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Good Works
We know that Good Works don't save us, so what part, if any, do they have in a believer's life.
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Prayer
What's prayer all about, why do we pray, and does it do anything?
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Strength
We all know that if we work out we'll build muscle, and if you exercise our brain we'll build it up, but what about our Spirit, can we exercise it, and does it pay, 'cause people can't see it anyways.
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By Your Fruit
We shall be known by our fruits, well sometimes we don't see this happening, and other times, well we do.
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What do we deserve?
We've probably all heard that one person that always talks about what they deserve, but are they actually speaking the truth, and what do we all deserve?
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Hands and Feet
Being hands and feet, what does it mean, and specifically what does it mean to us as believers.
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Easter
What is the real story of Easter, and what do Bunnies, Eggs, and Chocolates have to do with anything anyway?
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April Fools
I was lazy so I just used last years sermon. ;)
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For or Against?
Jesus tells us "He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth." Luke 11:23. But what exactly does this mean, and how does it relate to us.
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What Must I Do, to be saved
How to we obtain salvation? Is there some set of rules we must follow, or works we must do?
These passages say otherwise: John 3:16-17, John 10:9, Acts 2:21, Acts 16:30-31, Romans 5:8-10, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13, I Timothy 2:3-6.
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Joseph Kony
This sermon is NOT about Joseph Kony, but rather about organizations layouts and how to take action and make change. This is the link we mention in the sermon. http://www.invisiblechildren.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Paul tells us what the fruit of the Spirit are, but what exactly are we suppose to do about/with them?
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Be Strong
The Bible tells us to be strong about 30 times, but what does this really mean, that we should all join a gym and get real buff?
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Giving
The Bible says quite a lot about giving, as a matter of fact the word is used in every book of the Bible. God gave us, and we should give in return.
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Valentines
Yes, we know, Valentines isn't really a Christian holiday, it's never mentioned in the Bible, but it does have Christian roots, St. Valentine, and the idea of love is very biblical.
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Judging
Matthew 7:1 tells us, Judge not that ye be not judged, but what about judging ourselves?
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Missionaries
What's a missionary, what do they do, and can I be one?
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Idolatry
What is it, and are we guilty of it?
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Religion Vs. Relationship
People often ask if I'm religious, or what religion I am, I tell them I'm not religious, but have a relationship with the creator God, but what's the difference between a relationship and religion?
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Failure
Feeling down because of resolutions that haven't been kept? We look at some scriptures of encouragement and look a bit at failure.
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New Years Resolution
New Years is not a Christian Holiday, and the Bible doesn't say a whole lot about resolutions, but we can still pull some Biblical truths about resolutions.
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Christmas Myths
There are a lot of myths that surround Christmas, in this sermon we debunk a few.
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Luke 2
A simplistic dramatization of Luke 2.
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Giving
We look at Giving this week and see how it should and how it shouldn't be done.
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Thankfulness
This week we look at thankfulness again.
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Thankfulness
With this week being Thanksgiving it seemed only fitting to have a sermon about being thankful, or more about thankfulness.
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Glory
Everything we do should be done to the glory and honor of God.
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Witnessing
How to witness, what is witnessing, and how many types of witnessing are there anyways?
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The Bible Agrees With Itself
The Bible, God's Word, agrees with itself, it doesn't have mistakes, and the facts always stay true. Is this a big deal, why does it matter, listen to the sermon to find out.
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God Is Faithful
In this sermon we take a brief look at the life of Job and see how God was faithful to him.
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God Never Changes
God never changes, and neither does his word. What He said He meant, and it still holds true today.
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Salvation
Are you struggling with witnessing to people because you don't know a whole lot about salvation, or just wondering about salvation and how to be saved, well then this sermon is for you.
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Hero Recap
This week we briefly cover all the heroes that we've talked about so far, and tie it all together and end the series off.
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Paul/Saul
Paul started out as a guy that only had one thing on his mind, and that was to kill Christians, but then God intervened in his life, and he took a 180 and started preaching.
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Isaiah
Taking a look at the prophet Isaiah, and some of his prophecies, and visions.
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Joseph
Wasn't sure which Joseph to talk about, Jesus' father, or Joseph of the Old Testament, but decided to use the OT Joseph. :)
This sermon runs a little long, about half an hour, enjoy.
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Peter
Join us this week as we take a look at Peter and his life, and why he is a hero.
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Jesus, the man
We talked about Jesus as a boy before, but now we're talking about him once he grew up.
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Bible Heroes: Esther
Esther was just your average Jewish young adult, and yet she saved all her countrymen. How you ask, well listen to the sermon to find out.
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Bible Heroes: Deborah
There's only two chapters in the Bible that mention Deborah, but she's still a hero in her own way.
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Bible Heroes: Ruth
This sermon is about Ruth. :)
Please do yourself a favor and read the entire book of Ruth, it's just four chapters, and it's well worth the time.
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Bible Heroes: A Virtuous Woman
So this sermon is about a person that didn't exist as an individual, but rather was a personification of a virtuous woman.
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Bible Heroes: Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary, is she really a hero?
What's so heroic about having Baby Jesus?
Listen and find out.
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Bible Heroes: Josiah, the boy
Josiah was but a king when he began to reign over all of Israel.
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Bible Heroes: Samuel, the boy
Maybe you don't think of Samuel as a hero, and while it's true he didn't do anything very heroic, he was used by God in a special way.
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Bible Heroes: Jesus, the boy
We don't read a whole lot about Jesus' childhood in the Bible, but you guys wanted a sermon about Jesus, the boy, and so I delivered and preached such a sermon. This sermon runs a little short.
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Bible Heroes: David, the boy
The first sermon in the series, Bible Heroes, and this week we are focusing on David the boy, in a following sermon we will have David the man. Listen and find out about David and his childhood and what he did as a youth.
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God Provides
God provides everything for us, whether it's our next breath or the clothes we wear, or the food we eat. God's provision is pretty amazing, especially when we look at the ultimate provision. What's that you ask, well listen and find out.
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Come Out From Among Them
What does it mean to come out from among them, and how do we do it. Do we need to sever all ties with humanity?!?! Should be be living like hermits in caves wearing simple clothing?!?! Listen and find out.
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Fight the Good Fight
Fighting the Good Fight?
What's it all about anyways?
How do we do it, and what is it?
Listen and find out.
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Never Give Up
Part two of A Heart for the Lost.
We should never give up when witnessing, but we also need to be careful in the method we use to witness.
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A Heart for the Lost
Having a heart for the lost? what does it really mean, and is it all that important?
Listen and find out.
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Do Your Best
People are always telling us that we should be doing our best, but what does the Bible say about it?
Listen and find out.
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Mother's Day
Mother's Day isn't a Christian Holiday, but that doesn't mean that we can't have a sermon about it. We share some verses about Mothers and then share some stories about mothers from the Bible.
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1 Corinthians 13
This chapter is often referred to as the "Love Chapter" and it sure tells a lot about love.
This is just a reading/expounding on the chapter.
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Easter
Easter is a time of the year when many people think about bunnies and chocolate, but that's not what Easter is really about.
Listen for an overview of what happened in the time surrounding Jesus' Death, Burial, and Resurrection.
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Motes and Beams
Motes and Beams, what exactly are they, and what do they have to deal with the Bible?
Listen and find out.
Read a follow up blog post here.
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God is in Control
God IS in control, even when it doesn't seem like it. It seems that in the hard times we questions if God is really in control, and if He is with us, but he is, for He's said, "I'll never leave you nor forsake you."
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April Fools
Who is a fool?
How can we tell a fool?
How can we change a fool?
Is it ever good to be a fool?
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Am I a Superhero?
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

So can we do anything we feel like?
Listen and find out.
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Why Read the Bible?
It's a good question, and one you'll doubtless be asked, as a Christian, we need to have an answer ready, so we know why, and so we can share the reason we read the Bible and why they should as well.
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What's in it for me?
As people we always want to know, What's in it for me. This week Brian looks at what's in Salvation for us.
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God is:
A consuming fire
Deut 4:23-24
Deut 9:3
Heb 12:28-29
Faithful
Deut 7:9
Psalms 89:8
1 Cor 1:9
1 Cor 10:13
Jealous
Exodus 34:14
Deut 6:14-15
Josh 24:19
Nah 1:2
Love
1 John 4:8
1 John 4:10
1 John 4:16
Merciful
Deut 4:30-31
Psalms 116:5
Psalms 1366:1-2
Eph 2:4
Mighty
Deut 7:21
Deut 10:17
Josh 4:24
Job 36:5
Our refuge
Psalms 46:1
Psalms 46:7
Psalms 46:11
True
Jer 10:10
John 3:33
John 17:3
Rom 3:3-4
With us
2 Chr 32:8
Psalms 46:7
Isa 8:10
Mt 1:23
A Witness
Gen 31:50
Rom 1:9
1 Thes 2:5
1 Jn 5:9


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Provision
God is always providing for us, even when we don't think so, or it might not seem like it.
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WDJD 5/Valentines
Jesus loves us, and we should love each other.
Love is more than a gift on Valentines though, it should be a constant expression, shown in all that we say and do.
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WDJD 4
Jesus didn't only spread the good news to certain people and neither should we. Jesus stepped across racial barriers and told everybody about the Salvation He brought.
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WDJD 3/Worry
What Did Jesus Do 3
Part three in the series, moving in a different direction though, expounding more on worry, and then just tying that, in the end, to what Jesus did.
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WDJD 2
What Did Jesus Do 2
Part two in the series, What did Jesus do. How can we try and follow God, if we don't know what he did?
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WDJD
What Did Jesus Do 1
With our WWJD challenge going, it seems only fitting to have a sermon on what did Jesus do so we can more easily determine what he would do now.
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Following God
In order to follow anything we have to know their lead.
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New Years
Started as just an apology for missing the sermon, and a little bit I wanted to mention, and then grew to 13 minutes.
The message's point, get off your butt and get working for God.
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Christmas pt. 2
A look at some of the traditions of Christmas, and how they came about.
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Christmas pt.1
Why do we celebrate Christmas, and what does the Bible tell us about the first Christmas.
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God's Real
In a world of fantasy, and Science fiction it's important to remember we have a Real God.
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Success
What is Success, really, and how can we be successful?

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Giving Thanks
With Thanksgiving coming up shortly, we thought it would be fitting to do a sermon on being thankful.
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Sharing Your Faith
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
You can know everything there is to know about the Bible, but if you aren't sharing that knowledge with the lost and dying world, is it really doing anybody any good?
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Why Did God Give Us the Bible?
God gave us the Bible so we could know who he is.
God gave us the Bible so we could learn about the past.
God gave us the Bible so we can know that he is holy
God gave us the Bible so we could learn how to live
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God's Provision
God is always providing for us, and he knows what is best for us.

Further reading:
The book of Jonah tells us the account of how God provided for Jonah, even when he was running from God.
Matthew 14 retells the account of the five loaves and two fish, and how Jesus feed about five thousand with that food.

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Prayer 2
A continuation of the last Prayer sermon.
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Prayer
Who do we pray to?
Why do we pray?
What should we pray about?
Where should we pray?
When should we be praying?
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Forgiveness
How often should we forgive?
Matthew 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Jesus forgave:
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Who should we forgive?
Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

How should we forgive?
Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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God Can Use You!
You might think that you aren't good enough for God to use, you don't have enough talent, or you have too much sin in your past, but God can use anybody. The plain, the poor, the sinners.
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Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People 2?
A continuation of the last sermon. More questions asked and more answered.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior, you have Him to lean on when times are hard. Actually, you have Him all the time, but He is a strong tower when we're in times of trouble   Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
A timeless question, deserving of a good answer.
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Stewards
We are all stewards of what God has given us, however some of us might not be the best stewards we could be.
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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The Light of the World 2
The second part of the previous sermon. Brian takes a closer look at how to be the light.
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The Light of the World.
As believers we are all examples of Christ. You are the only Bible many people with ever read, and the only Jesus many will ever see. Your life should be a reflection of Jesus, people should see Jesus in you.
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You Can Come as You Are.
God doesn't have any prerequisites to be saved. You don't have to meet a list of rules, or be good enough, His salvation is a free gift for everybody.
This song helped inspire the message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5_iw9Vk2k Come As You Are, by Pocket Full of Rocks.
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A God Shaped Hole.
We all share one need, one thing in common, we all have a God shaped hole, something inside ourselves that we desperately need filled, but sadly many people don't know what to use to fill that hole.

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John 3:16
The very first mini sermon from our president Brian Hanson. The topic, as you may have guessed from the title, is John 3:16
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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