sermon reminding us that Jesus was born to deal with our messy lives

    Isn’t the Christmas story a wonderful story It is a story that we hear every year. But it is more than just any old story It is something that happened in history that affects you today and affects your future When we open our eyes and ears and be honest with ourselves We realise that mess ...read more

  • Return, Refuse Of Revive

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,298 views

    A message to prepare your church for revival

    RETURN, REFUSE OR REVIVE Numbers 11: 1-6 and 14:1-5 Intro: In the reading of Numbers 11 we find the Children of Israel marching to Kadesh-barnea and they have began to murmur. The Lord has already fed them manna and they are tired of it so they want something else. So someone gets the idea in ...read more

  • The Most Dangerous Baby

    Contributed by Simon Fullylove on Feb 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,538 views

    Christmas Season - focussing on the revolutionary nature of the birth of Jesus

    Introduction The sight of a sleeping baby causes most people to think “ahh” they look so peaceful, until they wake and start yelling! The Christmas story can be like that - it seems so comfortable, so safe, so cute, after all who can resist a little baby. Well we know some people could – Herod for ...read more

  • Jesus 360: Relentless Lover Series

    Contributed by Todd Bishop on Mar 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,945 views

    A sermon that looks at the amazing, inconditional love of Jesus Christ. He pursues us and will never leave us alone.

    Last week we started our new series, “Jesus 360” … a full look at the person of Jesus … who He was and who He is. In our theme verse we discovered that people have always had strong opinions about who Jesus is. Jesus’ first question is “Who do people say that I am?” And his disciples rattle off ...read more

  • A View Of The Church Part 1 Of 2 Series

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Jan 27, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,654 views

    View of the Church Part 1 of 2 in the series of I Corth.

    A VIEW OF THE CHURCH (Part 1) 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Introduction A. The Corinthians were proud of their gifts and their wisdom. They seemed to be critical of Paul’s simple message. B. Paul tells them he must keep his teaching simple because they are “mere infants in Christ” (v. 1). C. I ...read more

  • Stand Fast In The Lord

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 8, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,534 views

    There are several postures available to us in our Christian life but we are commanded to "stand fast".

    STAND FAST IN THE LORD "Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved." Philippians 4:1. I. THE COMMAND IS TO "STAND FAST". We have several options that are available to us in our Christian life. We may lie down: "Therefore He says: ...read more

  • Do You Remember Your Baptism?

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jan 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,837 views

    Many times when we talk about our Baptisms we talk about the stories of our own Baptism and not the Baptism that started it all, not the story that started it all. The Gospel and the 2nd reading for this Sunday (Acts 10) both point to the over arching sto

    In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Three In One in whose Name we are Baptized. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On April 23rd, 1978, in a small seaside chapel in San Juan, La Union, in the Republic of the Philippines, my father, speaking the local ...read more

  • Vain Belief

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on May 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,680 views

    Paul said, "Hold fast to what I preached...unless you believed in vain." What it means to have "believed in vain" - an example of and results of "believing in vain"

    I. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE “BELIEVED IN VAIN”? 1 Cor 15:1-2 “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in ...read more

  • In The Time Of Trouble

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on May 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,528 views

    In The Secret of his Tabernacle we encounter him. Finding forgiveness, cleansing from sin, guidance in a darken world. Where there is provision for strength to go on.

    PowerPointAvailable + New Slide > New Transitions ____________________________________________________________ + T.S. Eliot “THE WASTELAND” > APRIL is the cruelest month, breading Lilacs out of the dead land > Pix > University of Texas August 1, 1966, 15 people killed and wounded 31 others ...read more

  • Time To _____ Up!

    Contributed by Randall Mitchell, Sr. on Jun 1, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,147 views

    Various "Ups" in Christian Life

    Message Title: "It is time to _____ UP!" Message Text: Romans 13:11,12 & various scriptures Opening remarks: The Base Commander of Goodfellow AFB in an article in the base newspaper wrote that he saw too many people looking down. This was the reason that many times the cars with the ...read more

  • Stewardship, A Personal Testimony

    Contributed by Ron Hietsch on Oct 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,315 views

    A personal stewardship testimony emphasizing the need for balance in life.

    Before I start, I need to define one important term. The device on the table is not a scale. You can find scales in the bathroom, the doctor’s office, the meat market the truck stop etc. I personally don’t like scales -- the last time I used one I weighed 160 pounds. The correct term for this ...read more