Sermons on A Certain Rich Man:

Shared Leadership Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 13, 2012

God's plan for the leadership of the local church is shared leadership by a group of godly elders.

The mission of our church is: To develop mature disciples who follow, serve and proclaim Jesus as Messiah. As the elders developed that mission statement at our retreat almost two years ago, we also began to develop a Biblical structure for the organization and leadership of our church that would ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

But Even If He Doesn't

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 20, 2012

Getting rid of sin, and then choosing not to sin, is by far the best way to live.

But Even If He Doesn’t… Lessons from Exile: Dan 3 Lent week 2 Mar 4, 2012 Intro: How big a deal do you think sin actually is? This is the second Sunday of Lent, and we continue our journey to the cross and the empty tomb together. This is a season of repentance, but with that ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

Extravagant Magnification Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 7, 2012

Magnification is useful because it enlarges the object of our attention. It's what we do in worship every week.

“EXTRAVAGANT MAGNIFICATION” Is. 6:1-8 & Revelation 4:1-11 Even though it’s not used as frequently as it used to be, I still like a magnifying glass. It takes something that’s hard to see and makes it bigger. It brings the word or subject into clearer focus so I can see it ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

You Do Know, You Have "Access To It" Don’t You?

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on May 13, 2012

It is the most freely given and withdrawn thing in the whole wide world and also the most misused and abused. There is an abundance and both a lack of it, in the world today and it always gives more than it receives. What is it? Its......

You do know, "you have “access to it”," Don’t You? Access to what you might be wondering? “It” is a very big subject, would you like a clue as to what I’m talking about, this morning? It is the most freely given and withdrawn thing in the whole wide world and also the most misused and ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Matthew 25:29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Walk The Walk, Sing The Song

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 17, 2009

To have singing joy in our hearts, we must be ready to serve when God’s time comes, to discern the will of God, and to avoid all escape mechanism.

I would wager that most of you can finish this sentence. You will have heard it a thousand times. Try it. "If you are going to talk the talk, then you have to what?" "Walk the walk". If you’re going to talk the talk, then you have to walk the walk. It means, of course, that what you profess ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-20

Denomination: Baptist

Who Ya Gonna Call? Series

Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009

Life offers many answers, but only one Answer. Hosea calls God’s people out for their lack of faithfulness to God’s Answer, and by implication, challenges us to faithfulness.

If you’re a fan of comedy movies like I am, the title of today’s sermon will ring a bell. The theme song of “Ghostbusters” went something like, “When there’s something weird in your neighborhood, who ya’ gonna’ call? Ghostbusters!” There was something about the idea of a S.W.A.T. team ready to deal ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 7:11-16

Denomination: *other

Opposition, Prayer, And Victory Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 30, 2009

Preached in 1989. Sometimes opposition is deeply destructive and isolating; the only answer is through prayer, for ultimately integrity is given by the risen Christ.

Opposition comes in all shapes and sizes. Opposition: feeling that somebody is out to stop you -- it takes many different forms. Sometimes it is just outright, straightforward, political campaigning. Sometimes folks choose up sides and define the issues and go after each other, and that‘s all ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Gideon’s Guerrillas: A Few Good Men Or One Good Lord? Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Sep 27, 2010

God empties us before he fills us.

The 2007 movie 300 was loosely based on the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. On a thin strip of land between the mountains and the ocean, 7,000 Greeks led by King Leonidas of Sparta and his 300 crack troops temporarily held off the Persian army and their hundreds of thousands of soldiers (some ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

An Extraordinary Introduction Series

Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010

In this extraordinary introduction, Paul introduces us to his letter to the Ephesians with a blessing of grace and peace - two words which neatly describe what Christ has done for us and which Paul develops in his letter to the Ephesians.

Ephesians 1:1-2 As many of you know, for the last few years we lived in the former Soviet Union. I remember one morning a young man came up to me, wanting me to translate a letter from Russian to English for him. He had some acquaintance in an English speaking country and he wanted me to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Three Things To Expect

Contributed by Kent Meeler on Oct 7, 2010

NEW YEARS MESSAGE, RAPTURE, TROUBLE, HARVEST

THREE THINGS TO EXPECT IN 2010 NBCOG 01/03/2010 AM TEXT MATTHEW 16:1-3 INTRODUCTION *DISCERNING THE TIMES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CRUCIAL PART OF CHRISTIANITY. *MANY HAVE WENT TO THE EXTREME AND IN ERROR HAVE SET DATES AND EVEN TIMES FOR THE RETURN OF CHRIST TO TAKE THE CHURCH HOME. *THAT EVENT IS ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:1-3

Denomination: Church Of God

The Kind Of Church Jesus Had In Mind Part 7 Series

Contributed by Greg Carr on Oct 20, 2010

Part seven of the series deals with worship. The first part of the WELL which is the foundation of the church.

We are almost done with this mega series that has been dealing with the Kind of Church Jesus Had in Mind. We have learned that the church is people who have given their hearts to God through Jesus Christ. We have learned that we need to be an Evangelizing church, a Learning church and a Loving ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Pentecostal

"The Transformation -Part 2"

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Oct 26, 2010

The ways we are transformed into God's image.

“The Transformation – Part 2” October 24, 2010 Ephesians 4:17- 24: “So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

Denomination: Holiness

Bone Weary

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 29, 2010

Like Jeremiah, we get bone weary when we feel abandoned, when we are living out of tune with the times, and when we suppress the desire to live in integrity. But In Christ we see one who experienced all this but lives to give us new life.

Calverton Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, January 31, 1982; Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC September 22, 1985 There was a time when I did not really know what it meant to be tired. I still cherish the image of myself as tireless, limitless in energy, able to leap tall buildings ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 20:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

Come To The Table

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 1, 2009

The accounts of the last supper sound more like the last snack. This message looks at what all happened that night.

Do you ever feel that you’ve only heard half the story? It’s kind of frustrating isn’t it? You wonder what else might have gone on and what you’ve missed. That’s what happens when we read the accounts of the Last Supper, it doesn’t matter if it’s one of the accounts in one of the four gospels or ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:20-30

Denomination: Wesleyan

From Praise To Power

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 13, 2009

This message involves taking individual responsibility for our own praise and worship of God. Worship is to be involvement not entertainment.

From Praise To Power November 15 Psalm 47:1-9 Acts 16:16-34 Suppose for a moment that you won tickets to a luncheon after the Cavs had beaten the Lakers in a playoff game in 2010. If at the luncheon Shaq stood up and said, “stand to you feet and let’s give it up for LeBron and the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed