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Illus: My first visit to a charismatic church. When we tackle our distinctives as a church, which are those things in which Christians will disagree while still being Christians, we will find there are some very distinct differences. Lutherans, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Baptists, and Methodists are going…

God's Promises About Giving Today we're going to begin a new series for the summer that I'm very excited about. I want to begin by telling you that the words, promise and promises, are actually used over a thousand times, in different English translations of the Scripture. One scholar did a study. He…

Mark 1:14–15 (ESV) 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Introduction Authority is an unfashionable concept today. The whole idea that one person…

When I did youth ministry, we would take kids to Chuck E Cheese. They had a game called Whack-a-mole. In WAM, moles pop up out of holes and you have to hammer them back down. But as soon as you slam one, another pops up. And on and on it goes. The thing about this game and the reason it’s just evil,…

Sacrificial Children #sermon #fathersday Some Back Story So Israel had some kings… Saul > David > Solomon [Solomon Turns from the Lord] ( 1 Kings 11:1-8 ) King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women 2 from the nations…

RESET: PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER We need regular resets because we just tend to drift off course. So from time to time, even daily, certainly weekly and monthly, we need to reset, get back on course, get back to what's most important in our lives. Because we tend to drift as human beings, but then…

Intro: Prayer before the Royals game. How are we? Doing well? If you have your Bibles, go ahead and grab those. Matthew, chapter 6, is where we're going to camp out. If you don't have a Bible with you, there should be a hardback black one somewhere around you, as always. I want you to see that I'm not…

Intro: Good morning. If you have your Bibles, go ahead and grab those. John, chapter 4. We're going to look at the first 26 verses of this chapter in the gospel of John. You ever notice how great Jesus looks in all the pictures that you see of him? Like, you never see the grimy, beat up by the world…

Intro: Nothing is worse than when your body is not at its fullest health. One little detail can throw off everything. (Broken Toe) When you think about it, our spiritual health should be of great concern to us. It can affect a lot when we are not healthy in our faith. Did you know we exist to bring glory…

Intro: I was a wired and strung-out kid. I did not know how to rest. It ended up being part of both epilepsy and ADHD. I could not sleep. Still a struggle at times. God, knowing the tendency of the human heart is self-reliance and not taking pause. God put into place a design to put the brakes on our…

We are reminded that God graciously gives us faith. We are encouraged to pray for faith and be useful tools of the Spirit.

Illus: My plans fell apart when I took Jonah to the Cardinals game and the Arch. (Because of construction we could not park anywhere within reason.) What about Topeka? We are under construction everywhere it seems like anymore. We're waiting, maybe confused, and trying to figure out where the heck our…

The Prayer of Restoration God answers prayer. Do you believe that? You know, sometimes you pray, and it feels like nothing happens, like, like no one is listening. But there are some prayers based on promises of God from scripture, prayers that when you pray, you can know that God will always answer…

1 We've come a long way from the first-century church. Technology and culture have drastically defined the modern-day American church. People communicate via email, video calls, messenger, Facebook, or Instagram. Some people like to only connect in this way. They don't want personal interaction with…

The Key to Life with God is the HOLY SPIRIT 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet…

The only way for Jesus to completely take away the guilt of our sin was for Jesus to become completely like us in every way; sometimes we forget what it means that Jesus has become our brother.

Introduction: It’s been a busy, busy week with preparing for this service and with work and while trying to get everything ready for college. I kept going back and forth on where I wanted to go. Last year I took a day off from school and went to visit TBI’s campus. I just wasn’t for sure if that was…

The Mighty Sword Could you imagine a soldier carefully putting on each piece of his armor, and walking out to battle without his sword? Talk about suicidal. He would be asking for it. David went to battle Goliath with out Saul's armor, but he did have his weapon. While armor is vital to protect you from…

Intro: I worry so much. I always have. It stems from my old nature. In Colossians 3:17 , we get a sense of God's vision for our lives. Here's what it is: Read: Colossians 3:17 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through…

Joshua 24:15 Good morning Hope Hill! I say this every Sunday but I mean it every time when I say I am truly excited to be with you this morning! Now, before we get to the subject of our preaching this morning I have to catch you up to where we are In the scripture. If you don't know who Joshua is, you…

Opening passage: Joshua 1:1-7 (NKJV) The Cost of Progress Your Presenter: OrLando Yarborough III · Opening passage: Joshua 1:1-7 (NKJV) · Good Morning. Welcome to the Black Church at Yale. We have three leaders who make the everyday decisions for our church--students Lauren Okine, Jailon Henry, and Marvin…

INTO THE VALLEY Psalm 84:1-6 If the twenty-third be the most popular, the one-hundred-and-third the most joyful, the one-hundred-and-nineteenth the most deeply experimental, the fifty-first the most plaintive, this is one of the most sweet of the Psalms of peace. The Treasury of David. This Psalm is…

Intro: What I want to look at today is not so much the aspects of the kingdom that are here and now and in us, but I want us to look at the kingdom that will be here soon. If Jesus said it's soon, then I'm allowed to say it's soon. I want to talk about Christian hope. I want to lift our eyes to what's…

James is Killed, Peter is in Prison About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And…

Intro There is an Our Daily Bread devotion with a story about a professor of psychology who had no children of his own, Whenever the professor saw a neighbor scolding a child for something, he would say, "You should love the child, not punish him." One hot summer day the professor was repairing his concrete…