Praying With Joy! Series
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 20, 2000
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Is prayer a first response to you? Or is it a last resort? Do you pray in an attitude of gratitude? Or are you always grumbling? When you pray, do you make sure that God receives the glory, & not you? (Powerpoints available - #137)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK(The Powerpoints used with this sermon are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #137)This morning I would like for us to go back nearly 2,000 years to the city of Rome. It is an exciting ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Expressing Kindness Series
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 22, 2000
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Let’s see how Jesus showed kindness, because I think those are the ways we need to learn to show kindness today. (PowerPoints available - #165
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTERRIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK(Revised: 2015)(PowerPoints used with this message are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #165.)A. Two weeks ago I started a series of sermons based on 1 Corinthians 13, & we began to consider what Paul ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The Christmas Spirit
Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 26, 2000
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The Christmas spirit is many things.
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITMatthew 2:1-12INTRO.- What is the Christmas spirit? It all depends on who you are. ILL.- Here’s a story called “TheChristmas Spirit,” which is one of the best I’ve found.“Pardon me, Sir, I’m a stranger in town. I thought you might be able to tell me what’s going ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Confronted By Truth
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 26, 2000
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The woman at the well is confronted by the truth which Jesus presents her.
Charles Swindoll, in his book Growing Deep in the Christian Life, tells the true story of a man who bought fried chicken dinners for himself and his girlfriend to enjoy on a picnic one afternoon. He was in for a surprise because the person behind the counter mistakenly gave him the wrong paper ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Inescapable Love
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 27, 2000
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Lessons from the life of Hosea. God’s love is beyond reason, inescapable and tough.
As I thought about the messed-up life of Hosea this week, I logged onto the Jerry Springer web site to check out the kind of topics he had been wallowing in lately. Some of the program titles read like this one on August 28: “Surprise, I’m Cheating.” The caption describes the show this way: ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Flood Insurance
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 31, 2000
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The story of the flood tells us that God holds the world accountable for its behavior. He is in control, but he is patient, and he rewards the righteous.
On January 1st I told my wife that I hoped I would never hear the phrase Y2K again. I was so tired of hearing it all through 1999, only to have it go by without a glitch. But then we had to wait until the first business day before we really knew if we got by Y2K A.O.K. Still, not the slightest ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Christian Survivors; Living Godly In A Godless World Series
Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jan 5, 2001
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Christian Survivors; Living Godly in a Godless World -- How to have faith when the pressure to give up is intense.
Christian Survivor – Part OneLiving a Godly Life in a Godless World(How to have faith when the pressure to give up is intense)James 1.1-8January 7, 20011James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2My brethren, count it ...read more
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Denomination: United Methodist
The Fruit Of The Lawless
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 6, 2001
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Jesus said we’d know false prophets by their fruit. Do you know what that fruit is?
My sermon to you from these verse may seem at first to be rather dark in focus and content, but the message from our Lord’s own mouth in these verses is a dark one, for those who practice lawlessness. Let’s read them first, and keep them before our eyes and our minds as we study them.“Beware ...read more
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Denomination: Orthodox
If We Really Love Our Children
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 7, 2001
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How would we show our love if we really loved our children the way the Bible teaches us to love them?
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TXILL. There was an article in the Reader’s Digest a few years ago entitled "What Motherhood Really Means," & subtitled, "It Will Change Your Life, But Not the Way You Think."The writer is telling of a conversation ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Take Up Your Cross
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 10, 2001
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What does it mean to "take up" or "bear a cross? What does it mean when someone says, "I want to take up my cross and follow Jesus"? (Powerpoints available free - #256)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK(Powerpoints used with this sermon are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request PP #256.)This morning I want us to look at a passage of Scripture found in Mark 8:34-35. "Then Jesus called the ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Jesus Is All You Need
Contributed by Levi Wright on Jan 21, 2001
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A sermon about putting your unconditional trust in Jesus for all of your needs.
Evangelist Cry MinistryHuger, South CarolinaDr. Levi Howard WrightSUBJECT: "JESUS IS ALL THAT YOU NEED"TEXT: St John 6:66-69"From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with Him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
But What's The Reason For Christmas
Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 26, 2001
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This message goes into the real meaning behind Christmas, the problem of sin.
But What’s The Reason? Isaiah 53:1-6 Luke 1:26-38 Text John 3:16 Journey with me for a moment to the land of Karonia. Things were not going to well in the land because many people were dying of a crippling sickness of which there seemed to be no cure. Finally word came to the ...read more
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Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Like A Gift
Contributed by Don Hutto on Jan 27, 2001
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Christmas message.
Like A GiftEphesians 2:8-10In Ephesians Chapter 2, beginning at verse 8, God’s Word says:"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Spiritual Desertion And What To Expect Series
Contributed by Steve Hanchett on Jan 27, 2001
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Message about the steps leading up to spiritual desertion and how God responds.
“Spiritual Desertion and What to Expect”Hosea 2:2-13Steve Hanchett, pastorBerry Road Baptist ChurchJanuary 28, 2001Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; for she is not my wife and I am not her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight and her adulteries from ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Facing The Waters Of Marah
Contributed by James May on Apr 12, 2001
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God often brings His children into a place of bitterness in order to discipline and teach them.
Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more
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Denomination: Independent/Bible
