Preaching a Sermon for the Umpteenth Time: The Temptation to “Phone It In”

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A football player's head is not in the game and he's just going through the motion. The narrator says he is phoning it in. The stage actor has said those lines precisely 568 times before audiences and an untold number in rehearsal and in front of his bathroom mirror. He has to really work at his craft, lest he "phone it in." The … [Read more...]

Free Sermon: How to Play With an MVP Team

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This free sermon package download is from the series Living Like a Champion by Pastor Rick Warren. It includes a transcript, outline, and an audio mp3. … [Read more...]

Free Sermon: How to Make Contact With God

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This free sermon package download is from the series What Every Christian Needs to Grow by Pastor Rick Warren. It includes a transcript, outline, and an audio mp3. Alternative Download Link   … [Read more...]

Free Sermon: Breaking Out of the Debt Trap

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I want to give you six danger signs that you are in over your head.  Six danger signs that you need to take drastic measures in your finances that you're either headed into the debt trap, or you're already entrapped in debt. … [Read more...]

Sermon Idea: Living Like Jesus Never Came

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If Jesus had never come to earth, there would be no hope. There would be no grace. There would be no reason to live. We’d be subject to a law that we could never measure up to. We’d be doomed to performance-based conditional acceptance. We’d be carrying the weight of rules and regulations. But wait. That sounds like the way a … [Read more...]

New Year’s Sermon: Do You Really Want to Change?

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Is it even possible to really change? Millions of people must be asking that question, especially as we face another new year. You may already have a list of areas of your life you’re going to change. Whether they are “resolutions” or not, you’re hoping you can make it this year. ONE GREAT TRUTH: Change is possible. In fact, … [Read more...]

What’s So Special About Christmas?

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When man landed on the moon, that was big news. It was almost as if the whole world stopped to watch Neil Armstrong’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. But it is nothing compared to the news that God landed on the earth. Jesus Christ is God, and his birth is when God came to Earth. The Relevance of Christmas: God … [Read more...]

Quick Study: Be Thankful In Tough Times

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“Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4 NLT) When the Apostle Paul says, “Always be full of joy in the Lord,” he doesn’t say to only be joyful in good times. Even when times are tough, the Bible teaches we can be joyful if we follow this simple strategy: Don’t worry about … [Read more...]

The Beat of a Thankful Heart

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What kind of heart do you have? We often describe a person’s character, strengths, and faults with an adjective attached to the word “heart”. A person is described as being: warm hearted, cold hearted, lion hearted, big hearted, or even “heartless”. In the last couple of centuries, The poets and songwriters have used a … [Read more...]

Sermon Idea: How to Thank God at Thanksgiving

Saddleback Resources offers aThanksgiving Collection of sermons. We give thanks to God ... 1.  BY SINGING TO HIM "Sing out your thanks to Him; sing praises to our God..." Psalm 147:7 (LB) "Shout with joy to the Lord. Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before Him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made … [Read more...]