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Like A Good Neighbor Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 21, 2019

Compare current views of being good neighbors with that of the bible.

1. Do you remember when neighbors knew one another? When they might sit on their front porches and talk? When they invited one another over for meals or games? 2. Things have really changed, haven’t they? 3. The Boston Globe ran this story some time back: It can never be said that Adele Gaboury’s ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Run #4 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Dec 23, 2019

Faith and Trust in God means you will be asked to challenge the status quo so He will be glorified

As I was reading my bible this week, I came across a familiar piece of scripture about a guy who should have been on a box of “wheaties” in early Jerusalem. The story comes out of 1 Sam 17. It’s the story of David and Goliath. To refresh your memory, this is where David a little shepherd boy has ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, 2 Timothy 3:10-17, Hebrews 12:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A New Attitude For A New Year

Contributed by Rodney Fry on Jan 1, 2004

A New Year Sermon

Scripture: Psalms 42 and 43, especially Psalm 42:5: Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance. Introduction: You’d like to begin 2004 saying, “This is the year that the Lord has made. I will ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:5

Denomination: Baptist

Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time; 30th Sunday B--Bartimaeus.

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 23, 2021

We can all get stuck on the side of the road in different ways at different times in our lives.

The name, fame and shame of Bartimaeus. His name means Bar, meaning “the son of” Timaeus. Others point to the Aramaic or Hebrew word for "unclean" (‘bar-tem’), suggesting that BartimaeSus is "son of the unclean." In reality both names fit because Bartimaeus was a poor ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Catholic

The Cure That Kills

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jun 4, 2014

Some turn to stress relievers that can hurt them worse than what they are trying to solve/

The Cure That Kills A British Anglican cleric working in Baghdad said a man he met in Jordan issued a disturbing threat that is now feared to be a dire portent in the aftermath of failed British bombing attacks. "Those who cure you will kill you," the man told Canon Andrew White, who spoke to ...read more

Scripture: James 1:14-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Good Samaritan And Mr. Rogers

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Apr 13, 2021

A sermon on the story of The Good Samaritan and its implications on our current cultural context.

OUTLINE OPENING ILLUSTRATION – MR. ROGERS THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (LUKE 10:25-37) IMPLICATIONS FOR US: Being a good Samaritan in contemporary times means: Be willing to be inconvenienced Be willing to take a risk Be willing to bear some cost Don’t ask “Who is my neighbor,” rather am ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Christian Church

Cyprus And The Proconsul Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 21, 2017

Satan is busy with great men and men in power, in order to keep them from being religious, for their example will influence many. Saul is called Paul for the first time, and never again is he called Saul. Saul was his Hebrew name; Paul was his name....

August 20, 2014 By: Tom Lowe Title: Cyprus and the Proconsul (13:4-12) Scripture (Acts 13:4-12; KJV) 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:4-12

Denomination: Baptist

A Good Cry Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 12, 2012

Go ahead, have a good cry if you need to. Then let your tears draw you close to others and to God.

There is a new trend in China’s changing culture, which I find very interesting. The trend is a Cry Bar and it’s spreading to several major Chinese cities. The first Cry Bar opened eight or nine years ago (2003) in the city of Nanjing with only a sofa, a few tables, and tissues – a lot of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:1-26

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Smorgasbord

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Sep 26, 2018

A study in the book of 1 Kings 4: 1 – 34

1 Kings 4: 1 – 34 Smorgasbord 4 So King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 4:1

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Pure Love In An Impure World

Contributed by Wayde Wilson on Feb 13, 2002

Very few people in our society today understand what love is.

Psalm 51:10 - "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." Valentine’s week is a good time to talk about what love is and what it isn’t. We have in America, what I call a serious "anti-love epidemic." We’re sick for the lack of real love! VERY FEW PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:10, 1 Corinthians 13:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Can Use You Series

Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Mar 24, 2004

Many of us have some preconceived ideas about who God can use but Rahab tells us that God can use anyone, even me.

God Wants To Use You! Joshua 2:1-13 Elmer Towns tells about a member of a motorcycle gang who was converted to Jesus Christ dramatically and the first Sunday he did the only thing he knew he should do and so he went to church. Nobody in the church knew him and he walked down to the second aisle ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Weighed And Found Wanting

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 2, 2004

People will be weighed in God’s balances.

DAN. 5:25-28 “WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING” A) This is a solemn, serious message to come from God to anyone! * Suppose tonight upon the wall of your bedroom, the finger of God inscribed these same words of death, doom and judgment ... Are you prepared? * If God said ....... * “Tonight your days ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 5:25-28

Denomination: Baptist

The Jailer

Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 3, 2007

The jailer’s decision was not any easy one. But despite the difficulties that lay ahead, he realized that the God who would bring him to those difficulties would also bring him through them.

Jobs were hard to come by. He was a grown man, with a wife and children to provide for. He had been an OK farmer when they lived in the country — even managed to put away a little money for them to live on after the move to the big city. But he had no marketable skills to speak of. He wasn’t ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Meaning Of Life

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 6, 2005

Psalm 24 reveals the meaning of life or God’s plan for man.

INTRO.- ILL.- Did you hear about one man’s quest to visit 1,000 bars in a year? Dan Freeman (retired computer consultant and Brooklynite) set out Jan. 1 to visit 1,000 bars in a single year. Barely five months later, the Don Quixote of drink is halfway to completing his boozy impossible dream. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I'm Fallen But I Can Get Up Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 6, 2012

John shares about the justice of God and how it affects our eternity.

Message today is about justice. John shares in chapter two about the justice of God and how it affects our eternity. Comedian Tim Allen said some years commented, ‘I really feel safe, they have ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:1-2