Sermons on Advise:

Get Your Priorities Right

Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Jun 18, 2002

Two wrongs never make a right!

This week I was reading a book when I came across a fascinating legal case which I thought I`d share with you. This case involved two brothers whose father had died. In his will he gave equal shares of his estate to each of the brothers, but one of them, operating a legal fiddle, had got his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-15

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Do This To Remember Me Series

Contributed by Charles Scott on Jun 24, 2002

This homily is to demonstrate that by His actions on Holy Thursday at the Last Supper, he shows the intimate connection of personal service and love in the community to divine worship at the Euchrist.

HOLY THURSDAY “DO THIS TO COMMEMORATE ME” 1. "Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end" (Jn 13:1). These words from the Gospel text just proclaimed clearly underline the climate of Holy Thursday. They give us an insight into what Christ felt "on the night when he ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-35, 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Denomination: Anglican

Fear Prevents Victory Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jan 3, 2001

David and Goliath.

Fear prevents victory in life David and Goliath - One of the most exciting stories of my youth. The very words give hope to the small and weak. With God anything can happen! Even the mighty Goliath can be defeated. Goliath was a good size gentleman. Over nine feet four inches tall (6 cubits ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Just Stand There, Pray Something

Contributed by Ralph Coleman on Nov 11, 2006

Christian Prayer Life

DON’T JUST STAND THERE – PRAY SOMETHING 1 SAM. 1:26-28 Prayer is serious business!! When it comes to praying, many find themselves without, because of the fact that prayer is not a priority in your life. Prayer should be as common as putting on your clothes. Each day those that are called by His ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:26-28

Denomination: Baptist

The Treasury Of Moms

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 23, 2008

Mother’s Day message focusing on the value of training kids Biblically.

The Treasury of Moms Proverbs 22:6 May 11, 2008 Pastor Brian Matherlee What’s one thing you treasure in life from your mother? • Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the famous French sculptor who gave America the Statue of Liberty, looked for a model whose form and features he could reproduce. One of the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Denomination: Wesleyan

Lets Get Real

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 10, 2007

Jesus reveals the real problem with people and churches with this letter to the Laodiceans. The real problem is an inability to see yourself as God sees you.

Intro: This letter to the church of Laodicea reveals to us what really makes Jesus sick. What we might call the church is the First Church of the Churning stomach. If you were to see them from the worldly point of view everything would be all right. They had it all programs, people, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Landmine Of Slothfulness Series

Contributed by Charles Stanley on Sep 20, 2007

Some people go about their work with energy and joy, giving their best effort to every detail. Others do as little as they can, as slowly as they can, as indifferently as they can. What about you? Do you work with intensity or indifference—or somewhere i

Landmines in the Path of the Believer Part 2: The Landmine of Slothfulness Summary: Some people go about their work with energy and joy, giving their best effort to every detail. Others do as little as they can, as slowly as they can, as indifferently as they can. What about you? Do you work ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-16

Denomination: Baptist

Purity Through Accountability Series

Contributed by John Raulerson on Dec 13, 2007

Only through holding one another accountable in love can the church remain pure.

Series: Being the Body REMAINING PURE THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY Matt 5:13-16 In 2001 the natural gas giant Enron collapsed destroying the lives of thousands of families and investors and even causing calamity upon our national economy. The collapse was due to faulty and fraudulent accounting ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Time To Run And Time To Walk

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Feb 4, 2011

Three keys to the Christian faith!

James 1:19-20-“Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires.  There are three rules for righteousness—be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.  The rules are universal—every person is ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-20

Denomination: Baptist

Joy

Contributed by David Trexler on Dec 21, 2006

Joy to the World

Sermon on Joy December 24th 2006 Today is the 4th Sunday in Advent where we celebrate the arrival of the greatest gift ever given to humankind and hopefully begin preparing room in our hearts and lives for the second coming of this King of Kings—Jesus the Christ! Joy to the world, the Lord is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-24

Denomination: Lutheran

Don't Beat Up On Yourself

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 13, 2006

Even Great men of God like Elijah fail - take heart - and find your Mount Horeb quickly

NR 13-05-08 2 Ki 19:1-18 This evening’s OT lesson is one of those special Words of Holy Encouragement that God gives us from time to time. If a great man of God like Elijah can fail – then we can give ourselves permission to fail too. Elijah, the great ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Denomination: Anglican

Talk Is Cheap, The Walk Says Everything.

Contributed by Maurice Woodard Iii on Jun 30, 2006

So let me ask you this, are you walking the walk and talking the talk? Or are you like the dull knife James Brown sings about, "a dull knife that just ain’t cutting, talking loud but saying nothing."

Sermon b y Dr. M. Marshall Woodard III Talk Is Cheap, The Walk Says Everything. Text: James 3:1-12, Supportive Scripture/Matthew 15:8 Have you ever had someone say to you, "I see that you can ’Talk the talk,’ but can you ’Walk the walk? As I was reading the scriptures for today, I began to think ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Everything Is Not As It Seems

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Oct 17, 2006

Much like an optical illusion things are not always as they appear to be. They are supposed to bring happiness, but people go chasing them and are still left wanting, what if there was more...

How many of you know what an optical illusion is? You are looking at a photo or picture, but everything is not as it seems. Let’s take a look at a few examples (power point). Sometimes we cannot rely on our senses and perception. You may have many things going through your head about your life and ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-30

The Shepherds

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 24, 2005

Conventional wisdom would say that the best way to proclaim the Messiah’s birth would have been at Herod’s Palace and not in the fileds with the Sheperds

NR 25-12-05 Luke 2:1-20: The Angels appeared to the Shepherds Story: A shepherd was looking after his sheep one day on the side of a deserted road, when suddenly a brand new Porsche screeches to a halt. The driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Rockport shoes, Oakleys sunglasses, Rolex ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Anglican

Boards And Broken Pieces

Contributed by David Johnston on Jul 25, 2007

Just because things may be difficult for you does not mean that it is "not" the will of God for you to stay put. Too many leave the local church when it starts getting tough.

Boards & Broken Pieces Acts 27:44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces] of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. Paul has really been doing some preaching… Cities are being stirred up. Devil is stirred up. Paul becomes a prisoner… appears ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:44

Denomination: Pentecostal