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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Encourages Christians to respond to Jesus' call to be compassionate workers, spreading His message of salvation to a world in desperate need.
Good morning, beloved family of faith. It's such a blessing to gather with you today, to stand in this sacred place where we come together as one body, united in our love for the Lord and our desire to grow closer to Him. Today, we find ourselves at the crossroads of challenge and opportunity, a ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38
Topics: Commission, Evangelism, Compassion
A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will build a great church.
Sermon for 6/18/2002 The Great Commandment Matthew 22:34-40 Introduction: John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40, 1 John 4:7-10
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
God must win our obedience to the first commandment or the rest of them become meaningless. If we are not absolutely loyal to Him and Him alone, we will not be concerned about being loyal to His standard of morality.
And God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. In the book, The Doctor Of Crows Nest, and old doctor Ferguson fell in love with the hands of young Barney Boyle. "You must be a surgeon, ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:1-3
This final message in the Ten Commandment series looks at Jesus’ response to a question about the greatest commandment. He concludes with one word: love.
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Matthew 22:35-40 We have explored the liberating limits of the Ten Commandments through several chapters. Now we must conclude by looking at the New Testament passage where Jesus responds to a scholar’s question, “Which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” He sums up the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40, Matthew 22:34-40
The guy who says the devil never takes a vacation and so why should I, is not being super spiritual, for that is the angelic fallacy. Satan doesn't need a vacation, but we do, for we have the limitations of flesh.
A young boy was visiting his uncle on a Sunday when a new neighbor knocked at the door. When he answered it, and learned that he wanted to borrow the lawn mower, he conveyed the message to his uncle. The uncle said, "If he mows his lawn on the Sabbath he'll be breaking the ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11
The function that God has commanded all of us to have in Leviticus 11:45 God commands, “you must be holy because I am holy”.
We continue in our series dare to be different and this month our theme is different function. The word Function is a Noun and it means an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing. So for this all-age service what I want us to think about is the function that God has ...read more
Scripture: Leviticus 11:45, Exodus 20:1-17, Ephesians 1:4-7, 1 Peter 1:15
Denomination: Pentecostal
Keeping the Sabbath
When I went to the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York, I volunteered to work in the kitchen at the Inn and they had an interesting chef there, who later became the head of all food services and his name was Glen. Glen was not only a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America where some of ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:1-11
Denomination: Baptist
Here is a list of the dates covered by the books of the Old Testament, as well as a chronology of OT events.
Old Testament Dates [HTML formatted version of this outline is located at http://members.aol.com/abidingitw/otdates.html] BOOKS OF THE BIBLE - the periods they span: Genesis - Eternity to 1805 B.C. (death of Joseph) Exodus - 1876 B.C. to 1445 B.C. Leviticus - No chronology. Numbers - 1445 B.C. ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 21:5
Denomination: Independent/Bible
The Book of Acts ends, not with a period, but with a comma. We don’t get a tidy conclusion to Paul’s story, but we do get a powerful reminder that the mission of the Church is far from over.
PAUL PREACHES IN ROME Text: Acts 28:17-31 Introduction 1. The Book of Acts ends, not with a period, but with a comma. We don’t get a tidy conclusion to Paul’s story, but we do get a powerful reminder that the mission of the Church is far from over. 2. In Acts 28:17–31, we see Paul in Rome, under ...read more
Scripture: Acts 28:17-31
Denomination: Methodist
Learn about God’s basis for character, worship, relationships, and society.
This may be the most famous portion of the Old Testament to most people. Even today this portion of Exodus is in the news - recently the Supreme Court issued contradictory rulings one upholding one striking down the display of the Ten Commandments. For many people, these commandments represent the ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:1-26
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
True worship comes from within, and is dependent upon a sanctified imagination. The Second Commandment is a call to forsake the dependence upon the sensual and climb to the higher level of spiritual worship.
Back in the 60's eight wrestlers took their own lives because world champion 37 year old Gohlam-Rexa committed suicide. Three of them left notes saying they could not stand the death of their idol. Almost every time a well-known person takes their own life some of their worshipers do ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:4-5
This issue here is over which coming we are to give the most emphasis to as the fulfillment of the Old Testament. The orthodox view puts the focus on the first coming, and it exalts Jesus in His present status.
The city building inspector of Paso Robles, Calif. declared the old furnace in a Mennonite church to be faulty. It had served them well for many years, but the church officials installed a new furnace. Shortly after it was in stalled the church burned to the ground. A faulty furnace was listed as ...read more
Scripture: Daniel 2:41
What does it mean to covet? I want to thank Timothy Peck and Chris Talton for help with main points from their sermons on sermoncentral.
INTRODUCTION • Today we are concluding our series on the Ten Commandments. I hope that each of these messages has touched you in some way. • The Tenth Command is one that I wish I would have understood when I was a young person. • When I was a kid, my parents did a great job providing for my ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:17
This is part two on the commandment to: Honor Your Father and Mother.
The Fifth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother. Last week we did a survey of scriptures in the Old and New Testaments where we saw how serious this commandment is. Immediately after the first four commandments pointing us to God and how to properly honor God and treat His name and ...read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:16
How do the two greatest commandments sum up the law and the Prophets
Stiffkey/ Saxlingham 02-11-03 Stiffkey/ Saxlingham 02-11-03 Mk. 12:28-34: “The Greatest Commandments” Every time we hold a communion service, we read these very familiar words Our Lord Jesus Christ said: The first commandment is this: “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord. You ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:28-34
Denomination: Anglican