Sermons About Father
"Father's Day" Sermon John 3:3
"Father's Day" Audio Sermon 2007, God is our Father. When a Man is Born Again and becomes a New Creation in Jesus Christ, then Father God enables us to be the Best Fathers we can be. Scriptures used are: John 3:3, Romans 10:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17-18. Bloomsburg Community Church Sermons.
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A Picture of Perfect Love
In a world awash with faulty definitions of love, the definition that God has provided through the cross of Jesus is the standard that must inform our attempts to love others in truth.
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A Generous Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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An Authentic Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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An Invitation to Divine Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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What Kind of Father is God?
There may be no title for God in the Bible that describes His personal, intimate, and loving nature better than "Father". In fact, Jesus describes God to His disciples as "your heavenly father", revealing the intimate context of the relationship Christians are to share with God. In this message, we continue studying Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and learn what kind of father God really is.
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Created for Community (some audio difficulties this week)
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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A Learning Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Expansion Fund III (Philippians 4:14-20)
Phil gives an update on the expansion project at the beginning of its third and final year, setting out the opportunities that lie before us in this last year. We see that our giving serves as an encouragement to others, an investment in the future, and a sacrifice to God. In addition, we can draw encouragement from the fact that God is our loving and caring Father who will provide for all of our needs.
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"Go Talk to Your Father"
To pray in the name of Jesus is to pray, through God's Spirit, to God as "Abba, Father", coming to him in the love and trust that title makes possible.
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Essentials Part 1
The gospel and truth is under continual attack by Satan who sends out false teachers, false shepherds, false apostles and false prophets to wage war against the church, God’s people. There is a battle for truth and much is at stake – God’s glory and the eternal destiny for all. Join us as we are encouraged by Jude (vv. 3-25) today to contend earnestly for the faith. We will also speak to the essentials of the church. These are the things that we will have a close hand on as we have an open hand to the culture around us.
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God-launched Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Masculine Spirituality (Joshua 1:8-9)
God intends for men to invest ourselves in the lives of others, working for his purposes rather than our own. We are to influence others for good, helping them to understand and pursue Christ-likeness. This begins with our families, but extends to God's church and also to the unbelievers that God has placed in our lives. Our serving others requires selfless sacrifice on our part, but God will provide us the grace and strength to be faithful to our calling as we obey.
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Luke 15.11-32: Resurrection (Easter)
Thank God for Easter. It is on this day we remember the resurrection of Jesus. He suffered and died on the cross on Friday and was in the grave for three days. On the third day He raised from the grave. Today we thank for God for the resurrection. We are all in need of resurrection. To be resurrected is to be raised up. It is to be taken from one reality to a new reality. It is to be changed from the earthly to the heavenly. It is to be raised from life to death. We are all in need of this. Do you believe this?
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Skepticism and the Search for Truth
Each of us has a particular paradigm or way of looking at the world, but what do you do when an event occurs outside your paradigm? Perhaps no other event in history has rattled more cages than the resurrection. Those who first discovered the empty tomb responded with skepticism, surprise and a search for Truth.What is your response?
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Luke 15.20-24: The Father's Love (Good Friday)
What if you had been a long way from home for awhile? How would you feel if nobody missed you? If nobody was concerned waiting for you at home? How would you feel if you knocked on the door and nobody answered at home? On this Good Friday we see the Father's love for those who are a long way from home.
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Our Father
This week we looked at the basis for all prayer - the fact that through Jesus we are children of God.
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Faith that Finishes Strong
Spiritual Growth can be hard to measure. Sometimes, it feels like we aren't making any progress at all. Join us as we explore how taking one step of faith after another eventually leads us toward maturity.
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The Seven Last Sayings of Christ on the Cross Part 1
The last seven sayings of Christ on the Cross.
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"Can You See?"
One of the hardest questions we can answer honestly is: "What corner of the darkness do we cherish?" Jesus says we love the darkness, but He offers us hope because He offers us Himself. Jesus tells us that He's the Light of the World, and He calls us to believe and follow Him out of our darkness that we love so much and into the freedom, life, and light of the gospel.
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The Problem with Settling for Less than God's Best
When we leave God out of our days, we try to bear more weight that we can handle. We may begin by making minor compromises, but eventually we are headed for a collapse. Listen as we explore a better plan to design our days with God as a part of our lives.
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Is It In You?
You have an enemy that wages war against the soul, that you might love the "world." Is it in you?
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The Mysterious Comfort of a God Who Fights Against Us
This sermon unpacks one of the strangest stories of the Bible: Jacob's wrestling with God. Join us as we explore the mystery of confronting the Terrible-Beautiful God. God sometimes comes as an adversary, but broken and sinful people who surrender to Him find new life and blessing. As C. S. Lewis once portrayed Him: "He's good, but not safe."
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Leaving Mommy or Daddy’s Castle
Building a marriage is like building a castle. Castles provide protection for the occupants inside. What are the four walls for building a castle that will provide safety for a husband and wife to build intimacy and oneness? What does it mean when we try to make a castle work with only two or three walls? Our second wall we put in place is is thru “leaving mom and dad.”
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What to Do When You Face Mission:Impossible
When life feels like "Mission:Impossible," it's time to call for outside help. With God on our side, we can walk through life's challenges rather than running away from them. In this sermon, we explore Jacob's prayer for God's help as he faced the seemingly impossible reunion with his brother Esau.
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Grace + Truth + Time = Life Change
We all want to change. Oprah wants you to change. Dr. Phil wants you to change. The bookstores offer us 365 Daily Secrets to Change. Your spouse wants you to change. Your kids want you to change. You want to change. We want to change our clothes, our hair, our waistsize, our breath, our love life, our cholesterol, our carpet, our car, and our iPod version. We also want to change our tempers, our greed, our laziness, our giving, our attitudes, our service, our selfishness, our habits, our sanctification, our worship, our faithfulness, our devotion, our love. So, how do you change? The answer: GRACE + TRUTH + TIME = LIFE CHANGE
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Growing through Hardship
Every life has hardship. Some hardships we bring on ourselves. Some are simply a result of life in a fallen world. Some are caused by those around us. How should we respond when hardship comes? We continue our series with this sometimes humorous look the ups and downs in the life of Jacob.
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What's Your Story? (Romans 8:18-23, 28, 31-39)
The themes of brokenness and redemption dominate the gospel story. If we look closely at our own lives, we can spot these same themes, and maybe even Jesus too. In this sermon, Pastor Joel Lindsey tells his story in order to point to the greater story God is telling.
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Risk,Reflect and Invest In the Enduring Part 4
Reflect on your life and remember what God has done.
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A Faith that Overcomes Fear
The challenges of life have a way of bringing to the surface our fears, insecurities, concerns, anxieties, uncertainties. What if we didn’t have to live in slavery to our fears? What if our faith could overcome our fears no matter what comes our way? If that kind of faith exists at all, we will find out about it in the Scripture, so let’s continue to learn from the life of Jacob and see if we can find some help.
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Dealing with Misplaced Trusts
Let's face it, sometimes we would rather do things our way than enter into the process of realigning our desires to match God’s desires. In this sermon, we will look at the lives of four people who prefer to trust their senses, their appetites, their instincts, and their advisors to trusting God. Let's take a peek into their lives so that we may learn about our own.
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Seeing Beyond the Moment
When we face important decisions, we often get fixated on momentary satisfaction or pleasure and miss out on God's best. Looking at the lives of Jacob and Esau, we see that our way often seems best at the time but rarely brings lasting satisfaction. If we are going to thrive in our spiritual journey, we must start by acknowledging that God’s way is better than our way.
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Big Brother: In the Family Business
When Jesus was criticized for spending time with "unsavory characters" He responded with three parables -- demonstrating that God seeks out the lost, the lost are highly valued by Him, and that their return brings celebration. This has crucial implications for both those who are far from God and those who are comfortably within his family. . .
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A Portrait for Parents
The picture of our heavenly Father's provision in Matthew 6:25-33 is beautiful example for those who are looking to be imitators of God in all things, including their parenting.
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The Gift Of Peace
Jesus says he came to bring us peace, but do we have it? How do we know if we really have received the gift of peace?
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The Romans: A Work of God (Romans 1:7-15)
Paul concludes his introduction to Romans with a more personal note. He reminds the Romans that they are loved by God and called by God -- that God's claim on their lives and His grace to them is their fundamental reality. Paul gives thanks to God for the Romans and their faith, reminding them that all they have is from God. Lastly, Paul communicates his longing to see the Romans and share in God's work among them. Paul is aware that God's claim on his life gives him the privilege and responsibility of preaching that gospel to the lost.
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Holy Mystery
Understanding the Trinity... the three persons of God. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
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God the Father, Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth
God has revealed himself through creation, the Word of God, and His Son, Jesus Christ. What does the Bible say about God and who he is?
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The Prodigal God
Dr. Coffield would like to suggest that a more fitting title for the story of the prodigal son would be "The Prodigal God". The word prodigal means lavish, extravagant and "over the top". The person who appears to take over the story with their lavish and extravagant behavior is not the son, but the father. This story, in the midst of that culture would have broken many social norms, but the father's love went beyond that.
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The Gospel and Family
TV families are built on the grotesque idea of our own brokenness, no even pointing to the ideal. It's easy for parents to fall into the trap of the familiar, either by copying from, or by overcompensating for our own parents. We should look instead to the scripture for direction, not only to see the ideal, but to see family in light of the gospel
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The Father Knows
In a culture in which is so easy to lose your soul, to throw it away, what Jesus gives us in the Lord's prayer is not only a way to pray but a way to find our souls, to find life and to live it. Now, before Jesus teaches us this prayer it seems there is at least one thing he wants us to get straight first. Before we pray we have to understand the heartbeat of prayer is the Fatherhood of God.
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The Gospel for Elder Brothers
The lesson of the elder brother in the story of the prodigal son
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The Porch Light's On
"Home…" At it's very best, "home" is a place we all long for…a place that is safe…a place we are unconditionally loved…a place we can let our hair down and know that we will not offend….a state of being…secure…safe…at ease…."home". So many in our day have not experienced this kind of "home" in growing up, nor have they understood the offer of "home" that our heavenly Father extends to us. Instead of seeing a loving Father waiting at the door, they have feared an angry God. But the New Testament paints a much different picture of God – and maybe its an image you need to embrace. The image of the porch light being left on at night…the picture of a daddy worried sick as He waits for His runaway child to come home. The truth is, we are ALL runaways in our own way. Some of us have begun the journey home, others still need to turn around…but ultimately we walk the same path. Maybe it's time you headed for home. The porch light is on…the door is unlocked…the family is waiting! Key Passage: Luke 15:11-31
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Different By Design
Men and women, created in the image of God, are equal in value, importance, significance and dignity. But in a reflection of the glorious unity and diversity of the Trinity, men and women are also created and called by God to serve in different but complementary roles. In the context of the church and family, men are called by God to lead and provide, and women are called by God to help. This calling predates mankind's fall into sin.
To say all this is barely to scratch the surface; applying this requires careful attention to God's commands and a watchfulness that we do not fall into the various temptations that beset us as men and women. But there is great joy to be found in walking out God's calling for us.
Scriptures referenced include Genesis 1-3; 1 Corinthians 11:3,7-11; 1 Corinthians 15:22,28; Romans 5:15; 1 Timothy 2:13,15; Colossians 3:18; Titus 2:4-5; Ephesians 5:22-25; 1 Peter 3:1-6; 1 Timothy 5:9,14; Proverbs 31:28.
See also the link to this sermon's notes.
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Father Abraham
There is a debate going on in the world of theology between two camps: Dispensational Theology and Reformed (or Covenant) Theology. In this message Pastor Lundmark shows how the Israel Church Distinction is incompatible with Galatians 3:7-9. We learn that it is those of faith who are children of Abraham, not the children of the flesh. Also, Pastor Lundmark shows that while the Dispensationalist believes there was not enough revelation for the Old Testament saints to believe in the Gospel, the New Testament clearly shows that the gospel was preached even to Abraham and that the people in Jesus day new the redeemer of Israel was coming! In this message Pastor Lundmark deals with what he calls "the most important debate of our day".