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I just wanted to express my appreciation for the PowerPoint slides you provide. Thank you and may God bless your ministry.
In Christ,
Steve M. Thompson
Dallas Central Church of the Nazarene
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As a Church of Scotland minister starting out on the difficult journey of using multimedia in an old fashioned scots kirk I thank God for your site it encourages and inspires and helps a burdened minister.
God bless you and your ministry. Gordon
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New Feature think about it
Calls us to examine the words of Jesus as they relate to our contemporary faith. Includes an image set designed for Think About It weekly.
Will you preach about the disgraceful discrimination? Will you teach your congregation of the love and compassion Jesus expects toward this group in our population? Please see Sept. 6th for further notes and videos.
Today’s scripture reminds us that Christianity is no promise of health, wealth and happiness. Actually it is the reverse. A true follower of Christ picks up his cross.,,,denies him/herself…lives by the gospel, not the standards of the world. It’s not easy to hear the message Jesus spells out ........ Well, that's just not part of our agenda, is it? It certainly goes Please watch this short video on the remarkable Mother Teresa, Click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th733HfJwdo Go to September 20th for more Sermon Notes and Videos.
The Demons of Mental Health

If 1/3 of all the homeless on the streets were cancer victims , wouldn‘t you fight to do something about this scandal? That is exactly the position of many of the mentally ill in the U.S. And no one is doing much about it. Treatment is not only underfunded and typically uninsured to a great extent, the stigma of mental illness continues to be profound even though it has been proven that mental illness is a physical illness!
The social unacc
eptability of the mentally ill often results in the victims of this debilitating illness not seeking treatment. This is not a minor problem. Mental illness claims approximately
20-25% of the U.S. and international population.
One in 4 to 5 people will suffer from a mental illness some time in their lives.
Please view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0BFzvjkDcc
On Stigma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw_I-G1smoo
Have you ever addressed this topic in your sermons... statistically 1 out of every 4 or 5 people in your congregation is suffering/has suffered from mental illness.
SEPTEMBER 13TH
Are you a Christian?
“Did you feed the sick? Clothe the naked? ……” Pretty clear, isn't it? What is required of a Christian,? “Take up
your cross,” he said. In other words, deny yourself as He did.
Watch this video: Absolutely love this song...says it all. Click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2vg20QK0P4
What astonishes me is that I’m not hearing this in many “devout Christian” circles. How many times have you told your members that it is their responsibility to make sure the sick, the poor, all those in need of help are being cared for in the same manner that they themselves expect? “Love your neighbor as yourself,” Jesus commanded.
Who should carry the burden of responsibility when someone dies from lack of healthcare….proper food? I wonder, could it
be that we pastors are at fault for not teaching Jesus’ prime message? I even wonder if this could be the reason the Christian church is losing so many members?
View video on declining membership: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamMjFSZqGI
On young people's view of God and church, England:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrDJl3nPv9s
Please see Sept. 13th for notes and videos
SEPTEMBER 20TH

Power: Christian Style
In Jesus’ day, children were the most powerless of all……they
were even less than a woman on a man’s list of possessions,
which, by the way, was just above his cattle. I believe Jesus chose
the child as a symbol, not because he or she was an adorable
innocent, but because the child had no rank in their society.
No vote, no power, no ability to influence, no say-so about who's
in charge.
Jesus was saying, "If you're going to fight, fight, not to become
the greatest, but fight for the lowest place in the social order.
That is, become a slave of all." Slaves, were at the very bottom
of the totem pole in that society. Fight to serve, not to be served!
against the views of most U.S. citizens who primarily determine
a successful life by how much money they have been able to
accumulate.
"Jesus, you've got to be kidding! Are you saying that in your eyes,
those that spend their lives serving others rank higher than the
CEO’s of international corporations? “
Why is it we don’t want to take as gospel truth those words of
Jesus?……What you do or don’t do for the least, (the poorest,
the most powerless of ALL ), you do to me!”
explaining her willingness to serve:
Click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv8jUlDjX-0
But you don’t have to be a Mother Teresa to be great by Jesus
standards. Martin Luther King explains:
PLEASE: Listen to this young girl who spoke before the
United Nations………Why can’t we preach as eloquently as she?
This is a must hear!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sb6RmRMbBY
This is a must preach!