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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
When God's love is active in our life, what can we expect as the product of love?
Humor: Fertilizer Helps! The Sunday school teacher was teaching a class of children about creation. “Now, children,” she said, “Who can tell us what makes the flower spring from the seed?” “God does it,” answered one little girl, “but fertilizer helps.” INTRODUCTION: We have been looking at “What ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26, 1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 John 4:7-8
Denomination: Baptist
This sermon explores the concept of maintaining focus on Jesus and trusting in His perfect love, despite the challenges and distractions of life.
Welcome back to church, everyone! Hope you’ve had a fantastic week. Today we are going to be in week 3 of our Passion series. In the first couple weeks we learned that it wasn’t the nails that held Jesus on the cross. It was his love and passion for humanity. And last week we learned Jesus was and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-26, Hebrews 12:1-2
Topics: Perfect Love, Enduring Faith, Life Challenges
Sermon Series: Passion
I was asked to lead the Bible study for this Sunday, February 4. I chose a love verse because Valentine's Day is in February.
The Greatest of These is LOVE! What are some powerful forces in life? What has the power to move you? Is faith a strong force? A mustard seed of faith can move mountains (Mark 11:23). What about hope? One great gift we have as believers in Christ is hope for the blessed future that lies ahead. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13, Hebrews 11:1, 1 John 4:16, John 13:34-35, Matthew 22:37 (view more) (view less)
The sermon's main point is to explore and understand the concept of agape love, a selfless and unconditional love from God, and to strive to embody this love in our interactions with others.
Good morning, church family! Today, we're going to dive into one of the most powerful and challenging aspects of our faith: Agape love. Now, agape isn't your everyday kind of love. It’s not about romantic feelings or even the love we have for our friends and family. No, agape is a selfless, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Topics: Highest Love
A study in the book of 2 Samuel 13: 1 – 39
2 Samuel 13: 1 – 39 Lust is not love 13 After this Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for she was a virgin. And it was improper for Amnon to do anything to ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 13:1
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
My concern is our children and our grandchildren are growing up in a perverse Nation and society. Is this the first time that there has been a perverse Nation and society? Can it be forgiven? What does God say about homosexuality?
What does the Bible say about homosexuality and same sex marriage? There has been a lot in the news about this subject. There are TV shows that promote the homosexual and make it a live happily ever after life style. In the United States gays and lesbians can legally marry in New Hampshire, New ...read more
God's love and ours. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)
Reading: 1 John chapter 4 verses 7-16: Ill: • An elderly man stopped at a hearing aid centre and asked about prices. • The salesman said “We have them from £25,000 down to £1.50,” • “What’s the £25,000 one like?” • The salesman said ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-16
Denomination: Brethren
Even while we were helpless, sinful, enemies, Christ died for us.
“For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:6-11
Denomination: Orthodox
Do all you can with all you have.
I enjoy smelling things…well, most things. When Beth and I end up in a store that has perfume and cologne testers, I like to try out the different aromas. When our girls were younger I’d often spray the back of their necks with the grossest smell I could find and then run before they could spray ...read more
Scripture: Mark 14:1-9
"Transforming Love" looks at 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 for practical principles for applying God’s love in my family relationships.
The Crossing Community Church “Transforming Love” Pastor Jim Botts June 16th, 2002 -1 Corinthians 13:13 There are three things that will endure--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love (NLT). Love is a very popular word in our society. Amazon.com lists 2,652 book titles ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8
The love that Christ has for every person has the power to draw them into a deeper relationship with Him
Magnetic Love Selected Passages February 15, 2004 Introduction When I was little I can remember standing in front of the church I grew up in and singing Jesus Loves Me during the VBS program. We had worked all week at learning that song and now we were sharing it with everyone at the program. How ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 3:18-19, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Denomination: Church Of God
Loving your enemies?? What??? Yep. That’s truly showing genuine love.
Selfless Love Read Text: Matthew 5:43-48 "You have heard that it was said, ’Love your neighbor…”(Matt 5:43). Heard from whom? Their teachers. Where did their teachers get it from? Leviticus 19:18 NIV says, “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48
Denomination: Assembly Of God
The topic of Love again...Christian love out love as Christians.
For the Love of God 1 John 4:7-21 So, the topic this morning is Love “again.” Webster’s dictionary, defines love as a strong liking for someone or something, or a passionate affection for another person. Notice that Webster’s definition of love involves objects of the world, using the word ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21
Denomination: Congregational
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" and how it applies to issues such as murder, abortion, euthanasia, suicide and war.
INTRODUCTION Alexander M. Sanders, Jr. is the Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. He spoke to the graduating class of the University of South Carolina in 1992. His daughter, Zoe was a member of that class. He told a story about when Zoe was 3 years old. Sanders came home to find a ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 20:13, Matthew 5:21-22
Love is the catalyst that brings value to the believer’s God-given spiritual gifts.
Living in Chapter 13 and Loving It (Part 1 of 4) Loving Bankruptcy 1 Cor. 13:1-3 Feb. 4, 2007 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A Illustration 1 There is a story about a man who was walking down the street. He passed a used-book store, and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3