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  • Permanence Of Faith

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Sep 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,952 views

    Salvation has always been through faith and the coming of the Law did not change it.

    PERMANENCE OF FAITH Galatians 3:15-18 Introduction • You’ve probably heard it said, “It doesn’t matter what you believe; it’s how you live that counts.” • A. J. Gordon encountered this philosophy one time as he talked with a fellow passenger on a train. The man believed he could get to heaven by ...read more

  • Return To Faithfulness

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 14, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,339 views

    Hosea’s Message: • God hates the sins of His people • Judgment is certain; • God’s love is certain

    Two Spanish expeditions had failed to establish a colony on Mexican soil April 21st, 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men, and yet over the next two years his vastly outnumbered forces were able to defeat ...read more

  • Faithful Prayer Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Sep 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,614 views

    Last one on James. this was a summer series for 2009

    James returns to where he began, in chapter 1 James speaks of the hard times we all face and our need for perseverance. This comes as we pray. Verse 5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, they should ask [that is pray] God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to ...read more

  • Works Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Sep 21, 2009
     | 3,416 views

    For James, talk is cheap. If God has truly given us new life, then we should live it out.

    James 1:17-27 “Works of Faith” INTRODUCTION My understanding of what it means to be a baptized follower of Jesus Christ and member of Christ’s body has changed drastically over the (increasingly numerous) years of my life. As a child, life with Christ meant being pushed to Sunday school by my ...read more

  • Faith Works

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 5,367 views

    A faith that doesn’t show itself in word and deed is dead.

    Pentecost 17 B James 2:1-5; 8-10; 14-18 10/05/03 A woman called her doctor one morning, complaining that her husband had a snoring problem that kept her awake all night. She asked him if there was anything he could do to help out. "Well,” he said, “there is an operation I can perform that will ...read more

  • Trusting Faith Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 14, 2003
    based on 59 ratings
     | 3,961 views

    This sermon parallels the last phrase of the Lord’s Model Prayer with "Not my will but yours be done." After we have prayed to the best of our ability we say, "Not my will but yours be done" because "YOURS is the kingdom and the power and the glory forev

    Lessons on Faith from the Lord’s Model Prayer Trusting Faith Matthew 6:13 November 16, 2003 Intro: A. [Mother’s Unanswered Prayer for Self-Improvement, Citation: Kevin A. Miller, Wheaton, Illinois] We all know what it’s like to still have growing to do. Jeanne Olsen, a mother of five from ...read more

  • Living By Faith

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 19, 2003
    based on 212 ratings
     | 11,687 views

    Hebrews chapter eleven tells how to live by faith.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A guide was conducting a group of tourists around the Empire State Building. On the elevator ride to the 102nd floor, a nervous woman asked, “What if these elevator cables should break? Would we go up or down?” “That,” the guide said, “depends entirely on the kind of life you’ve ...read more

  • Radical Faith

    Contributed by George Rennau on Nov 23, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 11,165 views

    If we are going to Follow Jesus our life will look just as RADICAL as His

    TITLE: RADICAL FAITH The turkey shot out of the oven and rocketed into the air, it knocked every plate off the table and partly demolished a chair. It ricocheted into a corner and burst with a deafening boom, then splattered all over the kitchen, completely obscuring the room. It stuck to ...read more

  • Faith - Puppies

    Contributed by Créteur Fabien on Dec 2, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,188 views

    Let us want really Christ in our lives, are us ready with his absence, silence to be to save and test in our decisions?

    La Foi - Les petits chiens Lecture : Matthieu 15/21-28 et part. AIl répondit: Il n’est pas bien de prendre le pain des enfants, et de le jeter aux petits chiens. Oui, Seigneur, dit-elle, mais les petits chiens mangent les miettes qui tombent de la table de leurs maîtres.@ v.26-27. I JESUS PARTIT ...read more

  • Great Faith

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Dec 9, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,911 views

    The power of faith

    “Great Faith” Matthew 8 Intro: The story is told about the first time that actress Helen Hayes decided to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for her family. Before serving it, she announced to her husband and son, “Now, I know that this is the first turkey I’ve ever cooked. If it isn’t any good, I ...read more

  • His Faithfulness

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,874 views

    We look at the fruit of faithfulness and see how this characteristic of God becomes a powerful witness to the fact that God is real and He is in us.

    Introductory Considerations 1. Few years ago held special service to try and reach those outside the church. One of highlights was this song. Words come from a person outside church looking for something. Ev’ry night I say a prayer, In the hopes that there’s a Heaven, But ev’ry day I’m more ...read more

  • Faithful To The End Series

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 90 ratings
     | 12,611 views

    Daniel is given an insight into the turbulent End Times for believers but is assured of God’s ultimate triumph over evil.

    DANIEL 12 FAITHFUL TO THE END Chapter 12 is a continuation of the story of the climax of the ages. Daniel’s visions have not brought easy answers. He was told, “The wicked will continue to be wicked” (10) and distress continues to be the lot of the God’s people. The previous visions looked ...read more

  • Justification By Faith

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 67 ratings
     | 3,616 views

    JUSTIFICTION BY FAITH APART FROM WORKS HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOD'S UNIVERSAL PLAN OF SALVATION--THE OT EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM 1.

    JUSTIFICTION BY FAITH APART FROM WORKS HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOD'S UNIVERSAL PLAN OF SALVATION--THE OT EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM 1. (:1-5) Only Naked Faith Leads to Righteousness Since Any Reliance on Human Achievement Makes Grace Impossible (the Proof Case of Abraham) a. Abraham makes for a good proof case b. ...read more

  • Faith & Works

    Contributed by John Stevenson on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 307 ratings
     | 89,294 views

    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. So go the words of W. E. Henley in his well-known Invictus. There is something intensely individualistic and ego-affirming in the idea that you make your own way. We would all like to think that we can pull ourselves up by our own ...read more

  • Born Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 28, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,749 views

    This sermon looks at Hannan’s faith in believing Eli for Samuel’s birth

    She was heartbroken, all she had ever wanted to be was a mother and it seemed as if that was the one thing she’d never be. She lived in a society where children were considered to be a blessing from God and the greatest honour that could be bestowed upon a woman was motherhood. She had a loving ...read more