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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
This message focuses on the character in the Prodigal Son that is rarely spoken of, The Citizen of the Far Country.
The Citizen of the Far Country Luke 15:14-16 KJV And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. [15] And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. [16] And he would fain have filled ...read more
Scripture: Luke 15:14-16
Denomination: Pentecostal
Esther, Pt. 2
BE THE WORLD TO ONE PERSON (ESTHER 2) Once a frog fell into a deep pothole and couldn’t get out no matter how hard he tried to jump out. Even his friends couldn’t get him to muster enough strength to jump out of the pothole. After a number of futile attempts, they gave him up to his expected fate. ...read more
Scripture: Esther 2:1-20
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Can God keep me from losing my faith?
Before Woodrow Wilson became president of the United States, he was president of Princeton University. One day he had to endure a one hour-long interrogation by an anxious mother who wanted to be sure that Princeton was the best place to send her son. He patiently tried to answer every one of her ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-7
Denomination: Baptist
Every man, including Jesus has to face the universal experience of temptation.
Art Linkletter tells of how when he was 10 years old he was offered a job of tempting people to buy ice cream cones. The ice cream stand owner noticed the dramatic way in which he licked an ice cream cone, and so he offered him ten cents an afternoon if he would wonder through the nearby park ...read more
Scripture: Mark 1:9-12
Christ unites us into a new family, breaking down barriers and calling us to live as peacemakers who embody his grace and belonging.
Friends, if your heart feels a little frayed at the edges today, you’re in good company. The week has been loud. Headlines tug at our attention, to-do lists steal our sleep, and relationships can feel like tightropes over troubled waters. Still, underneath the noise, our souls whisper a simple ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:15
Topics: Living Above, Abundant Life
God’s presence with us overcomes the enemy’s attempts to steal our peace, offering abundant life, hope, and strength through Jesus in every circumstance.
Some weeks feel like someone sneaked into the pantry of our souls and walked off with the peace we thought we had stored for days like these. Distractions multiply. Weariness whispers. Worry shouts. And our hearts wonder: Where did my joy go? Why does hope seem thin? Why do I feel like I’m fighting ...read more
Scripture: John 10:10, 1 Peter 5:8
Topics: Friendship, Jesus
When Jacob finds himself alone with his pillow a stone he has an encounter with the Lord. We talk about being "between a rock and a hard place" and how we can triumph even when things are tough.
Charles W. Holt email: cholt@gt.rr.com JACOB’S NIGHT IN THE "HARDROCK MOTEL" Genesis 28 Just this week I have had two separate individuals on two separate occasions tell me, when speaking of their trying circumstances and having to make tough decisions, "I feel so alone, I feel I have no one to ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-16, Genesis 28:10-22
Denomination: Assembly Of God
As we look at this sad story of the first sin, we see a very real picture of how Satan often works.
Top Ten Ways to Know You Need To Study Genesis: 10. Your pastor announces a new sermon series from Genesis… and you check the Table of Contents to see if it’s in your Bible. 9. You think Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had a few hits during the sixties. 8. You open to Genesis and a WWII War Bond falls ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 3:1-13
Denomination: Holiness
As a father would protect his children, Psalm 121 suggests three ways God protects us from danger.
When I was a boy, my family’s home was broken into three times. Valuables were stolen, memories gone. We realized how unsafe and unprotected we truly were. After the third time, my father decided that this would never happen again. He began to turn our little house into a fortress. For ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8
Leadership and followship demand truth, grace, and sacrifice to be effective. A story-sermon, reworked from one originally done in 1999.
The desire to be “somebody” is deep within all of us. We want to be distinguished, we need to be acknowledged, we must be somebodies, not nobodies. That desire to be “somebody” can lead us to glorious accomplishment, or it can lead to the depths of degradation. It’s all in what motivates us. Do ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 13:7-16
The Letter to the church at Pergamum Part 2.
AM Sermon preached at Central Christian Church October 15, 2006 …Nothing But The Truth Rev. 2:12-17 The letter to the church at Pergamum part 2 25 years of ministry has taught me a few things and one of them is that there’s no such thing as a perfect temperature for the auditorium. I can ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Caleb was a man who refused to give up on his "mountain."
The Cry of the Mountain Joshua 14:6-14 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. [7] Forty years old was I when ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 14:6-14
What exactly are we free of and free to do?
Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty I’m free at last. Free at last, Free at last. Free, what a marvellous, wonderful, magnificent word. Free what tremendous connotations this conjures up in our mind. Freedom a concept, an idea a theory. And yet it is more then that because it’s a ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:13-18
Denomination: Wesleyan
Leaders must lead with truth instead of deception, with grace instead of power, and with unswerving commitment to the the least and the lost.
Several things prompt this message. First and foremost, I bring this message because I know that it is crucial to teach and re-teach our church’s vision. Everyone needs to understand what we are trying to do as a church. Just saying it once or twice does not get the story told. I want to ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 13:7-19
My prayer for all of us is that we make room for Jesus in our lives. Not just a little room – we give Him our entire life. Every piece of it. Not part of it; every part of it.
VIDEO: CHARLIE BROWN AND THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS (LINUS QUOTING “FOR UNTO US A SAVIOR IS BORN) Wow. How times have changed. You would never hear THAT in a modern day cartoon. Isn’t is comforting though…I mean, doesn’t it give you such peace of mind to know that ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:1-8
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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