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Living And Dying With The Choices That We Make

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Mar 8, 2012

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The men on the three crosses at calvary were all there because of the choices they made.

Living and Dying With the Choices That We Make Luke 23:32-43 Intro: Life is full of choices. Once upon a time there was a court jester who had served the Caliph at Baghdad and his court, keeping them amused whenever they called on him. One day in a moment of thoughtlessness, he offended the Caliph. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-43

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Love And We Are His Children

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on May 1, 2013

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God is love, and we should be living in that love, but many people do not understand that how it works, and it is such a natural process, yet it is cannot be demonstrated by the world.

Two weeks ago my Sermon was on ministry, our ministry to exact, and it was based on Jesus asking Simon Peter if he loved him: and as he did, we examined the overflow of this love, God’s love, onto the lives of others. Today I would like to continue with that sermon and see how faithful and ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35

Denomination: Episcopal

We Seek Our Permanent City Series

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 29, 2014

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To show that GOD has prepared both an eternal body and eternal place for us to be with Him in eternity.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you desire to live in Jerusalem some day? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD has prepared both an eternal body and eternal place for us to be with Him in eternity. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 13:14 (Amplified Bible) 13:14 For here we have no permanent ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Becoming More Than We Used To Be

Contributed by Buddy Cook on Jul 16, 2015

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This sermon encourages the church to stop looking at the past but rather to focus on God's hopeful future.

MORE THAN WE USED TO BE Haggai 2:1-9 July 12, 2015 Pastor Buddy Cook Introduction: Song my mother used to sing when I was growing up: The Old Gray Mare  The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be, Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be,  The old gray mare, she ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Denomination: Nazarene

Remaining Confident When We Fail

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 22, 2022

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We all fail at times. When that happens, how do we pull ourselves out of the dugout and get our heads back into the game of life?

There was an important business executive who boarded the New Orleans to Washington train. He had a very important business meeting and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o'clock in the morning. Since he was a heavy sleeper, he found a porter and told ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-5, Genesis 17:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

"When We Die, Don't We Just Come Back As Something Else?" Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 21, 2004

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What happens after I die?

This question relates to the idea of reincarnation. This notion has become popular today because of the rise of New Age thought in our culture, but its origins go back to eastern mysticism. Reincarnation is the belief that the individual soul survives and is reincarnated into another body upon ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

End Times For Advent, Want Can We Do, How Can We Prepare?

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 29, 2021

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Advent is a time to celebrate both the past and the future, as we remember when Jesus. End times prophesy can be horrific, and the last thing we want to hear at during advent. But there is hope, and people need to hear it.

This sermon was delivered to Holy Trinity in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland on the 28th November 2021; a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. The readings for today are: Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Psalm 25:1-9 Main Reading: Luke 21:25-36 Prayer: My I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36, Jeremiah 33:14-16

Denomination: Episcopal

Jesus Died That We Might Live

Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Feb 8, 2009

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The Good Shepherd Laid Down His Life for the Sheep.

John 10. In March of 2004 a group of people on an expedition in Israel came up to a cave, and discovered the mangled body of a man dressed as a shepherd. His half-eaten body was lying across the mouth of the cave, and as they were examining things they began to hear the bleating of sheep inside the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

We Want Our Eyes To Be Open

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on May 20, 2014

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When your eyes are hurting it seems like your whole body hurts.You don’t know how much you need, use a body part until you’re unable to use it. In the ancient world, blindness was a very common malady.

“We Want Our Eyes to Be Open” Matthew 20.29-34 February 16, 2014 Chester FBC Chester, IL * Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A This week, the American voice of the Olympics, Bob Costas, was absent from the airwaves due to a double eye infection. 1 He said, “"Bear ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:29-34

Denomination: Baptist

Ponder? Do We Ever Ponder?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 21, 2019

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Do we ever consider something important enough to be worthy of consideration? Life affords us a few avenues that should demand more attention than skimming over it. The story of the 13th hand at Iwo Jima is a lesson much like Mary faced. Let us ponder this. Christmas lesson or everyday lesson.

PONDER? DO WE EVER PONDER? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Luke 2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:19, James 1:19, Matthew 6:21, Isaiah 6:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

She Still Speaks But Are We Listening

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on May 20, 2017

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I used our sermon building and the architectural designs in it to speak of the sanctuary as a mother who was speaking to us on Mother's Day.

She Speaks Every Day—Do You Understand Her? May 14, 2017 Proverbs 31:10-31 Revelations 4:6-11 Did your mom ever try to tell you something about life that kept you from making some bad choices? Did your mom ever tell you that life is not easy and that life is not fair. Did your mom ever ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Shakes When We Pray

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Jan 11, 2017

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Prayer still shakes up our lives when we receive God’s power.

Title: Prayer: What Shakes When We Pray? Place: BLCC Date: 1/15/22 Text: Acts 16.16-33 [Screen 1] FAS: Television interviewer and journalist Larry King describes three farmers who gather daily in a field during a horrible drought. The men are down on their knees, looking upward, and praying the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-33

Denomination: Christian Church

Sir, We Would See Jesus

Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 7, 2023

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This message looks at the ways people can see Jesus in us today

PALM SUNDAY 2023 JOHN 12:17–21 NOW THE CROWD THAT WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS FROM THE TOMB AND RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD CONTINUED TO SPREAD THE WORD. 18 MANY PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD THAT HE HAD PERFORMED THIS SIGN, WENT OUT TO MEET HIM. 19 SO THE PHARISEES SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, “SEE, ...read more

Scripture: John 12:17-21

Denomination: Baptist

Lesson 3: Why I Believe In The Virgin Birth

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 17, 2011

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The virgin birth is the foundation of the gospel and Christian life.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. The Apostles Creed. “I believe . . . in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary.” 2. Artificial insemination is a procedure whereby a woman gives birth without sex, but involves the seed (sperm) of a man. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14

Denomination: Baptist

Why Are There So Many Differences Among The Christian Churches?

Contributed by Byron Perrine on Jul 9, 2019

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This discourse explains why there is, at present, no one single understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and, why there are many different Christian traditions, theological interpretations of scripture and differences in church organization among Christians.

(If you have found this sermon helpful, please visit us at www.HeritageRestorationProject.org or www.ChristianWisdom.info) “Light” is one of the most frequently used metaphors in the New Testament. It encompasses God’s Word, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. “Light”, as it is used in the New ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: United Methodist

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