Sermons on Alter Call:

A Call For Prayer Series

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009

Do you want to know how to practice prayer as a way of life?

A Call for Prayer James 5:13-18 PROPOSITION: Because Christ practiced a dependency upon prayer, you must practice a life-long dependency on prayer. I. Prayer must be practiced as a way to meet your needs! v. 13-15 A. Show your dependency on the Lord through personal prayer(13)! ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-18

Denomination: Baptist

A Call To Harvest

Contributed by Chris Blackshaw on Jul 5, 2009

We must work hard to tell others about God then we will reap our reward in Heaven.

The Harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. This is a powerful piece of scripture that just seemed to jump out of the page at us. To me it speaks volumes. To me it says there is a lot of work to be done but not many of us wanting to do it. When I was a young lad on our family farm the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

Calling Things As They Are Series

Contributed by Paul Shafit on Jul 27, 2009

Problems may be encountered when the truth is told

People often tell what we call white lies because everyone wants to be liked and accepted. Most people are afraid that if they point out the shortcomings of others to them, they’ll see them as enemies and not friends. Constructive criticism can be very helpful to people who have a desire to better ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Called To Be Holy Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2009

In Zechariah, you see God’s incredible forgiveness and promise of restoration and depth of love for His people, who had been slaves in Babylon and were now returning to rebuild their country, their lives, and their faith

Called to Be Holy Zech 5 August 10, 2008 Intro: I distinctly remember a conversation with a young man back in the days that I was a youth pastor. He was making some really destructive decisions in his life, and I was trying to convince him to make some better ones. I tried to help him see the ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Call It What It Is

Contributed by Scott Pyle on May 14, 2009

Sin is Sin

I Sin is wrong. A Everyone has a conscience. We know when we have done wrong. B James 4:17 If you are not doing right then you are sinning. C Sin cannot be reasoned about. D. Sin is black and white. There is no gray area. II Sin is known. A. We realize what we have done. ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:16-18

Denomination: Holiness

A Fisherman's Call Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on May 19, 2009

What is the call of Christ? Is it a mysterious thing that only happens to select people? Is it something you have to work hard to get and discover? We will discover the answers to these questions and more in today’s message titled, “A Fisherman’s Call.

http://brushforkbanner.blogspot.com MATTHEW 4:18-20 Just a word of background on our passage this morning. Jesus hadn’t been long into His public ministry. According to the Gospel of Matthew, we know that Jesus had already been baptized by John the Baptist. After that, Jesus was led away by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

Called To Fish

Contributed by Larry La Douceur on May 27, 2009

To Realize Your Potential – We should NOT think so much of what we are as what the Lord will do with us if we let HIM

Called to Fish Luke 5:1-11 Thanks and Praise be to God, that starting today we have a new facility (new to us) to worship in on each Lords day. Having this facility presents both blessing’s and challenges, today we will address one of the challenges. Before the challenge is stated, I would like ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Responding To The Call

Contributed by Manuel Jr. Ocampo on May 28, 2009

We are chosen by the Master, sent with a Message and must fulfill the Mission.

RESPONDING TO THE CALL (The Master, The Message and The Mission) TEXT: MATTHEW 10:1-10 INTRO: We are blessed to be a blessing. This is God’s plan from the beginning. He chose Adam to bless the world but he failed. He chose Abraham to bless the nations but the Jews failed. The reason was, they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Not Called As Academics Series

Contributed by Simon Taylor on May 29, 2009

Striking the balance between studying the Bible, but keeping your relationship with God just that... a relationship.

Good morning and welcome to the second in a three-part series entitled Who We Are and What We Do. Before we get into the nitty-gritty today, I’d just like to say a personal thank you for all of the emails and video comments we’ve received this week. We have been really encouraged your comments ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Call To Rebellion

Contributed by David Flowers on May 4, 2008

Dave explains that the Sabbath should be kept, and why and how to keep it.

A Call to Rebellion Wildwind Community Church David Flowers April 25, 2008 What is the single thing the people of God could do to show themselves as the people of God in the most profound way possible? What single thing, if we did it, could make the biggest difference in our lives and would ...read more

Scripture: James 2:10-11

Denomination: Free Methodist

Called To Pray

Contributed by Mark Baker on May 10, 2008

In today’s political climate, many are turned away by all the negativity and are disgusted with everything that is going on. So much so, that they just want to throw up their hands, close their eyes, and hope things will just get better by themselves...

Over the centuries, there have been many great revivals and moves of God. Yet, before each great move of God, there was always a move to prayer. The Lord will raise up many to pray and seek after Him. Right now men and women of God are being called to begin to pray and seek His face. There is an ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Call To Worship

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Nov 28, 2004

To examine how we are prepare ourselves to worship God

A Call to Worship Exodus 19:3-19 Primary Purpose: To consider how we must prepare ourselves to meet with God If I asked you What is worship? I wonder what you would say. Would you mention a specific time or place? Would you mention a particular part of the services that we have? Today, in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:3-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Call To The Gentiles

Contributed by Pastor Ben F Corley on Nov 28, 2006

Peter was praying on the top of the house when a great sheet was let dow from heaven, on the sheet was all sorts of split-holf animals. The Lord told Peter to arise, slay and eat. Peter being a devout Jew refussed, and the Lord Reminded him that What He h

" BEING A WORLD CHRISTIAN " " MEN OF MISSIONS " " THE CALL TO THE GENTILES " TEXT ACTS 10: 9-16 INTRODUCTION: I think the Apostle Peter is one of the most colorful apostles in the band of apostles. He was a strong willed man, one that I believe, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:9-16

Denomination: Church Of God

A Call To Worship

Contributed by Billy Noel on Dec 4, 2006

This a challenge to believers to bring God Back to the center of our lives

A Call to Worship I Chronicles 15-16 Create/Prepare a Place for worship 1 After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. He acknowledged the presence of God For the first time the service of praise was now ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

The Calling Of A Candidate

Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 5, 2006

This is a sermon preached in view of being called as pastor which seeks to encourage the congregation to seek God’s will as they worship.

The calling of a pastor is one of the most exciting experiences in the life of a church. It can also be one of the most anxious and trying too! This is reflected in a church newsletter article originally used by the “NEWS” in March 1957 entitled: “The Problem of Picking a Pastor.” If he is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Baptist