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Help, I'm A Parent!

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 10, 2006

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Keys to parenting: 1. Prayer 2. Modeling 3. Training

Morgan Freeman narrates the documentary film The March of the Penguins. It follows the epic journey of the Emperor Penguins of Antarctica 70 miles inland to their breeding grounds. It is an arduous walk as they tilt side to side through the ice, snow and natural barriers. The film captures the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:2-4

Denomination: Methodist

A Great Light

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 18, 2005

based on 54 ratings

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The message of Christmas is: 1. God is the sovereign ruler of the world. 2. Evil cannot win. 3. The world is coming to a wonderful conclusion.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, each year displays a twenty-foot blue spruce Christmas tree covered with angels, with a beautiful eighteenth century Neapolitan nativity scene underneath. In many ways it is a very familiar scene. There are shepherds who have been jarred awake by the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-13

Denomination: Methodist

Learning To Be A Disciple

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 8, 2001

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We learn to be a disciple when we make a commitment to learn, to grow and to be in relationship.

As we have thought together about what it means to be the church, we have considered what it means to worship, what it means to have a relationship with God, and what it means for us to be in relationship with each other. This morning we consider what it means to truly be a disciple of Christ. I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

Is There A Conflict Between Faith And Science? Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 28, 2002

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Those seeking truth should consider: 1. Christian faith birthed science. 2. Miracles are not things done against natural law, but according to natural law. 3. To close the door to the possibility of the existence of God goes against the very fabric

How do you explain miracles to a scientist? How do you explain science to a Christian? Can it be done, and is there a conflict between the two? How do we use objective critical reasoning and still believe in things like the parting of the Red Sea, a virgin giving birth to a child, shriveled ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16-25

Denomination: Methodist

God's Plan For Fathers

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 17, 2001

based on 47 ratings

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Fathers need to take leadership seriously and engage the family by exercising sacrificial leadership.

A prestigious private school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side has recently outlawed the celebration of family holidays. In a letter to parents, they said, “after much thought and discussion, [we] will not be celebrating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.” One of the school’s directors explained that, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:11-17

Denomination: Methodist

Aren't All Religions The Same? Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 1, 2002

based on 196 ratings

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A look at Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

Recently one of the major denominations met in Columbus to debate, of all things, whether or not Jesus Christ is the one true Savior of the world. Is he the universal Savior or might there be several? What about the other world religions and their claims? Some people wonder if perhaps there ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:5-13, Jeremiah 23:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

Integrity And The Christian

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 14, 2002

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Christians need integrity in these important areas: Money, Sex, Power.

The news has been rife with stories of the lack of integrity in our culture. First it was the Enron scandal and the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson. Then it was WorldCom. Even Martha Stewart, the apron-clad icon of hominess, has been brought into disrepute through what appears to be ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:20-23, Isaiah 1:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

Is Jesus The Only Way To God? Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 3, 2002

based on 65 ratings

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When Jesus says he is the way, it means: 1) You are not the way. 2) Other religions are not the way. 3) Jesus Christ is the only way to God.

Godfrey Saxe’s poem The Blind Men and the Elephant is based on a fable from India. (See the complete poem at the end of the sermon. May also be used as a skit.) In it, six blind men go to observe an elephant to understand what one really is. One blindly walks into the elephant’s side and ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-14

Denomination: Methodist

What About The Violence In Christian History? Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 9, 2002

based on 37 ratings

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We need to ask: 1) Why is there violence in Christian history? 2) Why is there violence in present day Christianity? 3) What can be done about it today?

Sadly, there are many people today who reject Christianity because of the hypocrisy and inconsistencies of the church and individual Christians throughout history. They point to some of the ugly parts of the church’s past like the Crusades, the witch trials, and the Inquisition. The Spanish ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Methodist

Seals, Trumpets And Bowls: The Unfolding Of The World's Last Days Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 20, 2002

based on 54 ratings

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The purpose of these judgments is: 1. To bring people to repentance. 2. To demonstrate the patience of God. 3. To establish God’s justice.

In the book of Revelation there are three major judgments that come to the earth. The first wave is called the seal judgments. They unfold as the Lamb breaks the seals of the scroll. As each seal is broken, it unleashes a new barrage of God’s judgment against an evil and Christ-rejecting world. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17

Denomination: Methodist

Kingdom Living

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 6, 2002

based on 118 ratings

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Kingdom living means: 1. We live with an awareness of the kingdom. 2. We understand that the kingdom is within. 3. We experience the blessing of his reign. 4. We are a part of a subversive movement. 5. We wait for it expectantly.

Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon begin their book Resident Aliens with a story from their youth: “Sometime between 1960 and 1980, an old, inadequately conceived world ended, and a fresh, new world began. . . . When and how did we change? Although it may sound trivial, one of us is tempted ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:18-21

Denomination: Methodist

The Gift Of Leadership Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 11, 2003

based on 107 ratings

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A leader is a person of 1. integrity 2. vision 3. endurance

We are looking at the gift of leadership today, because it is one of the most important gifts of the Spirit. We are emphasizing spiritual gifts because we want you to desire the gifts of the Spirit and pray to receive at least one, if not more of them, in order that your life might be used by God ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Methodist

Crucifixion And Resurrection Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 20, 2003

based on 54 ratings

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Jesus invites us to share 1. In his death. 2. In his life. 3. In his resurrection.

Richard Bandler tells about visiting a psychiatric hospital and dealing with a man who believed that he was Jesus Christ. He did not believe it in a spiritual sense, but literally. Bandler walked in to the room to meet this man, and said: “Are you Jesus?” “Yes, my son,” came the reply. ...read more

Scripture: John 12:23-28

Denomination: Methodist

Developing A Grateful Heart

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 24, 2002

based on 66 ratings

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We need to ask God to change our hearts from 1. Complaints to Praise. 2. Criticism to Encouragement. 3. Cynicism to Faith.

Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull. Immediately they ran toward the nearest fence. The storming bull ran after them in hot pursuit, and they realized that they were not going to make it. Terrified, one man shouted to his friend, “Say a prayer, John. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-8

Denomination: Methodist

The Promise

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 8, 2002

based on 39 ratings

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The message of the prophets show us: 1. God has a plan. 2. God has a hopeful plan. 3. God has a complete plan.

A little over two years ago, on March 26, 2000, Seattle’s famed Kingdome was demolished. It was the home of the Seattle Seahawks, Mariners, and at times, the SuperSonics. But a Maryland-based company called Controlled Demolition Incorporated (CDI) was hired to do the job of imploding the 25,000 ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

Denomination: Methodist

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