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  • What Is It You Want?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,652 views

    A stewardship sermon on taking up a life of service rather than self-centeredness. Includes time, talent as well as money.

    What Is It You Want? Mark 10:35-45 The Scripture reading today contains a very interesting story. What is even more interesting is that just before this story, we read that Jesus was saying to the disciples, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief ...read more

  • What Is Truth?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 22, 2006
    based on 81 ratings
     | 30,729 views

    1. Truth is known through revelation. 2. Truth is knowable. 3. Truth creates passion.

    Pilate’s question from our scripture today is the defining question of our culture: What is truth? Leslie Newbigin, in his book The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, reminds us of the ancient fable from India of the blind men and the elephant — popularized by American poet John Godfrey Saxe ...read more

  • Sex And The City Of God

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 12, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,767 views

    1. The Bible teaches us that sex is a gift of God. 2. The Bible teaches us that sex is sacred. 3. The Bible presents boundaries for the use of sex.

    With the advent of television’s Sex and the City, and a host of shows like it, it should be apparent that our nation is in a moral free fall. The whole idea of who we are and how we should live has become so distorted that it has corrupted our vision of what God created us to be. Rather than ...read more

  • God's Plan For Marriage

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 26, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 17,192 views

    To understand God’s plan for marriage we must learn that: 1. It is a place where we learn about commitment. 2. It is a place where we learn about forgiveness and grace. 3. It is a place where we learn how to give honor. 4. It is a place where we experi

    Perhaps you have seen some of the billboards that have appeared around major cities lately. They are simple messages from God. One reads: “Have You Read My #1 Best Seller? There Will Be a Test. – God” Others say things like: “My Way Is the Highway. – God”, and “Will The Road You’re on Get You ...read more

  • Religion & Relationship

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 10, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,236 views

    How do we enter the Kingdom? Many who think they know, do not know.

    The story of Nicodemus is one of the best known stories of the Bible, and it comes to a close with one of the most often quoted passages in the Bible, John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” ...read more

  • Samaritans And Other Sinners

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 17, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,281 views

    A look at how Jesus treats sinners.

    Eastern European Jews in the early 1900s had a very ordered society that was not so different from the Jewish culture of Jesus’ day. Their attitudes toward women were very similar. For them, the world of sacred and scholarly learning belonged only to men. In the movie Yentl, a young, unmarried ...read more

  • The Shelter Of The Most High

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 26,435 views

    God may have purposes of which we may not be aware and if he permits it, he can use it.

    When our girls were growing up we could not afford to take a vacation at resorts or hotels, so from the start we decided to camp. I remember our first major purchase of a cabin-style tent from Sears. It was luxurious with a place for a bunk-bed cot for the girls and a large air mattress for us. ...read more

  • Waiting For God's Ultimate Kingdom

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 16, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,350 views

    John the Baptist understood the power of the miracles, but wanted judgment to accompany them. He was having trouble waiting for justice -- as we do.

    Third Sunday in Advent -- Lectionary A: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:4-9; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-12 I was cleaning out some things this week and came across some papers, among which were some cartoons I had saved. I must have been having a bad day, for one of the cartoons was Ziggy sitting at a ...read more

  • The Humility Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 25, 2007
    based on 118 ratings
     | 67,786 views

    1. His focus was on the will of God, not his own. 2. His focus was away from himself, not on himself. 3. His focus was on serving, not being served.

    It was January 30, 1994 and Super Bowl XXVIII was being played out at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The NFC champion Dallas Cowboys had just defeated the AFC champion Buffalo Bills, 30–13. Dallas scored 24 unanswered points in the second half, and Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith was named the ...read more

  • Christmas And Creation

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 17, 2006
    based on 35 ratings
     | 12,719 views

    1. Christmas proclaims a mystery. 2. Christmas promises redemption. 3. Christmas promulgates meaning.

    Last week we read the prayer of Zechariah called the “Benedictus”,as he praised God for his faithfulness to his covenant with Abraham. This week we are looking at the prayer of Mary, often called the “Magnificat.” Mary also connects the birth of her son with the covenant God made with Abraham, ...read more

  • The Scandal Of The Cross

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,013 views

    1. What does it mean for God to suffer? 2. What does it mean for us to suffer?

    I was watching the ABC special “The Path to 9/11” a few years ago as it showed two Arab men talking in a restaurant in the U.S. They were planning the plot on the World Trade Center. One of the terrorists was telling the other that he had been in Germany and began talking about spiritual matters ...read more

  • Blessings & Ingratitude

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 1, 2007
    based on 46 ratings
     | 13,563 views

    A lesson from the life of the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda.

    The movie Fourth Of July tells the true story of Ron Kovic played by Tom Cruise. Kovic is a patriotic, All-American small town athlete who surprises his family by enlisting with the Marines to fight in the Vietnam War. However, once he is in Viet Nam the glory of war and heroism fades quickly. ...read more

  • We Are Blessed

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 31, 2011
    based on 14 ratings
     | 12,852 views

    The beatitudes: 1. Are often misinterpreted. 2. Help us to be like God. 3. Are not promises for the present, but guarantees of our future.

    We Are Blessed Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are those who have gone through a divorce. Blessed are those who cannot pay their bills and may be facing bankruptcy. Blessed are those who have just heard that they have a terminal illness. Blessed are you when you have been fired from your job. ...read more

  • Darkness And Light

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 3, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,712 views

    The promise and hope of our darkness being turned into light, our blindness into sight.

    Ann Landers wrote this story in The Washington Post: “Mrs. Smith was stark-naked and just about to step into the shower when the doorbell rang. She hollered, ‘Who is it?’ He shouted back, ‘It’s the blind man.’ She figured it was safe, so she opened the door. He looked at her in shock and ...read more

  • Christ's Prayer For The Church

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 6, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,472 views

    The importance of unity within the church and other churches and denominations.

    We had an interesting situation last Sunday. A person from another church visited us. But this person was not here to enjoy our fellowship, rather they came to convey a message and convert us. This person handed out papers stating that a certain denomination was the only true church, and the ...read more