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This Sermon Is Not Yet Rated

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Aug 29, 2011

This sermon contains everything a box office hit movie would have, just not from the perspective you might be thinking.

“This Sermon is Not Yet Rated” "This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of King David and of Abraham:" Matthew 1:1 (NLT Intro: This sermon contains everything a box office hit movie would have, just not from the perspective you might be thinking. It ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love That Submits And Surrenders Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Feb 10, 2016

Submission, Surrender, Marriage, the Church

Love Like You Mean It – Love That Submits and Surrenders Ephesians 5:21-33 (pg. 816) February 14, 2016 Introduction: Did you know this about Valentine’s Day? “Most believe the holiday finds its roots when Emperor Claudius II of Rome didn’t want men to marry during ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Family Relatioships

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 13, 2021

This passage of scripture follows the one that spoke of what we should PUT ON and PUT OFF in our Christian lives. There are some things that are in our spiritual wardrobe, that are unbecoming to us to wear as Christians.

Illus: It is unbecoming for any man to wear a pair of orange pants with green stripes, and a purple shirt with polka dots. If a man insists on wearing such an outfit, people are going to laugh at him behind his back. Today a lot of folks are laughing behind the backs of some Christians. Paul ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Fellowship Of The Faithful Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2020

In Acts 2:42, fellowship is named the 2nd item the church devoted themselves to. Why 2nd? Was that a mere accident, or was there a special importance God wanted us to see in that part of worship?

OPEN: I’ve heard from several people in our congregation church (as well as a number of preachers I’ve spoken with) and everybody seems to agree this lock-down is getting old. Online worship is OK… but it’s no replacement for real church. Well, everyone is tired of online worship with the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Importance Of Being Informed Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 29, 2021

Ignorance is one the major causes for Christians missing out on God's best. This was true in the early church, and it is still true today.

A new bride was showing a visiting friend her first garden she had ever planted. The friend notice several small green clusters at one end of the garden and asked what they were. The bride said proudly, "They are radishes." "Really," said the visitor, "most people plant ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Twelve Steps To A New Life Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Aug 31, 2019

The truth is that everyone needs hope because everyone struggles. Everyone is in recovery from the mistakes, troubles, problems, and mess-ups of their own lives. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

TWELVE STEPS TO A NEW LIFE Introduction On July 1st of this year Los Angeles Angels player Tyler Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room. In his system were the opioids fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23, Galatians 6:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lessons From Jeremiah – Part 8 – National Evils Are Widespread – Murder, Injustice, No Repentance, Delusion Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 25, 2024

The guilty argue with God and there is no repentance. Again God requests that Judah remembers her past devotion and return to the Lord. Idolatry is everywhere and the innocent poor are killed. There is no justice anywhere and delusion is rampant.

LESSONS FROM JEREMIAH – PART 8 – NATIONAL EVILS ARE WIDESPREAD – MURDER, INJUSTICE, NO REPENTANCE, DELUSION PART 8 - Jeremiah 2:29-35 CHAPTER 2 [A]. YOU ARE A CONTENTIOUS PEOPLE BUT YOU HAVE TRANSGRESSED {{Jeremiah 2:29 Why do you CONTEND with Me? You have all TRANSGRESSED against Me,” ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:29, Haggai 2:22, Ezekiel 21:27, Jeremiah 2:30, Revelation 6:9-10, Jeremiah 2:31-32, Jeremiah 2:33, 1 Timothy 2:12-15, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Jeremiah 2:34-35, Exodus 22:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

From The Wilderness To The Temple

Contributed by Paul George on Dec 30, 2003

In the testing of Jesus the devil’s goal was to get Jesus to question His son ship and distrust His Father’s love.

From the Wilderness to the Temple Matthew 4:3-7 In the testing of Jesus the devil’s goal was to get Jesus to question His son ship and distrust His Father’s love. He wanted Jesus to follow the course Israel had taken throughout their history. Satan wanted Jesus to immediately satisfy His hunger. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:3-7

Denomination: Holiness

Turning The Other Cheek - By Michael Prabaharan Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 14, 2005

The Sermon on the Mount is an invitation – to taste and see this God, to join his club and deepen his kind of life skills.

Turning the Other Cheek I’ve been trying to figure out a realistic application for turning the other cheek ever since as a young person a mentor of mine once pointed out to that to teach his son this attitude was a license to getting him bullied at school. No way am I going to encourage my son ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-48

Denomination: Anglican

The Kingdom Is For Thirsty People Series

Contributed by Simon Fullylove on Feb 27, 2007

A look at the kingdom message for sinners, i.e. non-religious people

Introduction Kingdom = God’s Rule, God’s will being done on earth as it is in heaven, God’s Shalom, it is God’s dreams being realised for the world, Jesus says this kingdom rule is available now through me, so change and believe it, be part of it. A fresh start was needed he said to Nicodemus, ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Blesses Those Who Obey Him Series

Contributed by Ely Lambert on Jul 25, 2002

The book of Daniel begins with an appropriate struggle for Israelites in a foreign land, and because of their obedient faith they are blessed.

I. Illustration “The State of the Nation Address I grew up in rural America in the 50’s and 60’s. On any given day, you could walk through the high school parking lot and observe that half the vehicles parked there were trucks with windows rolled down and doors unlocked. Most of them carried, ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Am I A Prodigal Son?

Contributed by Charles Mccall on Jul 6, 2003

Any Christian who strayed away from the Lord is considered a "prodigal son". Are you one of them?

Luke 15:11-25 Topic: Am I a prodigal son? Usually when we think of the Prodigal Son story, we usually think of a young man leaving home because he wanted to be grown and wanted to be able to do his own thing without asking for his parents permission. When we think of the Prodigal Son ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-25

Denomination: Baptist

Entrusted

Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 9, 2007

Dominion – authority – brings with it responsibility. Angelina Grimké, the American abolitionist once said, “Duty is ours and events are God’s.” God has given us dominion over this earth, yes, and with it comes the responsibility to act on God’s behalf.

Entrusted, Genesis 1:26 Introduction This summer many of us watched the story unfold of animal cruelty charges being raised against Atlanta Falcons football player, Michael Vick. The 19-page federal indictment, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleges the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26

Denomination: Christian Church

Restoring The Broken Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 30, 2007

When you let the natural nature of the human heart take over you don’t go from bad to good you go from bad to worse. Yet in the midst of a tragic story we find tremendous hope.

The events of Judges 19-21 probably represent the worst of the worst of the history of Israel. They happened, surprisingly, not long after Joshua passed away signaling, I think, the fact that shortly after conquering the Promised Land, the people fell away quickly into idolatry which then infected ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Nothing Beats Love Part 6

Contributed by Don Jaques on Dec 14, 2006

Loving people means you never give up on them.

When I was a kid, a lot of things came very easily to me. I was naturally coordinated, and so sports were always fun and easy for me. School also came easily to me, and I enjoyed it. But because many things came easily to me I would often have problems when something didn’t “click” really ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:7-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational