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Recipe For Romance Series

Contributed by Ed Young on Jul 7, 2022

In this sermon by Ed & Lisa Young, you'll find that there's help and hope for troubled marriages as well as a challenge to make great marriages greater.

7 SENSES OF MARRIAGE : RECIPE FOR ROMANCE JANUARY 30, 2022, 9:30AM ED AND LISA YOUNG ED YOUNG: This is my wife, Lisa, we've been married for almost 40 years. LISA YOUNG: Just in case you didn't know. I'm not just some random girl standing up here with Ed. ED YOUNG: We're talking ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:3-4, 1 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 2:15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Short People Got No Reason

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Nov 2, 2004

It isn’t Zaccheaus size or that he climbed the tree that matters, it is that he was willing to come down and meet Jesus and transform his life.

Zacchaeus’ story reminds me of a song made popular by Randy Newman called short people: Short people got no reason Short people got no reason Short people got no reason To live They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin’ great big lies They got little ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Eunuch Experience

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on May 19, 2003

That we have to listen to where God wants us to go, so we can fully serve Him and be able witnesses for Him.

Isaiah 12 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD , the LORD , is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation." 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD , call on his name; make known ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love, Love, Love Is All You Need

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on May 22, 2003

Why love is so crucial in our Christian walk and use reflections of Memorial Day to describe that.

The Beatles song, Love, love, love is all you need was a popular song. Young people of that time echoed that sentiment in their actions and in how they lived their lives. They thought this was a new concept that their parents just wouldn’t or couldn’t get. But the concept was far older than the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Sorrow, We Go Forward

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Jun 30, 2003

Even when bad things happen we need to look ahead to the cross of Christ.

Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; 2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 130:1-8, 2 Samuel 1:1-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Did You Hear What He Said”

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Mar 19, 2003

That we need to listen to God and not be afraid to turn our lives over to him.

Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and clatter, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38, Psalm 22:21-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

My Heart Is Troubled

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Apr 9, 2003

Our hearts may be troubled, our hearts may be heavy with life happenings or past problems but put it into perspective; there is always someone out there that has it worse than you or I and we all have something in common; Christ walked that road, he took

1. Jeremiah 31 31 "The time is coming," declares the LORD , "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 12:1-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

And He Ate

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on May 2, 2003

How doubt can turn us away from our sharing of the Gospel of Christ. Not just doubting His existence but doubto of ourselves as well.

The philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once told a story about a circus that caught fire. The flames from the circus fire spread to the fields surrounding the circus grounds and began to burn toward the village below. The circus master, convinced that the village would be destroyed and the people ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:36-48, Hosea 6:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Simeon's Eyes And Mary's Heart

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Dec 23, 2002

The blessings of Simeon by the Spirit and the love of Mary.

I am not a traditionalist in some things as you can probably imagine. The traditional way to write a sermon is to find your biblical text, write the sermon and then pick the title. I work a bit backwards; I come up with the title, find the text and then write the sermon. Sometimes that gets me ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 12:2-6, Luke 2:21-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Two Fish Tales

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Jan 25, 2003

Are we disobedient to God or do we follow him without question?

As you can tell, our scripture readings today have a theme. You may have to think a bit, but it does help if you read the sermon title and also were listening during the children’s moments. Both our stories relate to fish: one to a big fish story and one to fishermen at their nets. There has ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20, Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Two Lepers

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Feb 13, 2003

Comparison and contrast of the leper healing in Old Testament to Christ healing the leper. Why we need to believe in miracles.

The lion was proud of his mastery of the animal kingdom. One day he decided to make sure all the other animals knew he was the king of the jungle. 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 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-14, Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Through The Roof

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Feb 24, 2003

How to find hope in the midst of tragedy; a young boy murdered by two 12 year olds and a tragic death of a basketball star in a one week span.

Today’s message is a message of hope. Frederick Buechner, in his book, “The Longing for Home: Recollections and Reflections” writes: If preachers decide to preach about hope, let them preach out of what they themselves hope for. They hope that the words of their sermons may bring some measure of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12, Psalm 41:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Get Up

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on May 3, 2004

That we cannot sit and do nothing..we have to Get Up and become active in our Christianity

One of my favorite children series of books is written by Christian author C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia. Every two years I take these books off the shelf and re-read them and they always seem to have a different lesson for me. The following dialogue appears in C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:36-43

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Grace Factor

Contributed by Jevon Turner,sr. on Apr 22, 2005

Talking about the grace God gives each one of us. "The Grace Factor"

THE GRACE FACTOR Eph Ch2Vv8 2COR Ch12Vv1-10 As we start this sermon of this morning. I want us to understand that in order for us to make it in this world we must have God’s grace. The grace of God is what woke each and everyone of us up this morning. For this very reason we are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Got Real M.i.l.k- -(Jesus)?

Contributed by Jevon Turner,sr. on Apr 23, 2005

Got Real M.I.L.k ? Mighty,Incredible,Loving,King--(Jesus Christ)understanding just how good Jesus is.Earthly milk really doesn’t compare with our spiritual M.I.L.K. O taste and see the goodness of the Lord!

Got Real M.I.L.K.? MIGHTY INCREDIBLE LOVING KING ? Jesus 1 Peter Ch2 Vv2-3 John Ch15 Vv1-8 I want to know this morning, how many of us Got Real M.I.L.K.? I know everyone of us have heard the saying “milk does your body good.” They have even went as far as saying that at least 3 cups of milk a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-3