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    Amazing Grace!

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Feb 12, 2007
    based on 35 ratings
     | 32,715 views

    Have you ever experienced grace in your life? Perhaps a policeman stoping you for speeding and just giving you a warning when you deserved a ticket. Perhaps a time when you said hurting words to a friend or spouse and they forgave you. Each one of us, at

    Introductory Consideration 1. I don’t know what came over me. I’m not a fighter - I’m not even built like one. But something he said or did just rubbed me the wrong way. Before I knew it I did something that I had never done before or have done since. It was not a very Christian thing to do, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Run The Good Race Series

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 10,832 views

    Part of the Fit for Life PowerPak.

    Introductory Considerations 1. I enjoy watching Olympic games. (describe some favourite events). Easy to share in the joy of the winner as she/he realized she/he had won. All that glory for just a few races that took less time than most television commercials. 2. Then I saw a special feature ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Your Body - Investing For The Future Series

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,575 views

    Part of the Fit for Life PowerPak.

    Introductory Considerations 1. People today are pre-occupied with their bodies. While some of us could take better care of ours, major industries have sprung up to help meet the concerns that people have with their bodies. Many spend hours in fitness centres making sure that their abs are tight ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Resurrection Of The Body

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,050 views

    Christ is risen. The implications and benefits of this affect all who believe.

    Introductory Considerations 1. Illustration from "The Other Side of the Hedge" by E.M.Forster. Click here to read. 2. Easter is that special time in our lives and the church year when we are called to lift our eyes from our earthly lives and struggles and look heavenward. 3. Col ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Ideal Body

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 64 ratings
     | 4,157 views

    We say "I believe in the resurrection of the body". What kind of body will we have and where will it come from?

    Introductory Considerations 1. People today are pre-occupied with their bodies. While some of us could take better care of ours, major industries have sprung up to help meet the concerns that people have with their bodies. Many spend hours in fitness centres making sure that their abs are tight ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    I Am The Light

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,923 views

    1. Christmas is a time of light.

    1. Christmas is a time of light. a. Lights decorating homes and Christmas trees b. Llights which transform Tecumseh Park> c. Advent candles burning bright in churches. d. Floodlights illuminating displays 2. But if the brightness of all the lights of Christmas could somehow be packaged and put ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    An Indescribable Gift

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,492 views

    OUTLINE 1.

    OUTLINE 1. We have so much to be thankful for. We live in freedom, in relative richness. We are not in a time of war. We have work, good health, family. We have been chosen by God to be His people. We have His word that lets us know Him. We know that He is watching over us. We know He is faithful ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    When Giving Becomes Thanksgiving

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,670 views

    One way we give thanks to God is through our offerings, but our giving is not necessarily giving thanks. Paul when and how our giving becomes thanksgiving.

    Introduction 1. Thanksgiving Day is a day when we celebrate God’s goodness. We thank Him for the many blessings He has bestowed upon us. 2. Today we have a thanksgiving day offering. If we give it the right way, we give thanks to God in ever increasing proportions. Teaching 1. Paul has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Gratitude Is An Attitude

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,114 views

    1. Martin Rinkert was a minister in the little town of Eilenburg in Germany some 350 years ago.

    1. Martin Rinkert was a minister in the little town of Eilenburg in Germany some 350 years ago. He was the son of a poor coppersmith, but somehow, he managed to work his way through an education. Finally, in the year 1617, he was offered the post of Archdeacon in his hometown parish. A year later, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Three

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,801 views

    As we continue to look at the Apostles Creed we consider what it means to believe in the "forgiveness of sins." Are your sins forgiven?

    Introductory Considerations 1. Call in education among many today to go back to basics - "the 3 R’s" - reading, writing, and rithmetic. It may be easy to learn all kinds of other things, but if basics not there a student is in trouble. 2. Today I call on us to go back to basics. To look at the 3 ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Zacchaeus

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 168 ratings
     | 25,118 views

    Today we hear Jesus say to Zacchaeus "Today salvation has come to this house". What did Zacchaeus have to do in order to hear this?. What is required for us to be saved?

    Introductory Considerations 1. When I was a child, one of favourite stories was story of Zacchaeus was one of my favourites. Maybe because as a child everyone seemed taller than me as they did for Zacchaeus. Maybe because of the happy ending to story. 2. This story teaches us much about what we ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Day Of Redemption

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,778 views

    This is the First Sunday in Advent and the focus is on Christ's second coming. On that day the Day of Redemption will be complete. What is this day and how has it and will it affect me?

    Introductory Considerations 1. "Stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." These words were spoken by Jesus to His disciples nearly 2,000 years ago and are spoken by Him to us today. 2. This day is has come, is coming and will come - and we should hear these words ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    This Cup Is The New Covenant

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 104 ratings
     | 13,137 views

    Introductory Consideration 1.

    Introductory Consideration 1. Today we complete our look at the covenant - at the relationship that God has established between Himself and us. 2. We have looked at how the promises He made with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and David have all been culminated in the New Covenant which God promised to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    You Will Be With Me

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,801 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. Today we go back together nearly 2,000 years. We go to a place called Calvary or the Skull. Picture the scene as three crosses stand on the hill and on each of them is a man who will soon meet his death. If we were living at this time, there would not be that much unusual ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Father, Forgive Them

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,854 views

    These words of Jesus confront us as we consider what the implications are for us.

    Introductory Considerations 1. This cross on whom my Saviour died remains a mystery to me. I cling to it because it is the center symbol of my faith. I know my Saviour died for me. I know he took upon Himself all of my sin. I have heard countless sermons about the cross and preached many about it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed