After The Parade Passes By
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 2, 2020
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Knowing the truth of the gospel of Jesus is not the same as DOING the truth.
After The Parade Passes ByMatthew 21: 1 - 11Intro: On March 1, 1962 the largest ticker-tape parade ever given in New York City took place. It was for astronaut John Glenn after he became the first American to orbit earth in a spacecraft. After the parade, the sanitation department of New York ...read more
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Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
"We Fail God And That’s Ok Or Is It?”
Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Apr 3, 2020
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At the Last Supper they all said, they would not betray Jesus, but they did. WE fail is it ok or not?
“We Fail God and that’s ok or is it?” Matthew 26:31-35 Maundy Thursday Last supper 1.Why do we fail God?•In Jeremiah, we read: “The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse — who can understand it? (17:9). •And in 1 John 1, we read, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Sunday Schooled
Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 3, 2020
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The resurrection Sunday brought us great lessons into the person of God -=- He is Mysterious, Victorious, and Amorous!
1.“Sunday School” is relatively new. Robert Raikes was a pioneer in the movement in the 18th century in England. SS was initially a school, with paid teachers and students, on Sunday to give some of the children of the slums an education and religious training. The intent was to improve their lot ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Five Statements Of Praise
Contributed by Jerry Smith on Apr 4, 2020
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When Jesus made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the people shouted five different statements of praise to God. We will look at each one and it's meaning.
Everyone loves a parade!The community we lived in – in Vermont had a huge 4th of July parade. It was not too hot there to do a parade like it would be here. I would guess the population of Randolph tripled for that one day.Today is Palm Sunday. When Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem on that Palm ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
"We Fail God And That’s Ok Or Is It?”
Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Apr 6, 2020
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Is it ok to fail our Lord during the Last Supper many claimed they would not but they did.
“We Fail God and that’s ok or is it?” Matthew 26:31-35 Maundy Thursday Last supper 1.Why do we fail God?•In Jeremiah, we read: “The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse — who can understand it? ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Death Defeated Death
Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Apr 6, 2020
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Yes, that's what Jesus did on Easter morn His death defeated death and the Good News is through the grace and mercy of Christ He will bring us up out of that grave>
Death Defeated Death Matthew 28:1-101.Easter confronts us with the reality of death. •death isn’t normal — •Death is not a friend to be embraced •Death is a destructive, insidious force, not to be reconciled to, but to be reckoned with. Paul says in I Corinthians 15:26, death is not a ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Fishing And Fighting: Leave Your Safety Nets
Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Apr 6, 2020
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The first disciples were willing to step out in faith to follow Jesus. The writer says "They left their nets." What nets do we need to leave behind so we can follow Jesus?
Fishing and Fighting: Leave Your Safety Nets“We all have one thing in common,” says Brene Brown, “we’re sick of feeling afraid. We’re tired of the national conversation centering on “What we should fear” and “Who we should blame.” She points out a spiritual problem; fear is everywhere. With ...read more
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Denomination: Episcopal
Never Surrender Your Authenticity
Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Apr 6, 2020
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Jesus says let "yes" be yes and "no" be no. Righteousness must exceed the Pharisees. They surrendered their authenticity to appear more religious. This sermon is an encouragement to live in the opposite manner.
Never Surrender Your Authenticity Counterfeiters make over a billion dollars a year, making fake designer clothes and handbags. That billion is from the United States, not the rest of the world. These are not cheap knock offs from street vendors; they are well-made fakes. There's an ...read more
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Denomination: Episcopal
Ash Wednesday: Confronting Our Sins, Embracing Our Vulnerabilities
Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Apr 6, 2020
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Ash Wednesday sermon about confronting our sins, but how that is a call to vulnerability by the Holy Spirit
Ash Wednesday: At one time Advent was my favorite season of the church year. The happiness, the joy of anticipation, the hope of a manger, the birth of a child… it all added a hopeful newness to my soul. But our culture ruined Christmas with the rabid consumerism and those lame made for TV ...read more
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Denomination: Episcopal
Come In
Contributed by Andrew Hart on Apr 6, 2020
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We need Jesus to enter our hearts, our halls of power, and our hospitals
Come in! This Palm Sunday will certainly be one of the, if not the, most memorable Palm Sundays in my ministry, my life, and perhaps history. While there are no Palms waving about, nobody trying to remember how to make the crosses out of the Palms, and no loud singing, this may be the most ...read more
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Temptation Is Information
Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Apr 6, 2020
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First Sunday in Lent. The sermon is about how our temptations in life can give us information about ourselves, and the world.
Temptation is InformationTemptations are too much for some people to handle. I heard a few years ago a 340lb man sued a hospital for 900k, claiming it ruined his gastric stapling operation.The man underwent weight loss surgery to cure his overeating. The surgeon implanted 70 tiny staples to ...read more
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Denomination: Episcopal
Resolute Within Vacillating Winds
Contributed by Mary Erickson on Apr 6, 2020
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Jesus maintains his unwavering course to the cross through the events of Holy Week
April 5, 2020 Hope Lutheran ChurchPastor Mary EricksonMatthew 21:1-11; Matthew 27:11-54Resolute within Vacillating WindsFriends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord.Lawrence Pertillar wrote the poem “By the Shift of Winds.” It starts ...read more
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Denomination: Lutheran
Easter At Home
Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 7, 2020
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Many people are at home with no means of participating in Easter celebrations. Here is one way to have Easter at home, even alone, if needed.
Sing: Because He Lives <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-zwE33zHA>Reading: Ezekiel 37:3-143 And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the ...read more
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Denomination: Independent/Bible
As Sheep Among Wolves
Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 9, 2020
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More mission insights from the little Commission.
AS SHEEP AMONG WOLVES.Matthew 10:9-23. Jesus was very specific in His first instructions to the twelve Apostles, that they ‘Go not into the way of the Gentiles’, nor enter any city of the Samaritans, but seek out none other than ‘the lost sheep of the house of Israel’ (cf. Matthew 10:5-6). ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
"He Has Risen, Truth For Those Behind Locked Doors”
Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Apr 10, 2020
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Sunday morning 2000 years ago, the disciples of Jesus are hiding in a locked room. They were without hope. They were afraid to go out into the streets. On this Easter we can understand their fear as we sequester behind closed doors shuttered windows. Quotes from B. Graham & C. Colson
He is Risen! He has risen indeed! The world has tried to cancel Easter and shutter church doors. Easter cannot be canceled… 2000 years ago all the forces of hell tried that and it failed. The forces of evil tried to kill the infant Jesus. Their plan failed. The same forces of evil ...read more
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Denomination: Lutheran
