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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
Our rush to commercialize Christmas, even before Thanksgiving, shows that we have become unthankful for what we have, and greedy for more. Christmas has trampled Thanksgiving.
Trampling Thanksgiving (Run, Turkey, Run) Psalm 100:1-5 I know some of you will find this hard to believe, but I don’t like to be controversial and cause a stink or alienate people. I will. And I have, and I probably will again… today… but I don’t like it… I like to ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5
Denomination: Baptist
A lament over the way commercial Christmas has trampled Thanksgiving until we hardly even recognize Thanksgiving
Trampling Thanksgiving (Run, Turkey, Run) Psalm 100:1-5 I know some of you will find this hard to believe, but I don’t like to be controversial and cause a stink or alienate people. I will. And I have, and I probably will again… today… but I don’t like to do it… I ...read more
Transformation can take place when we are singularly motivated to please God in all we think, say and do.
Title: The Transformation Choice Text: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 Thesis: Transformation can take place when we are singularly motivated to please God in all we think, say and do. Lenten Series: Life’s Healing Choices (Saddleback ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:8
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This message addresses the "Sufficiency of Scripture."
I’ve been looking over my sermons for the past 9½ years and I seen that every year I have peached some sort of message or group of messages centered on the Word of God, emphasizing our need to read, study, memorize, meditate upon the Word of Scripture continually. I have over and over again ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Sermon 1 in a series on the short letters of the New Testament. This one is on the letter by Paul to Philemon concerning Onesimus.
A Postcard to a Friend for a Friend Series: New Testament Postcards January 6, 2013 A very brief PowerPoint presentation for this message is available by emailing me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Turn to Philemon INTRODUCTION Illus. – Back in 1820 the average person in England wrote ...read more
Scripture: Philemon 1:1-25
This message asks the question "Do you see God's Word the same way He sees it?" To the degree that we see the Bible like God sees the Bible will determine how much of God's blessings we walk in.
I want to talk a little about how God sees His Word. We’re going to look at a lot of scripture that show us how God views His Word. And as we do this, I want you to ask yourself the question: “Do I see God’s Word the same way He sees it?” To the degree that we see things the way God sees them will ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:11-13, 2 Peter 1:15-21, 1 Peter 1:23-25, Hebrews 13:17-19, Hebrews 1:1-3, Romans 10:14-17 (view more) (view less)
1) The Disciple’s Confession (Mark 8:27-33) and 2) The Disciple’s Lifestyle (Mark 8:34-38)
The merchant vessel, the Sun Sea slowly made its way south along the outer edge of Vancouver Island on Thursday night. It’s a small freighter packed with almost 500 smuggled migrants who had crossed the Pacific Ocean to the West Coast of Canada. Whether it is by covert border crossings, human ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:27-38
Denomination: Other
INTRODUCTION: There is a famous quote used by many churches that goes like this: “In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.”
A few months ago I was going through some of the church archives and I ran across this quote printed on a very old bulletin. The more I thought about the quote, the more I began to wonder where it came from and why we used it. I will ask you all to now humor me as I give you a very brief history ...read more
Scripture: Jude 1:4
A good name is to be more desired than great riches, favor is better than silver and gold.
Sermon on the Amount (Outline) Proverbs 22:1 NASB In the Bible, whenever God was instructing His people to do something, He always gave them a detailed procedures, i.e., building the tabernacle, the ark, or the temple. God gave detailed laws that the Israelites were to follow while living in the ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 22:1
This is a discussion regarding pressing on toward the mark of the high calling inspite of the situations that may arise in our lives.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. It can be said without even asking that each of us has had to endure some difficult times. It is without question ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:34
Denomination: Methodist
What is your driving force? What makes you tick? Do you even know? For what do you work? For what do you toil? Why do you live the way you do? Does it even matter? For what do you give your energy to? What matters most in your life?
Ec 4:4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh. 6 Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the ...read more
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:4-8
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
the caommandment not to stealis a commandment to maintain one’s integrity in everything we do.
1 What images come to mind when you hear the eighth Commandment "You shall not steal" (Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:19)? You shall not take what doesn’t belong to you. If you are like me you might have an image of a masked thief in a stripped shirt climbing over a wall with a bag of loot over his ...read more
Scripture: Amos 8:1-8
Denomination: Anglican
America is in moral, financial, religious, and ethical trouble. The answer to her problems is not found in political manuevering but in God's word.
1. IRS Threat to Churches – “No politicking or we take your tax-exempt status.” They define their threat in that churches are not to be political action committees if they: a. Have a “substantial” part of their activities in trying to influence legislation; b. Having ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14
Things have changed much since the first century, and yet much remains the same. Paul realized the danger of majoring on the minor and minoring on the major. His insight still speaks for ministries today.
The Pursuit of Ministry 1 Thessalonians 2: 4-9 We have spent much time laying the groundwork for our study in this precious book. Paul was well aware of the faithfulness and influence the church in Thessalonica had on those around them. He was encouraged with the presence of their faith, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:4-9
A template for us to see if we are being a faithful or unfaithful servant to the Master.
Are you being faithful? Matthew 25:14-30 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30
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