Love God with all Your Hear, Soul, Mind & Strength Mt. 22:34-40 Everton Community Church. October 14th 2007. Mark 12:28-31 Luke 10:25-27 Matthew 22:35-40 Politics is a blood sport. Some go on principle and naively believe that others will see the logic and fairness of their position while other politicians…

Text: John 8:31-32; 13:33-34; 15:7-8 Thesis: To note that a true disciple of Christ is one who continually lives according to Words of Jesus. Introduction: (1) We are to be disciples of Christ. (a) A disciple is “one who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another” (Webster’s). (b) The…

St Cuthbert’s Presbyterian Church, Brown’s Bay “The Road to Jerusalem” Lenten Series 2006 A Synopsis of the sermon on 05 March 2006 by the Rev J O Evans [1] The Compelling Christ Reading: Luke 9: 51-62 Text: “He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.” [9:51] Luke sets a major, critical section…

Introduction How’s your 2018 starting out? Have you been able to carry out your new year’s resolutions? Many times our new year’s resolutions are changing habits. A recent article from CNN says that habits are actions performed with little conscious thought and often triggered by external cues. Perhaps…

Undiscriminatin Love by a True Disciple. Becoming a true Deciple by showing Gods love. The Parable of the Good Samaritan and the love he shows.

Introduction I was driving the other day to make a visit and heard a song on the radio that I had never heard. It was a simple song that was called Be Somebody’s Miracle. It was performed by the gospel group Brian Free and Assurance. I had to look up the words and as I did, I was moved with their simplicity.…

Matthew 28:18-20 States for us the passage we like to title “the great commission” it reads... And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the…

The vital importance and primacy of love for God and others

Knowing is not enough Luke 10:25-37 In these well known verses of the gospel of Luke, we find Jesus teaching the crowd. Like all the others before, this was a mixed group. There were sinners and the righteous, the sick and the just cured, the poor and the rich, the hopeful and the desperate. In the middle…

“When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay…

Introduction:From an article found in the Wall Street Journal: Boddy Dodd, Georgia Tech’s athletic director, tells of the coach who, with his team leading 7 to 6 in the last minute of play, carefully instructed his quarterback not to pass under any condition. But when the ball was carried within the…

Reading: Luke 10:25-37 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 (NIV) I. Beyond Correct answers The story of the lost helicopter…

By following Jesus the disciples saw what they needed to see and learned what they need to learn.

Believers are to be Disciples by Making Disciples!

Want to be more like Jesus - There’s an app for that! Disciples grow! “Over the 2011, 4th-of-July weekend, a group of motorcyclists gathered in Onondaga, New York, to ride in 11th Annual Protest Run against the New York state law that requires motorcycle riders to wear a helmet. One of those riding in…

I speak to you in the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit – Amen If my memory serves me correctly, I don’t believe that there are any lawyers here today? Wonder if you can help me out a little, just in case… Are there any lawyers here… today? Didn’t think so… so I have a joke…

The question is not, "Who do you serve?" The question is, "How do you serve?"