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God, Jesus And Basketball

Contributed by Jenny Franklin on Jan 24, 2022

God is the creator of the game, the referee and the coach. Jesus is our substitution and wipes the penalty card clean.

Upward basketball provides a safe space for coaches to teach and kids to learn the fundamentals of basketball. Beyond motor skills like dribbling, passing, shooting, guarding, blocking, rebounding, Upward is also teaching them an even more important concept: How the rules work. Understanding the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:8, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalm 89:14, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:4, Isaiah 53:6, Romans 8:32, Ephesians 5:2, Romans 3:22, Romans 10:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Caleb Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jan 28, 2022

Caleb was an Israelite leader known for following God wholeheartedly. After leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, God told Moses to send a leader from each tribe into Canaan to explore the Promised Land.

Caleb Who was Caleb in the Bible? Caleb was an Israelite leader known for following God wholeheartedly. After leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, God told Moses to send a leader from each tribe into Canaan to explore the Promised Land. Caleb, age forty at the time, was chosen as the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:27

Denomination: Baptist

Righteous Or Sinner?

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 17, 2022

Do we use our knowledge of God's word to criticize others, or to become more and more humble about our own sins? Let’s learn that we are all still sinners and that God alone justifies. Let’s discuss self-righteousness and self-justification in Luke 18:9-14.

Do we use our knowledge of God's word to criticize others, or to become more and more humble about our own sins? Let’s learn that we are all still sinners and that God alone justifies. Let’s discuss self-righteousness and self-justification in Luke 18:9-14. Self-Righteousness “Also He spoke ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Baptist

So What Really Is Sin, Righteousness And Judgement? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 25, 2019

The world thinks sin is anything they don’t like good people doing.

Tuesday of the 6th week in Easter 2019 I’m one of the folks who believes that lawyers are a bane on our existence until the day you need one, and then they are the best people on earth. In Jesus’s last sermon, in the upper room after the Last Supper, we hear that it’s better that Jesus ascended ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:22-34, John 16:5-11

Denomination: Catholic

Cheap Talk And Lame Excuses

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 30, 2019

Should we forget everything to follow Him, or is it a question of priority? What priority does God have in our lives? Let’s learn about excuses in Luke 9:51-62.

Should we forget everything to follow Him, or is it a question of priority? What priority does God have in our lives? Let’s learn about excuses in Luke 9:51-62. Denying Jesus in Others Luke 9:46 Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest. 47 But Jesus knew their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-62

Denomination: Baptist

The Most Important Thing

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 29, 2019

What is the most important thing in life? How important are the things of this world, fashion, politics, fame, fortune? What should our priorities be? Let’s find out in 1 Corinthians 13.

What is the most important thing in life? How important are the things of this world, fashion, politics, fame, fortune? What should our priorities be? Let’s find out in 1 Corinthians 13 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 “If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Tenacious Prayer

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 21, 2019

How tenaciously do we pray? May we ask for personal needs? Are we waiting to be worthy? Let’s learn to pray. We’ll look at Luke 11:1-13 verse by verse and some of what Jesus taught on how to pray.

How tenaciously do we pray? May we ask for personal needs? Are we waiting to be worthy? Let’s learn to pray unceasingly. We’ll look at Luke 11:1-13 verse by verse and some of what Jesus taught on how to pray. When Not If You Pray Luke 11:1-2a Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Division Over Jesus

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 11, 2019

Is conflict always avoidable? Is conflict always a sign of failure? Can good come from conflict? Let’s see how conflict is part of the Gospel message in Luke 12:49-56.

Is conflict always avoidable? Is conflict always a sign of failure? Can good come from conflict? Let’s see how conflict is part of the Gospel message in Luke 12:49-56. Fire & Division Luke 12:49-51 “I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning! 50 I have a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-56

Denomination: Baptist

And It Was Night

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 30, 2019

Metaphorically speaking, the clock is ticking away in the background. The countdown has begun. Gethsemane lies ahead: as does our Lord’s betrayal, trial and death.

AND IT WAS NIGHT. John 13:21-32. As the Lord’s ‘hour’ drew near that He should depart out of this world, He turned His attention more and more to ‘His own’ (John 13:1). After the foot-washing and the teaching which immediately followed it, Jesus “was troubled in spirit” (John 13:21). ...read more

Scripture: John 13:21-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Illogical Question: Carest Thou Not?

Contributed by Kevin Williams on Jul 13, 2017

The things we say in the midst of the storm! Like the disciples fearful of dying at sea while Jesus lies asleep, we cry out, "Carest Thou Not"? Answer the question now and find strength later in the storm. Feed faith, now!

An Illogical Question: "Carest Thou Not" (Some things make "no" sense) [ Maaan, The Stuff I Say In A Storm] Mark 4: 35-41 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. And when they had sent away the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Congregational

No Buying And Selling

Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Dec 18, 2024

Our body is the temple of the Lord

NO BUYING AND SELLING John 2:13-21 13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there. 15 He made a whip from ropes and chased them ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lord Of Lords (Deuteronomy 10)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 29, 2024

Who is the Lord of Lords? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 10.

What does the Lord our God require of us? Who is the Lord of lords eventually revealed to be? Let’s review Deuteronomy 10. How did Moses come to receive a second copy of the tablets? At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first two, and come up to Me ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Good Series

Contributed by Don Campbell on Oct 23, 2025

This is the 9th sermon in the series.

GOD IS GOOD PSALM 119:65-72 INTRODUCTION A. David said that God is good, and He does good (v. 68). B. Good people sometimes struggle to reconcile the idea that God is good with the fact that good people often suffer. When they suffer, they assume God is punishing them because they are not as ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:65-72

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Then Jesus Came

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 20, 2021

Can a blind person see what many cannot? Let’s discover what a blind man saw that the disciples could not. Let’s see what happened to the blind son of Timaeus after Jesus came in Mark 10:46-52.

Prelude Can a blind person see what many cannot? Purpose: Let’s discover what a blind man saw that the disciples could not. Plan: Let’s see what happened to the blind son of Timaeus after Jesus came in Mark 10:46-52. Blind Bart Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Commandments

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 29, 2021

What is the greatest commandment? Surprise! It’s not one of the Ten Commandments. Let’s look at the two Great Commandments in Mark 12:28-34.

What is the greatest commandment? Purpose: Surprise! It’s not one of the Ten Commandments. Plan: Let’s look at the two Great Commandments in Mark 12:28-34. 613 Commandments (vs. 28) Mark 12:28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Baptist