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Mark 10:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: The inseparable nature of marriage. Props: Four cans of fresh Play-Doh. Make one of them blue and one pink to represent the man and the woman. The other two will represent two children. Place the four canisters in a tray large enough for the kids to work in. Lesson: Good Morning. (response) I have a question for you this morning. Does any know what happens when two people get marri...

827. What have you heard and Seen this Christmas?

Luke 2:1-20

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Brett Blair

Oh, you say, had I been there at Bethlehem that night I would have seen. I would have understood. I would have known it was the Christ child. Would you? There is one way of knowing: Ask yourself what you have seen and heard this Christmas Season. When you watched the 6:00 news did you see chaos and strife, or did you see sheep without a shepherd. When you went out to do your shopping did you see...

828. What Is Caesar's and What Is God's?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

A young lady was soaking up the sun's rays on a Florida beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked her, "Do you believe in God?" She was surprised by the question but she replied, "Why, yes, I do." Then he asked her: "Do you go to church every Sunday?" Again, her answer was "Yes!" He then asked: "Do you read your Bible and pray everyday?" Again she s...

829. What Is Caesar’s and What Is God's? - Sermon Starter

Matthew 22:15-22

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Brett Blair

830. What Is Christianity Without the Cross?

Matthew 16:21-28

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Brett Blair

The Second President of the United States, John Adams, said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for a government of any other.” In other words, unless our country remains Christian the Constitution will not function properly. Is John Adams right? Can our society survive without the Christian faith? There are many who would say that religion do...

831. What is Christianity Without the Cross? Sermon Starter

Matthew 16:21-28

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Brett Blair

The Second President of the United States, John Adams, said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for a government of any other." In other words, unless our country remains Christian the Constitution will not function properly. Is John Adams right? Can our society survive without the Christian faith? There are many who would say that religion do...

832. What Is Heaven Like?

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

I believe we human beings have a perception problem. We often think we have the proper perspective on an issue when in fact we are way off. There's a charming story that Thomas Wheeler, one time CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (a.k.a. MassMutual), tells on himself: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheele...

833. What Is Heaven Like? - Sermon Starter

Mt 13:31-43

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Brett Blair

I believe we human beings have a perception problem. We often think we have the proper perspective on an issue when in fact we are way off. There's a charming story that Thomas Wheeler, CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells on himself: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheeler got off the highway at the ...

834. What Is Unique About Christianity?

John 10:22-42, Ephesians 2:1-10

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Brett Blair

The story of Jesus sitting and debating the Law with rabbis reminds me of another debate that took place in a comparative religions conference, the wise and the scholarly were in a spirited debate about what is unique about Christianity. Someone suggested what set Christianity apart from other religions was the concept of incarnation, the idea that God became incarnate in human form. But someone q...

835. What Must I DO to Receive Life?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

I heard about an expert in diamonds who happened to be seated on an airplane beside a woman with a huge diamond on her finger. Finally, the man introduced himself and said, "I couldn't help but notice your beautiful diamond. I am an expert in precious stones. Please tell me about that stone." She replied, "That is the famous Klopman diamond, one of the largest in the world. But there is a strange ...

836. What Must I DO to Receive Life? - Sermon Starter

Mark 10:17-31

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Brett Blair

837. What the World Expects of the Church

Luke 15:1-7

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Brett Blair

On a cold, dreary December evening, several hundred people gathered at a large downtown church in Winston-Salem to celebrate the Christmas season. Bishop Ernest Fitzgerald, present that evening, had gone down a long hallway to help a small boy who was pushing against massive oak doors trying to get outside. The boy was about 2 years old and as he pushed he was crying as if his heart would break. ...

838. What Was Seen At Bethlehem

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Brett Blair

I wonder what I would have heard had I been there that night. It is a question that annually haunts me. Would I have heard the choirs of angels singing or simply the sounds of barnyard animals shifting around. Would I have seen the star in the sky that night or simply two poor and very frightened kids. Wou1d I have understood the hushed silence of the divine presence, or simply the chill of a cold...

839. What Would We Do Without Friends?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

After Jesus had completed his tour of the synagogues he returned to Capernaum to rest for a few days. The news got out quickly that he had arrived and soon the house was filled to overflowing with people and people even spilled out into the streets. Into this crowd came four men carrying on a stretcher a friend of theirs who was paralyzed. So jammed was the narrow street that they could not get th...

840. What Would We Do Without Friends - Sermon Starter

Mark 2:1-12

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Brett Blair

841. What’s Happening Now Church

Luke 19:1-10

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Brett Blair

A popular comedian (Flip Wilson), did an impression of a preacher at the "What's Happening Now Church." The preacher yelled: "IF THIS CHURCH IS GOING TO SERVE GOD IT'S GOT TO GET DOWN ON ITS KNEES AND CRAWL!!!" And the congregation in the skit would yell back "Make it crawl preacher, make it crawl! And then he would yell: "AND ONCE THIS CHURCH HAS LEARNED TO CRAWL, IT'S GOT TO GET UP ON ITS FEE...

842. What's Our Purpose?

Acts 2:1-21

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Brett Blair

If we are to reach people for Christ we need people with passion and power. But we also need people with a purpose. In the late 1800’s, no business matched the financial and political dominance of the railroad. Trains dominated the transportation industry of the United States, moving both people and goods throughout the country. Then a new discovery came along—the car—and incredibly, the leaders...

843. What's Worth More?

Matthew 13:44-46

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Object: A rock, an old collectible such as a Comic Book or Baseball Card, a College Ring made of Gold, A diamond ring, and a Bible. Use this series of items that range from lesser value to greater value and discuss each item with the children. Ask them: What is this? What do you think this is worth? Why is it worth so much money? Ask these same questions with regard to the last item--the Bible. T...

844. What's Your Style of Evangelism?

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Brett Blair

A true heart of compassion will let people know of God's love and that God has provided a way to experience true life, an abundant life. But How? Do we all have to share the same way? No, the unbelieving world is made up of a variety of people: young, old, rich, poor, educated, uneducated, urban, rural, with different race, personalities, values, politics, and religious backgrounds. It's going to ...

845. When A Grain Of Wheat Falls

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

Years ago, when the Betty Crocker Company first began selling their cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water. All you had to do was add water to the mix which came in the box, and you would get a perfect, delicious cake every time. It bombed. No one bought it and the company couldn’t understand why, so they commissioned a study which brought back a surprising answer. It seemed t...

846. When a Grain of Wheat Falls - Sermon Starter

John 12:20-36

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Brett Blair

Years ago, when the Betty Crocker Company first began selling their cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water. All you had to do was add water to the mix which came in the box, and you would get a perfect, delicious cake every time. It bombed. No one bought it and the company couldn't understand why, so they commissioned a study which brought back a surprising answer. It seemed t...

847. When God Is At Work

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

They really didn’t understand it. But, of course, they really had no means to. How could they possibly know that it was contagious only after long periods of very close contact? The only thing they knew about it was what it looked like and what it did to a person in the advanced stages. That they knew well. They understood how it maimed and disfigured. And that was enough for fear to take over. I...

848. When God Is at Work - Sermon Starter

Mark 1:40-45

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Brett Blair

They really didn't understand it. But, of course, they really had no means to. How could they possibly know that it was contagious only after long periods of very close contact? The only thing they knew about it was what it looked like and what it did to a person in the advanced stages. That they knew well. They understood how it maimed and disfigured. And that was enough for fear to take over. I...

849. When God Was Nothing

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

When I was a teenager and fell in love with a girl, which occurred often, I never knew how to tell the girl how I felt about her. Being 17 and "in love" was terrifying. Often I was simply speechless. I never had the right words to describe the way I felt. But like every boy with a bad case of infatuation, I found a way. I guess you could call it my secret weapon. I found someone who could speak fo...

850. When The Cheering Stopped

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

Some years ago a book was written by a noted American historian entitled “When The Cheering Stopped.” It was the story of President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following WWI. When that war was over Wilson was an international hero, There was a great spirit of optimism abroad, and people actually believed that the last war had been fought and the world had been made safe for dem...

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826. What God Joins Together

Mark 10:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

827. What have you heard and Seen this Christmas?

Luke 2:1-20

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Brett Blair

828. What Is Caesar's and What Is God's?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

829. What Is Caesar’s and What Is God's? - Sermon Starter

Matthew 22:15-22

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Brett Blair

830. What Is Christianity Without the Cross?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Brett Blair

831. What is Christianity Without the Cross? Sermon Starter

Matthew 16:21-28

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Brett Blair

832. What Is Heaven Like?

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

833. What Is Heaven Like? - Sermon Starter

Mt 13:31-43

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Brett Blair

I believe we human beings have a perception problem. We often think we have the proper perspective on an issue when in fact we are way off. There's a charming story that Thomas Wheeler, CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells on himself: He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas. Wheeler got off the highway at the ...

834. What Is Unique About Christianity?

John 10:22-42, Ephesians 2:1-10

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Brett Blair

835. What Must I DO to Receive Life?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

836. What Must I DO to Receive Life? - Sermon Starter

Mark 10:17-31

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Brett Blair

837. What the World Expects of the Church

Luke 15:1-7

Illustration

Brett Blair

838. What Was Seen At Bethlehem

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Brett Blair

839. What Would We Do Without Friends?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

840. What Would We Do Without Friends - Sermon Starter

Mark 2:1-12

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Brett Blair

841. What’s Happening Now Church

Luke 19:1-10

Illustration

Brett Blair

842. What's Our Purpose?

Acts 2:1-21

Illustration

Brett Blair

843. What's Worth More?

Matthew 13:44-46

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

844. What's Your Style of Evangelism?

Illustration

Brett Blair

845. When A Grain Of Wheat Falls

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

846. When a Grain of Wheat Falls - Sermon Starter

John 12:20-36

Illustration

Brett Blair

Years ago, when the Betty Crocker Company first began selling their cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water. All you had to do was add water to the mix which came in the box, and you would get a perfect, delicious cake every time. It bombed. No one bought it and the company couldn't understand why, so they commissioned a study which brought back a surprising answer. It seemed t...

847. When God Is At Work

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

848. When God Is at Work - Sermon Starter

Mark 1:40-45

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Brett Blair

849. When God Was Nothing

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

850. When The Cheering Stopped

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

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