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"A Voice Of Comfort"

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Dec 6, 2008

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A sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Series B preached 12/7/2008 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa. Based on a sermon outline by Dr. Carl Fickenscher III, Concordia Pulpit Resources, Vol. 16, No.1.

One of the Advent hymns that we will be singing during communion this morning is “Comfort, Comfort Now My People”, it’s hymn #29 in the Lutheran Book of Worship. The first line of the hymn says “Comfort, Comfort, now my people; “Tell of Peace” so says our God. (LBW 29 v.1) I have to admit, I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

"Space To Repent”

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 21, 2018

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We are only given a brief interval to repent, so we need to know what repentance is, who needs to repent, and when our chance to repent will expire.

“SPACE TO REPENT” Mt. 3:1-10; Rev. 2:21 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. I heard about a man who smoked cigarettes. He began reading articles on cigarettes and became alarmed by the strong relationship between smoking and lung cancer. 2. He finally confided in a friend; “I’ve been reading so many ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:21, Matthew 3:1-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When The Law Was Being Quoting At Jesus, How Did This A Type Of Bullying?

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 29, 2016

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Keeping tradition is a good thing, but not always. Some use it to put others down, or raise themselves up, either way it is bullying. How do we handle this? How did Jesus handle this?

This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 2nd September 2012; St Oswald’s is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. The readings for today are: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15 James ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Episcopal

Pray Without Ceasing

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 1, 2003

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A sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Focused on pray without ceasing, or pray continually.

Pray continually; pray without ceasing Introduction: A. My name is…. B. When I was asked to go to Mount Airy Church of Christ’s Wednesday night program and give devotion, I approached it like I was not going to get the position. In the past I had been to many interviews at churches and so I was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

David Pursued By Saul Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 5, 2019

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First Samuel 23:15-29 shows us how God providentially cares for believers.

Scripture In our study of the life of David, we are now following David as a fugitive on the run from King Saul. Initially, David’s faith in the Lord was superseded by his fear of Saul. But then David came to realize that God was sovereignly watching over him. As a result, David’s trust in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 23:15-29

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A New You For A New Year!

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 31, 2025

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At New Year many people reflect on a desire to change some perceived troubled area of their lives. So, they make some New Year resolutions they are going to make some changes in their life this coming year…

• Lose some weight, • Learn a language, • Focus on learning a new skill or hobby, • Some feel stifled in a career and looking for a new opportunity, • Some recognize their spiritual emptiness and resolve to attempt to “know God” or “become more spiritual” in the coming year. As we ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 5:21, Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Traits Of An Effective Church Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 27, 2024

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Acts 13:1-12 shows us some traits of an effective church.

Introduction When you think of an effective church, what comes to mind? What are the traits of an effective church? I typed the following statement into my Google search bar: “Traits of an effective church.” Some of the responses included the following: “Nine habits of highly effective ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:1-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Water To Wine

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 11, 2007

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If you are going to have a wedding invite Jesus

14-01-07 NR Jesus’ first miracle: Turning water into wine (Jn 2:1-11) Story: Some years ago when Johnny Carson was the host of the well known American chat show: The Tonight Show he interviewed an eight year old boy. The boy was asked to appear because ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

The New Chicken Littles: The Unfounded Fears Of Atheists Today

Contributed by Chuck Colson on Aug 13, 2008

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Didn’t you know? The Southern Baptist Convention is going to take over the U.S. government! So says Kevin Phillips, author of American Theocracy—one of many anti-theist writers jumping on the bestseller-list gravy train.

This article is from BreakPoint WorldView magazine: http://www.breakpoint.org/contentindex.asp?ID=146. -------------------------------------------------- Didn’t you know? The Southern Baptist Convention is going to take over the U.S. government! So says Kevin Phillips, author of American ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:20-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

For Jesus' Love Series

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jun 13, 2017

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Love and loyalty exuded as traits God looked for and expected in leadership from HIS CHILDREN, followers of Christ Jesus.

FOR JESUS’ LOVE By Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (June 13, 2017) “So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Friends

Wrestling Match On Earth

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 16, 2016

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To show that JESUS CHRIST won over all these enemies and that the LORD JESUS CHRIST lives within me.

I. EXORDIUM: Who is the Champion in you? JESUS CHRIST. 2 Corinthians 13:5 (Amplified Bible) Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Daniel 2: When Life Seems Out Of Control Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Sep 3, 2020

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God is in control, even when the world seems chaotic. Daniel handles a situation beyond his control with WISDOM and FAITH.

WHEN LIFE SEEMS OUT OF CONTROL—Daniel 2 Does it sometimes seem like your life is out of control? Coronavirus. The national debt. Politics. Natural disasters. As a parent committed to your kids, you try to protect them and control their environment, but you can’t control all the people and ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 2:1-49

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Voice For God Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 18, 2022

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This sermon focuses on John the Baptist and his unique role as "the one crying out in the wilderness to prepare the way for the Lord", as well as a four possible applications for Christians today.

Good morning. By a show of hands, how many of you have heard of the biblical character John the Baptist? Most of you have heard of him of course. When you think of John the Baptist, what kind of image comes to mind? A little wild. A guy running around the desert dressed funny and eating bugs ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:8-17, John 1:6-8, John 1:19-34, Isaiah 40:1-5

Denomination: Christian Church

Debate In The Temple

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000

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Thw Question of Jesus Authority following the cleansing of the temple

The story is told of a ship’s captain during the war who was sailing along on a dark night and saw a light on a collision course. So he got his signaller to flash a message: "Alter your course 10 degrees south." The reply came back "Alter your course 10 degrees north." The captain then signalled ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:27-33

Denomination: Anglican

An Evening Of Sin

Contributed by James Jack on Apr 29, 2010

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The power and penalty of sin is clear in Scripture adn we need to understand the devastation of the fall to truly glory in the cross.

We begin Genesis 3 with the serpent – Satan, although it’s not until Revelation 12 that “this ancient serpent” is clearly identified as the devil. He’s a talking serpent, which might seem strange and has for many people reinforced their belief that Genesis 1-3 is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-23

Denomination: Anglican

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