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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
We exalt "going to church" as the main thing, when the main thing is taking the message from the church home with you into your everyday life.
Take It With You 9/6/09 Psalm 15:1-5 James 1:19-27 Have you ever gone to Walmart with their circular baggage area, left the store and left one of your bags there in the store. What do you do when you recognize it’s missing? Or have you been to a store and left something on the counter ...read more
Scripture: James 1:19-27
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Going back I. Begins in tears II. And ends in tragedy.
GOING BACK NUMBERS 14:1-4 Throughout our lifetimes we hear of and see many times with our own eyes and ears our brothers and sisters stepping off their paths of righteousness and going back to the cares and concerns of the world. Preacher after preacher quitting the ministry and going back into ...read more
Scripture: Numbers 14:1-4
Denomination: Baptist
This sermon encourages believers to passionately pursue their Christian purpose, persevere through challenges, and positively progress into the new year with faith and hope.
Good morning, dear church family! It's always a joy to gather together in the house of the Lord, isn't it? There's something profoundly beautiful about a community of believers coming together, united by a shared faith, a shared hope, and a shared love. As we stand on the threshold of a new year, ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14
Topics: New Year
A message on the basics of the Christian life.
BACK TO BASICS 2 Corinthians 5:17-19 INTRO: After a losing football season, the coach of a well-known college team said his plans for the next year were to get back to basics. He was referring to blocking, tackling, timing, and execution, which are the ingredients necessary for a winning season. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-19
The Christian life contains basics which may be seen as equivalent to blocking, tackling, and execution in football.
True treasure is found only in Christ.
Not Holding Back Matthew 13:44-46 Rev. Brian Bill 7/26/09 [Demonstrate use of metal detector] Because people have always been fascinated with the idea of finding hidden treasure, NBC has produced a reality-based TV show called “Treasure Hunters.” While I’ve not seen the show, here’s the promo: ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46
What we as Christians need to do is get Back to the Word and live by the example that it gives us.
Back To The Word Hebrews 2:1-4 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. {let...: Gr. run out as leaking vessels} 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 2:1-4
Denomination: Assembly Of God
The way to get right with God is to return to Him.
Jesus reinstates Peter 3-3=0/3+3=eternity! Summary sentence: The way to get right with God is to return to Him. Introduction: ILL: What’s a Backslider? "Dad, what’s a backslider?" the boy asked. "Well, Son, that’s a man who leaves our church and goes to another." "But Dad, ...read more
Scripture: John 21:15-17
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Salvation.
THE SALVATION OF MAN. Intro: 1. In the 1951 science fiction movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still, space traveler Klaatu, lands his spaceship in Washington, DC. He is hunted down, shot, and imprisoned. But moments before he is finally taken, he warns Helen Benson, about his avenging robot – ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:1
What Jesus intended for the Church to Be and Not Be.
Alright, okay, so we obviously have a lot of things to talk about over the next several weeks, and we are going to do that, but before we jump into that let me say this. Good morning, welcome or welcome back to this place that we call DCC. We want to give a special shout out and welcome to all of ...read more
Scripture: John 13:31-38
A study of the book of Acts 13: 1 – 52
Acts 13: 1 – 52 Push Back 13 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ...read more
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
When we lose sight of these basics and let them slide families begin to unravel and eventually the very fabric of our social structure starts to come apart.
For years at the University of Alabama they had a coach by the name of Paul “Bear” Bryant. He is regarded as one of the all-time great coaches in college football. While he was still coaching, young football coaches from all over would come to watch this legendary man conduct his practices. He ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16-17, Revelation 2:4-5
Denomination: Pentecostal
Three consequnces of living between Christ’s first and second coming.
Several years ago my mom and late stepfather were hiking back from some hot springs in the desert when they decided to take a shortcut back to their car. That shortcut ended up getting them hopelessly lost in the desert. With the blazing heat beating down on them and with no food or water, slowly ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:18-27
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?
Introduction It’s been a while since I’ve been on a fishing trip. I used to use fishing as a means of getting away and having some time of quiet. I also used to go fishing with my grand-pap on the Delaware Bay. We’d pull in stripers, croakers, and my favorite fish, fresh flounder. Out on the boat, ...read more
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
Denomination: Brethren
A message that I preached on the day we brought our new altars into our new sanctuary but one that is applicable in any situation
Back To The Altar Genesis 12:7 (KJV) And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. I was raised on “black river road,” it has a letter but we never called it by its letter just ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 12:7