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Who Wants To Marry A Prostitute?

Contributed by Steve Wynkoop on Aug 10, 2004

based on 26 ratings

| 8,396 views

Passionately pursue a relationship with God don’t tend to a religious duty.

Who Wants to Marry a Prostitute? A young couple were on their way to get married when they had a tragic accident. The next thing they knew, they were standing arm-in-arm at the pearly gates. They told St. Peter what had happened and then said, "We really want to spend eternity as man and wife. ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 1:2-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Am The Light Of The World Series

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Apr 6, 2005

based on 10 ratings

| 7,493 views

How Christ comes to scatter the darkness of sin and death.

JESUS: I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD I am sure many of you are familiar with this painting. It is by Holman Hunt and is known as ‘The Light of the World.’ It has appeared on many Christian cards etc. It depicts Christ standing in a doorway with a lantern – as if waiting to be invited in. All ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-12

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Breaking Of Day

Contributed by Derek Baker Jr. on Jan 21, 2005

based on 24 ratings

| 12,169 views

God can change all circumstances in our lives if we are willing to put our faith in him.

The Breaking Of Day The bible reads in verse 1 That Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went , and came into a harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. The bible says that Rahab was a harlot. That means that ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Becoming A Contagious Church

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 20, 2005

based on 30 ratings

| 12,011 views

The Jerusalem church grew daily because there was such a contagious spirit among Christians that drawn others to it. The church today can also follow the example of the early church and become a contagious church.

BECOMING A CONTAGIOUS CHURCH (Inspired by Bill Hybels book: Building a Contagious Church) ILLUSTRATION: A PARAMEDIC was asked on a local Dallas TV talk-show program: “What was your most unusual and challenging 911 call?” “Recently,” paramedic began, we got a call from that big white CHURCH on ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Advent 2: Preparation Series

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Dec 8, 2004

based on 21 ratings

| 15,629 views

2nd in series on Advent Wreath - Sermon focuses on ’preperation’. Prophecy of OT fulfilled in Jesus.

Advent 2: Preparation Luke 1:26-38 Today, we celebrate the 2nd week in the Advent season. We continue with our sermon series on the Advent wreath. Last week, we talked about the first candle and its’ representation of Hope. This week, we will look at the 2nd candle which ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Lutheran

Learning To Do The Right Thing

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 25, 2002

based on 96 ratings

| 13,696 views

To learn to do the right thing: 1. You must take responsibility for your actions. 2. You must want to do the right thing. 3. You must know what the right thing is. 4. You must have a plan.

On the morning of August 2, a fired Columbus police officer, Hermando “Cliff” Harton, Jr., 39, shot his wife in their Prairie Township home. He then led the police on a chase on I-71 into Ashland County where he was shot and wounded by State Patrol troopers. His wife had informed him that she ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:1-15

Denomination: Methodist

Let The Walls Come Down

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Nov 14, 2003

based on 34 ratings

| 11,887 views

Letting the Walls of our life come down so we can let God in and we can reach out.

Last week I stood in the food court of the Seattle Center waiting for my sandwich to be prepared. As I walked by one area, a piece of graffitied stone stood beside me, encased on 4 sides with a wooden framework but the edges of the stone showing and left ragged. I thought it was unusual that they ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 18:1-50, Mark 13:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Building Better Relationships Series

Contributed by Larry Sarver on Apr 16, 2002

based on 91 ratings

| 33,739 views

An Expository Sermon from Genesis 21:22-31 concerning handling conflict and bulding better relationships. Genesis Series #44

Genesis Lesson # 44 April 14, 2002 Read Genesis 21:22-31 Introduction: There are many stories about people who get into fights and conflicts about crazy things and the terrible results. In Orlando, a 48-year-old man was shot to death by his wife after a fight over the satellite TV ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:22-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Psalm 107. Part 1 Series

Contributed by George Barton on Jan 19, 2006

based on 5 ratings

| 6,289 views

A comparison of the suffering of godly and ungodly people. A new and distinctive translation of Psalm 107 as a psalm of general truth.

PSALM 107 PART 1 NEW FORMAT REVISED 10-27-2004 Do you have friends and relatives who have little time for Jesus Christ? Do you have friends and relatives, both men and women, who think that they are macho, and who think that Christianity is for sissies, and not for macho men and women such as ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-43

Denomination: Baptist

Water To Wine Series

Contributed by Derek Melanson on Feb 8, 2006

based on 41 ratings

| 30,213 views

The significance of Jesus’ miracle at Cana is in the way it pointed to him, displayed his glory, revealed him as the Messiah and Son of God.

Introduction Last week I began by asking you a question. I’m going to do the same thing this week. I want to start by asking you a question about driving. It’s a really easy question to answer but it does help us in understanding our passage today: When driving, do you keep your eyes on the side ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

A Walk On The Dark Side Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 20, 2009

based on 69 ratings

| 21,694 views

What’s wrong with a visit to a psychic? A "harmless" game of Ouija? A look at my horoscope to see how my day is going to turn out?

OPEN: A woman went to the local psychic in hopes of contacting her dearly departed grandmother. The psychic’s eyelids began to fluttering and she began to moan and eventually, a voice came, saying, "Granddaughter? Are you there?" The granddaughter, wide-eyed responded, "Grandma? Is that you?" ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 28:3-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Confession

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Dec 3, 2010

based on 39 ratings

| 14,674 views

God's first choice is to use goodness to lead us to Him, but if we insist, He will use judgment to bring us back to Him in repentance. Link inc. to formatted text, audio/video, PowerPoint.

Confession Nehemiah 9 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Confession.html Confession leads to Consecration, and ultimately to Celebration. If you were in Jerusalem at this time in our text you would have seen some very unusual sights, and heard some very unusual sounds. Like people in the streets ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 10:1-38

Denomination: Baptist

Intense Prayer 101 Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Apr 19, 2010

based on 5 ratings

| 8,988 views

Exposition of the first three verses of Daniel 9 about his approach to prayer

Text: Daniel 9:1-3, Title: Intense Prayer 101 (Pink Elephants), Date/Place: NRBC, 4/18/10, AM A. Opening illustration: tell about a pastor’s email for prayer, “You know how sometimes you ask someone to pray and they say they will, but never really do? If you are one of the ones on this ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 8, 2007

based on 17 ratings

| 9,704 views

Who is qualified to go to heaven?

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service “Am I Qualified for heaven” Matthew 22:1-14 A woman and her young daughter were attending the wedding of one their relatives. And this was the first time the little girl had ever seen a wedding ceremony. She was in awe by the pomp and beauty of everything. The music, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14

Denomination: Wesleyan

God's Permission Not To Love Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 23, 2007

based on 3 ratings

| 4,344 views

God gives us permission not to love the world because who ever loves the world cannot love God.

God’s Permission Not to Love Text: 1 Jn. 2:15-17 Introduction 1. Illustration: There’s a story about a wealthy Christian who somehow got obsessed with the idea of taking some of his wealth to heaven. Now he knew the Bible clearly teaches that you can’t take it with you. But so obsessed was he ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Methodist

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