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  • To Be Blameless At The Advent

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Nov 25, 2021
     | 3,009 views

    Advent is a time in which we reflect upon the return of Christ and prepare for that Day.

    To Be Blameless at the Advent 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Advent is a time of reflection. Most people spend the season of Advent contemplating the birth of Jesus Christ. We tend to concentrate on the Baby Jesus in the manger. We wonder why He came to such an awful place as earth, a world filled with ...read more

  • Builders

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 16, 2010
     | 9,408 views

    For Remembrance Sunday, honoring those who had died the previous year. Some dreams are deferred but not forgotten; we can prepare those who come after us to fulfill them. And the future of our church needs to share in the magnificence of its original dr

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC May 17, 1992 Today is Remembrance Day in the life of our church. We take a Sunday each year following Easter and remember in a special way those who of our worshipping congregation who have passed away since the previous Easter. In this way we hope ...read more

  • Sermon: God Has Great Plans For You

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jul 30, 2024
     | 2,836 views

    When our plans are upended, dreams are derailed, life can be scary and uncertain. How good it is to hear the Lord's still got a plan - a good plan to prosper us, provide hope and point us to the future he has prepared for us.

    Sermon: God Has Great Plans For You Scripture Lesson - Jeremiah 29:8-14 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will ...read more

  • Rebuilding The Temple

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 29, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,532 views

    Past glories, present disappointments, and future glory.

    REBUILDING THE TEMPLE. Haggai 2:9. BACKGROUND: King David wanted to build the LORD a house, but the time was not right (1 Chronicles 28:3): David's son would build the LORD's house (2 Samuel 7:12-13). Before his death, David appointed the masons, prepared iron and brass, received the ...read more

  • Where Do You Want To Go Today?

    Contributed by Jonathan Lucas on May 11, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 6,171 views

    A challenge to youth to allow God to be a part of there future.

    Where Do You Want To Go Today? Text: 2 Kings 2:1-12 1. And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2. And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said ...read more

  • Looking Forward, Looking Back

    Contributed by Dale Sanger on Aug 28, 2005
    based on 45 ratings
     | 21,650 views

    Consequences and benefits of looking back and planning the future

    LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK Introduction: We spend years looking and wondering. Looking at our past and hoping, longing for those ‘good old days’. Looking to our future and hoping for a good tomorrow. Often times though we get caught looking at the past and forget to look at the things that are ...read more

  • A New Phase Of Life

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 15, 2011
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     | 6,244 views

    Joshua recognized a major benchmark in Israel’s progress toward inheriting the Promised Land. Our graduates are entering a new phase of life acknowledging their past accomplishments & thereby initiating their significant work yet to be accomplished.

    A NEW PHASE Of LIFE—Joshua 24:14-28 Attention: Graduates of High School & Community College Need: If you work without serving God, then you’ve chosen your god & your god is you! Joshua recognized a major benchmark in Israel’s progress toward inheriting the Promised Land. Our ...read more

  • Only By Remembering Our Past Can We Face The Future: The Woman Who Anointed Jesus Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Oct 23, 2023
     | 1,668 views

    Set a pattern in your life. Remember the day you received salvation through Jesus Christ. Celebrate that day. Rejoice. Remember the day of your birth, the day God gave you life. Celebrate Christmas, that Jesus was born.

    It’s so incredibly important that we remember our history, our heritage, and who we are. If we don’t know who we are, the history of our people, our nation, our faith, our religion, our family, our state, our city, all of these things, then we’re liable to believe anything that we’re fed, and to be ...read more

  • Three Divine Appointments

    Contributed by Mark Eddy Sr on Aug 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,655 views

    This is a message to prepare everyone for what is to come.

    Three Divine Appointments Hebrews 9:24-28 AC 9/18/2011 Mark Eddy Intro: Did anybody have an appointment this week? If so did you get a reminder call? Did anyone have to cancel an appointment? We have a funeral director that is a client and I told him I would love to see people keep their ...read more

  • All-Powerful Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,997 views

    Open Theism is a heresy that says God doesn’t know the future. Next is the question of omnipotence...whether God can handle the future.

    THE PASTOR’S POINTS sermon ministry of CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST CHURCH Thomasville, NC A fellowship of faith, family and friendships ------------------------------ March 16, 2003 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of ...read more

  • No Fear

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Mar 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,450 views

    Jesus never intended the church to be anxious about the future.

    March 21, 2010 Morning Worship Text: John 14:1-3 Subject: Jesus Teaches His Disciples Title: No Fear As we have gone through these weeks leading up to our Easter Celebration I have been reading a lot in the Bible about what took place during that time before Jesus’ trial and crucifixion. I ...read more

  • Holy Insomnia

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 4, 2023
     | 931 views

    God wants our major priority to be his kind of people even when he’s not looking.

    This is a hard week for many of us here. I think all of you must have read of the murder-suicide that took place in our town just a week ago. By itself, it is one of the most tragic incidents to occur among our midst in quite a long time - certainly since I arrived. Two young men in their prime, ...read more

  • Friend Of The Full Heart Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 23, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,826 views

    Christmas is a time for full hearts: weary, guilty, anxious, sad -- past, present, and future. Mary felt the same things, but Christ comes to forgive our past, empower our present, and assure our future.

    Christmas is an emotional time. All kinds of feelings are involved with the celebration of Christmas. If you don’t feel some tension, some excitement, or some pressure, something at this time of the year, you are either dead or you’ve been watching the Redskins, which is about the same thing. ...read more

  • Love People, Use Things

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,786 views

    Thanksgiving Eve sermon 1989: We have a hard time giving up our attachment to things material. We do need to feel, however, that what we use makes a difference for someone -- a way to love them.

    When we read that the city of Washington is going to get everybody out of an infamous homeless shelter by Christmas, because that shelter is no longer fit for human habitation, we have a variety of reactions. Some react at the thought that we still have not come very far at settling the issue of ...read more

  • Are You Nearsighted? Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,626 views

    Are you serious about growing in the Lord, are you nearsighted? If you actively pursue growth, you are on the road to great spiritual blessing.

    Are You Nearsighted? (2 Peter 1: 5-11) 1. One of my favorite riddles is this one Q: What did the near-sighted porcupine say when it backed into a cactus? A: Pardon me, honey! 2. If you are near-sighted, you see objects that are near, but distant objects are blurry or unclear. To put is simply, ...read more