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  • "The Gospel Is God's Favorite "Joke,” To Tell Humankind.”

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Jul 6, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,565 views

    July 14, 2002 -- EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST --Proper 10 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Color: Green Matthew 13: 1-23 Title: “The Gospel is God’s favorite “joke,” to tell humankind.”

    July 14, 2002 -- EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST --Proper 10 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Color: Green Matthew 13: 1-23 Title: “The Gospel is God’s favorite “joke,” to tell humankind.” The Parable of the Sower 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2Such great crowds gathered ...read more

  • A Story Worth Telling! Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,472 views

    The story of Jesus Christ is still worth telling because it’s not lifeless but full of new life!

    A Story worth Telling! Thesis: The story of Jesus Christ is still worth telling because it’s not lifeless but full of new life! Opening Illustration: Opening skit by kids with David Phelps song being played - "End of the Beginning". Song¡¦s message: Verse 1 I was taking a trip on a plane the ...read more

  • Schism With The Scribes And Factions With The Family

    Contributed by Michael Bird on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 102 ratings
     | 20,495 views

    This sermon describes the opposition Jesus faced from both his own family and from the Scribes. It attempts to highlight how Christians today can face similar accounts of rejection by both the world and from family.

    Schisms with the Scribes and Factions in the Family Introduction I would like set before you a couple of stories in order to illuminate the background to this passage. Scene 1: A Carpenter Shop in Nazareth The road for Sepphoris to Nazareth consisted mostly of rolling hillsides. It was a ...read more

  • Lord Teach Us To Pray Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 6, 2002
    based on 224 ratings
     | 191,592 views

    The Lord’s Prayer was not given to be just be recited as a ritual. It is actually given to us as the Lord’s blueprint for prayer that is acceptable to God.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 28 “Lord Teach Us to Pray” Luke 11:1-4 Almost all of our prayers begin by rushing into a series of request in which we pour out to God our problems, our needs, our irritations. This only tends ...read more

  • When Families Fail Series

    Contributed by David Limiero on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,786 views

    Why do families fail? Compares the stories of Absalom and the Prodigal Son.

    The Perils of Parenting: When Families Fail Eph. 6:1-4; Luke 15:11-32; 2 Samuel Introduction What happens when families fail? For the last two weeks we’ve been talking about parenting in times of peril. Two weeks ago we looked at a young mother named Hannah who was able to raise her son ...read more

  • What To Do When In A Dungeon

    Contributed by Dr. Stan Coffey on Oct 29, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,397 views

    Jesus is with you through all your trials and tribulation

    WHAT TO DO WHEN IN A DUNGEON Act 23:11 Dr. Stan Coffey Sometime ago I was in the Holy Land along with some of our members. We had the privilege to go places I had not been on previous trips. They had discovered since the last time I had been there the house of the High Priest, Caiphas and it ...read more

  • Swollen Heads Vs. Smelly Feet

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Nov 4, 2001
    based on 149 ratings
     | 5,926 views

    Maybe our problem is that our egos have been inflated by the position that we hold that we have become not servants but members of a serve-me-please pharisaical class of clergy.

    After a minister had preached a searching sermon on pride, a woman who had heard the sermon waited upon him and told him that she was in much distress of mind, and that she would like to confess to a great sin. The minister asked her what the sin was. She answered, “The sin of pride, for I sat ...read more

  • The Choice Between Church Growth And Church Health Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,827 views

    How do you handle sin in the church?

    December 2, 2001 1I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you, something so evil that even the pagans don¡¦t do it. I am told that you have a man in your church who is living in sin with his father¡¦s wife. 2And you are so proud of yourselves! Why aren¡¦t you ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit And The Bible

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Dec 9, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 5,511 views

    The Gospel of John, with its long intricate discourses, written by a very old man many years later, is an illustration of the Inspiration and Illumination of Scripture.

    A man whose hobby was collecting old books was talking to a friend, who mentioned he’d just thrown out an old, tattered Bible while cleaning out the attic. “Who printed it, do you know?” the book lover asked. “Oh, someone named Guten- something,” he replied. “Gutenberg?!” the collector gasped. ...read more

  • The Narrow Way Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 10,196 views

    My journey to heaven begins with a choice at the fork in the road.

    September 9, 2001 The Doorway to Heaven – Part 1 INTRODUCTION The story is told of a young man named Charles Murray who was a student at the University of Cincinnati. Murray was a high diver and training for the summer Olympics of 1968. A fellow student had been talking to him for quite some ...read more

  • Judge Not Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 6,947 views

    Because God alone does the judging, I am freed up to encourage others in their spiritual journey.

    August 2, 2001 If You Only Knew the Father – Part 2 INTRODUCTION ILLUS – At the start of the 20th Century, the world’s most distinguished astronomer was a man named Sir Percival Lowell. He had a particular fascination with the planet Mars – largely because he was sure through his telescope, ...read more

  • Spiritual Eyesight Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 19,052 views

    Jesus wants us to say, "I will let nothing cloud my vision."

    July 15, 2001 The Treasure Chest – Part 3 INTRODUCTION An elderly man was desperately ill. Knowing the time for his departure was near, he called for his closest friends to come see him one last time. Attending him were his doctor, his pastor and his business manager. The old man said, “I ...read more

  • Discern Between The Righteous & The Wicked

    Contributed by John Waldrip on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,765 views

    Scripture demands that discernment (not infallibly, however)be made between those truly converted and those unconverted.

    "DISCERN BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED" Malachi 3.18 EXPOSITION: 1. Turn to the last book of the Old Testament, the book of Malachi. I would like for us to begin reading at Malachi 3.13. Please stand, and we will read together Malachi 3.13-18: "Your words have been stout against me, ...read more

  • What Does It Mean To Pray?

    Contributed by Stephen Schwartz on Dec 13, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,843 views

    Can prayer move the hand of God?

    What does it mean to Pray Intro Can we as individuals put God into action? Can we move the hand of God into Divine interaction? If so, How much faith does it take to move the hand of God? What is required from us to move the hand of God or to put God into action on our behalf? Have you ever ...read more

  • Shouldn't We Stay Away From Them?

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 124 ratings
     | 4,838 views

    Trying to avoid contact with those who don't share our faith in Christ is a mistake that Christians have often made throughout the centuries

    (Jim and Sue are sitting in the living room after dinner. Jim is reading the paper; Sue is knitting -- or something.) JIM: (Starts to put down the paper.) Well, Sue, I'd better go to bed. I want to get to the office early tomorrow morning. SUE: Oh, Jim, I'm so glad you like your new job. Isn't it ...read more