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    Living In A Diverse Culture Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 19, 2024
     | 127 views

    It’s not necessary to quote chapter and verse to share the Gospel, but it is necessary to tell the whole story.

    LIVING IN A DIVERSE CULTURE 2 Text: Acts 17:22-34 Introduction 1. Illustration: What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving that define a people and underlie its achievements. It is a nation’s collective mind, its sense of right and wrong, the way it perceives reality, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Living In A Diverse Culture Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 19, 2024
     | 136 views

    Be willing every day for God to use you to tell people what’s so good about the Good News.

    LIVING IN A DIVERSE CULTURE – PART 1 Text: Acts 17:16-21 Introduction 1. A conversation I had recently with someone in the church struck me as very profound. He said, “I never knew that inviting people to church was so hard!” 2. The truth is, in the culture we are living in it has become harder ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Searching The Scriptures Daily Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 3, 2024
     | 146 views

    Read the Bible every day and let it change who you are so you can become who God made you to be.

    SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES DAILY Text: Acts 17:10-15 Introduction 1. Illustration: The Bible is something more than a body of revealed truths, a collection of books verbally inspired by God. It is also the living voice of God. The living God speaks through its pages. Therefore, it is not to be valued as ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    This Jesus I Preach Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 3, 2024
     | 149 views

    We are not called to save people. We are called to plant the seeds so that God can cause them to grow.

    This Jesus I Preach Text: Acts 17:1-9 Introduction 1. Next month, July 4th to be exact, I will celebrate my third anniversary as Pastor at Oostanaula Methodist. 2. In those three years, you may have noticed a reoccurring theme in my preaching – I keep telling you to tell people about ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Victory Of Praise Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 30, 2024
     | 382 views

    We often talk about the power of prayer, but we seldom talk about the power of prayer and praise together. St. Augustine said, “He who sings prays twice.”

    Victory of Praise Text: Acts 16:25-34 Introduction 1. “Praise is prophetic power...to change your circumstances and to lift your burdens. Worship is like a victory cry before the victory.” -Gerald Mullins 2. We often talk about the power of prayer, but we seldom talk about the power of prayer and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Just Be Quiet Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 29, 2024
     | 447 views

    The topic that today’s text deals with is demons. It is not a topic we like to talk about, but we need to hear because they are real. We need to know they exist and how to deal with them.

    JUST BE QUIET Text: Acts 16:16-24 Introduction 1. One of the things that I love about preaching through a book of the Bible chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph, and verse by verse is that it forces me to preach about topics that are difficult to talk about. But they are topics that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Shall We Gather At The River? Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 24, 2024
     | 369 views

    But the key here is that Paul went where the people were gathered and told them about Jesus.

    SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER Text: Acts 16:11-15 Introduction 1. Illustration: One afternoon in July of 1864, pastor Dr. Lowry of the Hanson Place Baptist Church, in Brooklyn, N.Y. wrote the hymn “Shall We Gather at the River.” This old hymn became a favorite of film maker John Ford, and is ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Text Message From Heaven Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 11, 2024
     | 632 views

    Do you ever wish God would just send you a text message? You’ve hit the proverbial fork in the road and you’re not sure which road to take. Wouldn’t it be nice if God just sent you a text message and said, “Go right!”

    Text Message from Heaven Text: Acts 16:6-10 Introduction 1. Illustration: Do you ever wish God would just send you a text message? You’ve hit the proverbial fork in the road and you’re not sure which road to take. Wouldn’t it be nice if God just sent you a text message and said, “Go ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Paul's Little Buddy Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 10, 2024
     | 343 views

    Our job as Christians is not making converts, but rather making disciples.

    Paul’s Little Buddy Text: Acts 16:1-5 Introduction 1. Illustration: If you walk out into the parking lot this morning and someone says to you, "How do I get to Atlanta?" You say, "Well, get in your car." Well, that’s good advice. That’s the start of it. But you also need to say, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Here Comes The King Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 22, 2024
     | 497 views

    When Jesus came the first time, he came as a humble Messiah, but when he returns it will be as the King of Kings.

    HERE COMES THE KING Text: John 12:12-19 Introduction 1. Did you know that the colonialists wanted to make George Washington a king? But he refused. Because George and many of the colonists believed that there was only one king, and it was not King George III. a. On April 22, 1774, before the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    All Things Written Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 22, 2024
     | 305 views

    The things that Jesus knew about himself and the thing he said and did can be traced back to what the OT prophets said about him.

    ALL THINGS WRITTEN Text: Luke 18:31-34 Introduction 1. Illustration: Old Testament scholar Christopher Wright states in his book Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, "I find myself aware that in reading the Hebrew Scriptures, I am handling something that gives me a closer link with Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Greatness In Serving Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 22, 2024
     | 364 views

    1. Jesus spent most of his final days leading to his crucifixion taking care of two objectives: 1) to prepare his disciples for his own death and resurrection, and 2) to prepare the disciples for life together without his physical presence.

    GREATNESS IN SERVING Text: Mark 10:35-45 Introduction 1. Jesus spent most of his final days leading to his crucifixion taking care of two objectives: 1) to prepare his disciples for his own death and resurrection, and 2) to prepare the disciples for life together without his physical ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Jesus' Misión Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 19, 2024
     | 505 views

    Jesus came to put you in the right place. Are you ready to be put in the right place?

    JESUS MISSION Text: Luke 19:1-9 Introduction 1. Illustration: Jesus’ mission we're told in Luke 19:10 is to “Seek and save what was lost.” Lost doesn’t mean “damned or doomed,” says William Barclay. In the New Testament it simply means to save people in the wrong place. Barclay continues that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Dealing With Temptation Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 14, 2024
     | 994 views

    Even if God’s plan leads you through the wilderness, you can trust him.

    How to Handle Temptation Text: Matt. 4:1-11 Introduction 1. Illustration: "Temptation is not meant to make us sin; it is meant to enable us to conquer sin. It is not meant to make us bad; it is meant to make us good. It is not meant to weaken us; it is meant to make us emerge stronger and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Jesus' Journey Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 14, 2024
     | 369 views

    Jesus identified with us, and now he wants us to identify with him through the power of the Holy Spirit.

    The Journey of Jesus Text: Matt. 3:13-17 Introduction 1. Illustration: The cross of Jesus Christ and his baptism express the same thing. Our Lord was not a martyr; he was not merely a good man; he was God Incarnate. He came down to the lowest reach of creation to bring back the whole human race ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist