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  • Faithful Turncoats Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 28, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,056 views

    The gift of salvation is the door opened to a relationship with God for people who know they’re separated from God and don’t want to be.

    The country once called Zaire is gone. It’s hard to believe how fast it happened, isn’t it? The suffering has been terrible, but 7 months is an incredibly short time for a civil war to begin, run its course, and end, especially a country the size of Zaire. I mean, the Republic of Congo. It’s as big ...read more

  • The Horoscope Of Jesus (Matthew 2:1-12)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,404 views

    What must Mary have thought when she first opened the door and found a group of Iranian astrologers, there to celebrate the birth of her son?.

    The Xmas season is over! We’ve wished each other a Merry Xmas AND a Happy New Year, and now the festive season is PAST. The holidays (for most of us) are over. The time for singing carols and wishing peace and goodwill to all is finished. The presents have been handed out. The cards have all been ...read more

  • From Lamb To Ham

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 31, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,502 views

    Fueled by Philip Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Jesus’resurrection showed that God opened the door for oddballs and misfits.

    Acts 10:9-16 – From Lamb to Ham I’ve been wanting to preach this message for some time. And right after Easter is a good time to do it. Today I’m talking about one of the changes that Jesus made by His life and death. I’m talking about food. Now, our religion has very little to do with ...read more

  • The Unlikely Recipient Of The Glorious Announcement

    Contributed by James Powell on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,521 views

    The shepherds were the most unlikely ones to announce the Savior’s birth, but they were dependable in their job.

    The unlikely Recipient of the Glorious Announcement Turn in your bibles to Luke 2:8-20 John Hamby The telling of the Christmas story can be such a familiar and common experience that we miss the significance of it. With the annual repetitions the [knowledge] of the story of the shepherds can cause ...read more

  • The Hands Of Jesus

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 18, 2007
    based on 38 ratings
     | 17,429 views

    The hands of Jesus were not the hands of a scribe, a rabbi or a priest. His were the calloused hands of a carpenter!

    THE HANDS OF JESUS Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven." And He laid His hands on them and departed ...read more

  • Worth Dying For Series

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,150 views

    When Jesus decided we were worth dying for, there were many caught in the crossfire.

    “Worth Dying For” John 15:13 Remembrance Day Service Today is a day that needs little help in terms of explanation or description. The sacrifice of Canadian troops, along with allied nations, fighting for the freedom of the world, is not hard to understand. What is difficult to grasp is the price ...read more

  • A Salvation That Saves And A Salvation That Does Not Save

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 23, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,377 views

    At a dinner party, several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy.

    more trustworthy. • “No woman,” said one man, scornfully, “can keep a secret.” • “I don't know about that,” answered a woman guest. “I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty-one.” • “You'll let it out some day,” the man insisted. • “I hardly think so!” responded the lady. “When a ...read more

  • Going Up To The Real Temple

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 15, 2023
     | 654 views

    Lepers were outsiders. They were ostracized from society, and could not enter either Temple or synagogue.

    Wednesday of the 32nd week in Course 2023 Ten lepers came as near to Jesus as they dared. That would have been fifty to eighty meters. Their chronic skin condition, maybe Hansen’s disease as we see such infections these days, has ruined their social and religious lives. They were ostracized from ...read more

  • The Wise And The Foolish At The Bridegrooms Coming - Pt.1 Series

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Aug 12, 2022
     | 3,298 views

    This is the first in a series on the ten virgins. Five were wise, five were foolish. Which are you?

    The Wise and Foolish at the Bridegroom’s Coming (Part One) Text: Matthew 25:1-13 OPEN WITH PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING It seems like Eschatological talk (that is, talk about the end times) is ramping us these days. I’ve begun to hear more and more people talking about the rapture, and the 2nd Coming ...read more

  • Do We Believe The Word Of God, Or Not? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 14, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,520 views

    What were they thinking and how did they feel about the divine interventions they and their wives were experiencing?

    Pre-Christmas Novena: December 19 Our antiphon for Evening Prayer and the Gospel Introduction is "O Flower of Jesse's stem, you have been raised up a sign for all peoples; kings are silent in your presence; nations bow down in worship. O Come, let nothing prevent you from aiding us." ...read more

  • The Song Of Solomon - Chapter 6 – Together In The Garden Of Love Series

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Sep 28, 2024
    based on 4 ratings
     | 709 views

    So overcome were the daughters of Jerusalem by the description of the Beloved that their hearts were drawn to Him also.

    V.6:1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? She 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes ...read more

  • 'doubting' Thomas

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 13, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,446 views

    Thomas, although wanting to see proof, was full of faith in Jesus

    John 20:19-31 This is the Sunday that we hear about and celebrate the apostle commonly known as ‘Doubting Thomas’, considered by some theologians to be one of Jesus’ ‘bad boys’. We find the other ten disciples cowering in a room, afraid to come out. The doors were shut and locked; the drapes were ...read more

  • Contradiction Or Conversion?

    Contributed by Joseph Barraclough on Jul 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,015 views

    A sermon of the majesty of God’s grace. This displays the ability of Christ to draw a man and save him, even when the penitent is at death’s door.

    Texts: Matthew 27:33-44 Mark 15:27-32 Luke 23:32-33, 39-43 “And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the ...read more

  • First Sunday Of Lent- B -- "he Was Among Wild Beasts, And The Angels Ministered To Him.”

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 19, 2021
     | 2,112 views

    It turns out that the devil is knocking at her door and she says, “I never dreamed he’d have blue eyes and blue jeans.”

    “He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.” In the Greek, these were dangerous animals. These wild animals can remind us that dangers surrounded Jesus all through his life. And ours. e.g. At a United States Army post in the desert of Kuwait, Protestant Chaplain (Major) Barbara ...read more

  • Inspecting The Wall Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jan 7, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,565 views

    The principles of wisdom that opened the door for Nehemiah to go to Jerusalem and inspect the walls. When he and we inspect the walls- what do we find?

    Inspecting the wall. Nehemiah 2:1-20 WBC 9.1.05am At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ new year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. ...read more