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  • Terry Blankenship avatar

    Sardis: The Living Corpse Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
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    Here was a church that needed waking up! It was on life support and Jesus had the answer!

    Revelation 3:1-6 Sardis: The Living Corpse INTRODUCTION - Mike the Headless Chicken On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Philadelphia: The Church Of The Open Door Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
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    Here was a cutting edge church! They were the original Bb4D church! Is your church a Be Before Doing church?

    Revelation 3:7-13 Philadelphia: The Church of the Open Door The Mandate for the City 7a Philadelphia had four directives. First, their mission was to promote Hellenism. Their intent was to advance the culture and civilization of ancient Greece, especially in the period after Alexander the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Laodicea: The "You Make Me Sick” Church Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
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    This was a church by the people for the people and to the people! They had in-grown eyeballs!

    Revelation 3:14-22 Laodicea: The “You Make Me Sick” Church A Celebrated Church 14a “And to the church of the Laodiceans” The church in Laodicea was a wealthy, self-indulgent church. Notice that it was the church of the Laodiceans not just in Laodicea. They were geographically situated in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Complacent Life Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 10, 2008
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    Do not place your security in the outward forms of church life and neglect your walk with the Lord. Cultivate an authentic relationship with Christ.

    The message to the church in Sardis was distinct from those we have seen earlier. • No words of commendation. Just a blunt statement: “you are dead”. • Jesus says He saw their deeds. There were activities going on in the church. • Jesus says “you have a reputation of being alive” – they were ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Hold Fast To The Word Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 10, 2008
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    Hold fast to the Word, for we stand under the judgement of God’s Word. Do not compromise at all cost.

    Holding on to the truth is of vital importance. - It is a matter of life and death, blessing or suffering, reward or judgement. - Jesus emphasizes this need to the two churches. - They performed well in many ways but not in the guarding of God’s truth. We need to (1) HOLD FAST TO THE TRUTH - ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Would Jesus Say To A Backslidden Christian? Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 15, 2008
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    Jesus writes a letter to the church at Ephesus, revealing their backslidden heart and prescribing a cure.

    1. Illus. of Robert Robinson • Wrote, “Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing” when he was 23. • Third stanza contains the line, “prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love.” Proved prophetic for Robert Robinson, who grew cold and indifferent, abandoned any pretext of living for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Jesus Would Say To A Confused Christian Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 16, 2008
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    How do we keep from drowning in the pagan culture around us? By following the guidelines Jesus set in His letter to the church at Pergamos

    1. Illus. of wrong way on freeway As a man was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. When he answered, he heard his wife warn him urgently, "George, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on 280. Please be careful coming home!" "I’m there right now," said George, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Do You Love

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 18, 2008
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    Have you left your first love?

    Who Do You Love? Revelation 2:1-7 This past week has been full of love Folks getting together to celebrate With food and drink Sharing stories of past experiences maybe Lots of smiles and exciting times A lot of people wearing red even And this all started long before this week as well People ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church Of The Open Door Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 23, 2008
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    The church may be limited in strength, but they were obedient and faithful, and the Lord open the door of ministry for them. We need to seize the opportunity and walk through.

    The Lord is the one who opens the door of ministry for the church. • Rev 3:7 “What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.” • When He does that, no power in hell or earth can shut it. • When He closes a door, there is no power that can open it again. • He is the sovereign ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Would Jesus Say To A Complacent Christian Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 23, 2008
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    What would Jesus say to a lukewarm Christian? The letter to the Laodecian church tells us.

    1. Illus. of D. W. brother • In a tough time of life. Drove car out to lake he loved, and used a pistol to commit suicide. • Autopsy performed to rule out foul play. Showed it was indeed suicide. • Autopsy revealed an ironic fact. He had liver cancer advanced enough that it would have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Good Head--Bad Heart Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on May 1, 2008
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    The local church at Ephesus had a rich history of strong Christian leadership from Paul, through Timothy to John. They had been very effective in keeping their doctrine pure. But, in their zeal to keep themselves doctrinally pure, they left their first l

    It seems as if the news is filled every day with scandals. Government scandals, corporate scandals, all kinds of scandals. It seems that even our own WVU is involved in a scandal. And this one doesn’t have anything to do with the football team. It seems that the governor’s daughter was awarded ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rekindling Your First Love Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Dec 28, 2008
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    The first churches in history were just like the churches now...and they have a lot to teach us about staying close to Jesus.

    Sermon for CATM – December 28 – Churches of Revelation – Ephesus and Sardis – Revelation 2:1-7; 3:1-6 Today we begin a 5-part series on the Churches of Revelation. Yes, it is a bit odd that we’re beginning such a series on the last Sunday of the year and that we will be starting the new year with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Shame Verses Liberty Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Jan 11, 2009
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    The ancient church of Thyatira had some mighty big strengths and one mighty big weakness that threatened the very life of the church.

    Sermon for CATM – January 11, 2008 – The Churches of Revelation – “Shame Versus Liberty” Today we’re right at the mid-point in our sermon series and course on the Churches of Revelation. We’ve looked at four of the seven churches so far. We started with Ephesus and Sardis, last week we looked at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Short Challenge: Remembering Our First Love Series

    Contributed by Nate Herbst on Jan 14, 2009
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    A short, practical encouragement on remembering our first love, Jesus.

    Short Challenge: Remembering our first love. Rev.2:2-4 – “I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Flinging The Door Wide Open

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 26, 2009
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    The necessity of and activity resulting from the decision to invite Christ into one’s life.

    Flinging the Door Wide Open Revelation 3:19-22 HAVE YOU EVER GONE DOOR-KNOCKING? Have you ever been involved in a situation that required you to go to someone’s front door—cold turkey or otherwise? For example: - Census taker - Survey taker - Charitable fund ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan