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It's About the People
Introduction
Recently our church softball thoroughly trounced our opponents. The game ended with what's called the mercy rule: when one team is ahead ...
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Fighting Well
Introduction
The movie Cinderella Man is based on the true story of a boxer named James J. Braddock. Braddock was a good boxer who lost his passion and ...
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Remember Who You Are
Introduction
The Woodley family has a number of family picture albums. Each picture album contains an assortment of photos of people that matter to our ...
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The Flames of Heaven
Text: Revelation 21:13
Topic: What would happen if heaven crashed into earth
Introduction
In Revelation 21:13, John gives us a glimpsea ...
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You Can't Fool the Lord
Introduction
One of the ministers at this church the television show 24 because of the things that Jack Bauer never has to do: eat, charge his cell phone, ...
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Don't Go To Church!
Introduction
D. L. Moody was visiting a prominent Chicago citizen when the idea of church membership and involvement came up.
"I believe I can be just as ...
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Peace in the Church
Introduction
When I was a pastor in Arizona, there were two men in the church who were greatly admired. They were both successful businessmen who desired ...
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Battered into Submission
Introduction
Not long ago, someone said to me, "I've never heard a sermon about violence in the home. I've never heard the preacher pray about it. I've ...
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Down the Ladder to the Highest Place
Introduction
Editorial note: Sunukjian uses a six-foot stepladder as a prop throughout this sermon. References to the prop will be noted in the text in ...
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It's Not Thinking Less of Yourself; It's Thinking of Yourself Less
Introduction
A few years ago, one of my students was speaking to our class about his denominational background. He told the class that the average church ...
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Choosing What Is Best
Introduction
There were about 20 of us: the engaged couple, their parents, the bridesmaids and groomsmen who were going to be in the wedding the next day, ...
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The Blazing Fastball That Gives Us Confidence
Introduction
On July 15, 1986, Roger Clemens came to bat in his first Major League Baseball All-Star game. Roger was the sizzling right-handed pitcher ...
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No Ordinary People
Introduction
This is no ordinary thing we do here this morning. We use ordinary thingsa building, benches, juice, and breadbut it's no ordinary ...
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Follow the Leader
Introduction
A church fails for one of two reasons.
The first reason is poor leadershipthe failure of those whom God has called to lead, to lead well, ...
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Mind Renewal
Text: Romans 12:18
Topic: How to reclaim community in the church
Introduction
Something that has become very popular in today's media-crazed society ...
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I Will Build My Church
Introduction
I entered the ministry with my eyes wide open. Two great-grandfathers were preachersone a circuit rider, the other a lay preacher. Both ...
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Dangerous Worship
Introduction
Have you considered that many of the things we do every day are inherently dangerous? Yet we hardly think about it. Every morning, I take ...
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Teach Your Children Well
Introduction
They say God has no grandchildren. What they mean is that it isn't enough to be born into a believing home or a believing church. Every child ...
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Passing the Baton
Introduction
A few months ago, I heard a song on the radio by an artist named John Mayer. The song is entitled "Daughters," and you hear it several ...
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It Takes a Church
Introduction
Several years ago, a Peace Corps worker wrote a children's book based upon her experiences in Africa. It tells the story of a young girl named ...
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Tradition Becomes More Attractive than Truth
Introduction
According to Merriam-Webster, tradition is "the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one ...
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Separation Can Lead to Isolation
Introduction
Imagine a weird world where, before you can be admitted to a hospital, you have to have a clean bill of health. A world where doctors won't ...
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People of the Table
Introduction
On this Mother's Day, it seems very appropriate that we continue to reflect together on what it takes to grow a great family. Whether our ...
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Ancient Mystery Revealed
Introduction
Everyone loves a good mystery, a thriller, a whodunit! Some of the most popular books, movies, and TV shows of all time are mysteries. We ...
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Like a Living Stone
Introduction
"How does it feel," Bob Dylan asks. "How does it feel to be on your own, with no direction home, a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?" ...
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Would Jesus Join This Church?
In the last couple of decades a style of worshipand a style of ministryhas become increasingly popular. You know the term: seeker sensitive. ...
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What WWW Stands For
Does anyone know what WWW stands for? [obvious answer] Not today it doesn't. It means something different, and these three W's are the key in ...
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What Makes a Great Church
Three pastors were having lunch together and learned that all had been facing the same problem: all three churches had bats in the attic. One pastor tried ...
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A Spirit-Filled Church
Introduction:
The text before us is one of the most fascinating passages in the New Testament, because it interweaves the mystery of Christ and his bodyhis ...
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What Makes a Church Great?
Three pastors were having lunch together and learned that all had been facing the same problem: all three churches had bats in the attic. One pastor ...
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The Church Triumphant
In case you didn't get it when I mentioned it earlier in this series, I love the church. Not only this church, but THE church. The universal church. ...
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Christ the Center
"He is before all things and in him all things hold together."
This passage, a hymn to Christ, has drawn to itself a considerable body of studies ...
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Why I Believe in the Church
Introduction
Our society, as you know, is increasingly becoming a society of options. We speak more today of pluralism than we ever have in our history. ...
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Great People Do for Others
In the recent NCAA basketball Final Four playoffs here at Dallas, I was interested in the statement made by one of the coaches prior to the game. He was ...
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The Purpose of Christmas
First John 1:1—4:
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands ...
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