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Neither faith nor fulfillment is for married couples only. |
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How to find true contentment in the midst of suffering |
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Faith responds to life's storms by refusing to panic, going on without answers, accepting negative circumstances, and focusing on God. |
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Our personal relationship with God will deepen when we are willing to be honest about our questions. |
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We need to repudiate wife-beating, and help both the husbands and wives. |
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When faced with difficult circumstances, we choose to blame God or to trust him. |
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Sometimes the only response to personal tragedy is the heroic choice of faith. |
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Easter - Knowing that Jesus has come for us and called us by name should send us running with joy. |
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God's promise of abundant provision is premised on our giving. |
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The myths that make us miserable are destroyed by confrontation with the truth. |
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Easter Sermon - Jesus Christ's resurrection can transform the way I live and the way I die. |
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Although the world is broken, God is still in control, and history is moving toward a climax. |
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Christmas - To wait well, our hearts must be filled with hope that is focused on Jesus. |
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Jesus saves us from the sin that makes us hide from God. |
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Thanksgiving - The better we know God, the more thankful we will be. |
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The godly pursuit of happiness. |
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Since homosexuality is outside of God's will, we must deal with those desires just like any other sinful temptation. |
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Every spending decision is a stewardship decision. |
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The Da Vinci Code presents heresy as historical fact. |
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Christmas - God sent his son Jesus Christ as Savior even for unclean people like shepherds |
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Self-reliance distances us from God, but there is always a way back. |
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God’s purpose will be accomplished despite anything that might happen to us. |
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Ethics is not so much about heroic choice as the little habits of character that give our lives unity and direction. |
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True greatness comes through commitment, perseverance, and service—not self-elevation. |
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God is not looking for perfection, but love. |
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Mother's Day - There is no substitute for the goodness a godly mother brings. |
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Heredity, environment, and personal choice combine to make a person. |
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God’s promise to make Abraham a blessing is the promise for us at any age. |
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We will experience a full life when we choose to serve others as a response to Jesus' call. |
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FREE SERMON We can get rid of our resentment by loving, serving, and praying for our enemies. |
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Humility does not cause us to think less of ourselves; it allows us to think of ourselves less. |
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Jesus wanted to talk to the people of his day about God’s rule in their life, so he decided to do so by telling them stories. |
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True success is found in denying ourselves and working hard to serve others. |
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Jesus' easy yoke and light burden free us from worthless pursuits and provide us with something significant to accomplish. |
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The ultimate standard of a useful life is not what we think and expect of ourselves as much as what we are willing to do for those around us. |
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There was, and still is, no room for Jesus because of preoccupation, insensitivity, and inhospitality. |
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We have a Great High Priest to intercede on our behalf before God. |
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Our Shepherd knows our every need and protects us in all ways. |
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The Lord's Prayer is a pattern that teaches Christians several important principles of prayer. |
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Because Christ has risen, the Spirit of Truth has come to empower us to take a leap of faith. |
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We must emulate the virtues in the life of our Lord Jesus. |
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Jesus' life was marked by meditation, proclamation, and compassion; ours must be also. |
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Jesus became a sociable outcast by opening himself up to outsiders, and he calls us to do the same. |
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Thanksgiving - All good gifts come from God. |
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By matching the condition of the early church, we can receive the same power that God poured out on Pentecost. |
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We accomplish far more when our mind has inner tranquility by being focused on God. |
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The most important thing we need to do in life is keep our eyes focused on Jesus. |
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The moral ideal for Christians does not lie in obeying a legal code, but in yielding our lives in love to God and to other people. |
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While work may be an invitation to join in God's continuing creativity, our present structures of work are not divinely ordained. |
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Christmas - Jesus saves us from the terrible condition we are really in. |
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We should not think for ourselves, but be guided by Torah. |
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We should be open to God's surprising, powerful work in our lives and ministries. |
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Familiarity with truth makes it harder to hear. |
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God uses inefficient methods to bring as many people as possible into his family. |
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God’s temporal judgment is more common than we are willing to believe. |
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We must release resentment or it will destroy us, and this is possible by following Christ's example. |
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Taking Jesus as our defense attorney is the only way to prepare for the judgment after death. |
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There is a purpose to God’s silence. |
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ChristmasThe Virgin Birth is absolutely critical to our salvation, because what we need is a Savior. |
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No matter how bad things seem we can hope in God. |
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The mystery of God bringing together Jews and Gentiles to form his body is significant to Paul, Jewish and Gentile Christians, angels, and to us today. |
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As the body of Christ, we are intimately related to Jesus Christ and one another. |
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Ultimately the child with no respect for the authority of his parents may have no respect for the greatest authority: God. |
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Both women and men have a spiritual role to play in marriage: women, to submit; men, to love. |
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Christian employees and employers in the workplace today need to be Spirit-filled. |
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God equips his church in order to do his work through a unified body. |
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As believers, we are redeemed, we are forgiven, we have understanding, we have the mystery of God, and we are heirs with Christ. |
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The greatest acts of worship are acts of simple obedience to God each day of the week. |
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Everyone needs a faithful trustworthy, and encouraging friend. |
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In worship, we see things as they really are, not as they appear to be. |
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Worship is not a passive experience; it demands our whole self. |
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Most Christians have been so imprinted by the world that they don’t know who they really are in Christ. |
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Jesus gives spiritual gifts to individuals and gifted persons to the church to be used for the common good and the glory of God. |
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Our expectations for the Christmas season will only be met if we place them in Jesus. |
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We can make the Holy Spirit happy by living as God intends us to live. |
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Lessons on worshiping God in spirit and in truth. |
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We don't know how rich we are until we know and tap into the power provided to us by Christ. |
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As God's new creation, we are citizens of his kingdom, members of his family, and stones in his holy temple. |
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Evangelism isn’t a one-shot presentation; it’s moving people one step closer to God. |
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The priority of our prayers should include spiritual strength, love, and fullness. |
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All believers should prepare for spiritual warfare by putting on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and the shoes of peace. |
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All believers are caught up in a great war between God and Satan and have been given full armor, the spiritual equipment to defeat the enemy. |
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The Holy Spirit is present in our lives, and gives us and imprint, a pledge, and a preview of God's promises to us. |
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Once they have their armor, Christians engage in spiritual warfare through prayer. |
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We celebrate in worship because of what God has done, what he is doing, and what he will do. |
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We are saved by grace through faith in order to do God's will. |
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Jesus broke down the wall separating us and God, and us from each other. |
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When we consider the way we were, it helps us see in a whole new light the way we are, by the grace of God. |
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When we have been with Jesus, there is a boldness to our witness. |
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Walking worthy of our calling requires us to develop God pleasing characteristics, to rest in unity with fellow believers, and to immerse ourselves in the lordship, faith, and baptism of Christ. |
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Living in the light simply means realizing that Jesus has set us free from the darkness. |
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We are to be noticeably different from those who dwell in darkness. |
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God God gives us the ability to walk in love, not in lust and sexual immorality. |
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The way to live a circumspect life is to be filled with the Holy Spirit. |
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All Christians are involved in a supernatural struggle against the forces of evil and are called to stand with God's power. |
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Genuine praise is something God takes seriously. |
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Worship aids us in spiritual warfare. |
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Worship is a tool that helps us to overcome life's trials. |
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Thanksgiving - Being thankful enables us to overcome our problems instead of being overcome by them. |
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Christmas - Christ's physical birth points to our need for a spiritual birth. |
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A God before whom we need not have fear is not God. |
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Face your problems by relying on God. |
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When believers are caught in sin, we must love them enough to confront them. |
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Our issues with authority are really issues with God. |
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Even though the cultural revolution has abandoned the fundamental foundations of faith, restoration is possible - if Christians will light the way. |
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