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  • Chris Swanson avatar

    What Does It Mean That The Day Of The Lord Will Come?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 7, 2024
     | 272 views

    The people of Judah had become prosperous and smug in their relationship with God and it can be applied to believers today.

    What Does It Mean That the Day of The Lord Will Come? Joel 2:12-13, 2:28-32 The book of Joel is one of warning to the people of Judah and can be applied to believers today. The people of Judah had become prosperous and smug in their relationship with God. While underestimating God, they had become ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Pharisees: Stuck In Correctness Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 30, 2009
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     | 4,283 views

    It is easier to be smug than satisfied, to be correct than compassionate, to be religious than real. What we need to do is to cry, "Lord forgive my sin."

    The surest formula for unhappiness is have to be right, all of the time. If you are expected to be one hundred percent correct, never making a mistake, no blunders allowed, then you are asking for a serious heart attack, for high blood pressure, and for plain old unhappiness. It’s an awesome burden ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Day Of The Lord Will Come

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 1, 2023
     | 623 views

    The people of Judah had become prosperous and smug in their relationship with God. The book of Joel is one of warning to the people of Judah and it can be applied to believers today.

    Underestimating God, they became egotistical, they worshipped idols and fell into sin. Joel cautions them that this way of life will unavoidably cause God to cast His judgment down on them. In the first part of chapter 1, Joel predicts that a locust plague will befall the people of Judah. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Cultivating Fellowship

    Contributed by Ruel Camia on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,766 views

    . Self- importance, smugness, and stubborn pride destroy fellowship faster than anything else. Pride builds walls between people; humility builds bridges. Humility is the oil that smoothes and soothes relationships. CULTIVATING COMMUNITY TAKES COURTESY.

    CULTIVATING COMMUNITY TEXT: JAMES 3:18 / ACTS 222:42 INTRO: Last Sunday we discussed things about the real and the fake type of fellowship. If you’re tired of fake fellowship and you would like to cultivate real and loving fellowship, you’ll need to make some tough choices and take some ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rebellion Against God

    Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 7, 2010
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     | 7,476 views

    Jesus confronts every smug and complacent sinner. But Jesus is also speaking to us. For Jesus forces us to ask, “How are we treating God’s vineyard today?”

    Intro There was a beautiful vineyard, its vines bending, laden with the weight of rich, swollen grape clusters. For the owner had planted a good vineyard. He had chosen a vigorous, hardy stock of vine. He had well prepared the soil to guarantee a good harvest. Yes, the vineyard had rich, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    God's Unrequited Love Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,779 views

    When we become passive, smug, or listless in our relationship to God, He does not take it lightly; God doesn’t just want what we DO, He wants US, heart and soul.

    God’s Unrequited Love (Malachi 1:1-14) 1. We divide the OT prophets into two categories: the Pre-exhilic and the post-exhilic. The line of demarcation is 606 BC, when the Babylonian captivity began. In 586 BC, the temple was destroyed. The prophets who were active during this time or earlier ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Three Coins In The (Spirit) Fountain Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,261 views

    Everyone wants fulfillment. Some try being good, but that only brings smugness. Some try religion, as Luther did, but that brings only busy-ness. Life and peace are found in the Spirit of God as our companion.

    When I look deep down and ask myself what I really want out of life, one answer keeps coming back over and over: I want meaning. I want significance. I want fulfillment. When I look deep down and ask myself what I really want for my life, I know that the accumulation of things is not it. These ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas News: The Angels Series

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
     | 2,721 views

    We need to be seized once more by heavenly realities – just as Zechariah was. We need to experience something like a shock to our smug certainties that whittle God down to a manageable size and leave us underwhelmed by the mysteries of eternity.

    Angels have fallen on hard times these days. Hardly anyone thinks about them anymore…except at Christmas, of course. But even at that, people don’t much believe in them. Although…I knew a woman – a member of this church at one time: She told me that she had actually seen an ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God Is Our Bunker

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 2, 2021
     | 2,423 views

    Friend, there are million things attacking our homes, children, marriage, church, ministry and health today, mere walls cannot save us, we need today the hands of God to protect us, say Hallelujah. Never be too smart, smug and snobbish to think you can make it without God’s protection.

    Hedge of protection! Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Remember The Greatest Commandment? Series

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 11, 2019
     | 2,175 views

    Remember the Greatest Commandment?

    Introduction: The Professor’s Confession Horrified by his students’ poor writing habits, renowned author and college professor David Foster Wallace considered how he might improve their skills. That’s when a startling question confronted him. The professor had to ask himself why a student would ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Have We Become The Church Of Casual Christianity?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Sep 3, 2023
     | 412 views

    A cold church is a dead church, but a hot church is alive. Flies do not land on a hot stove.

    What does it mean to be a Church of Casual Christianity? How does a church become casual? Is it speaking of the church building or the church body? Or does it refer to the church members, the individual Christians? Look at the churches depicted in Revelation chapters two and three. • Ephesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Church Of Casual Christianity

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 8, 2022
     | 933 views

    Flies don’t land on a hot stove. A cold church is a dead church, but a hot church is alive.

    What does it mean to be a Church of Casual Christianity? How does a church become casual? Is it speaking of the church building or the church body? Or does it refer to the church members, the individual Christians? Look at the churches depicted in Revelation 2 & 3. • Ephesus – Revelation ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Judgment Of The Unbeliever

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 23, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,307 views

    What happens at the Great White Throne judgment? How will unbelivers be judged? John reveals how Christ judges those who reject Him.

    1. Illus. of John Pierce (Choice Contemporary Stories, #50) • According to associated press, was running in marathon to raise money for cancer research, the same cancer that had killed his young daughter shortly before. • As he ran, had a heart attack and died. • One thing Associated Press didn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Whispers And Whistles Lesson 2 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 14, 2019
     | 3,464 views

    God thinks about you, and God has a wonderful plan for your life.

    A. INTRODUCTION “Did you know that God sings? That He works? Or that He cries? God does many things that you may not have thought about before. But the more you know about Him, the better you can respond to Him. God gets jealous, angry and He smiles. God smells pleasant aromas, collects tears ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Necessity Of Obedience Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,768 views

    Obedience is a must for those who want to have a right relationship with God.

    The Necessity of Obedience [Give background of text- jailed & miraculously freed] Acts 5:25-32 Intro: If you know the story of the first man and woman in the Bible, you know that God gave them only one restriction: Don’t eat from one certain tree or you will certainly die. With a little help ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God