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  • God’s Goal In Bringing Hardship Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 20, 2020
     | 3,917 views

    It's shocking to many that God sometimes is the cause of hardship in our lives. When that happens, what is He hoping to accomplish?

    “HE SAID WHAT?!”: Sometimes hardship is from God. - Amos 4:6-12. - This passage might have been shocking to you. “What do you mean God did all these things?” Today we sometimes think of Him exclusively as a kindly grandfather who would never say a cross word to anyone. That, however, is not ...read more

  • Internal Dialogue Of The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 6, 2019
     | 3,757 views

    Lent 4C

    There are a couple dialogical excerpts from the Prodigal Son story that deals with our conscious awareness, which is to “think about one’s thinking” or to consciously know what one knows, and to explicitly use this cognitive process in our spiritual life. 1. The first is when the passage states, ...read more

  • Palm Sunday: Soon It Would Be Over?

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Apr 1, 2019
     | 3,905 views

    The Romans and many Jews wanted nothing more than to see this heretic gone, once and for all. They had enough of His insurrection. But, little did they realize, that He would NEVER be gone. In a few days, He would rock the world forever!

    Matthew 20:17-19 John 12:9-36 (NKJV) John 12:44-50 (NKJV) INTRODUCTION Today's Sermon is Titled 'Palm Sunday--It will soon be Finished' Everything was going according to His plan Down to the donkey He rode on All foretold by prophets like Isaiah and Ezekiel Several thousand ...read more

  • The Birth Of The Saviour

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 11, 2015
     | 3,152 views

    THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR

    Luke 2:1 - 20 THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOUR 1. The Illumination That Made Them Fearful (a) God's ...read more

  • Our Priorities In Life

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Aug 27, 2015
     | 5,084 views

    When we become Christians, we are engaged in the battle between good and evil. In the midst of the battle it is not too late for people to learn the Good News and repent. Everyone who remains on the straight and narrow path is blessed.

    The story in Ezra 7:1-26 took place shortly after the Jews returned from exile in Babylon. The king told Ezra to go to Jerusalem to see if the people were obeying God’s Law, and if they weren’t, Ezra was to teach them and enforce the Law. The king provided Ezra with all the resources he ...read more

  • A Scourge Of Small Cords

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 14, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,975 views

    The righteous indignation of Messiah at the desecration of the Court of the Gentiles.

    A SCOURGE OF SMALL CORDS. John 2:13-22. It was Passover, and the city of Jerusalem was packed with pilgrims who had gathered to commemorate Israel’s deliverance out of slavery in Egypt. Not only was it a solemn religious celebration, but also a great national statement that defied all who would ...read more

  • Called To Serve

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 16, 2014
     | 11,962 views

    We have been called by Christ to serve His Kingdom

    Called to Serve Luke 10:17-24 November 2, 2014 Evening Service What is an essential quality for ministry? What do we have to do to be effective in ministry? People have to be the primary focus in making ministry effective. There is no ministry if there are no people. The whole purpose behind ...read more

  • Establishing Priorities - Priorities With The Church

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Oct 3, 2014
     | 3,845 views

    Establishing priorities with the church.

    ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES – “PRIORITIES WITH THE CHURCH” Phil 3:13 “13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” INTRO: Establishing Priorities has been my subject ...read more

  • Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 6, 2022
     | 2,917 views

    We owe God our thanks and praise for all that comes our way.

    Attitude of Gratitude – Luke 17: 11 - 19 Intro: A newspaper reporter once approached Kipling saying, “Mr. Kipling, I recently read that an individual calculated that the money you make from your writings amounts to over a hundred dollars a word.” The reporter reached into ...read more

  • The Patient Gardner

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 21, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,551 views

    A sermon for the third Sunday in Lent, Year C

    March 20, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 13:1-9; Joel 2:13 The Patient Gardner Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. So says the ...read more

  • The True Solution To Violence Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 7, 2021
     | 3,134 views

    These are times that try our souls. When the secular parts of our world collapse under the weight of theft, fraud, lying and disrespect, violence solves nothing, and brings only more violence.

    Baptism of the Lord Jesus 2021 Reading St. Mark’s account of the baptism of Jesus, which is the shortest of the three Gospel accounts, I am struck by the language used just before the Father’s voice is heard from heaven. We heard that Jesus “saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a ...read more

  • Praying For Your Enemy Series

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 30, 2023
     | 1,419 views

    A sermon in a Lenten series on prayer. This one examines the directive to pray for our enemies.

    March 29, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Luke 6:27-28 Praying for Your Enemy Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. During the previous Wednesday evening services, we’ve been exploring various prayer techniques. We’ve ...read more

  • Widow's Extremity Lesson 3 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 1, 2023
     | 1,121 views

    The more desperate a situation, the greater need for God.

    A. GOD’S PROVISION IN DESPERATE CONDITIONS: 1 KINGS 17:8-24 1. When you cease to obey your master, you are no longer his servant. “The Lord said, “Go … Zarephath … a widow to feed you” (v. 8). a. Fed by ravens (3 years?). b. Fed by widow in pagan city (meaning blast furnace). 2. Elijah ...read more

  • The Grace Of Service.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 10, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,184 views

    A call to sober-minded watchfulness in these last days.

    THE GRACE OF SERVICE. 1 Peter 4:7-11. Peter has already told us the ‘last days’ began at Pentecost (cf. Acts 2:16-18). Now he tells us that “the end of all things is at hand” (1 PETER 4:7a). Although he wrote those words nearly two millennia ago, that sense of imminence remains. The question is: ...read more

  • 2 Samuel 6:16-23

    Contributed by Luke Vasicek on Feb 1, 2024
     | 1,523 views

    True Worship is Humbly Focusing on God, Not On Our Own Reputations

    The Focus of Worship 2Sam. 6:16-23 1. The _Act_ of Worship 6:16-19 A. Our Worship Does Not Imitate the _World_. (1 Sam. 5:2-11 shows the Philistines transporting the Ark with a cart and oxen; Israel tried to imitate the pagans and learned this method of transporting the Ark from ...read more