Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 07/27/08

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Oscar Gutierrez (center) was baptized in the Latin Ministry
With him (L-R) Juan Carlos Garcia, Raul Vazquez, Alfredo Alanis & Baltazar Hernandez
Los Hombres (y mujeres) de Dios son pecadores

Hay muchas personas que no se acercan a Dios por que sienten que son muy malas, que han hecho cosas terribles, que no agradan a Dios y tienen temor de Dios.

Juan 3:19-21.

La causa de la condenación de una personas esta completamente relacionada con las decisiones que toma, la gente se condena por que decide hacer cosas que no le agradan a Dios y se esconde y se aleja de el. Y muchas veces le gusta el pecado en el que vive, pero siempre vive atormentado con una conciencia de que las cosas que hace están mal. Cuando una persona no se acerca a la luz es porque le da vergüenza como dice la escritura “que sus hechos queden al descubierto por que son perversos”.

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Preached by Chris Broom, 7/27/2008

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Chris Wooden (center) Gets Baptized

The Parable of the Net - Outline

“Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:47-50

• There are all kinds of fish are in the net, and there are all kinds of people in the kingdom.
• There are over 25,000 identified species and there may be over 15,000 fish species not yet identified. There are more species of fish than all the species of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals combined. Some species of fish can fly (glide) others can skip along the surface and others can even climb rock. The spotted climbing perch is able to absorb oxygen from the air and will crawl overland in search of water when its water hole dries up. The smallest fish is the Philippine goby that is less than 1/3 of an inch when fully grown. Largest — Whale Shark up to 50 feet.
• The world’s largest lake trout was caught in Canada, and weighed in at 102 pounds.

What Kind of Fish Are You?

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Preached by Chris Broom, 7/20/2008
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Jason Jenson (second from left) Places Membership!

Relationships that Will Save the World

Last Sunday, we at the Chicago International Christian Church celebrated our 2 year anniversary! God blessed us with our best attendance ever as 243 people saw the Kingdom of God that day! Today I had the great fortune of being with the Central New York Church of Christ as they celebrated their fifteenth anniversary. Anniversaries are very special because they mark an amount of time that you have spent together. This December will mark fourteen years that Theresa and I have been married. It is always moving to think back over all the memories we’ve shared and all the lessons we’ve learned. It is so important, in our families, to take lots of pictures and journal key events so that we don’t forget those precious memories. It is equally important in the church. If we don’t, it is so easy to forget what God has done. And when we forget what God has done, we tend to forget what God is doing!

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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 07/20/08

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Alfredo and Rosi Alanis placed membership on Sunday.
They will be helping in the latin ministry.

Al Rojo Vivo

1 Pedro 2:4-5

La escritura dice que Jesús es una piedra viva, cristo es un carbón encendido y nosotros somos carbones que se encienden cuando estamos cerca de Jesús, cuando nos acercamos a el, estamos vivos. Podemos transmitir esa luz, esa fuerza, esa esperanza a las demás personas. Con estas piedras vivas estamos edificando una casa espiritual y tú eres parte de esta casa espiritual.

Y esta casa espiritual se compone de piedras vivas que le dan vida a otras piedras apagadas. Cuando tu tienes un anafre con carbón y todos los carbones están mojados, si tu le hechas un carbón seco y tratas de prenderlo, quizás prenda un poco, pero se va a apagar enseguida. Pero si tu tienes una pila de carbón encendida y en fuego y acercas un carbón mojado se va a terminar encendiendo.

Esta casa de piedras vivas tiene que representar la imagen misma de Dios.
¿Y cual es la imagen de Dios?

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Preached by Joel Parlour, 7/20/2008

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Matthew Healy (middle) Gets Baptized! With him are Joel Parlour (left) and Patric Boea Jr. (right).

Let Christ Prove You Wrong - Outline

People in our world don’t know where to look for love. But looking for love, people too often find depression, isolation and other troubles. People get polluted by the world every day since they don’t know how to find God and his love. If you want true love, let Christ prove you wrong. Change your thinking to align with what God says.

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Preached by Chris Broom, 7/6/2008

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Orlando International Christian Church Inaugural Service

The Truth Will Set You Free - Outline

Theresa and I traveled to Orlando this past week to be a part of the inaugural service of the Orlando International Christian Church. I have personally known Anthony and Elizabeth Eckels, the leaders of the Orlando Church, since 1990 when Anthony and I were baptized in the Performing Arts Ministry of the New York City Church. Anthony and Elizabeth recently moved to Orlando to start the church there and were having 20 at church with just the two of them. Since then, Colleen Parramoure placed membership, Lisa Robillard was restored and just two weeks ago, Gigi French, a business owner, was baptized. On Sunday, those 5 disciples had 54 at their inaugural service and grew from 5 to 9 as Jim and Deana Blowe placed membership from Phoenix and Ray Cholod and Rob Deckard were both restored to their relationship with God.

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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 06/22/08

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Laura Gutierrez (2nd left) was baptized in the latin Ministry with her
left to right Betty Garcia, Ginger Droblas & Lucy Vazquez.

Un súper héroe moderno

John Hancock era un tipo que tenia súper poderes podía volar, súper fuerza, como un superhéroe. Desgraciadamente tenia algo que muchos tenemos sin ser súper héroes, un mal corazón. Él ayudaba a su manera a guardar el orden, pero cada que ayudaba hacia mas mal que bien. Se la pasaba borracho, robando comida, haciendo nada y aunque él era súper héroe nadie lo podía detener, y el trataba entender por que estaba en este mundo, no sabia quien era, ni porque estaba ahí.

Muchos de nosotros vivimos vidas sin sentido no tenemos propósito en nuestras vidas, vivimos un día igual que el siguiente, amanece, nos levantamos, vamos al trabajo, regresamos, a lo mejor tenemos dos trabajos, regresamos dormimos y al día siguiente es lo mismo.

Por mas que trabajas no te alcanza y por mas que te preocupas no se soluciona nada.

Y nos preguntamos ¿que es lo que hago aquí? ¿Cuál es el propósito de mi vida?


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Preached by Jay Shelbrack 6/29/2008

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Irene Tracy (center) Places Membership with the Church

The Cross: A Life of Impact - Outline

Do you know what happened at the cross? Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? If Jesus never came, what religion would you be? How different would our country be? How different would you be without Jesus? You need to realize the powerful impact of the cross not just in your life, but also our culture.

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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 06/22/08

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Jason Orosco (2nd left) was baptized at Geneva Lake WI, with him
left to right Theo Dawson Jr, Juan Carlos Garcia & Gustavo Banales

“El Corazón de un campeón”

“Nunca subestimes el corazón de un campeón”

¿Quien piensa que tiene el corazón de un campeón?

Redefinamos.
Campeón: Defensor apasionado de una causa o idea. Un campeón es alguien que nunca se da por vencido.


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Preached by Chris Broom, 6/22/2008

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Joel Klemmer (2nd from left) and Ginger Droblas (third from left) Have Overcome, pictured with the Boeas (on each end) who lead the Chemical Recovery Ministry.

The Heart of a Champion - Outline

Most of us don’t think of ourselves as ”Champions!” We think, “I’m just an ordinary person with an ordinary life, and all the challenges of that life: rent or mortgage, high price of gas, daily routine, etc.” The truth is, we are all going through hardships. Our brothers all over the world are facing the same kinds of hardships (1 Peter 5:8-9), but thank God that’s not what our lives are all about anymore! We have been called out of darkness and into God’s wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9-10)! Satan is waging war on our hearts minds and souls, and I must convince you today that if you don’t have the “Heart of a Champion” you won’t make it to heaven.

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Preached by Jay Shelbrack. 6/15/2008

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Faith, Fear and the Father - Outline

Raising great kids takes great faith. God knows we have fears but God wants to welcome you into a family.

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Predicado por Juan Carlos Garcia, 06/15/08

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La Union es la Fuerza

La unidad y lo importante que es para nosotros el estar unidos en un solo pensamiento, en un solo propósito, en un mismo corazón, en alma y en espíritu. Cuando nosotros tenemos la misma manera de pensar, sentir, vivir, amar, etc. que Jesús tiene, nosotros por consiguiente vamos a estar unidos.

Cuando compartimos el corazón de Jesús tendemos a imitar a Jesús, cuando queremos usar nuestro corazón tendemos a imitar a nosotros mismos.

EL corazón se afecta de acuerdo al medio donde te desarrollas y las personas con quien vives, y las enseñanzas que obtienes.

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Preached by Andrew Smellie, 6/8/2008

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From left: The Pullens and Debra Anderson will be joining the Smellies (far right) to plant the Washington DC International Christian Church

The Holy Bible: Examine the Evidence - Outline

Questions to Cover
- What is the Bible?
- How did it come together? The Canon
- Evidence for why the Bible is reliable
- How do we need to live as a result?

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Preached by Andrew Smellie, 6/8/2008

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The Case for Jesus as the Son of God - Outline

Introduction: If you like mysteries, and you strive to uncover the truth, this lesson is for you. It’s the ultimate Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). It’s the amazing events surrounding the murder of Jesus and the case for him as the son of God.

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Preached by Andrew Smellie, 6/6/2008

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Does God Exist or Are You an Accident? - Outline

Andrew N. Smellie, B.S., M.H.A.
Evangelist, Washington DC International Christian Church

This is an age-old question that has been debated for thousands of years. We can examine this question from a variety of philosophical, theological or scientific viewpoints, but for the sake of time, we are going to examine some of the major evidence for God that is easy to understand.

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