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He's Alive, He's Alive!

Contributed by Timothy Brown on Apr 4, 2010

Easter Sermon

Text: Matthew 28:1-7 Title: He’s Alive!- He’s Alive! Introduction: The very heart of Christianity is the resurrection of Jesus Christ! In 1 Corinthians 15 St. Paul reasoned, "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. . . .We are then found ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Promote The Good; Proscribe The Evil Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 23, 2013

The call of Christ not to judge, not to condemn, is directed at our relationships with other humans, not evil actions themselves.

Monday of 2nd Week in Lent 2013 Gaudium et Spes Today’s Scriptures are most appropriate as follow-ups to the Gospel of Transfiguration we heard on Sunday. Jesus is seen on Mount Tabor conversing with Moses, the great lawgiver, and Elijah, the greatest prophet. Jesus has always been seen by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38

Denomination: Catholic

Lost And Found Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 21, 2013

God searches for us until he "finds" us, and welcomes us into his arms when we return to him.

Luke 15:1-32 "Lost and Found" INTRODUCTION There are times in our lives when we may doubt God's love for us. These times could range from receiving a traffic ticket to suffering from the flu, from losing your job to being told you have a serious illness, and everything in between. We may ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Lutheran

Gentleness

Contributed by Bala Samson on Oct 3, 2013

I must say this, today there is a sadistic and egoistic pleasure in being snobby, overbearing, rude and curt? We have just forgotten to be kind, gentle and pleasant!

Gentleness… Acts 11:2’And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him…’ It is sad that many are skeptical about fasting! Let us not do fasting as a ritual or a religious custom like many do these days without any change in them. Are you ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Gospel And The Court Of Herod Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 17, 2016

Nothing is right until we meet and allow ourselves to be transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thursday of the 24th Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel Most of us have forgotten the scariest moment of our lives. It was about the age of two. Up to then everybody was so attentive to the little one’s needs that each of us, to the extent that we were thinking at all, had a fundamental ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:7-9

Denomination: Catholic

The Gift Of A Wrinkled Baby, Incontinent With Love

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Dec 24, 2016

You are sitting here at midnight, your presents bought and wrapped, but how will the people you give them to react? And what of a gift given to you?

By now either you are really panicking or you have bought your presents. There will be one, maybe two here who will be staying up until the small hours… but by now the rest of you have already wrapped them. [take big present out] And now there is nothing to do but wait. This is the most difficult ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Anglican

Whats So Good About Friday

Contributed by Michael Parks on Mar 25, 2016

Good Friday devotional reading.

It is Good Friday! A name that stirs a bit of confusion within my soul. Really what is so good about this day? A man died for my sins. A man gave his life for the things that I had not even done yet, but here I am 2000 years later observing it, some say celebrating it. How can I celebrate? In ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Always Something To Be Thankful For

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 12, 2016

Experiment with waking up thankful. It'll change your day, and if you do if often enough, it'll change you life.

Devotions for The Feast - April 12, 2016 [This was a short devotion given at an inner-city mission during a mid-week service] Some people are never happy. A woman’s grandson is playing in the water, she is 5standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden, a huge ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joy Comes In The Morning! Or You Can’t Keep A God Man Down!

Contributed by Matthew Blau on Apr 11, 2017

Easter Sunday! proof that God is still working in the midst of our Sorrow and pain!

Joy Comes in the Morning! or You Can’t Keep a God Man Down! The bad guys had won! They used lies, disseat and they even allied themselves with the enemy! The oppressors, the hated Roman empire to murder Jesus in the most cruel, painful and public way possible. The man they called Friend, leader, ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1

Denomination: Methodist

Who Has Your Ear?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 16, 2016

Do you listen? Good, but who is the speaker?

Church sign read, "Knowledge Speaks, Wisdom Listens" but if everyone wants to be wise and listens, who's talking? :-) Truth is that if all of us would seek wisdom by listening we might just hear the voice of all knowledge; God. The one who spoke throughout the Old Testament and then sent His Son ...read more

Scripture: John 10:27

Denomination: Baptist

Demonstration Of Faith Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Aug 29, 2013

We understand how to live by faith today, by seeing examples of how others have lived by faith before us.

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 “Demonstrations of Faith” INTRODUCTION Have you ever had one of those days? You know the type of days that I’m talking about—those days when everything goes wrong, your world falls apart, you throw your hands up in despair, and you simply want to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Living Victorious

Contributed by Mark Williams on Aug 1, 2014

Living victorious over the enemy.

Living Victorious.... With everything that goes on in our everyday life we might ask ourselves how will we ever fulfill Gods purpose. Temptation and trouble is all around us. Before we can fulfill Gods purpose and be victorious over the temptation and troubles, you have to know who you ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sustenance Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 7, 2014

Jesus identifies himself as the bread of life. He is the food that gives us life and sustains us.

John 6:41-59 “Sustenance” INTRODUCTION Valentine’s Day was two days ago. For many of us, we bowed to the Hallmark marketers and attempted to make the day a time for love and romance. We purchased cards, flowers, chocolates, and perhaps even jewelry, and gave them to the one ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-59

Denomination: Lutheran

Who Cares If Little Billy Goes To Hell

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 3, 2019

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HELL DO WE CARE?

Who cares if Billy Goes to Hell (Mark 16:19-31) Intro: Billy was born in 1972 into a family of drug abusers. His mother died of an overdose when little Billy was three years old, His father was wanted in Tennessee for selling drugs. Little Billy was slipped into Tennessee to live with relatives. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

Gifts In Unexpected Boxes

Contributed by Jack Russell on Feb 9, 2019

Forrest Gump's mother said: "life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." Sometimes you don't even get what the box says is in it.

Great Gifts in Unexpected Boxes A Christmas Meditation I like to buy my wife extravagant gifts for Christmas…like socks. You might laugh, but I’m not talking just any socks. I’m talking heavy winter socks, thick socks. You know, the kind where a single sock can block a dryer vent. Besides ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:11-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed