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  • Burying Sara

    Contributed by Steve Lotze on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,000 views

    Sometimes in our lives and in the life of a church there are things that God wants us to leave behind, and until we do we cannot embrace the powerful promise of the future.

    Burying Sara Gen. 23 Though the passing of this year was not as spectacular as Y2K, it is none the less a very important threshold we have crossed. We’ve just crossed over into the new millennium! - (Explain: no year "0") Culture has changed From agricultural (radio) Industrial (TV) ...read more

  • How To Have A Joyful Life

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,998 views

    Most people spend their lives searching for happiness. Joyful living is optimal. Sermon explores four ways how to have a joyful life.

    How to Have A Joyful Life If you ask people what they want out of life, they will tell you that they just want to be happy. I wonder this means. Think about a moment. What makes you happy? Personally, all the things that make me happy are dependent on other people, and other things that are ...read more

  • The Wounds Of Love Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,882 views

    Stations of the Cross, Station 3

    THE WOUNDS OF LOVE (JOHN 19:17) Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). (John 19:17) The parents of a ten-year old public school boy who was failing fifth grade math decided to enroll their son in a private Catholic school after ...read more

  • Seized By Terror And Amazement Series

    Contributed by Donna Muise on Apr 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,494 views

    Seeing what God has done can transform your life just like the women who went to the tomb that first Easter morning.

    SEIZED BY TERROR AND AMAZEMENT Mark 16:1-8 So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone for they were afraid. Anybody with any sense would flee from such a sight as the empty tomb. Occupied graves are foreboding enough, ...read more

  • Finishing School

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on May 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,988 views

    When a person is almost right. He needs finishing school to help with the details. Pricilla and Aquilla help Apollos.

    Finishing School Acts 18:24-28 Last week Paul took off from Corinth leaving Silas and Timothy behind and traveled with Pricilla and Aquila. They arrived in Ephesus and Paul only stays a short time before he completes his journey which goes through Caesarea and Jerusalem. That loop ends the first ...read more

  • A New Commandment Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,783 views

    Our society is not geared towards creating deep, lasting relationships. Jesus’ Solution:“Love one another as I have loved you.” This sermon casts a vision for small groups

    A New Commandment: Experiencing Biblical Community John 13:31-35 Aug 31, 2003 Intro: I think I am in denial. Summer can’t possibly be over, tomorrow can’t be the first day of September, the fall can’t be here already… I know some of you parents with school-age children are singing along with ...read more

  • Breaking Bread And Building Bonds Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,255 views

    The Holy Spirit comes in community, and creates community. This message leads into communion.

    Breaking Bread and Building Bonds: Experiencing Biblical Community Acts 2:1-4, 42-47 September 14, 2003 Intro: We want to spend a little more time around the communion table this morning than normal, partly because it feels like the right thing to do early in the fall as the rhythm of our lives ...read more

  • Final Advice

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,191 views

    St. Paul offers Timothy some final advice before his earthly departure. Christian consistency, the ability to endure hardship, mission, and heavenly reward are discussed.

    Final Advice ILLUSTRATION: A man was on the practice golf course when the club pro brought another man out for a lesson. The pro watched the fellow swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own version of what was wrong and ...read more

  • A Fresh Start

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,883 views

    What makes New Year’s Day so special is that it’s like starting all over. You can thank God for a great year, ask forgiveness for all of your mishaps, and start fresh with 365 days of possibilities ahead of you.

    A Fresh Start Every year we celebrate New Year’s Eve with a countdown and firework commemorating all our accomplishments and joys of yet another year that has passed. Unfortunately, there are other not so happy memories that we want to brush under the carpet and put behind us. They may include the ...read more

  • When Life Begins: A Christian View Of Reproductive Technologies Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 11, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,766 views

    Advances in science and medicine have enabled many couples who cannot have children to conceive. And yet, in every society there must be a continual conversation between what can be done, and what should be done. That conversation is generally carried o

    When Life Begins: A Christian View of Reproductive Technologies Series: In the World But Not Of It April 17, 2005 Intro: (1 Samuel 1:1-17) – Hannah’s story Different Context; Same Pain: Although our context today is very different then it was in Biblical times, the pain of infertility is ...read more

  • Of Streams And Pathways Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007
     | 3,077 views

    A call to unity amidst the great diversity that makes up our churches.

    Of Streams And Pathways Series: How Broad Is The Kingdom Of God Jan 15, 2006 Intro: Last Sunday I introduced you to nine different “Sacred Pathways” – nine different ways that different people worship, experience, and respond to God. We linked them to nine different examples from Scripture: ...read more

  • Turning Towards: Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007
     | 5,877 views

    Turning towards forgiveness is something we need to do in two dimensions – first, we need to turn vertically towards God and accept His forgiveness offered to us, and second we need to turn horizontally towards each other and choose forgiveness in our rel

    Turning Towards: Forgiveness Ps 103:1-18, Luke 23:34 Lent Series; March 12, 2006 Intro: Imagine starting your week out with a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. For each person that wrongs you, you must take a potato and write that person’s name, date and what the wrong was onto the ...read more

  • The Body Made Full Series

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 26, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,112 views

    What does it mean for the Church to be "full" and how can it be obtained?

    THE SUPREME MYSTERY – THE BODY OF CHRIST ACT II: The Mystery of The Body Unveiled 2. THE BODY MADE FULL (Eph. 3:14-21) INTRODUCTION: Am I the only one, or has anyone else had their prayers to God interrupted by a wandering mind? Last week, we saw that even the Apostle Paul can be ...read more

  • Getting Involved In Mission Series

    Contributed by Art Campbell on May 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,926 views

    If we truly have a heart for what’s on God’s heart, then we must get involved in missions.

    There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ...read more

  • 7. The Parable Of The Sower Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on May 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,648 views

    If we want our lives to be fruitful for the Kingdom, we must cultivate the “soil” of our lives and eliminate impurities.

    INTRO: This week Ann and the kids did some planting. We have a little plot in our backyard that we’ve designated for the kids’ garden. Last year we planted a few things – including a short lived goldfish pond, in that area, and on one of the sunny afternoons Ann took them out there and put some ...read more