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  • "Find Out What Pleases The Lord"

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,687 views

    LENT 3 - Believers find out what pleases the Lord when they learn that this truth is not found in the darkness. What pleases the Lord means living in Light.

    “FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD” (Outline) March 27, 2011 - Lent 3 - EPHESIANS 5:1-10 INTRO: To find out what pleases the Lord” is our loft goal this morning. All people know how to please themselves. For the most part people generally also know what is pleasing to ...read more

  • Owning Our Exile

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 7, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,256 views

    That we are different from the world is not a license to withdraw. We are to engage and to transform the world around us, for that is the key to our church's future.

    Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, August 26, 1979; with minor changes, Forest Heights Baptist Church, Oxon Hill, MD, Sept. 9, 1979; Howard University School of Religion Chapel, Washington, DC, Oct. 10, 1979; Twinbrook Baptist Church, Rockville, MD, retreat, Jan. 19, 1980; ...read more

  • How To Improve Your Marriage

    Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Mar 2, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,079 views

    So many people are hurting in their marriages today. This simple, yet in-depth message, can help married couples enrich their relationships and find peace in troubled times.

    o The Bible has a lot to say about "Words" o Words are the "Currency of Life o Imagine a world without words… I. A MAN'S STOMACH IS FILLED WITH THE PRODUCE OF HIS MOUTH! A. Life and Death are in the power of our tongues. - Proverbs 18:20-22 1. Our words are seeds - V.20 2. Every word we speak ...read more

  • Boundaries

    Contributed by Steve Sheek on Mar 17, 2018
     | 8,637 views

    As Israel conquered Canaan, God set up physical boundaries for the tribes. At Sinai He gave them moral boundaries. The Word of God still defines boundaries. We are commanded not to move the boundary markers.

    20180317 Parsha 124 Boundaries Today’s Torah portion is one of those passages that we tend to skip over or speed read through as we put our brain on pause. There are names we can’t pronounce and places we can’t locate on Google earth. And what difference does it make anyway. It certainly ...read more

  • Are You Following Jesus?

    Contributed by Samuel Bass on Apr 23, 2018
     | 12,466 views

    A reminder that while the trend today is to follow various celebrities, your life is not completely full until you follow Jesus.

    These days everyone is following someone else. It seems people are fascinated with the lives of others. Celebrities who only need one name like Oprah, Ellen, Beyoncé, Denzell, JayZ, Kanye and the Rock only need one name they’re so popular and have thousands- sometimes millions of ...read more

  • Not Everyone Who Says "Lord, Lord" Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 12, 2014
     | 22,612 views

    Who then can enter into the Kingdom?

    Not Everyone Who Says, "Lord, Lord" Matthew 7:21-23 Introduction One of the favorite gospel songs sung in the rural Tennessee churches where I have pastored for many years is “When We All Get to Heaven”. But is everyone who sings this song going to heaven? Is everyone who has at one ...read more

  • Your Life Is A Puzzle

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on May 5, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,334 views

    “Moving towards your purpose in life one puzzle piece at a time.” It is so important to discover our divine purpose. We need to know that God has great plans for us. We need to discover who we are in God’s great scheme of things and must understand tha

    Your purpose is a puzzle “Moving towards your purpose in life one puzzle piece at a time.” It is so important to discover our divine purpose. We need to know that God has great plans for us. We need to discover who we are in God’s great scheme of things and must understand that ...read more

  • The Disciples' Future

    Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on May 6, 2013
     | 3,304 views

    As a farmer separates the sheep from the goats, so on the day of Judgment God will separate the wicked from the righteous. On that day there will both the wicked and the righteous will be surprised at the revelation that what we have done on earth, and h

    The Disciples’ Future Matt. 25:31-46 Dorn Ridge March 11, 2012 INTRODUCTION: 1.) Jesus commenced his final week of life and ministry with His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 2.) This morning, and for the next number of weeks, I would like us to look not at His triumphal entry, but in ...read more

  • Getting Smoked! Series

    Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 19, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,473 views

    Showing a need for the Word of God in our lives. We need to receive the Word, embrace the Word and Get movin!

    (illustration by Wes Humble @ WesHumble.com) Can you imagine what it was like for the church in Smyrna as they watched their beloved and aged pastor burn at the stake? Polycarp was his name. He was a disciple of Jesus’ disciple, the Apostle John. One could tell it immediately because he ...read more

  • Practice Makes Perfect

    Contributed by David Crank on Sep 12, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 13,271 views

    Your personal best requires that you take on the mindset of an athlete. An athlete runs to win. They exercise disciplines for the win when the door opens for opportunity. They sacrifice for what they believe in.

    Everyone has heard the phrase “Practice makes perfect” or at least I think they have. It’s such an old adage, I’m not sure if anyone knows who said it first. Regardless of who coined the phrase, the Bible is full of wisdom concerning this very notion of practice and results. ...read more

  • Why Aren't More Of Us Dying?

    Contributed by Terry Frazier on Mar 10, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,850 views

    The Church needs to learn to die to self more collectively but it begins on an individual basis first. Like Jesus said, "Not My Will But Your Will Be Done!

    Why Aren’t More Of Us Dying? When you read the Title in the Bulletin this morning, did it make you think “what is the preacher going to preach about today”? I hope that he doesn’t want us to die! I want to tell you today that yes; I really do want all of you to die today. ...read more

  • "The Goal Of Christianity"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 18, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,704 views

    Salvation is not the goal of Christianity, not is Entire Sanctification. Both are critical steps to obtaining the goal. But the goal of Christ and Christianity is Christlikeness

    “The Goal of Christianity” April 22, 2012 Romans 8:28-30 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might ...read more

  • The Call Of God Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Jan 25, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 18,712 views

    The call of God is the way of God, the work of God and the will of God .

    Title: The Call of God Text: Genesis 12:1-9 Introduction: Many people have questions about the call of God What is the call of God? How do you receive the call of God? Am I called of God? I’d like to explain the call of God using the following 3 examples from the life of Abram #1- The ...read more

  • In The Garden

    Contributed by Douglas Mcdaris on Feb 24, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,457 views

    May I to suggest three simple facts as we watch the Master - our Saviour - in the hour of His surrender to the will of the Father?

    In The Garden Matthew 26:36-39 God's purpose for our lives and through our lives will be determined: By the measure of our response. By the nature of our obedience. By the fact of our surrender. By the quality of our faith. May I to suggest three simple facts as we watch the Master - our ...read more

  • What We Hear

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jul 5, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,534 views

    A sermon on being more than hearers of God’s Word. It tells the story of Malchus the servant whose ear was cut off by Peter.

    What We HEAR “Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus” (John 18:10). Intro: I want to talk to you today about What We HEAR. What are some of the favorite sounds that you like to hear? Maybe it ...read more