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Reality Fasting Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jan 28, 2003

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First sermon in series, Reality Prayer - How to Ask So God Will Answer.

[This is the first sermon in the series "REALITY PRAYER, How to Ask So God Will Answer"] Do you know the difference between passive thinking and active thinking? We’re thinking passively when we believe things are always happening "to" us. We’re thinking actively when we believe our actions have ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

What's In A Name? Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 7, 2003

based on 35 ratings

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Is there more to taking the Lord’s name in vain than with our speech?

INTRODUCTION • What’s in a name? How many of you when you were kids were told about how important it was for you not to tarnish the family name by doing something really stupid? • A Chinese friend of ours who we met in Macomb told us that in China when young people would get out of line with ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Work Of The Ministry (Acts 6) Series

Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 13, 2003

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The Apostles responded to physical ministry needs by delegating the responsibility to qualified men in order to continue to focus on the ministry of prayer and the Word. From this we learn that such a division of labor is necessary, wise, and protects the

INTRODUCTION You might say that Socrates was ultimately responsible for the Greek NT. Socrates had a pupil: Plato (which meant “fatso”); Plato had a student, Aristotle; and Aristotle had a student, Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the king of Macedonia that conquered the Persian empire and annexed ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Merciful Sacrifice

Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Jun 4, 2002

based on 48 ratings

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The religion of sacrifice vs. the way of mercy. God made the sacrifice and shows the mercy!

Have you ever received an apology that wasn’t sincere? Somebody does something to hurt you, and in order to win you back, they say they’re sorry. In spite of their good-sounding words, you know they don’t mean it. You can tell by the tone of their voice and the look in their eyes that they aren’t ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, Hosea 6:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Share Christ

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003

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Part of our witness to whom Jesus is in our lives comes from the way in which we share that which our Lord has given to us.

First Kings offers us great insight into the way in which treaties worked in the Ancient Near East. Solomon and Hiram praise each other. They express their desire for one another’s goods and the initiate a way of producing and delivering the goods to their trade partner. At times verses like these ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Blood Of Christ For Us

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Apr 3, 2006

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A sermon for Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday 1 Peter 1:18-20 "The Blood of Christ for Us" 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-20

Denomination: Lutheran

God's Presence

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Apr 4, 2006

based on 26 ratings

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We need God’s presence... and we need God’s presence with US as a people if we are to win the lost. God’s presence is not just for the few or the ’keenies’.

God’s presence. WBC 2 April 2006pm. Exodus 33:1-3, 12-23 Read Ex 33:1-3 Here Moses is promised the presence of an angel to guide them as they journey towards the promised land - not a bad offer! Firstly because many would have craved an angelic guide in those days. Secondly- because if God ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:12-23

Denomination: Baptist

Zacchaeus

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 28, 2004

based on 29 ratings

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What can we learn from this tax collector’s encounter with the Son of God

The story of Zacchaeus Story: On 12th February 1809, in a one room log cabin with a dirt floor on a farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky, a baby boy was born. When he was only 9 years-old, his mother died. He was a boy with rugged determination. And although he only had less than a year of formal ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Anglican

"The Rich Young Ruler"

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 9, 2002

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Jesus reveals this young man’s idolatry and calls him to turn from easy believism to true conversion.

"The Rich Young Ruler" Rev Dr Robert G Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts A respectable, clean-cut young man comes to Jesus, interested in religion. Mark calls him a ruler, and many Bible scholars think he was a leader in the synagogue, sort of like a deacon or a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-27, Mark 10:10-17, Galatians 5:1-13

Denomination: Congregational

Zephaniah, Day Of Wrath Series

Contributed by Michael Goodfellow on Jul 17, 2002

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Continuing a series on the minor Prophets

Continuing our series on the Minor Prophets, we come to the short book of Zephaniah, which means “the Lord hides.” As one great Bible commentator puts it, there is no hotter book in all the Old Testament. Zephaniah was a man that burned with the Spirit of God. Zephaniah was a prophet of the great ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24, Zephaniah 3:1-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Prayer 2- Devote Yourselves To Prayer Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jan 3, 2003

based on 16 ratings

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A sermon at the start of a series on prayer, given at a Covenant (re-dedication) service

“Devote yourselves to prayer”, “pray continually” Col 4:2, 1Th5:17 Covenant service 5 Jan 2003 pm In his book Living Life on Purpose, Greg Anderson shares the story of one man’s journey to joy: ... his wife had left him and he was completely depressed. He had lost faith in himself, in other ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2, 2 Thessalonians 5:17

Denomination: Baptist

How To Witness To Skeptics

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 8, 2003

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Most of us do not witness because we are afraid of being hurt by skeptical people. Jesus gives us a great example of a blind man who overcame his fears and shared the truth of Christ’s love with the power of his personal testimony.

How to Witness to Skeptics (John 9:1-41) Most of us do not witness because we are afraid of being hurt by skeptical people. Jesus gives us a great example of a blind man who overcame his fears and shared the truth of Christ’s love with the power of his personal testimony. Illustration:I was ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There's Always Room For One More

Contributed by John Beehler on Oct 29, 2002

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Hey, peacock, how broad are your phylacteries and how long are your fringes?

There’s Always Room for One More A Texas rancher met up with a Wisconsin dairy farmer. The two men began talking about their land and the milkman told the cattleman that he operated his business on 125 acres. The Texan scoffed at such a small parcel of land. He said, "Yankee, that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Blessed Are The Spiritual Zeros

Contributed by David Taylor on Oct 7, 2004

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Blessed are those who are poor in spirit.

Sermon on Mount Blessed are the spiritual Zeros May 9, 2004 Today I start working through our series on the on the Beatitudes. I.e. Dan and Deanne’s bareness. It is at the outset of the Sermon on the Mount that we learn that we do not have the spiritual resources to put any of the Sermons ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Are Called To A Life Of Righteousness

Contributed by William Baeta on Jun 4, 2005

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“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are” 1 Cor. 3:16-17.

Theme: You are called to a life of righteousness Text: Lev. 19:1-2, 17-18; 1 Cor. 3:16-23; John 3:7-14 One important question that affects the quality of our life and that has been asked in every age and generation is where do I come from? Why am I here? And where am I going? Unfortunately many ...read more

Scripture: John 3:7-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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