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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
These Three in One have been pouring love, praise, and honor out to one another from the very beginning of time. Marvel with me how God pulls back the curtain ever so slightly to show us what He’s doing before earth was formed!
Think with me about the people who have prayed for you in your lifetime. Think about your personal times of crisis where you needed someone to pray for you. Now, when you picture this, who is praying for you? For many of you, your mothers and fathers have prayed for you. I imagine many of your ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
God sees and values our hearts over outward appearances, choosing and loving the overlooked and ordinary to accomplish extraordinary purposes through His grace.
Maybe you walked in today carrying the sting of being overlooked. You’ve watched others get the nod, the promotion, the platform, while you’ve kept the sheep, cleaned the messes, showed up in quiet faithfulness where no one was clapping. If that’s you, take heart. Our God loves to surprise us. He ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Topics: God's Choice, Divine Selection
Moses missed out on entering the Promised Land of Canaan because of his actions at the Waters of Meribah. What will we miss out on if we disobey God, even once?
WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE ON THE TABLE? by Pastor Jim May Nearly a year ago I was forced to take an early retirement from the job that I had worked at for over 23 years. In the process I managed to lose approximately half of the retirement income that I would have received if I could have stayed only ...read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 3:23-27
Denomination: Independent/Bible
A close look at what the God-promised abundant life is and what it means for us as Christians.
Christ said in John 10:10 “I came that they might have life, and might have it more abundantly.” I think we can easily find Christians who don’t seem to be different from the rest of the world. I bet it would be difficult to pick them out as Christians at a party or a ball game. This is part of ...read more
Scripture: John 10:10
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A different look at the story of creation...reflecting on how the creation story mirrors how God operates in our lives today.
If we were to all truly evaluate ourselves, check our credentials and sum up our value and true worth and then from that subtract God from the equation the truth of the matter is we would come up with NOTHING We would be left with something that is void, empty, formless, and without light. Yet, ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2
Denomination: Methodist
Saul is chosen to be King but noone knows. God works in secret and he works through the indwelling of his Holy Spirit to change Saul so he can be King.
If you were God, how would you respond to a people who refused your leadership and instead asked for a king to be given to them? You might expect that God would give them a hard time. Samuel certainly did! Or he might have given them someone they’d regret having as king just to teach them a lesson. ...read more
Denomination: Anglican
We are all subject to the temptation to turn back when things get tough, go seriously wrong, etc. What does it mean to turn back? What can we do to prevent it?
DON’T TURN BACK SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 10:38 – 39 (Or start reading at verse 21.) 10:38 “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 10:38-39
Denomination: Pentecostal
This world can be tough on Christians. Some cave in and live in powerless mediocrity, but Jesus didn’t die to build a church of wimps. Paul’s instruction to Timothy is timely for today’s trials!
Heavenly Help for Hard Times (Victorious Living in a Vicious World) (flip a coin) Heads or tails? This happens at the beginning of many sporting events today. Flipping a coin to determine who would begin a game goes all the way back to the Greek Olympic games where they believed the gods ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-17, Colossians 3:1-17
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
“But because Jesus lives for ever, He has a permanent priesthood. Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them ” Heb. 7:24-25.
Theme: Christ priest of the new covenant Text: Deut. 6:2-6; Heb. 7:23-28; Mark 12:28-34 Covenants established by blood sacrifices, from the beginning of the Scriptures in the Garden of Eden to its end in heaven, are a constant testimony of God’s grace. Just as fallen man was clothed with the skin ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-14, Mark 12:28-34
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
The slavery to sin is broken, but now what? I want to thank Gareth Reese for his great commentary on Romans that was very helpful in this series!
INTRODUCTION • Today our country is in the throws of a war to help free the nation of Iraq from the oppression of their FORMER dictator err “President” Saddam Hussein. I do not know if you have some of the torture that he subjected his people to, but it is horrible to think a person could have ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:12-23
What is the blood of Jesus Christ, and does it have the power to change lives? I give 4 areas in this sermon that the blood accomplishes in our lives when applied by faith in Jesus.
Title: One Drop Of Blood (Part 2) Text: Hebrews 9:11-15 Read Text!!! Pray!!! Introduction: - (Review From Last Week) - We talked about what the Blood of Christ and how it changes our lives. - We looked at 3 points last week that the Blood accomplishes in our lives which are: a. His Blood ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-15
In our society, dads have almost become irrelevant. But in God’s mind, fathers are almost indispensable. Find out why.
OPEN: A writer named Donald Ogden Stewart, had a son away at prep school. When his son reached the age of 14, Stewart wrote him the following letter: "Dear son, now that you have reached the magic age of fourteen, the time has come to tell you about the flowers and the bees. There is a male and a ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 4:1-27
#8 in series. We see God and the world the way it really is when we put on our Holiness Glasses.
Sermon #8 of Sermon the Mount Series preached April 21, 2002 Parkview Church of the Nazarene Mobile, AL J. Richard Lord, Jr. Holiness Glasses Matthew 5:8 Intro Since I was about twelve years old, I have had to wear corrective lenses of some kind. If, for some reason, I could not wear glasses or ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:8
Denomination: Holiness
"You must be born again," is a life or death statement. But What does it mean? We explore this in John 3.
Water or the Spirit, Which Birth? Text: John 3:1-17 When Johnny Foust and I were 16 years old, I spent the night at his house and we got out our Bibles and the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and looked up every verse that had the words saved, forgiven, redeemed, justified, sanctified, born ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-14
A familiar story with a powerful message.
The Three Little Pigs "Once upon a time there were three little pigs whose mother said to them, "It is time for you to go out into the big world to build your homes and to seek your fortunes." This morning I want to share a familiar story with a powerful message. How many of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, 1 Corinthians 3:10
Denomination: Assembly Of God
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