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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Scripture informs us that this evil is not a blind force, or human calculation, but that it is personified in the person of Satan.
Note to reader: I have hot -links to background details that may be helpful on various subjects in this sermon. The document with the active links can be found in PDF form at this web address: http://www.firstpresanchorage.org/Sermons.htm (The sermon is titled the same: "Blind Bar-Jesus") The links ...read more
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Resurrection! (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)
SERMON OUTLINE: Proved by the message of the Gospel (vs 1) Proved by his testimony (vs 5-9) Proved by scripture (vs 3b-5) SERMON BODY: Ill: • Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have always battled to be the world’s best-selling drink: • But in two countries were they have ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-9
Denomination: Brethren
A bried description of tongues-Where do tongues come from-The Baptist in the Holy Spirit.
SPEAKING IN TONGUES Speaking in tongues is the most talked about phenomena in Christianity. Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movement has brought speaking in tongues to the forefront, and these branches of Christianity are without doubt the fastest growing segments of Christianity. ...read more
Scripture: Acts 1:5
Denomination: Assembly Of God
Death is not an end but a midpoint, a beginning to the life that we were created to live.
Life After Death – Part 2: No Eye Has Seen Review why I am doing this series – because so many folks in our congregation have lost a loved one in recent months, and I have overheard some strange beliefs about the afterlife during the wakes. I want to address those beliefs and challenge them with ...read more
Scripture: Job 19:23-27
Denomination: Baptist
Simple acts of kindness, such as welcoming others and offering help, are powerful expressions of our faith and can have profound impacts.
Good morning, Church family! I want to talk to you today about the simple, everyday acts that we often take for granted. You know, those little things like offering a warm smile to a stranger, lending a helping hand to a neighbor, or even giving a glass of water to someone who's thirsty. These ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 10:40-42
Topics: Giving Water
A Look at the healing of the lame man at the gate called Beautiful
It was a day, just a day like any other day. His brothers had gotten him out of bed and gotten him dressed. And on their way to work they carried him to his usually spot at the tem-ple gate. It was just a day, the sky wasn’t any bluer, the birds didn’t sing any louder, the sun didn’t shine any ...read more
Scripture: Acts 3:1-11
Denomination: Wesleyan
God wants to reveal Himself to people by meeting the needs in their lives.
The Need-Meeting God Acts 9:32-43 Intro: [Review] Have you ever tried to help somebody, but as you were doing so, you wondered, “Hey! Am I really helping this person, or is this just a temporary fix for a deeper problem?” I am sure we’ve all felt that at times, but that doesn’t mean that we ...read more
Scripture: Acts 9:32-43
“It is not the size of a dog that matters in a fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”
WHAT DO YOU CARRY INSIDE OF YOU? IN THE SECRET Written by Banjo Isaiah Preamble While I was serving my fatherland in faraway North-East Nigeria, Adamawa state to be precise, I was privileged to serve with the Nigeria Christian Corpers’ Fellowship as the State Evangelism Secretary in the year ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:5-7, Isaiah 29:13
Denomination: Pentecostal
God saves us so we will serve Him.
How many of you have ever had physical therapy? Do we have any physical therapists or physical therapy assistants here today? I’m 12 weeks into PT for my rotator cuff surgery and now know what PT stands for – pain and torture! JK. I’m actually making great progress…finally. I’ve graduated to ...read more
Scripture: Acts 9:19-31
New research findings in Science and Medicine now support the Bible's statement that we have a soul, not just a body. People must know this so they can make correct decisions about where they will spend eternity.
YOU HAVE A SOUL OPENING ILLUSTRATION Get 4 kids to front. Turn off lights. Shine flashlights thru hands. You can see the bones inside the skin. “WE HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE!” We know this also because of Xrays and ultrasounds. But today I want to talk about something else we have inside: a SOUL & ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Matthew 15:26, Mark 8:36
A look at why sex is for within the marriage relationship
When I was young I was told that there were three things you never talked about in polite company. Sex, religion and Politics. A few years ago it was decreed by the government that if a Pastor told his congregation how to vote that the church would lose it’s charitable status. Well we don’t want ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Biblical Healing is first & foremost spiritual in matter
D-Day: Disease Dr. Mike Fogerson April 7, 2013 Biblical Healing is first & foremost spiritual in matter 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose ...read more
Scripture: John 11:1-10
The Third Sunday of the Lent
A Spiritual Thirst Scripture Exodus 17:3-7, Romans 5:1-2, Romans 5:5-8, John 4:5-42. Reflection Dear sisters and brothers, A thirst could be physical. A thirst could be spiritual. It can be both, as in the case of the unnamed woman who meets Jesus by Jacob’s well, given to us in today’s ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 17:3-7, Romans 5:1-2, Romans 5:5-8, John 4:5-42
Denomination: Other
As disciples of Jesus Christ, we have our hardships. But we are privileged in so many ways. We know a God Who has control of time and exists in dimension we cannot grasp. Jerusalem is a place where time and dimension converge, and it gives us a taste o
Traveling Through Time and Dimension (Psalm 48) 1. t's been a while since I have preached a sermon with a touch of weird. This is one! Time travel and converging of the physical and spiritual sound like science fiction. Yet these concepts are found, in a way, in the Psalm before us. 2. Realism, ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 48:1-14
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Throughout Christianity, the subject of Divine Healing seems to polarize people more than any other.
On one extreme, some believe supernatural healing disappeared with the last of the twelve Apostles. On the other extreme, some believe God will heal all sickness and disease through faith because it is absolutely guaranteed through the shedding of Jesus' blood on the Cross. Yet others believe ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 15:26, Joshua 1:5, 1 Peter 5:7