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Narnia: Always Winter And Never Christmas Series

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Dec 21, 2005

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Sometimes the waiting in our lives is like a winter of unending anticipation.

In his book The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis tells how a young girl, Lucy, enters the wardrobe in the spare room of the Professor’s house and is unable to find the back of the cabinet. Instead she works her way through fur coats and steps into a forest with snow crunching under ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25

Denomination: Mennonite

A Big Breath

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 24, 2005

based on 80 ratings

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A sermon for the First Sunday after Christmas A sermon about Simeon and Anna

First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2:22-40 "A Big Breath" 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:22-40

Denomination: Lutheran

Persecution Of The Godly

Contributed by Jeffrey Cox on Feb 28, 2005

based on 29 ratings

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As a Christian you were promised many things, and one of these was persecution. You may have been persecuted because of your Christianity, and I have some bad news. It is not going to get any better. These are the last days, and the Bible tells us that

Persecution of the Godly by Jeff Cox I. As a Christian you were promised many things, and one of these was persecution. You may have been persecuted because of your Christianity, and I have some bad news. It is not going to get any better. These are the last days, and the Bible tells us that we ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Thankful Prayer Of God Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 20, 2006

based on 101 ratings

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It used to be said that Christians looked like they’d been weaned on sour pickles and raised on prune juice. But that should never be so. We ought always to be thank filled people. Find out why.

OPEN: A farmer was sitting down to breakfast at local restaurant and bowed his head in prayer. A couple of young men at the next table thought that was a bit odd and they made fun of him quietly as he prayed. When he finished his prayer, they chided him: “Hey old man, does everybody pray over their ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 147:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

C. S. Lewis' The Great Divorce Series

Contributed by Jeff Cheadle on Dec 9, 2005

based on 24 ratings

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An examination of C. S. Lewis’ view of Heaven and Hell in The Great Divorce and The Problem of Pain.

The Life & Legacy of C. S. Lewis #5 “The Great Divorce” Matthew 7.7-13 This weekend we’re continuing our series on The Life and Legacy of C. S. Lewis by turning our attention to one of his most intriguing works of fiction, The Great Divorce. The title The Great Divorce is a twist on William Blake ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Life Birthing Church Series

Contributed by William Ellis on Nov 24, 2006

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This is the fourth sermon in an 8 part sermon series on the vision of our church.

INTRO: How many of you know that there is a process that you go through in order to be used by God? · You can’t just get up and do whatever you want, however you want to do it and think God is going to jump through a hoop? · There is a price to be paid for power There is a relationship that has to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:14-15

Denomination: Church Of God

Give Your Thanks

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 27, 2006

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We can all agree that it is important to spend time with our families and enjoy Thanksgiving Day. But more importantly it is for you to remember to GIVE YOUR THANKS.

GIVE YOUR THANKS – (.a.k.a.) GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD – Sermon Central <Power Point available upon request> We have much to be thankful for this time of the year. Sometimes, we get so busy with all the cooking, and eating, and (then) sleeping off our turkey and dressing that we forget that ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Land Of Narnia Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 5, 2005

based on 66 ratings

| 6,883 views

Increasingly Christ has been pushed out of Christmas... but there is a deeper struggle and a higher objective for us who love Jesus. No matter how successful the world may be in removing Christ from Christmas... our Jesus is "on the move."

OPEN: On December 10th we’ve reserved the local movie theatre for a private viewing of “The Tale Of Narnia – The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” It’s the story of 4 children in war ravaged WWII London who are sent to the country, to the home of a rich relative where 1 of their only pastimes ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:19-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Following Jesus Into The Wilderness

Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 14, 2006

based on 18 ratings

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Lent is one of the earliest observances of the church. Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness is a model for spiritual preparation for future effectiveness and fruitfulness in ministry.

Psalm 25, Genesis 9:8-17, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:9-13 For most of the past 500 years, there was an almost infallible way to tell Catholics from Protestants: the Catholics were the ones who had a cross-shaped smudge of ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday. But, those times are changing. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-13

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Worthy Centurion

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Mar 7, 2006

based on 41 ratings

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A marvellous faith was not the only virtue possessed by the Centurion whose slave was healed by Christ.

Jesus has just spent the better portion of His day healing the multitudes that flocked to him and, on a plain in the countryside near Capernaum, He had delivered a long sermon. We find our chapter beginning with the close of that sermon. Verse 1, “He had completed all His discourse in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

He Became A Curse For Us

Contributed by Steven Cannon on Mar 7, 2006

based on 14 ratings

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Jesus was not only crucified but he became a curse for us.

HE BECAME A CURSE The crucifixion was a horrifying experience. It was a method of torture. Beatings, the crushing of bones, tearing of flesh was some of the things that Jesus faced. But Jesus went through something else for us. The bible says he became a curse for us. Gal 3:13 Christ ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Loving Others Through Hospitality Series

Contributed by Anonymous Contributor on Sep 5, 2006

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Encouraging the church to love our neighbor by our hospitality to guests using Abraham as an model.

Practical Exercise during worship: After singing have congregation greet at least two people they do not know, or have not greeted in a long time (hint: encourage them to get out of their pews if they have to). Give extra time for this. Last week our focus was on how we can live out the second ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Blessings " Part One

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 3, 2006

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This is one of three sermons entitled "Spiritual Blessings" encompassed in the Triune God.

Spiritual blessings. Ephesians 1:1 -14. Introduction to Ephesus Written around 60 AD. Whilst Paul was under house arrest in Rome. Paul had passed through on his 2nd journey,Acts 18:19 and 3rd missionary journey,this time Paul spent 3 years with them in Ephesus. Acts19:8.Three months /synagogue ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Hand At The Plow

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Jun 25, 2006

based on 2 ratings

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An ordination service ... Day after day commitment, all the while realizing the Lord could come back at any moment...

My father-in-law is a farmer. Over the years, I have come to learn and appreciate what that means. When a yuppie comes out here from the city and decides to have a farm because it sounds so quaint, they aren’t really farmers. They may like playing around with the horses and maybe even doing a day ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:3

Denomination: Baptist

Unstrained Mercy Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2006

based on 3 ratings

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Unstrained mercy needs to be constrained by the same constraints that God himself recognizes: by wisdom, by justice, by the long-term, eternal good of the person you are trying to help.

Every week it seems like there’s another new disaster. Wasn’t Hurricane Katrina enough, without adding Hurricane Rita to it? We were all so overwhelmed by the magnitude of those twin crises that many of us probably didn’t even pay much attention to the fires in California. After all, they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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