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The Best Of Examples

Contributed by Howard Parnell on Oct 5, 2002

You certainly don’t have to look very far to find plenty of bad examples, but the child of God is exhorted to follow after the Best Example.

THE BEST OF EXAMPLES I Pet.2:21 INTRO. There are 7 instances in the New Testament of specific examples being left by some for the benefit of others. 1. Sodom and Gomorrah - examples of what will happen to those that live ungodly. [2Pet. 2:6, Jude 7] 2. Children of Israel in the wilderness ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21

Denomination: Baptist

Coffee With God

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006

Regular, deliberate seeking of God’s presence will result in a closeness with God that is far more intimate than most people believe we can have

1. Title: Coffee With God 2. Text: Exodus 33 3. Audience: Villa Heights Christian Church, AM crowd, April 10. 2005 4. Objectives: -for the people to understand the nature of our relationship with God and how we can make it grow through prayer -for the people to feel a longing for God’s closeness ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:1-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Does God Want A Dirty Church

Contributed by Corey Laughary on Sep 19, 2006

What does it mean to "honor God with your lips" and yet be far from him? This sermon explores the type of followers Jesus is calling us to become.

Mark 7:1-23 “Does God want a Dirty Church?” 7:1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2 saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed. 3(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

God's Indescribable Gift

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Dec 4, 2002

How do you describe that which is indescribable? Any attempt will fall far short of comprehensiveness. Yet we will be blessed by merely "touching the hem of this garment".

GOD’S INDESCRIBABLE GIFT "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." II Corinthians 9:15. How do you describe that which is indescribable? Admittedly, any attempt will fall far short of a comprehensive portrayal. Yet we will be blessed by merely “touching the hem of this garment”! I. A ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15, Isaiah 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

#2

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 18, 2014

I you truly love people we will desire for them far more than what is in our power to give them... WE MUST PRAY...

THE GREATEST NEED OF THE CHURCH: INTERCESSION By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Text: DEFINE SAD DAY? Ezekiel 22:30 (KJV) 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. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"This Thing Doesn't Work"

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 26, 2011

We are talking about News Years resoultions. If you really want to change it takes discipline to get into the word of God but the benefits far outweigh the effort.

Now that the New Year is right around the corner there are those infomercials that tout great fitness. It seems that each year the machines get weirder. Hang upside down, spin 360 degrees then throw up. That loses about 5 lbs. Then there are those that bend you like a pretzel while listening to Rap ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:14

You Can’t Handle It All

Contributed by Kelly Benton on Sep 15, 2011

Share that many of us are going much faster and doing far more than Christ would have us do. We need to slow down!

The title of today’s message is “You Can’t Handle It All,” but the reality is many of you, you’re trying to do way more than you probably should. Because of that, most of us are often overwhelmed. We’re in a hurry. We’re rushed. We’re late. In fact, how many of you are so often in a rush that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Other

Greetings & Love Expressed Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 18, 2013

Ministries and churches don’t go far without faithful workers. Paul devotes 16 verses to ordinary christians who made ministry happen.

ROMANS 16: 1-16 GREETINGS AND LOVE EXPRESSED The capital city of Rome was a magnet that drew people from all over the empire. In addition Paul’s travels to many of the major population centers—Jerusalem, Syrian Antioch, Philippi, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus—brought him into contact with the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Behold, The Days Come.

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Mar 14, 2005

. Is the unseen now visible, is the unrealized now taking place? Jesus warned that many will come in His name preaching and teaching, but their Heart is far from Him.

Behold, the days come. Is the unseen now visible, is the unrealized now taking place? Jesus warned that many will come in His name preaching and teaching, but their Heart is far from Him. ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:11-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

When You’ve Been Way Off Track, What’s Coming Back Look Like? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 15, 2022

Judah has been so far off-track that they haven't celebrated Passover in forever. What does it look like coming back?

- This is a picture of revival. WAY OFF TRACK: Something as central as Passover had been lost. - 2 Chronicles 30:1, 5. GETTING BACK: They needed to return to God by humble obedience. - 2 Chronicles 30:6-9. a. Return to God. - We are returning to God, not church. b. By humble obedience. - ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 30:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Four Wise Men (In The Gospel Of John)

Contributed by Peter Baumgartle on Dec 20, 2023

The Christmas Story in the Gospel of John is far different than the account in Matthew and Luke. There is no baby, no Mary and Joseph, no angels, no shepherds. But there were four wise men.

The Gospel of John, chapter 1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-51

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Christian? What's That?!

Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Mar 6, 2012

According to surveys and statistics, revealed by Christianity Today, 85% of the American population is Christian and 99% of Mexico's population is Christian. I have been to both countries and can understand why some folks are confused with these percenta

A Christian? What’s that?! I Peter 1:22-25 Introduction: According to surveys and statistics, revealed by Christianity Today, 85 percent of the American populous is Christian. Even more amazing is a recent survey that shows Mexico to be 99 percent Christian. I have been to both countries ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25

Denomination: Baptist

“but God Was Not Pleased”

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Aug 3, 2015

This is a sermon about the powerful Treat the Poor and what it means to be working poor in a country with so much every thing. The Sermon is based on the interactions between David and Nathan around his killing of Uriah

Text “and sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to him, “There were two men in the same city—one rich, the other poor. The rich man had huge flocks of sheep, herds of cattle. The poor man had nothing but one little female lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up with him and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-12

Denomination: United Methodist

Until We Pray-1 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jul 8, 2014

1 of 5 Jesus presented a model to guide His disciple's praying. Our country is not truly free until it seeks God's face. We are not praying & we are not free until we embrace...

French writer Alexis de Tocqueville(author of ‘Democracy in America’(appearing in two volumes: 1835 & 1840), after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, & boundless forests--& it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Intercessory Prayer

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Jul 17, 2021

The following sermon is going to examine the Lord's command to love and to pray for our neighbors: our fellow believers, our country's leaders and yes even our enemies!

Intercessory Prayer Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 “A classic definition of Christian prayer is “an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of His ...read more

Scripture: James 5:16, Matthew 22:36-40, Ephesians 1:15-23, Hebrews 7:25, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Romans 13:1-5, Matthew 5:43-48, 1 Corinthians 2:10-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist