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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
The Prodigal Son was hungry but he couldn’t even eat the filth of the world. His only hope was to go home. Jesus is waiting for you to come home.
SURROUNDED BY PIGS, BUT CAN’T EAT HAM Pastor Jim May Jesus gave us many parables during His earthly ministry. All of those parables teach some very important lessons that every one of us should learn and heed. This morning I want to speak to you about one of those parables. It’s the very ...read more
Scripture: Luke 15:11-24
Denomination: Independent/Bible
As God’s unique Son sent for us, Jesus is unique and in a category all by himself.
Some people have an amazing ability to walk into a foreign situation and immediately take charge of it. The recent Stephen Spielberg movie Catch Me If You Can is about a guy who’s like that. Catch Me If You Can is based on the real life story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. Frank Abagnale has one of those ...read more
Scripture: Mark 11:27-33, Mark 12:1-12
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Please forgive me for stating the obvious, but persistent prayer is hard work. It drains us. It is hard, but it is eventually worth the effort.
Prayer Keys - Persistence “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Luke 18:1 Have you seen that cartoon with the pelican having a frog for dinner? His dinner is not agreeing with him. In fact, his dinner is violently ...read more
Scripture: Luke 18:1-8
Denomination: Baptist
We all have divinely endowed gifts for use in ministry. Is yours being multiplied, or buried?
Let’s begin today, just looking at some definitions so certain information can be established in your mind, to consider as we progress. Talent: 1. An ancient weight and money unit. The talent contained 60 minas of 60 0r 50 shekels each, but its estimated money value varied greatly ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30
Denomination: Orthodox
Today we’re going to see what kind of person Jesus sees as a superhero, and it certainly isn’t what most of the world would expect.
The Avengers is the top grossing movie of the summer, and Batman and Spiderman are always incredibly popular, though engineering students at a University in England determined that even if Batman could fly, due to the size of his cape he would crash and probably be killed or severely injured when ...read more
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37
God is graciously speaking (if we will only listen).
THE VOICE OF GOD Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 S: Revelation Th: Grace-Full Living (the grace of God communicating) Pr: GOD IS GRACIOUSLY SPEAKING (IF WE WILL ONLY LISTEN). ?: How? How will we respond? KW: Responses. TS: We will find in “The Parable of the Sower” four responses we can have to His ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:3-9, Matthew 13:18-23
The first in a series corresponding to a 40 Days of Prayer campaign. This message focuses on the power found in prayers of utter desperation.
(Video Clip – “It’s a Wonderful Life”, George’s Prayer of Desperation) Poor George. It’s a Wonderful Life, but George is at the end of his rope. Desperate, he admits he is not a praying man. Still he asks, that if God is there, to show him the way. Not that unusual of a circumstance. Whether ...read more
Denomination: Wesleyan
A study of the Gospel of Luke 14: 12-24
Luke 14: 12-24 Guess Who’s Not Coming To Dinner? 12 Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a ...read more
Scripture: John 14:12-24
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
This message focuses on the abundance that Christ wants to do through His servants and the "good enough" mentality of many people claiming faith. It focuses on the verse speaking of "everyone who has will be given more."
What This Is NOT Saying: “Jesus is a reverse Robin Hood” – because this is not about our money, but our responsibilities. - Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 24. - v. 24 makes the master (i.e. Jesus) sound like a reverse Robin Hood, taking from the poor and giving to the rich. - vv. 13, 16, ...read more
Scripture: Luke 19:20-26
The subject today is grace and I want to show that “The Way of Grace Is Clearly Different”. It’s different- I. In How We Think of Ourselves II. In How We Treat Others III. In How We Are Rewarded
November 27, 2004 The Way of Grace Is Clearly Different Luke 14:1; 7-14 The subject today is grace and I want to show that “The Way of Grace Is Clearly Different”. It’s different-- I. In How We Think of Ourselves II. In How We Treat Others III. In How We Are Rewarded The ...read more
Scripture: Luke 14:7-14
Jesus' teaching focused on Kingdom Ideals
[IN GOD’S IMAGE 32 – CONTEXT OF JESUS’ TEACHINGS] This message is part of a series of 90 sermons based on the title, “In God’s Image – God’s Purpose for humanity.” This series of free sermons or the equivalent free book format is designed to take the reader through an amazing process beginning ...read more
Scripture: Luke 18:9-12, Philippians 3:6, Matthew 5:20-22, Acts 15:10-11, Romans 3:19-21 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Christian Church
The exegesis of scripture surrounding salvation is perhaps the most important to understand.
"Salvation is God's way of making us real people." - Augustine The exegesis of scripture surrounding salvation is perhaps the most important to understand. Christology is just as vital. It's important we understand the complexities of what salvation is, how we can have it, and ...read more
Scripture: Jude 1:24, John 10:28-29, Ephesians 4:30, Romans 8:38-39, Hebrews 6:4-6, 1 Timothy 1:4, John 15:1-15, Matthew 18:21-35 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Salvation Army
God cares how we live.
trust you all know the old adage that if you’re buying a car make sure it’s not a Monday car. In fact, they say the best cars to buy are Wednesday cars. Monday cars are the worst because of that endemic malady, ’Mondayitis’. It seems that most people have a problem moving from the relaxation of ...read more
Scripture: Luke 19:11-27
Denomination: Anglican
A sermon for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 A sermon about the Good Samaritan
6th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 Luke 10:25-37 The Ditch and the Samaritan 25 ¶ And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 And he ...read more
Denomination: Lutheran
Jesus compares his Father to a Landlord in Luke 20, and in this study we learn that the Lord is a perfectly patient Landlord, as well as a thoroughly just Landlord.
Lent 5 Luke 20:9-19 His name was Gerry Niebler. I got to know his name very well because I sent him a bunch of checks in the amount of $550. Gerry was a nice guy, I met him a few times, but I didn’t send him money just because he was pleasant and friendly person. And I didn’t give Gerry money ...read more
Scripture: Luke 20:9-19
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