Blessed Is The Nation... Part 1
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jun 17, 2003
We’ve gone a long ways away from our roots as Americans. So, one of my goals is to do a little bit of educating. People need to know this, & if they don’t hear it at church, where will they hear it? (*Powerpoint Available - #204)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #204.) (Much of this sermon and the following one, "Blessed Is the ...read more
Thanks, Dad!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jun 15, 2003
Let’s talk about the positive aspects of fatherhood. And to do that, I call your attention to the familiar story of the prodigal son, & especially to the father of the prodigal son. (PowerPoints available - #254)
MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2017) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #254.) (This sermon is largely my adaptation of an excellent sermon by Dennis Slaughter, now ...read more
"Cease Fire: Finding A Peace That Lasts" Series
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 30, 2003
Paul deals with the subjects of peace with one another, peace within, & peace with God.
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. Have you heard about Tracy Lyperd? Tracy was a beauty queen in VA a few years ago. Shortly after crowning her successor, she drove 250 miles to seek revenge on her ex-boyfriend for jilting her & marrying ...read more
"Batten Down The Hatches – Preparing For The Storm” Series
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 30, 2003
I’m convinced that if we want to have the resources we’ll need for a time of crisis, then there are some preparations that each of us must make. (*PowerPoint available - #246)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX (Changed e-mail address: PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request -#246.) ILL. Claudia was a newlywed in her ...read more
A Very Special Event!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 3, 2003
Jesus Himself talked about it the last night that He spent with His apostles before His arrest & crucifixion. Do you remember? (*PowerPoint available - #251)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX (Changed e-mail address: PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #251.) ILL. The day before Thanksgiving a man ...read more
Somebody Loves Me
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2003
I’m convinced that each of us needs someone to watch over us, someone who really cares about us, someone who’ll offer a shoulder to cry on in seasons of sorrow, & encouraging words when we need them most. (Powerpoint Available - #250)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2015) (Powerpoints used with this message are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #250.) ILL. A little boy who lives up north was eagerly looking forward to the birthday party of his friend ...read more
What Do We Know For Sure?
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 19, 2002
In this day & age, sometimes it is difficult to know what is true & what is false. But surely, there are some things we can count on, some things we can know for sure. Just what do we know for sure? (PowerPoint available - #244)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2019) (Powerpoints used with this message are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #244.) MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, ...read more
Preparing For The Storms
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 19, 2002
I’m convinced that if we want to have the resources we’ll need for a time of crisis, then there are some preparations that each of us must make. (*PowerPoint available - #246)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX (Changed e-mail address: PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #246.) ILL. Claudia was a newlywed in her ...read more
Where Do God & Country Meet?
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 31, 2002
Where do God & country meet? How can we be good Christians & yet good citizens? Can we be both, or do we have to be one or the other? Do we have to sacrifice our love of God for love of country, or vice-versa? (PowerPoint available - #245)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2018) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #245.) TEXT: Romans 13:1-7; 2 Chronicles 7:14; 1 Timothy ...read more
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 23, 2002
Paul declares, "The Jews stumble over the cross. And the Greeks think it is foolishness. But others see in it the power & wisdom of God." And there are still those 3 kinds of people in the world today. (*PowerPoint available - #243)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX (Changed e-mail address:PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #243.) (This is an update and a revision of a ...read more
9/11 - We Must Remember!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 20, 2002
How do we live life in a nation that is at war with terrorism? What do the scriptures teach about living in times of tragedy & uncertainty? (PowerPoint available - #242)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #242.) TEXT: Psalms 91:1-7; Lamentations 3:22-26 ...read more
In God We Trust
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 9, 2002
I’m concerned that as a nation we’ll hear the speeches, pay our respects, bow our heads, enjoy the music, & then return to business as usual – our lives unchanged, & God once again relegated to the back shelf. (*PowerPoint available - #241)
Melvin M. Newland, Minister Central Christian, Brownsville, TX (Changed e-mail address: PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #241.) ILL. One year ago this ...read more
God Suffers Too!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 19, 2002
It's easy for some people to have a “pity party” & end up feeling so depressed about themselves & what is happening in their lives. Sometimes they even cry out, “Where is God? Why isn’t He doing something about this?” (PowerPoints available - #240)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2012) (PowerPoints used with this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request - #240.) ILL. Some nursing home residents were sitting around discussing ...read more
The Dark Places Of The Earth
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 2, 2002
Our Lord said, “Go into all the world & preach the good news to every creature.” What is that good news? I think it consists of two things that need to be proclaimed - that would really be “good news” to the world today. (PowerPoint Available - #288)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2017) (PowerPoints used with this message are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #288.) TEXT: Psalm 74:20 A. The scripture passage that I want us to consider this morning is found in the ...read more
If You Really Love God Series
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
I hope you passed last week’s love test. And assuming that you did, let's consider 4 results of loving God that will be evident in our lives. (Powerpoint available - #227)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2018) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #227.) TEXT: 1 John 2:3-5, 4:11-16; John 17:20-21; A. Last week, my sermon was ...read more
Taking Christ With You
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
For most Americans Labor Day is a holiday & in the opinion of some it’s the most hypocritical holiday of all. But today, instead of considering our jobs drudgery, I want us to look at them as challenging opportunities. (PowerPoint Available - #223)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) (PowerPoint for this message is available free of charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #223.) TEXT: Ephesians 6:5 6; Jeremiah 29:5 7; Daniel 6:20 A. For most Americans tomorrow is ...read more
Loving, Caring Christians
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
If we are children of God - if we claim to follow Jesus - then when we see a need we will do something. We must be loving, caring Christians. (Powerpoint available - #233)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (PowerPoint slides used with this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #233.) This morning I want you to hear the cry ...read more
The Love Test
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
It’s easy to say that we love God, isn’t it? As long as we don’t probe any deeper than that. But the Bible does probe deeper than that, & it asks more questions than just that one. (Powerpoint available - #226)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2018) (PowerPoints used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #226.) TEXT: 2 Corinthians 13:5; 1 Corinthians 11:26?31 A. I'm not thrilled about taking tests, & ...read more
Be Kind To One Another
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
We see people all around us bitter & angry: angry at the world because it hasn’t given them enough; angry at God because they think He hasn’t treated them fairly; angry at their spouses ... (Powerpoint Available - #232)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request - #232.) TEXT: Ephesians 4:29-32; Titus 3:3-4 ILL. A number of years ago a cosmetic company ...read more
Pentecost - The Lord’s Church
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 30, 2002
Two very different churches, aren’t they? Both are very busy in what they are trying to do. But one is dying. Why? What is the church supposed to be? And what is the church supposed to do? (*Powerpoint available - #238)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2013) (Powerpoints used with this message are available for free. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #238.) ILL. In one of my sermons 2 years ago I told you about the Broadway Presbyterian Church in Upper ...read more
God Heard Them!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 28, 2002
It says that God heard them. Well, of course He did. Doesn’t the Bible teach that He hears our prayers? But wait a minute! It doesn’t say they were praying. (Powerpoint available - #239)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #239.) (This is basically my adaptation of an excellent sermon by Bruce Howell entitled "The Day God ...read more
Sin Is A Disgrace To Any People
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
What do you say when something as terrible as 9-11 happens, or you see people rejoicing when they hear that a bomber has succeeded in blowing up a restaurant full of children? How do you explain that? (*Powerpoint Available - #237)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX (Changed e-mail address: PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #237.) ILL. As many of you know, ...read more
Easter - Preparation For Eternity
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
We dare not forget that this life is a preparation for eternity - an eternity in which we will be among the saved or the lost forever & ever. (Powerpoints available - #110)
MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2018) (Powerpoints used with this message are available at no charge. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and ask for PP #110.) TEXT: 2 Timothy 4:7-8; ...read more
Christianity Works!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
We want things that benefit our life. So one of the questions that we often find ourselves asking is, "Does it work? Does it really work?" (*Powerpoint available - #282)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2016) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com with your request - #282.) TEXT: 2 Timothy 4:16-18 ILL. Ethel & I ...read more
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
If it hadn’t been for his stubbornness we might never have known what this older brother really was. So let’s look at him, & then look at ourselves. "What kind of person am I?" (PowerPoints Available - #289)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) (Powerpoints used with this message are available at no charge. Just email me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #289.) TEXT: Luke 15:25-32; Hosea 4:16 ILL. A number of years ago, after announcing that I was ...read more
One Nation Under God (Updated - 2013)
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 10, 2002
We could mention many things going wrong in our country. But instead, let’s recall some of the things that have made her great & called down the blessings of God upon her. (Powerpoint Available - #236
I’m Glad There’s A Fathers Day!
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 10, 2002
I’m glad there’s a Father’s Day. Even though it isn’t as significant as Mother’s Day, it still gives us a chance to honor those who stand at the helm & who lead their family through life’s battles. (Powerpoint Available - #234)
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2011) (PowerPoint slides used in this sermon are available at no charge. Just e-mail me at mnewland@sstelco.com and request #234.) ILL. “You,” said the doctor ...read more
The Foolishness Of God
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
The world can put up with many church members with no problem at all. If you don’t make waves with your faith the world will tolerate you. You can go to church once in a while. That doesn’t bother anybody. But ...
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH BROWNSVILLE, TX A. There is a familiar passage of scripture that I want us to consider this morning. It is found in 1 Corinthians 1:25. "For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, & the weakness of God is stronger than man’s ...read more
Christ, The Church, & Our World Today
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
God’s plan has never changed. He has commissioned the church to "…go into all the world & make disciples of all people, baptizing them in the name of the Father, & of the Son, & and the Holy Spirit."
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. Many of you grew up in a little town much like the one that I am going to describe to you now. It isn’t very different from many small towns even today. So travel back with me for a few moments to your Hometown, ...read more
What Do People Want?
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
Think about this. "What is it that people really want?" & "Just how important are these things, anyway?" Now let’s look at my list, & see if we can find some answers to these questions.
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH bROWNSVILLE, TX A. Some months ago, a preacher I know decided to keep track for one week of all the requests people made of him at the church, & of all the questions that he was asked. When people stopped by to see him, what did they ...read more
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