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George Thompson's Ginger Tom Cat Trevor [a Fathers Day Sermon] Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 30, 2013

A bit of Fatherly advice and what it can mean to Fathers and the Church today!

George Thompson was extremely concerned when his new best mate, Ginger Tom cat Trevor gave birth to a litter of four kittens! It was at that stage that George realised that Trev was a girl and why the friend who had given him Trevor had a wry smile when they had told him the cat was a male. For ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:20-21

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Study Of Matthew 3

Contributed by Matthew Davaughn Cox on Sep 3, 2013

This is a bible study on Matthew 3

The Study of Matthew 3 Objective: To receive a better understanding of Matthew 3. We must first notice that John the Baptist is the key person of this chapter when it first opens up. There were many different types of John’ in the word of God however this John was different than the rest. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-17

Denomination: *other

Align Your Life: Godly Ethics For Daily Use Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 20, 2011

ligning our life with God’s wisdom means integrating godly principles into who we are; we must be alert, catch ourselves, and evaluate choices in light of these principles.

Align Your Life: Godly Ethics for Daily Use (Proverbs 18:5-9) 1. It is getting old, spending time in the basement because of tornado warnings. 2. Then there is the rain the strange change is temperatures. The weather through much of our nation has been difficult to contend with. At last count, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:5-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

7 Warning Signs Of Apostasy

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 27, 2011

There are warning signs to indicate if you are falling away from the Lord.

7 Warning Signs of Apostasy June 26, 2011 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: There are warning signs to indicate if you are falling away from the Lord. Focus Passage: Luke 8:4-15 Supplemental Passage: And He said to him, " ’YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:4-15

Denomination: Baptist

What Good Does It Do? (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on May 6, 2014

What does God hear you say about Him?

Malachi 3:13-15-“Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts? So now we call the ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Wrath Of People Against The Truth Tellers Of God

Contributed by Kelly Durant on Jul 16, 2016

People will hate you for sharing with them the correction they need from God's Word. It is persecution, but God expects us to uphold righteousness.

The Wrath of People Against the Truth Tellers of God by Kelly Durant 2 Tim 3:12 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. The prophets of God in the Bible, pastors of today, or any truth living Christian who will speak what is correct from the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:12

Denomination: Salvation Army

The First Persecution Of The Church Series

Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on May 30, 2016

The church persecuted by the world, but is triumphant

SERIES: Adventures in Acts 004 TITLE: The First Persecution of the Church TEXT: Acts 4:1-12 INTRO: After the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples at the Feast of Pentecost, Peter preached his first sermon and 3,000 people were saved. Following that, he and John healed a man who had been lame from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Jesus

Contributed by Steve Pearman on Jan 8, 2017

For all kinds of reasons, we can lose Jesus. Today we look at how we can lose Him, and ways we can find Him again

Finding Jesus Jer 29:13 We are in a brand new year! 2017 What a great year to know the one who holds tomorrow, and to know that he holds your hand? How are you entering 2017? Joyfully, positively? Or are you bogged down by the cares of life, wondering what is going to happen next? many put their ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:13

The Reaction: Mixed Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 1, 2017

The crowd did not seem to understand what was taking place until someone said, “They must be drunk.” The faction that held this opinion and began to disrespect the apostles was made up of the natives of Judea and Jerusalem, and probably the scribes. . .

July 1, 2013 By: Tom Lowe Series: The Early Church Lesson II.A.1.c: The Reaction: Mixed Acts 2.12, 13 (KJV) 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Priority Of Prayer

Contributed by John Newbaker on Jan 26, 2016

Where do you turn to when difficulty, sickness, hardship comes into your life? Where do you turn to for wisdom, guidance, comfort? The first place we should turn to is pray.

The Priority of Prayer 1 Thess. 5:17 Where do you turn to when difficulty, sickness, hardship comes into your life? Where do you turn to for wisdom, guidance, comfort? The first place we should turn to is pray. read text This is not the only time in scripture that we find this command. In ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Distraction

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 6, 2017

When we have to cope for the long term, we need to implement God’s template for doing so. Distraction is a key element in this process, but needs to be viewed as part of the whole process.

The Power of Distraction (Philippians 4:1-9) 1. The psychology professor was giving an oral test. She asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?" A sports-minded young man answered, "He's ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"What Do Son's Need From Their Fathers"?

Contributed by Eduardo Quintana on Sep 28, 2015

The work of fathering boys is both challenging and rewarding. "Does my son know that I love him?" "Does my son know that what he does is important to me?" "Does my son know how proud I am of him?"

Ephesians 6:4 ESV Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. I started manlytraining.com so we could communicate important aspects of manhood, Including fatherhood. In doing so, I came across quite a few fathers who told me that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is The Abundant Life?

Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on Jan 7, 2014

Explores John 10:1-11 and the meaning and application of the Abundant Life in Jesus. How eternal life begins in the present and continues throughout eternity.

TITLE: Life is for Living TEXT: John 10:1-11 INTRO: When a university student asked Billy Graham, "What is the greatest surprise you have found about life?" He answered, "The brevity of it." Life is, indeed, short and for some people it is filled with regret. Someone did a survey and came up with ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Mothers In Tight Situations Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 9, 2011

No matter what challenges you face, you can face them in a godly way.

Mothers in Tight Situations (topical) 1. Contemplating motherhood can makes some of us sentimental: A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed a little old lady following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and continued on. Finally he ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:8-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Losers Never Win

Contributed by Craig Benner on May 18, 2011

You don't have to be a loser. Unfortunately, many choose this route as a way of life. They never really become overcomers. Make the right choices, as hard and sacrificial as they may be. Remember Lot and Lots' wife.

Central Text---Gen. 13:7-14 Lu 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; Lu 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Lu 17:32 Remember ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:27-32

Denomination: Pentecostal