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  • Getting Out Of The Desert

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Apr 16, 2021
     | 2,513 views

    God's plan for your life and mine, is to make us useable. When things happen in our life, we need to understand God is making us usable.

    Notice how God made Moses usable: 1. First thing God must do to make us usable is to get us out of the desert. 2. Moses was on the backside of the desert. It is a long way from the Palace to the backside of the desert. 3. A great many Christians are living in the backside of the desert. Why? ...read more

  • Follow Christ Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Feb 22, 2023
     | 1,370 views

    The foremost step to elevation is to Follow Christ. Follow the footsteps of him. The first thing the disciples observed after encountering with Jesus was that he walked into Jordan, then into wilderness for fasting and prayer.

    Ash Wednesday 22.02.2023 Text: Mark 10:32-34 Steps to Elevation: Step: 1, Follow Christ Introduction: During this Lent season we would mediate under the theme steps to elevation. These are the Steps to victory, jubilation and joy. Today, we are meditating the first step to elevation, that is, ...read more

  • Having Faith When Times Are Hard

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 28, 2024
     | 1,365 views

    So now that each of us has examined our spiritual faith, what do we do with it? What part does it play in our lives?

    Off and on in the past couple of months, we have been talking about faith and how it plays a part, a vital part in our spiritual lives. So now that each of us has examined our spiritual faith, what do we do with it? What part does it play in our lives? Over the next 6 weeks or so I want to take ...read more

  • What Jesus Said About Pursuing Peace And Planning For Persecution Series

    Contributed by John White on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,492 views

    A review of what a faithful Christian should expect in a world at war against God and His people.

    What Jesus Said About Pursuing Peace And Planning For Persecution Matthew 5:9-13 "Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when [men] shall ...read more

  • Your Choice: Suffer, Or ... - 1 Peter 4:17-19 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Feb 7, 2025
     | 64 views

    The reason we must glorify God as Christians rather than being ashamed is because it is time for judgment to begin with God's house.

    1 Peter 4:12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice to the degree that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted ...read more

  • The Courage Of The Church

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Sep 14, 2015
     | 4,907 views

    THE CRY OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE CHURCH, IS FOR MEN AND WOMEN COMMITTED TO CHRIST, IN THE FACE OF THE SWORD, TIED TO THE STAKE, IMPRISONED, AWAITING THE AXE, ALL WITH THE SAME COURAGE, NOT TO DENY THEIR FAITH.

    THE COURAGE OF THE CHURCH ACTS 4:1-35 OFFERATORY PRAYER HEAVENLY FATHER, IN THE QUIETNESS OF THIS SACRED HOUR, WE HEAR YOUR VOICE CALLING US AWAY FROM THE AFFAIRS OF LIFE THAT OFTEN CLOUD OUR VISION OF YOU. AS WE TURN OUR EYES UPON JESUS, LET THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD GROW STRANGELY DIM IN THE ...read more

  • A Demand For Holiness - A Holiness Expressed In Genuine Love Responding To The Gospel

    Contributed by Robert Tarasiak on Sep 9, 2023
     | 659 views

    "Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills." John Brown, Nineteenth-century Scottish theologian, quoted in J. Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness, p. 51.

    1 Peter Series Part 6 Sub Series: A Demand for Holiness (1:13 – 2:3) Title: “A holiness expressed in genuine love responding to the gospel” Text: 1 Peter 1:22-25 INTRO: WHAT DOES HOLINESS LOOK LIKE? "Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded ...read more

  • Preaching To A Heathen And Superstitious People

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 8, 2014
     | 5,002 views

    If you live for Christ, opposition will come.

    JUN 2 2013PM Preaching to a Heathen and Superstitious People Acts 14:8-20 There was a preacher who was an avid golfer. Every chance he got, he could be found on the golf course. It was his obsession. One Sunday was a picture-perfect day for golf. The sun was out, no clouds in the sky, and the ...read more

  • Hope, Joy, An Experience Of God - Some Of The Things Your Giving Pays For Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on May 27, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,447 views

    a sermon on Stewardship

    “Father, the hour has come, glorify your son so that your son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people to give eternal life to all you have given him” (John 17:1-2)   In a month or so’s time I am going to have a hernia operation, so yesterday morning I went to UCH for my ...read more

  • The Body Of Christ: Death By A Thousand Cuts

    Contributed by Terry Frazier on Feb 25, 2012
     | 4,849 views

    As members of the body of Christ, we as Christians need to pay more attention to the persecuted members of the body of Christ world wide.

    The Body Of Christ: Death By A Thousand Cuts This message today will and should cause all of us to be sad, very sad but also very much encouraged too! I will inform you of some great human tragedies and I will also show you just how brave and faithful some foreign Christians are and in so doing I ...read more

  • Don't Shoot The Messenger

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Jul 19, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 16,450 views

    Jeremiah was a major prophet in the Old Testament. He was sent to wake up the people of God. The children of Israel were falling away from the Lord God. They began to worship false gods, so the Lord sent Jeremiah to preach a message of repentance and to preach a message of the law.

    TITLE: DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER SCRIPTURE: JEREMIAH 26:8-15 There is a saying that is heard frequently, “DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER!” What it means is whatever the messenger is delivering, it’s not their fault, it’s not their message. • If you don’t like the message, then go to its source ...read more

  • Walking Fearlessly Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,893 views

    How believers fearlessly face persecution.

    I’ve been reading a book by an agnostic whose previous book chronicled his project to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. In his latest book he describes his attempt to live according to the Bible. To do so, he had to read it, and he admits, even as one with very little faith: “This is the ...read more

  • Mission Opposition Series

    Contributed by Troy Walliser on Nov 5, 2020
     | 5,768 views

    As we SURRENDER our will to the Spirit of God, He will EMBOLDEN us to faithful testimony for Christ, even in the face of opposition.

    Mission Opposition Acts 4:1-22 As we continue our study this morning through the book of Acts we have seen the fledgling congregation in Jerusalem experience tremendous gains. The Holy Spirit descended upon them in power on Pentecost Sunday which resulted in the mighty wonders of God being ...read more

  • How Living With Integrity Increases Our Hope

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Nov 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,278 views

    How living with integrity increases our hope.

    We’re in the series "From Hurt to Hope." We’ve been learning more about how to experience the hope that God offers – even when the deck is stacked against us. We’ve been covering the Apostle Peter’s first letter, which was written to Christ followers of the First Century being brutally ...read more

  • A Call To Be Faithful Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jun 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,763 views

    In your difficulty if you ever start to wonder, does anybody really know what I am going through, be assured Jesus does.

    Maybe right now you are undergoing suffering and hardship. You may recently have had the painful experience of being slandered. It may have come just for the simple reason you are a Christian standing on God’s principles. In your difficulty if you ever start to wonder, does anybody really know ...read more

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