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  • How Can A Good God Send People To Hell? Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 19, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 9,752 views

    Questions: 1. What is hell like? 2. Is hell forever? 3. How can a good God send people to hell?

    It is captivating to watch the movie industry and their fascination with spiritual issues — twisted as they may be at times. There are any number of films dealing with angels, the spiritual world, and even heaven and hell. One of the most graphic of these was the film Ghost starring Patrick ...read more

  • Can I Have Doubts And Still Be A Christian? Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 26, 2002
    based on 259 ratings
     | 35,723 views

    When it comes to doubt, we need to see that: 1. Doubts can build faith. 2. We will never have all the answers. 3. A cynical spirit leads us away from God.

    Philip Yancey in his book, Disappointment with God, tells of a letter he received from a woman who was struggling with life and her faith in God. He says, “A young mother wrote that her joy had turned to bitterness and grief when she delivered a daughter with spina bifida, a birth defect that ...read more

  • Is Jesus The Only Way To God? Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 3, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 11,317 views

    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

  • What About The Violence In Christian History? Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,215 views

    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

  • The Lion Is A Lamb: The Humility Of God Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 13, 2002
    based on 171 ratings
     | 48,527 views

    We can rest in the fact that: 1. God’s strength is disguised as weakness. 2. God has a plan. 3. God is in control.

    In chapter four of the book of Revelation, John describes a scene in heaven which is beyond words. God is seated on the throne. He rules the universe. He has the right, the authority and the power to end the world. And he is surrounded by living beings that John has never seen before, and ...read more

  • 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
     | 12,291 views

    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

  • The Woman And The Dragon: The Place Of The Church In The Last Days Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 27, 2002
    based on 91 ratings
     | 12,180 views

    The place of the church in the last days is: 1. They will be God’s witnesses. 2. They will be persecuted. 3. They will be victorious.

    The book of Revelation is filled with strange and wonderful symbolism which is charged with emotion. Here, in chapter 12, a woman appears clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and a crown of twelves stars on her head. The woman represents the people of Israel (Genesis 37:9). The sun is ...read more

  • The Antichrist: Personified Evil Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 10, 2002
    based on 164 ratings
     | 19,239 views

    The antichrist will: 1. Create a one-world government. 2. Create a one-world economy. 3. Create a one-world religion.

    The movie world seems to be obsessed with the end of the world. There has been a steady stream of films coming out of Hollywood around the theme of end time events and takeoffs on the book of Revelation. Films like “End of Days,” “Armageddon,” “Deep Impact,” and “Independence Day” are just some ...read more

  • The Second Coming Of Christ And The Last Battle Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 17, 2002
    based on 86 ratings
     | 13,810 views

    At the second coming: 1. Christ will return with great power. 2. Christ will return with great glory. 3. Christ will return with great people.

    Ray Bakke tells a story which happened during World War II: “I knew an old Glasgow professor named MacDonald who, along with a Scottish chaplain, had bailed out of an airplane behind German lines. They were put in a prison camp. A high wire fence separated the Americans from the British, and the ...read more

  • The Final Judgment: Bringing Justice To The Wrongs Of The World Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 24, 2002
    based on 121 ratings
     | 13,314 views

    The Great White Throne judgment will be: 1. Fair 2. Full 3. Final

    The past couple of weeks we have been embroiled in controversy over accusations of bad or biased judging in the Olympics. It began with the International Skating Union’s suspension of French judge, Marie-Reine Le Gougne. This Olympic pairs figure skating judge admitted she experienced “a certain ...read more

  • A New Heaven And A New Earth: The Way It Was Meant To Be Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 3, 2002
    based on 467 ratings
     | 96,463 views

    Heaven is: 1. Real 2. Right 3. Relational 4. Rewarding 5. Residence of God

    The Bible is full of wonderful promises, but perhaps the most wonderful of all is this: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). There are many things we do not know about what heaven will be like, because it is ...read more

  • Jesus, The Perfect Revelation Of God Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 264 ratings
     | 36,162 views

    The book of Hebrews highlights 1. The incomparable PERSON of Christ. 2. The incomparable POSITION of Christ. 3. The incomparable PURPOSE of Christ.

    JESUS, THE PERFECT REVELATION OF GOD Hebrews 1:1-13 I was recently approached by a young mother who wanted her baby baptized. She stated that she had some problems with what she had seen in many churches, and in the lives of many Christians. I agreed with many of her grievances. But she went ...read more

  • A Sunday Morning Message

    Contributed by Rodney Mason on Mar 14, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 8,541 views

    A message of encouragement during discourage times.

    Introduction: We find Mary and other women on the way to the tomb to anoint Jesus with spices. They went believing that something was going to happen, but as they went they still were wrestling with some issues. They were dealing with stones and how they keep us from getting to Jesus. But we ...read more

  • Jesus, The Perfect Man Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 17, 2002
    based on 134 ratings
     | 33,253 views

    By becoming a man: 1. Jesus identified with humanity. 2. Jesus dignified humanity. 3. Jesus delivered humanity.

    We have a lot of ideas of what the perfect man should be. If you buy a copy of Alpha Male you will see that some people think it is the man who obtains the perfect body by spending countless hours in the gym getting ripped. In the corporate world the perfect man might be someone like Robert ...read more

  • Jesus, The Perfect Example Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 15,719 views

    Jesus was the perfect example of self-scrifice, courage and love.

    One day, near a sleepy little west Texas town, there was a tremendous explosion as one of the nearby oil wells blew and caught on fire. The blaze became so intense they set barriers around the fire, beyond which nothing was supposed to pass. They called in all the surrounding fire departments, ...read more