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Blessed Are The Peace-Makers Part I Series

Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Dec 9, 2008

Utilizing this Beatitude of our Lord, may aim is to draw the congregation closer to what Christmas is all about in the birth of our "Peace-Maker".

Blessed are the Peace-Makers Part I Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: *other

Water And War In The Wilderness Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 26, 2008

The once smitten ROCK at Horeb & the ROD of God in Moses hands held high at Amalek. Hollyweird, CA can’t touch this kind of drama! Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

Water and War in the Wilderness Exodus 17 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/WaterWar.html The leader is responsible for the followers to some degree. True, each one has personal responsibility, but ultimately someone must be held responsible and accountable. Also, he is responsible for their care ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

The First Fruit

Contributed by Samuel Stone on Nov 15, 2007

Paul addressed the case for resurrection at Corinth.

1 Cor. 15:12-20: Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Dealing With Deception

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 3, 2008

Handling the deceptive things in life by leaning on Jesus.

Dealing with Deception 1 John 2:21-24 “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:21-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

King Making - King Breaking Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Aug 12, 2007

Gideon shunned position but kept power, his son Abimelech had position but not power as both were ruled by the flesh and from the flesh reaped corruption. Learn how we can fall prey to that as Christians and how to avoid it.

Judges 8 and 9 give us a good picture of what happens when we decide to let the flesh rule in our lives instead of God’s Spirit. Galatians 5:16-17 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

There's Always A Critic Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jul 10, 2007

A message from an expository series from the book of Galatians.

From comment cards to online customer service surveys our culture encourages us to be critical of everything from food to services. I know, it comes in the package with freedom. It’s a first amendment thing. Recently Time Magazine featured an article entitled “When Everyone’s a Critic.” The ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:7-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Watch

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 26, 2008

Jesus emphasizes, not the time of His coming, but whether when He comes He will find us watching and ready.

Watch! Mark 13:31-37 When our ship was in dry dock, I was assigned a watch in the barracks one night. I don’t remember what the problem was, I usually did not have this problem, but that night I was very sleepy. Since it was my own barracks I was roaming, I slipped into my room and lay down ... ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:31-37

Denomination: Mennonite

Legalism

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010

A series of sermons on "What Would Jesus Hate?" This idea came from Tim Harlow at a convention. I preached Tim Harlow’s stuff on judging sinners and disciple dividing. This is my stuff on legalism.

Evening Service for 8/8/2010 “What Would Jesus Hate? Legalism” HoHum: One Sunday afternoon there was a drunken man who was staggering down a country path. He came upon a baptismal service at a pond. There were many to be baptized that day and the drunk, not knowing what was going on, got in the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Soul Refreshment

Contributed by John Herrmann on Mar 25, 2011

As the woman at the well was offered living water,so we are given soul refreshment in Jesus.

On a recent trip to the Holy Land, we were told Arab separatists in this town of Nablus, an hour north of Jerusalem, are as amped up as they are in the Gaza strip, further southwest. Though I never felt in danger on all my trips to the beautiful Holy Land, I believe the racial tensions there in ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-26

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Be Exalted By God Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 18, 2010

This message looks at the need for humility and how God works through it.

OUR OWN BOOTSTRAPS: How often do we bring our plans to God as an afterthought? - Too often in church life and in our individual lives, we come up with our plans and then we bring them to God. - “Is this alright with You?” - “Please bless this.” - “God, make ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons From A Madman

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009

An examination of the Demoniac of Gadara and his demon possession

"Lessons from a Madman" As a former alcoholic and drug-abuser, my attention was drawn to the account given in the Bible about the Madman, the demon-possessed man of Gadara (Mark 5:1-20). His attitude/actions, before the Lord delivered him from demon-possession and he was born-again, were ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The End Of Faith?

Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 13, 2007

Dear saints of God do not believe the lies that this increasingly secular culture would have you accept! In order to be a person of faith you need not abandon the mind which God gave you. And in order to be a person of reason you need not abandon faith i

The End of Faith? Psalm 14 Introduction One day the zoo-keeper noticed that the orangutan was reading two books - the Bible and Darwin’s Origin of Species. Surprised, he asked the ape, “Why are you reading both those books?” “Well,” said the orangutan, “I just wanted to know if I was my ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 14:1-7

Denomination: Christian Church

Search For Lost Sinners

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Nov 28, 2004

It’s the job of Christians to search for the lost.

Search for Lost Sinners Luke 15:1-10 We all have lost something during some point in our lives. We’ve misplaced keys. We’ve forgot our watches and wallets. We may even have lost a pet dog or cat once. What did we do when we noticed that these things were missing? Did we search for them? ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10, Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Lutheran

The Coming Of The King Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Nov 22, 2006

Jesus exposes real emotions as he comes to Jerusalem for the last time. It tells a lot about his attitude towards the lost, and towards our hearts as well.

Jesus has just given a long story about a man who goes to become a king and what his servants do while he is gone. It has a lot of spiritual application, but it is very interesting considering what happens next. In the parable Jesus talks about a king that goes to receive his kingdom but the people ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-48

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

House Cleaning

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Aug 14, 2005

Giedon - had to clean house befor God could do great things with him for Isreal.

Last week we started learning about Gideon, and how he was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord tries to send Gideon to deal with the problem. Gideon wonders here God is in the current oppression by the mideanites and when sent by the angel, gives ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:17-32

Denomination: Congregational