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  • Guilty Until Proven Guilty Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,218 views

    As followers of Jesus, we must argue our case fairly, even when our opponents do not. They do not set our agenda.

    Guilty Until Proven Guilty (Acts 6:8-15) 1. Many changes come to us a step at a time. I came across of illustration of this regarding trapping wild pigs. You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to ...read more

  • Repentance

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Dec 9, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,811 views

    The need of repentance from sin

    “Repentance” Hosea 14, Amos 7 & 8 Intro: We’ve been reading in the minor prophets this week. Most of what we’ve read this week has been God’s messages of judgment for sin. Has there ever been a time in your life when you deserved judgment, but you were shown mercy? I can remember being 17 - ...read more

  • The Bi-Polar Church

    Contributed by Jimmy Giffin on Mar 14, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,419 views

    In today’s churches we are suffering from bi-polar disorder. This sermon shows the symptoms and the cure.

    THE BI-POLAR CHURCH Text: James 1:8 In the medical profession there is a disorder known as Bi-Polar Disorder. In this disorder the person experiences mood swings from extreme highs (Manic) to extreme lows (Depressive). They cannot tell when one of these swings will take place. While there is no ...read more

  • A More Excellent Way Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 22, 2011
     | 5,346 views

    A look at the more excellent way of love - using the gifts for their intended purpose in their intended context.

    A More Excellent Way 1 Corinthians 13 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI March 8, 2009 Series: The Church in Crisis I remember a sermon – years ago, in fact I think I may have preached it during my time here as an intern – where my opening illustration was the difference between the way my ...read more

  • Society Or Community

    Contributed by Douglas Turner on Dec 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,891 views

    The description of Community (neighborhood) Community, or Neighborhood, as I use the word today, is a segment within society that transcends self-interest and becomes intentionally intertwined collective of individuals that form a need-meeting, life-chang

    It seems like while I was growing up, the words “neighbor” and “neighborhood” were pretty important. Mom and Dad would always talk about the other “kids in our neighborhood.” We’d have over friends, “from the neighborhood.” The church would get excited if a new family moved “into the ...read more

  • Received At Jerusalem And Teaches Nicodemus About Second Birth Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 30, 2017
     | 9,454 views

    Jesus did not need for anyone to tell Him what men were like, because He knew men. Who could know you better than the one who created you? Jesus would not accept this crowd, because their faith was false, but this man Nicodemus was different. Jesus....

    Judea RECEIVED AT JERUSALEM John 2:23-25 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, on the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. (John 2:23) No one ever challenged the miracles. Thousands were healed of disease and demon-possession. The Holy Spirit ...read more

  • Corner Posts Of Our Faith- Part 3- Generous Giving Series

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Jan 19, 2018
     | 8,387 views

    part 3 of our ongoing series on the foundatuons of our faith and spritual growth

    Corner posts Building on a strong foundation Part 3 Today we are going to continue with our on-going sermon series titled corner posts of our faith As most of you know When we build anything We must build on a solid foundation I like to use the illustration of a fence Because it paints a ...read more

  • Guideline #8: Continually Practice Agape Love For One Another Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Nov 3, 2003
    based on 89 ratings
     | 12,931 views

    Jesus Christ shows us what agape love is all about and commands us to practice it in our corporate and private lives.

    SERIES: “GOD-GIVEN GUIDELINES FOR GROWING A GREAT CHURCH” TEXT: 1 JOHN 4:7-12 TITLE: “CONTINUALLY PRACTICE AGAPE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER” (Based on and material taken from Bob Russel’s When God Builds A Church) INTRODUCTION: A. Two teenage young men were out cave exploring when they found ...read more

  • A Comfortable Predicament

    Contributed by Jim Cunningham on Sep 2, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,721 views

    A look at the paralized man at the pool of Bethesda.

    Caught in a hurricane or the aftermath of one… how would you cope if you lost everything? Folks do rally, but one wonders how we’d react. Surely some simply cave in. Ever been in a situation that you thought was absolutely hopeless? Physical, relational, financial. Scuba story – being stuck and ...read more

  • Keeping Your Eyes Open

    Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,793 views

    INSTRUCTING CHRISTIANS IN THEIR WALK WITH GOD.

    PP0807 DATE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN! Genesis 13:1-18 Ge 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will ...read more

  • Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Tim Zukas on Apr 25, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,229 views

    Building God’s Church through Fellowship(Bob Russell - When God Build’s a Church)

    In honor of all those folks who say that they are closer to God on a gulf course than they are in a church, here is the 23rd Psalm for golfers. The Pro is my Shepherd, I shall not Slice. He maketh me to Drive Straight Down Green Fairways; He leadeth me Safely across Still Water-Hazards; He ...read more

  • Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 196 ratings
     | 4,874 views

    1- Covering and repeating 2- Starting and Stopping

    INTRO.- More quips, quotes and notes. - God created the energy. We created the crisis. (God creates good things and we make a mess of them. Do you remember what God said after each thing He created?) - Men and money are much alike – the tighter they get, the louder they talk. - Ignorance is not ...read more

  • A Dog's Life No More!

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,738 views

    God’s kingdom will come, but it can only be received by willing hearts. How can we make God’s kingdom more accessible to those around us?

    A Dog’s Life No More! Matthew 7:6-12 Intro: In the Peanuts comic strip, we find Snoopy thinking to himself: "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Ohh…there’s so little hope for advancement." Well, there is hope for those who have a dog’s life, but the ...read more

  • Pardon Me Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
     | 3,983 views

    Forgiveness is hard, but God shows us how and makes us able.

    Do any of you remember the movie Love Story? From at least 30 years ago, starring Ryan O’Neill and Ali McGraw? It was a real tear-jerker. Spoiled rich young man at Harvard meets gifted beauty from the wrong side of the tracks... she dies, eventually, of some unspecified wasting disease that ...read more

  • The Peril Of Pride

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 16, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,560 views

    Lessons learned from men, angels, and animals about foolish pride.

    Everyone knows that the lion is the king of the jungle. One day the lion being filled with pride decided to make sure all the others knew it. He was so confident that he by-passed the smaller animals and went straight to the bear. "Who is the king of the jungle?" the lion asked. The bear ...read more