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"The Spirits Of Christmas"

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 15, 2002

based on 43 ratings

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Like Scrooge, we too can reclaim Christmas, with the help of the “spirits” of Christmas Past, Present, and Future

“The Spirits of Christmas” “Bah, Humbug!” shouted Ebenezer Scrooge, using a mild Victorian form of profanity, meaning “nonsense” or “rubbish”. Charles Dickens depicted Scrooge as the epitome of all cynics hardened to the holiday spirit. Scrooge was stingy, selfish, and heartless. Later on Dr ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: Congregational

The Message To The Church At Ephesus Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jun 20, 2003

based on 10 ratings

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A message about losing your first love (for the Lord and one another, asindividuals and a church) and how to get it back

The message to the church at Ephesus Rev 2:1-7 WBC 22 June 2002 am Introduction It’s hard to believe there are no churches there, now. - the church is there… but there are no ’churches’ there It was a huge city in those days. - on the East coast of what is now Turkey. Was then called Asia ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

What Did You Expect?

Contributed by John Beehler on Jul 1, 2003

based on 121 ratings

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Who do you see, a Messiah or a carpenter?

What Did You Expect? For most of us, the most powerful negative feeling we will ever experience is the feeling of rejection. People are rejected by their parents, children, spouses, co-workers, friends, peers, and even fellow church members! In our scripture for today, Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Call To Courage In The Lord

Contributed by Paul George on Jul 6, 2003

based on 27 ratings

| 6,407 views

In chapter two we have three messages from the word of the Lord by Haggai to Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant of the people for their encouragement in restoring the temple.

In this chapter we have three messages from the word of the Lord by Haggai to Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant of the people for their encouragement in restoring the temple. They are told the temple they are building will in respect to the spiritual will exceed that of Solomon’s temple. In the ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Denomination: Holiness

You Are Wonderful

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

based on 44 ratings

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1. Do you feel good about yourself? About your life? It is so easy to not feel very good about ourselves.

1. Do you feel good about yourself? About your life? It is so easy to not feel very good about ourselves. So easy that we so easily believe that to be a Christian and to take our faith seriously, we should never feel good about ourselves. That to feel good about ourselves is a great sin. After all, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Proper Diet

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

based on 155 ratings

| 8,935 views

PROPER DIET -- Feeding On the Living and Abiding Word of God Enables Us To Grow In Aggressively Loving Others (2:1-3) GOD’S FORMULA FOR BABY BOOMERS INTRODUCTION Spiritual Growth is very simple: Requires the Proper Exercise and the Proper Diet -- just like Physical Growth 4 Pictures: 1

PROPER DIET -- Feeding On the Living and Abiding Word of God Enables Us To Grow In Aggressively Loving Others (2:1-3) GOD’S FORMULA FOR BABY BOOMERS INTRODUCTION Spiritual Growth is very simple: Requires the Proper Exercise and the Proper Diet -- just like Physical Growth 4 Pictures: 1) Mr. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Defensive Strategies For Dealing With Difficult Superiors

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

based on 27 ratings

| 3,568 views

Be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger while showing a Holy Spirit given wisdom.

Defensive Strategies For Dealing with Difficult Superiors (James 1:19-22) ILlustration:Formula for handling people: 1. Listen to the other person’s story. 2. Listen to the other person’s full story. 3. Listen to the other person’s full story first. Gen. George Marshall, Bits & Pieces, April, ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Transformers

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002

based on 27 ratings

| 6,301 views

The Gospel is the power to CHANGE! Here’s how.

16, June 2002 Dakota Community Church Transformers Introduction: In Many Cases Christianity has been invaded with secular thinking. He’s a controller – She’s a pleaser Those two are co-dependant Abuser and abused –one does the other allows I come from a dysfunctional family All of these are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-9, Romans 1:16-17

Denomination: Mennonite

Discipleship

Contributed by Jim Parisi on Jun 23, 2002

based on 77 ratings

| 21,419 views

What It Means To Follow Jesus.

Discipleship HHM Pastor Jim Parisi June 2, 2002 What It Means To Follow Jesus: Luke 14:25-33 25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26 "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faithful Stewards Of Ourselves Series

Contributed by Glen Vanderkloot on Nov 11, 2000

based on 75 ratings

| 8,702 views

A teaching message on how we can be faithful stewards of our life, body and realtionships.

A Message from the Pastor Faithful Stewards # 1 Faithful Stewards of What God has Given to Us -Ourselves I have a friend who really likes to go to a particular restaurant and order their double cheeseburger and fries. It is good, but it is really greasy. He likes to say it is 'fat free'. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Denomination: Lutheran

The Pure In Heart

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 27, 2003

based on 34 ratings

| 6,984 views

A sermon on the beautitude of the pure in heart (Matthew 5:8, Adapted from an article by Spiros Zodhiates)

Evening Service for 10/26/2003 Blessed are the Pure in Heart Introduction: Two theological students were walking along a street in the Whitechapel district of London, a section where old and used clothing is sold. "What a fitting illustration all this makes!" said one of the students as he pointed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Hagar Affair Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Nov 29, 2004

based on 36 ratings

| 9,348 views

The birth of Ishmael came about as a lapse of faith. Like Abram & Sarah, we sometimes try to “help God out,” when instead we should be waiting and trusting.

“The Hagar Affair” Genesis 16 & Galatians 4 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus Massachusetts The Arab world dominates our thinking these days; it’s our major global concern--with the war against terrorism, hostage-taking, beheadings, and the Palestinian uprising in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-15

Denomination: Congregational

Women In The Church 1

Contributed by Neil Briggs on Dec 3, 2004

based on 15 ratings

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The role of women in the church

1Timothy 2:9-15 The passage that we have before us this morning is primarily looking at the role of women within a church situation, I recognise that for many of you here this morning and for many women in many churches, this is a make or break passage, it was interesting a few weeks ago, when we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:9-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Leaving Behind My Anger

Contributed by Sam Griffiths on Jan 20, 2004

based on 5 ratings

| 3,800 views

A challenge for people to recognise their anger, see that it may be a blockage of growth in Christ, and then to deal with it

Leaving behind my anger Ephesians 4:26 – “In your anger do not sin” Someone sent this letter to a well-known national Christian magazine: “I find I am an angry Christian and my anger spills out unpredictably. I find it hard to allow myself to be angry. My sense of guilt gets in the way. I ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:26

Denomination: Baptist

The Abiding Presence

Contributed by Roger Spaugh on Oct 18, 2000

based on 81 ratings

| 12,418 views

Encouragement for those suffering from loss of loved ones, or loss of a dream.

Mankind has struggled with many things. Probably the most difficult of these is adversity. Every since Adam and Eve were cast from the garden, mankind has faced adversity. It has come in many different ways and in many different forms. But regardless of the method, the struggle is just as real. It ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1

Denomination: Pentecostal

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