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Believe 27 - Goodness & Kindness Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jun 9, 2015

Looking at the Fruit of the Spirit of Goodness/Kindness

Believe 27 ~ Goodness / Kindness May 24, 2015 Isn’t it wonderful when someone wants to take you out for lunch or dinner? Especially when there are no strings attached. But there’s also an expression, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” In simple terms it means ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:30-37

Denomination: Baptist

Something We Cannot Do

Contributed by Randall Long on Jan 1, 2018

A message that uses the parable of the Good Samaritan to explain the doctrine of Justification by Grace Through Faith.

Our Bible passage today is one of the most celebrated and renowned of our Lord's stories, the parable of the Good Samaritan. Well-known as it is, though, I believe it has a point that's easy to miss. Let's give it a close look, and see if you agree. Our passage begins in Luke 10:25 when a lawyer ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Constraints Of Restoration-4

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 5, 2019

4 of 7. God blessed Noah’s family with a restoration based on relationship. Man’s restoration is to be constrained/determined thru relationships. How do relationships constrain or determine our restoration? Restoration is constrained thru relationship with...

Series: SUPPLANTING The LEGACY Of WICKEDNESS—Genesis 6:9—10:32 A—GOD’s REMOVAL STRATEGY—Genesis 6:9-22 Toward Removing the Legacy of Wickedness B—GOD’s DESIGNED DESTRUCTION(& Salvation)—Genesis 7:1-24 C—SALVATION REALIZED(Getting to Normal)—Genesis 8:1-19 D—EXPERIENCING The VICTORY(Man’s ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Limit Of Love

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Sep 5, 2008

Love must be expressed in the flesh in order for it to be real.

September 7, 2008 Morning Worship Text: Luke 10:25-35 Subject: The Fruit of the Spirit Title: The Limit of Love Turn to Luke 10. What kind of love do you have in you? As I shared with you last week from Galatians 5:22-23, if you are born again you have certain attributes that now are alive ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-35

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Living With Love In Our Hearts"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 17, 2008

To really live is to love God, others and ourselves.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Psalm 40:1-11 “Living with Love in Our Hearts” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org What is “it”? In any language, “it” is the most powerful expression of the most powerful emotion and experience in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Love Your Enemy Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010

Something is missing from the church today, and people are starting to notice. Too often the church fails to offer what it advertises: life.

3. The Greatest Commandment February 28, 2010 Love your Enemy Mrs. Jones wanted her fourth grade class to learn some valuable life lessons so one day she gave them an assignment. Each student was instructed to get their parents to tell them a story and they would be expected to find the moral of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: *other

Stories Of Christmas: Lesson 1

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 31, 2004

Stories of Christmas

A. THE FIRST WORD FROM HEAVEN IN 400 YEARS. LUKE 1:3-22 1. Why did God choose Elizabeth and Zacharias to be parents of John the Baptist? - Because they were godly. “Both were righteous before God, walking in all the commandments . . . blameless” (v. 6). - To raise a godly son. - To reward them ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:3-22

Denomination: Baptist

Making Jehosophat Jump

Contributed by David Wilson on Oct 2, 2008

God’s people need to take great care not to become involved in the schemes of the ungodly. Ahab knew how to get Jeshosphat involved in his wickedness and did so. Jehosophat needed to hear this sermon and the principles established, as do our young peopl

You will be probably be shocked to discover that when Paul writes in II Corinthians 6:14 that the believer is not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers no mention is made of marriage in that entire chapter. That’s because Paul is speaking of MORE than marriage. Paul is speaking of ANY ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Seeing Is Not Believing

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 2, 2006

The Spirit is the presence of Jesus lived through us to others.

Seeing Is Not Believing – John 16: 4b - 15 Intro: When we leave for an extended vacation we usually give instructions to those staying behind as to what will happen in our absence. Things like: The garbage man picks up trash early on Thursday morning, so you have to put the trash cans at the ...read more

Scripture: John 16:5-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Household Salvation Series

Contributed by Larry Stockstill on Mar 18, 2009

Salvation

Breakthrough to Blessing (Part 1) Household Salvation Every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praise The Lord All You Nations

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 20, 2022

Jesus came with the intention to gather all humanity together into the kingdom of God, to use the members of His Church for that gathering.

Twenty-first Sunday in Course There’s one thing you can count on when you open a news site, and the same thing is true when you open the Scriptures. You will find that human beings are most frequently motivated by what Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas calls passions, and those emotion-driven actions ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 66:18-21, Psalm 117:1-2, Hebrews 12:5-7, Luke 13:22-30

Denomination: Catholic

Christian Principles

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Aug 31, 2001

These lessons include only a few of the basic principles that Christians must have in their lives. There are many more principles which are taught in the Bible that are just important as the ones discussed in the lessons here.

CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES INTRODUCTION: These lessons include only a few of the basic principles that Christians must have in their lives. There are many more principles which are taught in the Bible that are just important as the ones discussed in the lessons here. I. LOVE Love is defined as a ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-16, Matthew 23:11-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

"So Close And Yet So Far!"

Contributed by Lee Miller on Aug 22, 2008

I believe there are hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions in the church of America and around the world who are close to, in other words, “not far from the Kingdom of God.”

“So Close and Yet So Far!” It was one of the best football games ever. Remember Super Bowl XXXIV between the Rams and Titans? In the final seconds Tennessee was driving for the game-tying touchdown and on the final play Kevin Dyson caught a pass over the middle and lunged ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Mennonite

Nothings Going To Move My Rock

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 2, 2010

The rock of Gibraltar is an amazing testimony of strength, but there is only one Rock that can stand the shaking going on in this world.

Jesus gives us the parable of the two houses and the two foundations, and the two men. These are two different houses, two different foundations, and two different men. In this text Jesus divides the whole world into two classes of people: #1 The Wise #2 The Foolish What Jesus teaches us in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:47-49

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Big Secret… "Hate What God Hates And Love What God Loves”

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 27, 2025

In this sermon I want to begin with this parable that I just read to you called the Grood Samaritan.

We need to look at some historical events before we get deeper into this parable. This parable is only included in the book of Luke. There is a reason for that. Why? Luke was a Gentile in the Jewish religion. Matthew and Mark, and John were Jews, and they did not include this parable? ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:29-37

Denomination: Baptist