Sermons on 1000 Years Of Christ:

In Christ Alone

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008

Paul, Pt. 22

IN CHRIST ALONE (COLOSSIANS 2:1-10) A scientific convention was held at a lakeside resort. After the first day’s proceedings, a mathematician, a physicist, an astronomer and a molecular biologist hired a boatman to row them around on the lake. As they sat in the boat, they discussed string theory, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Fulness Of Christ Series

Contributed by Ken Ritz on Dec 30, 2005

How Christ takes our empty lives and fills them with His goodness. Based on Ephesians 3.

The Fullness of Christ Ephesians 3:14-23 Ephesians: Riches in Christ, part 6 Turn to Eph chapter 3 Continuing in our series on the book of Ephesians. Eph 3:14-21 (NLT) 14 When I think of the wisdom and scope of God’s plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 15 the Creator of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What's New?

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 3, 2011

What do you think of when you hear the word, “new”? Fresh, pure, clean? Another new year is upon us. How will we approach it? What will we do with it? Will it be a repeat of last year? Will we be a repeat of last year? Or will we experience newness? How c

WHAT’S NEW? INTRODUCTION: What do you think of when you hear the word, “new”? Fresh, pure, clean? Another new year is upon us. How will we approach it? What will we do with it? Will it be a repeat of last year? Will we be a repeat of last year? Or will we experience newness? How ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In The Beginning

Contributed by Duane Boehm on Jan 2, 2013

with the start of a new year (2013) we will look at Gen 1:1 (creation) to see God's authority so we can surrender to His authority.

with the beginning of new year which represent a new beginning and using Gen 1:1 we will look at man's beginning and see our need to surrender to His authority. I. Establish who God is A) Elohim Was at the.. beginning of human history John 1:1 nothing precedes Him nothing before Him ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

The New Year 2018: Trim The Fat! Invest In Substance!

Contributed by Kelly Durant on Jan 7, 2018

We can live with less, but we must reduce the fat (sin, vanity), and increase the Word.

The New Year 2018: Trim the Fat! Invest in Substance! Capt. Kelly Durant Hebrews 12:1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

If I Had But One Year To Live!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 5, 2015

“What would I do if I had but one year to live?” And to make it a little bit more personal, “What would you do if you knew you had but one year to live?” Well, as I lay there in my sick bed, here are some of my answers.

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK I have discovered that when you are sick that here are a lot of different thoughts that can pop into your mind. And some of those thoughts may linger for a while, causing you to mull them over & dwell upon them in your mind. As I told ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:16-17, Ephesians 5:16-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Vision Of Christ Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jan 19, 2026

A right vision of the risen Savior transforms how we view suffering.

Vision of Christ Revelation 1:9-16 Rev. Brian Bill January 17-18, 2026 A man gets on a bus with three young children. Immediately the kids start running up and down the aisle, bumping into passengers, knocking things over, and spilling into people’s space. Everyone on the bus becomes irritated. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:9-16

Denomination: Baptist

The First Sunday Of Advent, Year C: Not Very Christmasy.

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 12, 2024

The Church tells the Christmas Story backwards: the focus is to prepare for the coming of the Lord: at the end of the world, and when Christ comes for us at the end of our individual worlds, at death.

Our Gospel from St. Luke today is a little unsettling. Not very Christmasy. Unseasonal thoughts about the end of the world. Yet, the word Advent from the Latin, adventus, means “coming.” The Church tells the Christmas Story backwards: the focus is to prepare for the coming of the Lord: at the end ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:36

Denomination: Catholic

Nothing New Can Compare

Contributed by Mike Turner on Dec 18, 2003

As we enter a new year with great expectations, let us remember the value of the things of old !

Nothing New Can Compare Psa 77:5-11 We are about to bid goodbye to 2003, and welcome the beginning of a new year. New Year’s is a time of rejoicing........and is a time for resolution. One magazine article listed the five most popular resolutions made most every year. The 5th was to take up a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 77:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Secret Things And The Revealed Things

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Dec 12, 2018

A sermon for a NEW YEAR, based on a striking text from Dt. 29:29. As we enter a new year, we cannot know the SECRET (unknown) THINGS that the year will bring, but God has REVEALED to us his commandments, his priorities, and how to enter into a relationship with him through Jesus Christ.

THE SECRET THINGS AND THE REVEALED THINGS—Dt. 29:29 If you could know the future, would you do things differently? ***I was playing basketball with my brother, and I noticed an older guy who seemed to play every day. I asked my brother what he did for a living, and my brother informed me that ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 29:29, Deuteronomy 30:11-16, Romans 6:10-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Knowing Christ Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jul 10, 2014

What is the evidence for knowing Christ? And once we know Him, what more do we need to know?

Ephesians Series - #2 - Knowing Christ Ephesians 1:15-23 Knowing Christ. What does that look like? And What is it that we need to know so that we can continue on in growing in Him and being used by Him? Love – Evidence of Knowing Christ (v. 15-16) Know Him More (v. 17) Know more of His ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Looking Both Ways

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000

We are going to look back at some of the obstacles and opportunities the church has faced the last decade, and look ahead at some obstacles and opportunities which may be in our path during the next ten years.

A few weeks ago I was sitting at my desk planning my sermon schedule for the holiday season. I came up with topics for Advent, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, but I really wasn't sure what would be appropriate for the first Sunday of the year 2000. So, I paged through my files and came across an ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

Get Out Of The Boat

Contributed by Dean Meadows on Dec 31, 2004

This is a short sermon for a New Years Eve service that can be used anytime.

Get out of the Boat Matthew14: 22-33 1. Peter asked the Lord to bid him to come (Vs.28) We need to be in prayer and ask God what he would have for us to do this year. James 4:2b, Yet you do not have because you do not ask. Sometimes we say I wish that God would let me do this or that. Have you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: *other

What We Can Learn From The Past (New Year’s Sermon)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 16, 2022

When President Bill Clinton was going through a sex scandal with Monica Lewinski, the pundits in Washington could not figure out how he could survive this scandal POLITICALLY and PHYSICALLY.

That is, almost daily he appeared on television, and it seemed like the very serious allegations that were being leveled against him were not phasing him in the slightest. • Some said it was because he is shameless • Others, pundits in Washington, had a different take on it. They said, the only ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Abiding In Jesus, Growing In Love

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Apr 29, 2024

A sermon for the fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B

April 28, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church John 15:1-8; 1 John 4:7-21 Abiding in Jesus, Growing in Love Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Jesus encourages us to abide in him. He likens our abiding to a grape vine ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8, 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Lutheran