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Breaking The Chain - Part Ii Series

Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Mar 7, 2009

Lent 2: A continuing sermon series this part focusing on temptation. This sermon is focused on the sources of temptation: the devil; the world and our own sinful nature. Our help comes from only one place - Jesus - our Lord who has already conquered sin

Last week we began a sermon series entitled, “Breaking the Chain.” The message series deals with how to handle temptation in our own lives. Last week we talked about two different topics: First - Why do we need to deal with the subject of temptation? – There are basically two reasons: a. Our ...read more

Scripture: James 1:16-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Two Dogs Inside Of Us

Contributed by Gary Christensen on Mar 15, 2016

What's wrong with me? I want to serve God, but, instead, I sin! I want to Live in the Spirit, but, instead, I'm still living in The Power of my Flesh! Maybe it's because i have Two Dogs living inside of me! The story of the two dogs. (Our Two Natures)

Shortly after I first became a Christian, I was told of this story of The Two Dogs, and it made a lot of sense. It helped me to understand why I was, the way that I was, and it helped me to understand what I needed to do, to be better than I had been. Every believer has a Dual Nature. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"trapped In Freedom"

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Jun 1, 2002

How to recognize and escape the traps that Satan sets for us everyday.

“Trapped in Freedom” A couple of years ago, I told a children’s story about a certain fox that one day, found himself caught in a trap. But today I want to use that same illustration for us adults.. Now the type of trap that caught him is known as a “steel-jaw” trap, and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9, Mark 9:43-47

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Saints In Wrong Places

Contributed by John Hickman on Sep 1, 2013

Like the biblical saints, Noah, Abram, Jonah, David and Peter, who wound up in the wrong places and sinned, we also wind up in the wrong places and we look to Elijah for the answer.

Back in the 80's when the movie Urban Cowboy was released, even the most urban city folk traded in their baseball caps for Stetsons, listened to country music and learned how to line dance. One of the hit songs then was Waylon Jennings “Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places.” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-9

Denomination: Charismatic

Beyond The Veil

Contributed by Tim Diack on Jun 13, 2011

Isaiah is given a vision of God's glory. But what he sees in his vision fills him with terror and despair. Fearing for his life he cries out, "Woe is me! I am ruined!" Yet God is not done with him and Isaiah experiences first hand the mercy of God. H

Beyond the Veil - Isaiah 6 - June 12, 2011 If we were to stand in Jerusalem this morning one of the structures that would certainly draw our attention would be the Islamic mosque known as The Dome of the Rock. It stands in the old city, upon the Temple Mount, and with it’s golden dome ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-13

Denomination: *other

Repentance

Contributed by William D. Brown on Jan 31, 2009

Violation of the law of God in thought, word, and deed shows the sinfulness of the human heart. Sin is a contradiction to the holiness of God, whose image mankind bears. This depraved condition is called “original sin

PSALMS 51:1-12 REPENTANCE 1-31-09 Today I want to talk for a little while on the thought 0f “repentance”, we don’t hear very much about “repentance” these days, some people seem to have the idea that “repentance” is not for this day and time because we’re saved by ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Cause I Showed Everybody How To Find Jesus

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 1, 2015

And on the way home Jana said, with great satisfaction "I had the main part in the play!" "You did?"wondering why she thought that. "Yes," she said, "'cause I showed everybody how to find Jesus!" Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to be remembered.

For those not familiar with an Anglican Service there were three readings assigned for this day: Malachi 3:1-4; Philippians 1:3-11 and Luke 3:1-6 Having overnight guests.... Requires much preparation: ....clean, .....dust ...... vacuum....new sheets on the beds,.....fresh towels in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-6

Denomination: Anglican

What Free Will Destroyed, Free Grace Repaired.

Contributed by David Goering on Aug 12, 2018

Man in his original state was created holy and happy but through his sin plummeted the human race into a depravity that only Christ could pull him out of.

SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes 7:29 "...God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions." PROPOSITION: to show through this text and others that man in his original state was created holy and happy but because he was given a FREE WILL he had the power to chose to rebel against his ...read more

The Crimson Tide

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Oct 3, 2011

Forgiveness of Sin

“The Crimson Tide” Isaiah 1:16-20 Scripture Reading Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” I. The Call from the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Three Trees Of Easter

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 15, 2018

THIS IS A GOOD FRIDAY MESSAGE ON THE NATURE OF SIN, THE PENALTY OF SIN, AND THE VICTORY OVER SIN, ALL SHOWN THROUGH THREE TREES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE.

THE THREE TREES OF EASTER MARK 15:33-39 LET ME BEGIN BY WELCOMING YOU TO OUR GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE. GOOD FRIDAY IS A VERY UNUSUAL DAY. IT’T TITLE IS ALMOST OXYMORONIC. WHAT IS SO GOOD ABOUT REMEMBERING THE BRUTAL DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST? THE FEELING AROUND THIS HOLY DAY IS ALSO UNUSUAL. IT’S ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:33-39

Denomination: Baptist

That Old-Time Religion: Job's Friend Bildad Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 4, 2009

When we are in distress, we do not want doctrine. We want a fresh encounter with God, we want listening friends, and most of all, we want, and have, a Redeemer.

Years ago the church of which I was then a member had an evening ice-cream social and service out on the church grounds one summer Sunday. It was a gently warm night, and as the sun went down and a little chill crept into the air, as the stars began to come out and faces began to disappear into the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sign Of The Times

Contributed by Rodney Burton on Jan 27, 2009

An alarming look at Romans 1 and how society lines up with God’s warnings here.

 In and through creation, the evidence of God is clear.  Man has absolutely no excuse about believing or knowing whether or not there is a god.  The only reason there is ever a question about God and His existence is because the wickedness of man has suppressed the knowledge ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Fall Of Man

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 28, 2014

The Fall of man, and the purpose of the Cross.

THE FALL OF MAN. Genesis 3. It is part of the proof of the common ancestry of man that wherever we go in the world there are stories of a flood from which but a small number of people were saved, and prior to that a struggle between God and man involving a serpent or (in island communities) a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Do We Justify Ourselves Before God Who Is Holy And Without Sin?

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jan 24, 2003

What it means to be justified before God

How do we justify ourselves before God who is holy and without sin? As you may have read in the paper this week about he person who was fat and wanted to get money from McDonalds because they offer food that made him fat. He wanted to justify his reason to be fat. Who or what would you like to ...read more

Scripture: Job 9:1-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Be Wise About Sex Series

Contributed by David Owens on May 20, 2024

In the book of Proverbs, Solomon devotes four long sections to the subject of sexual morality. In these sections, he not only warns about where the traps and temptations of sexual immorality lead, he also gives a godly and life bringing alternative.

A. Once there was a preacher who was explaining to his son about the “facts of life” or better known as “the birds and the bees.” 1. The youngster listened wide-eyed and attentively, and when his dad was finished, he asked with great concern: “Does God know about this?” 2. Rest assured: God knows ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 2:16-19, Proverbs 5:1-23, Proverbs 6:20-35, Proverbs 7:1-27, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ