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1. The Power that God Gives

John 14:5-14

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Richard J. Fairchild

... that the promises of the Bible were not good - all because ... to understand that his own powers and abilities were in reality ... the power that God had given to ... had already given him the power to pass the examination, but ... he had not used that power the first go around.

2. The Healing Power of Touch - Sermon Starter

Mark 5:21-43; Matt 9:1-8

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Brett Blair

... heard the stories of Jesus' power, she declared: If I but ... lines in the Bible. He said: "I felt power flow from me ... is almost describing a power surge. "I felt power flow from me ...

3. Overcoming the Habit

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P. Meier

... , "I know enough about the Bible to realize that it says ... a Christian." Picking up a Bible, the client read some passages ... and help me overcome the power of this terrible habit in ... that name. There is a Bible that bears his name: The ... Scofield Reference Bible. Over 10 million have been ...

4. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

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Paul Harvey

... gain control of the most powerful nation in the world; I ... people) into thinking that their power and prosperity had come from ... of date and that the Bible is for the naive. I ...

5. The Wild Goose

Acts 2:1-13; 2 Tim. 1:6-7; Gal. 3:28; Luke 4:18

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Mickey Anders

... the Spirit comes in the Bible, it never seems to be ... , but rather a spirit of power and of love and of ...

6. Conquering the Highest Peak

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Robert Jastrow

... accepted the word of the Bible, “In the beginning, God created ... by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends ...

7. The Secret of the Power

John 20:19-31

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Brett Blair

... wrote his own bible. In the Thomas Jefferson Bible you will find ... . Here is how the his bible ends: "There laid they Jesus ... . Furthermore, Jefferson's Bible has been robbed of its power. I am ... dark sepulcher. There is no power in that dark place; rather ...

8. Commit to Memory

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... told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor, who visited a small ... War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was ... become believers through that one Bible. When Billeser returned in 1940 ... few select verses of the Bible but whole chapters and books ... . That single copy of the Bible given by Billester had done ... lives bore witness to the power of the Word.

9. The Tradition of the Put Down

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Mark Trotter

... put-down in the Bible, probably because the Bible was written by ... . There are songs in the Bible, like the Magnificat, which Mary ... people in upper echelons of power and others below them. The ...

10. Give Me Your Sins

Luke 23:26-43

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Eric Ritz

... matters of faith and the Bible. He translated the Ancient Greek ... Latin to help put the Bible in the language of the ... to read and know the Bible. He lived in the actual ... him. The dream was so powerful and convincing that St. Jerome ...

11. History of Christ the King Sunday

John 18:28-40, 1 John 2:15-17

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Brett Blair

... to remember that Christ received power and honor from God and ... book of the Bible. But here's the powerful thing about this ... was then put under the power of the State and tolerated ...

12. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way - Sermon Opener

Luke 8:26-39

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James W. Moore

... author, John Killinger, tells a powerful story about a man who ... to eat. He is a powerful man usually the chairman of ... 's the message of the Bible. That's why Jesus Christ ... place, a bloodcurdling moment… a powerful, dangerous, berserk man, charging them ...

13. Our Oneness in Christ

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Editor James S. Hewett

... to shoulder, together reading the Bible. I was expected in two ... —one black, one white; one powerful, one powerless; one who had ... there they stood grasping a Bible together, Brewer smiling so genuinely ...

14. Authority

Matthew 16:13-20

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Adrian Rogers

... were the teachers of the bible. The scribe wore around his ... and will lock up the powers of hell and bind the ... devil and loose the power of God." What are those ...

15. The Greatest Truth

Proverbs 8:1-36

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Robert Allen

... , this I know, for the Bible tells me so.’" The secret ... is experiencing his life-giving power. Truth is discovering his love ...

16. A God Smothered in Tradition

Matthew 22:15-22

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Brett Blair

... King James version of the Bible. Church music can be played ... become dogma they lose their power and their meaning. A young ...

17. The Center of the Christian Universe

Matthew 22:34-40

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William R. Boyer

... is no question, in the Bible, or in the history of ... . It is the dynamis, the power that moves the world. It ...

18. A Humbling Moment

Matthew 23:1-12

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... began to turn in his Bible to the passage he was ... of needs material comfort, status, power, etc. and believe that this ...

19. Suffering and Repentance

Luke 13:1-9

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John Bergland

... ways are revealed in the Bible and supremely in the life ... this kind of suffering? The power of God to hold us ...

20. How to Spark a Feud

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Ron Kraybill

... . The use of a clinching Bible verse is helpful. Speak prophetically ... solution, indicate you are without power to settle; you need your ...

21. Prayer Power, Bible Power And Small Group Dynamics

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Michael B. Brown

Paula D'Arcy, author of Song For Sarah, tells of belonging to a small church in New England. There were approximately 200 members on roll, with about 50 in church on any given Sunday. Usually there were about four in the choir. All was dull and dead: no new faces, no children, no laughter, no spirit to speak of. In time she and a friend began discussing the merits of looking for a new church home. However, they decided to remain until the end of the calendar year. In the autumn came the time for the annual ...

22. God Changes Us

Luke 11:1-13

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Robert Allen

A mother sent her fifth grade boy up to bed. In a few minutes she went to make sure that he was getting in bed. When she stuck her head into his room, she saw that he was kneeling beside his bed in prayer. Pausing to listen to his prayers, she heard her son praying over and over again. "Let it be Tokyo! Please dear God, let it be Tokyo!" When he finished his prayers, she asked him, "What did you mean, ‘Let it be Tokyo'?" "Oh," the boy said with embarrassment, "we had our geography exam today and I was ...

23. The Covenants of the Scripture

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Merrill F. Unger

Scripture's covenants and their significance: Eternal covenant, Hebrews 13:20 :The redemptive covenant before time began, between the Father and the Son. By this covenant we have eternal redemption, an eternal peace from the 'God of peace', through the death and resurrection of the Son. Edenic covenant, Genesis 1:26-28: The creative covenant between the Triune God, as the first party (Genesis 1:26), and newly created man, as the second party, governing man's creation and life in Edenic innocence. It ...

24. I Believe

John 9:38

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Jon L. Joyce

... , this I know, for the Bible tells me so." To retain ... " that Jesus, who revealed the power of God, loves us, and ...

25. In the Know

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Michael Horton

... insisted that they were genuine, Bible-believing Christians. It wasn't ... that they rejected the Bible; they just claimed an additional ... they have gained from the Bible and other sources. But I ... a direct assault on the Bible. The Bible is recognized as God ... in order to understand the Bible we need something beyond our ... the presence of God so powerful. This same anointing flooded my ... apostle John and whose miracle powers surpass that of the apostle ...

26. Faith and Power

Mark 4:35-41

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Larry Powell

... the many passages in the Bible which has been set to ... scripture and the hymn: the power of Christ and faith in ... series of incidents portraying the power of Christ. After the storm ... . In a great display of power, Jesus freed the man from ... :29, so great was the power of Jesus that the woman ... and walked" (5:41-42). Power! That is the theme of ... the enacted teaching that the power of Christ is but half ... other half, which taps this power, is faith. Ironically, it would ...

27. CHEEK-TURNING POWER

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John H. Krahn

... the love chapter in the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, for some ... same injury again. Cheek-turning power is no easy matter. It ... is perhaps as powerful a weapon as there is ... own, we seldom have the power to turn the other cheek ... . Such power is only possible when Jesus ... , but we also receive the powerful presence of Jesus Christ: a ...

28. The Island Conversion

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Staff

... most dramatic examples of the Bible's divine ability to transform ... came across the "Bounty's" Bible in the bottom of an ... read it, and the divine power of God's Word reached ... that Adams found in the Bible entirely replaced the old life ... teach the children from the Bible until every person on the ...

29. JC = PJP!

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John H. Krahn

... equals Peace! Joy! and also Power! The Bible tells us that we ... now have the power for doing his ... Jesus Christ. Because of this power, Christianity is the religion of ... Christ we can have the power of God that even makes ...

30. A Man Who Would Be God

Luke 4:14-30, Luke 9:28-36, Luke 3:21-38

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Richard A. Jensen

... Book as a kind of "bible" of his thoughts. Tom assumed ... everywhere. The Chairman's "bible" functioned like the "bible" for many Chinese ... is believed to exercise supernatural powers on behalf of his people ...

31. Strong Enough to Be Gentle

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... writing a book entitled Cower Power. He also founded a group ... ideas behind DOORMATS and Cower Power represent the quality of meekness ... true. What the Bible is talking about is a powerful virtue. The ...

32. Struggling with Doubt, Standing on Faith

Matt 7:15-23; 28:16-20

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Donald M. Tuttle

... people were raising about the Bible. For weeks he searched for ... confusion, he knelt to pray, Bible in hand. And he said ... into one of the most powerful ministries the church has ever ...

33. Everybody Wants to Be Somebody

Mark 10:35-45

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Kenneth L. Carder

... tempted to replace love with power. "The long painful history of ... and again tempted to choose power over love, control over the ... a theme running through the Bible, through human history and through ...

34. Distract the Christians!

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Ray Osborne

... keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We ... that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken. So ... have no time to seek power from Christ. Soon they will ...

35. Unless God Has Raised You Up

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... and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through ... it again: "Unless the divine power has raised you up... I ... of God, and in the power of His might."

36. Unanswered Prayer

Mark 4:35-41

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Kenneth W. Collins

... of that day is very powerful. I can recall being physically ... tossed about by powerful waves and buffeted by the ... slept. I lived out this Bible story on March 12, 1967 ...

37. The Object of Envy Is Trapped

Mark 6:1-6

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Scott Hoezee

... Abel story itself from the Bible. At first, the doctor is ... /or as someone drawing off power from dubious sources). If he ... WORTHY of your wonder-working power!?" Perhaps the only thing left ...

38. Gospel Grandmothers

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Richard A. Jensen

... younger children recited verses of Bible stories they had learned. One ... grandmother had a tremendous shaping power over my life of faith ...

39. A New Kingdom Coming

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Maurice A. Fetty

... had a vision of a Bible in the common English tongue ... kingdom was coming and the powers of the past could not ...

40. GOD MADE ME, AND GOD DOESN’T MAKE ANY JUNK

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John H. Krahn

... ’t make junk. In the Bible we read that we were ... our lives with all the power of the Holy Spirit. We ...

41. LOVING UNCONDITIONALLY

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John H. Krahn

... , and as we invite Jesus’ powerful presence into our daily relationships ... unnatural, happening of all. The Bible tells us that we are ...

42. DEFUSE YOUR FUSE

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John H. Krahn

... Son’s sacrifice. Throughout the Bible we are warned to control ... can control anger through the powerful presence of Jesus Christ in ...

43. A Maverick Son

2 Samuel 15:13-37

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Larry Powell

... . But in them all, the Bible’s theme of transcending love ... could violate the most profound, powerful force in all the universe ...

44. See the Resemblance

John 1:1-18

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Larry Powell

... seen in the son. The Bible tells us that "God was ... , God unmistakably reveals himself. His power is beyond imagination. His promises ...

45. The Greatest Truth

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

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... , this I know, for the Bible tells me so.' " The secret ... is experiencing his life-giving power. Truth is discovering his love ...

46. Historical Information about the Sadducees

Luke 20:27-38

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Brian Stoffregen

... Harper's Dictionary of the Bible, "the Sadducees are said to ... were mostly priests and wealthy, powerful community leaders who sat in ...

47. It Is Your Choice

Matthew 4:1-11

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Robert Bachelder

... has been shaped by the Bible and Shakespeare, readings no longer ... is not on God's power but on human freedom, freedom ...

48. A Compliment to Freedom

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Lieghton Ford

... used every image in their power to tell us that hell ... physical pain. After all, the Bible tells us hell was "prepared ...

49. A Simple, Forthright Invitation

John 1:43-51

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Joel D. Kline

... arm twisting. No gimmicks. No Bible thumping. No apparent pressure. Just ... , we find the strength and power to walk in the footsteps ...

50. The Strongest Connection

Illustration

King Duncan

The popular radio Bible teacher J. Vernon McGee once ... side. That connection is a powerful one.

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1. The Power that God Gives

John 14:5-14

Illustration

Richard J. Fairchild

2. The Healing Power of Touch - Sermon Starter

Mark 5:21-43; Matt 9:1-8

Illustration

Brett Blair

3. Overcoming the Habit

Illustration

P. Meier

4. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

Illustration

Paul Harvey

... gain control of the most powerful nation in the world; I ... people) into thinking that their power and prosperity had come from ... of date and that the Bible is for the naive. I ...

5. The Wild Goose

Acts 2:1-13; 2 Tim. 1:6-7; Gal. 3:28; Luke 4:18

Illustration

Mickey Anders

... the Spirit comes in the Bible, it never seems to be ... , but rather a spirit of power and of love and of ...

6. Conquering the Highest Peak

Illustration

Robert Jastrow

... accepted the word of the Bible, “In the beginning, God created ... by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends ...

7. The Secret of the Power

John 20:19-31

Illustration

Brett Blair

8. Commit to Memory

Illustration

9. The Tradition of the Put Down

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Illustration

Mark Trotter

10. Give Me Your Sins

Luke 23:26-43

Illustration

Eric Ritz

11. History of Christ the King Sunday

John 18:28-40, 1 John 2:15-17

Illustration

Brett Blair

12. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way - Sermon Opener

Luke 8:26-39

Illustration

James W. Moore

13. Our Oneness in Christ

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

14. Authority

Matthew 16:13-20

Illustration

Adrian Rogers

... were the teachers of the bible. The scribe wore around his ... and will lock up the powers of hell and bind the ... devil and loose the power of God." What are those ...

15. The Greatest Truth

Proverbs 8:1-36

Illustration

Robert Allen

... , this I know, for the Bible tells me so.’" The secret ... is experiencing his life-giving power. Truth is discovering his love ...

16. A God Smothered in Tradition

Matthew 22:15-22

Illustration

Brett Blair

... King James version of the Bible. Church music can be played ... become dogma they lose their power and their meaning. A young ...

17. The Center of the Christian Universe

Matthew 22:34-40

Illustration

William R. Boyer

... is no question, in the Bible, or in the history of ... . It is the dynamis, the power that moves the world. It ...

18. A Humbling Moment

Matthew 23:1-12

Illustration

... began to turn in his Bible to the passage he was ... of needs material comfort, status, power, etc. and believe that this ...

19. Suffering and Repentance

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

John Bergland

... ways are revealed in the Bible and supremely in the life ... this kind of suffering? The power of God to hold us ...

20. How to Spark a Feud

Illustration

Ron Kraybill

... . The use of a clinching Bible verse is helpful. Speak prophetically ... solution, indicate you are without power to settle; you need your ...

21. Prayer Power, Bible Power And Small Group Dynamics

Illustration

Michael B. Brown

22. God Changes Us

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

Robert Allen

23. The Covenants of the Scripture

Illustration

Merrill F. Unger

24. I Believe

John 9:38

Illustration

Jon L. Joyce

... , this I know, for the Bible tells me so." To retain ... " that Jesus, who revealed the power of God, loves us, and ...

25. In the Know

Illustration

Michael Horton

26. Faith and Power

Mark 4:35-41

Illustration

Larry Powell

27. CHEEK-TURNING POWER

Illustration

John H. Krahn

28. The Island Conversion

Illustration

Staff

29. JC = PJP!

Illustration

John H. Krahn

30. A Man Who Would Be God

Luke 4:14-30, Luke 9:28-36, Luke 3:21-38

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

31. Strong Enough to Be Gentle

Illustration

32. Struggling with Doubt, Standing on Faith

Matt 7:15-23; 28:16-20

Illustration

Donald M. Tuttle

33. Everybody Wants to Be Somebody

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

Kenneth L. Carder

34. Distract the Christians!

Illustration

Ray Osborne

35. Unless God Has Raised You Up

Illustration

... and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through ... it again: "Unless the divine power has raised you up... I ... of God, and in the power of His might."

36. Unanswered Prayer

Mark 4:35-41

Illustration

Kenneth W. Collins

... of that day is very powerful. I can recall being physically ... tossed about by powerful waves and buffeted by the ... slept. I lived out this Bible story on March 12, 1967 ...

37. The Object of Envy Is Trapped

Mark 6:1-6

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

38. Gospel Grandmothers

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... younger children recited verses of Bible stories they had learned. One ... grandmother had a tremendous shaping power over my life of faith ...

39. A New Kingdom Coming

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

... had a vision of a Bible in the common English tongue ... kingdom was coming and the powers of the past could not ...

40. GOD MADE ME, AND GOD DOESN’T MAKE ANY JUNK

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... ’t make junk. In the Bible we read that we were ... our lives with all the power of the Holy Spirit. We ...

41. LOVING UNCONDITIONALLY

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... , and as we invite Jesus’ powerful presence into our daily relationships ... unnatural, happening of all. The Bible tells us that we are ...

42. DEFUSE YOUR FUSE

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... Son’s sacrifice. Throughout the Bible we are warned to control ... can control anger through the powerful presence of Jesus Christ in ...

43. A Maverick Son

2 Samuel 15:13-37

Illustration

Larry Powell

... . But in them all, the Bible’s theme of transcending love ... could violate the most profound, powerful force in all the universe ...

44. See the Resemblance

John 1:1-18

Illustration

Larry Powell

... seen in the son. The Bible tells us that "God was ... , God unmistakably reveals himself. His power is beyond imagination. His promises ...

45. The Greatest Truth

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Illustration

... , this I know, for the Bible tells me so.' " The secret ... is experiencing his life-giving power. Truth is discovering his love ...

46. Historical Information about the Sadducees

Luke 20:27-38

Illustration

Brian Stoffregen

... Harper's Dictionary of the Bible, "the Sadducees are said to ... were mostly priests and wealthy, powerful community leaders who sat in ...

47. It Is Your Choice

Matthew 4:1-11

Illustration

Robert Bachelder

... has been shaped by the Bible and Shakespeare, readings no longer ... is not on God's power but on human freedom, freedom ...

48. A Compliment to Freedom

Illustration

Lieghton Ford

... used every image in their power to tell us that hell ... physical pain. After all, the Bible tells us hell was "prepared ...

49. A Simple, Forthright Invitation

John 1:43-51

Illustration

Joel D. Kline

... arm twisting. No gimmicks. No Bible thumping. No apparent pressure. Just ... , we find the strength and power to walk in the footsteps ...

50. The Strongest Connection

Illustration

King Duncan

The popular radio Bible teacher J. Vernon McGee once ... side. That connection is a powerful one.

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