Sermons on 8th Day:

The Day Of The Lord - Malachi Pt. 5 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 10, 2005

The Day of Lord is a time when God intervenes in the history of mankind in a tangible way which brings either blessing or judgment.

“The Day of the Lord” - Malachi Part 5 Thesis: The Day of Lord is a time when God intervenes in the history of mankind in a tangible way which brings either blessing or judgment. Scripture Text: Malachi 4:1-6 1“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Desperate Housewives - Mother's Day 2005

Contributed by Steven Dow on May 5, 2005

Desperate houswives and the rest of us are searching for something to make our lives complete.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Mother’s Day, May 8, 2005 Luke 15:8-19 Thesis: Desperate housewives (along with the rest of us) are searching for something to make their lives complete. Wisteria. It’s the name of a twisting vine with beautiful blossoms. Wisteria is known for its ability to climb high; yet ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:8-9

Fourty Days That Changed A Life 1

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on May 14, 2005

You can know God on two levels. You can know God’s works and also know God’s way.

40 Days that changed a life. (01) Show me thy ways. Exodus 33: 12. I don’t know that you have never noticed that the number 40 is used several times in the Bible. I want us to look into the Bible and look at some Bible characters and at some lives transformed in 40 days. We will call this ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:12-15

Denomination: Baptist

A Good Heart These Days Is Hard To Find Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005

2nd in series on what Pentecost means. Instead of the Law written on tablets of stone, it’s now written on our hearts.

Acts 2:1-11 – A Good Heart is Hard to Find (Many of the conclusions, including the wording, set forth here flow from John Eldredge.) In his book The Moral Intelligence of Children, Harvard professor Robert Coles told a story about Marian, one of his students several years ago. She had arrived ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Day Called Good: A Place Of Atonement Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jul 9, 2004

This ten day period leads up to the Day of Atonement, or what the Jewish people today call Yom Kippur.

(I am thankful to Rob Bell of Mars Hill Community Church for many of the ideas presented in this message) Please turn with me to Leviticus. It is the third book in the Bible. I know many of you were probably reading Leviticus just this morning. Let’s go to chapter 16. When you think of ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 16:1-34

Denomination: Baptist

Modern Day Disciples Part 2 Series

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jul 13, 2004

What does it mean to be a true Disciple of Jesus Christ? Is there a difference between a Christian and a Disciple?

Modern Day Disciples - Part 2 Pastor Glenn Newton July 11, 2004 (New Chair Sunday) I want you to know what a privilidge it is to have you all here this morning, our church family has been praying and preparing for this day for several months now. We are excited about our New Chairs, it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-34

Denomination: Nazarene

The Benefits Of Being A Modern Day Disciple Series

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Aug 2, 2004

The awesome benefits of being a disciple, this is the last sermon in a series of sermons that described the Modern Day Disciple

The Benefits of Being a Modern Day Disciple Pastor Glenn Newton August 1, 2004 PS 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.PS 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3

Denomination: Nazarene

Go Ahead Make My Day

Contributed by Bruce Smith on Aug 14, 2004

A look at what or rather who should be making our day

GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY Who Makes Your Day? Is it your family? Is it your friends? Is it other people? Or is it Jesus? Deut. 30:19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Forty Days That Changed A Life 2

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on May 27, 2005

I wonder how many of you have lost the glow? I wonder how many don’t have the love for God’s Church as you once had? You begin to miss a service here and there until when Sunday night and Wednesday night come around, you don’t even think about it?

Forty days that will change your life, 2. A life that shines. Exodus 34:28 -- 35. 05/29/05 This message is a second sermon in our series of messages on forty days that will change your life. Today, we will be talking about a life that shines. Last week we began talking about how Moses spent ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:28-35

Denomination: Baptist

Forty Days That Changed A Life. 3.

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 3, 2005

Did you know that when Goliath appeared to Israel, he challenged Israel for forty days? So, when David went to meet Goliath it was after forty days of challenge.

Forty days that changed a life. 3. First Samuel 17:45 -- 50. 06/05/05 This is our third sermon in our series titled forty days that changed a life. So, take your Bible and turn to first Samuel 17, and we are going to be talking about a story that is familiar to about all here. This story is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:45-50

Denomination: Baptist

Forty Days That Changed A Life, 4

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 4, 2005

Listen God gives me the desire for food so that He can feed me. One of these days I am going to be at the marriage supper of the Lamb and I won’t have to carry a covered dish but feast from the table prepared by the Savior.

Forty days that changed a life, 4 Matthew 4:1-11 Here is another group of text we are familiar with, it is the Scripture of Jesus in the wilderness and tempted for 40 days and 40 nights. All of us have read this passage before but I wonder if we have really looked and see how Jesus handled this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Few Good Men [father's Day]

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 16, 2005

They have learned to LEAN, learned to LEAD, and learned to LOVE. Men’s "funnies" included. Link included to Formatted Text Version, Handout, and Powerpoint Presentation.

A Few Good Men Ezekiel 22:30 www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/FewGoodMen.html Ezekiel 22:30 "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." Prerequisites to being a Good Father: Being a ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 22:30

Denomination: Baptist

Forty Days That Changed A Life 5.

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 25, 2005

The principle in this is that God is the God of a second chance. God had every right to leave Jonah in the belly of that fish. But isn’t it wonderful God is the God of a second chance?

Forty days that changed a life 5. Jonah 3:1-10 06/26/05 We are continuing our study of forty days that changed a life. This time, we want to look at forty days that changed an entire city. This story comes from the book of Jonah and in the life of Jonah. Again as the rest of the stories we have ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Freedom In Christ, A True Independence Day

Contributed by Earl Graston on Jun 28, 2005

Free,Free At Last

Freedom In Christ, A True Independence Day 7-3-2005 John 8:36 “therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed” Patrick Henry: Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the ...read more

Scripture: John 8:36, John 8:30-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Father's Day: Raising Children Of Faith

Contributed by Joe Harding on Jun 28, 2005

OUR FATHER CALLS ALL MEN TO RAISE UP CHILDREN OF FAITH REGARDLESS OF THE DNA!

FATHER’S DAY: RAISING CHILDREN OF FAITH 2 TIMOTHY 1: 1-14 JUNE 19, 2005 INTRODUCTION: THE WRITING OF A VERY SMART 6 YEAR OLD: ON VALENTINES DAY MY DADDY WILL TURN 45. LAST VALENTINES DAY, WHEN I WAS IN THE 1ST GRADE MY DADDY WWAS 44. WHEN I AM IN 2ND GRADE HE WILL BE 45 THEN 46 THEN 47! HE WILL ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist