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John 3:16

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... well known Bible verse of all time. Let’s say it together: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” –John 3:16 Martin Luther called this verse, “The gospel in miniature.” In just 27 words it sums up the gospel. It has become the mantra of our faith. But this verse has a problem. It suffers from overexposure. It has been read and quoted so often that many of us no longer feel the power of it. For some of ...

77. Can a Christian Brag?

Ephesians 2:1-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a miniature basketball and basketball goal (like the kind some people hang over small garbage cans) Good morning, boys and girls. Do any of you like to play basketball? It's a fun game. Can you tell me how to play it? That's right, every time you throw the ball through ...

78. Average Is Okay

Illustration

Dr. Anthony T. Evans

... me that being an average ten-year-old was okay with him, I felt as loved as I’ve ever felt in my entire life. I wanted to do my best for him because all he honestly wanted me to be was a skinny little ten-year-old, not a miniature adult.”

A day is a miniature eternity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

80. A Nod of Recognition

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... we covered well known verses. One of them, John 3:16, may have been the first verse you every memorized, except for the shortest verse in the Bible, “Jesus wept.” We’ve heard John 3:16 enough that we understand that it is the gospel message in miniature. But do we know the context, the story behind it and how Jesus taught Nicodemus, an aged Pharisee the truth of his coming? It was after dark when Nicodemus found Jesus away from his disciples. Nicodemus traveled after the sun had gone down so he would ...

81. This Verse Says It All

John 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... us in the most famous single verse in the Bible—John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Martin Luther called this “the Gospel in miniature.” In other words, if all the Bibles in the world suddenly disappeared and we could hold only to this one verse, we would know everything that is absolutely vital. I read about this big conference where speaker after speaker lined up to speak on various topics ...

82. The Complete Picture

John 11:1-45

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... to save us. Our story opens when Lazarus, a close friend of Jesus, falls ill. Lazarus’ sisters, Mary and Martha, send him a message: “Lord, the one you love is sick.” And then they wait for Jesus to arrive. In the story of Lazarus, we see in miniature the story of the salvation of the world. From the moment that Adam and Eve were exiled from the Garden of Eden, humanity has been separated from God our Creator, the Source of Life. And the consequence was both spiritual and physical death. The story of ...

83. The Little Bible

John 3:14-21

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... : “For God so loved the world he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” That’s John 3:16. Martin Luther called John 3:16 the heart of the Bible. John 3:16 is the Bible in miniature, the Bible made tiny. In other words, everything that is most important in the Bible is found in John 3:16. Isn’t that amazing? A tiny Bible in the big Bible. And so, beloved children, will you repeat after me: For God (Children repeat.) The Bible is all about ...

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