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Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 3, 2012

Sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

John 6: 24 – 35 / More Intro: I want you to imagine this morning that you are a solitary traveler in a lonely desert. As you travel, you become very thirsty. Just ahead you see a rusty old pump at the edge of an oasis. Handing on the pump is a note that reads, “I have buried a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:24-35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lower The Nets For A Catch Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 7, 2013

Jesus calls us to lower the nets for a catch, even though it means persecution and rejection. We must learn the four steps of evangelization of our surroundings, friends and coworkers.

Third Sunday of Easter 2013 Vatican II About forty years ago, acting on the directions of the Fathers of the Council, a team of expert Scripture scholars and liturgists gave the Church what is called the “expanded Lectionary” for Mass. The exact words of the Liturgy Constitution are ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: Catholic

Compromise? No, It’s Time To Stand Up!

Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 8, 2013

Like today, Daniel and his friends faced an onslaught of hedonistic culture attempting to overpower their faith and morals. They determined to resist the influence and God rewarded them by promoting them to the highest positions in Government. It's time f

COMPROMISE? NO, IT’S TIME TO STAND UP! Dan. 1:3-20 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. One hot summer day, a man was filling up his black pickup truck at the local gas station. He wasn't very careful, and he got gasoline all over his jacket's left sleeve. 2. He ignored it, and left the station after ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:3-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Believe In The Son And Walk The Talk Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 13, 2013

The answer to the new atheism is the old faith, belief in Christ and reception of his forgiveness and grace.

Monday of Third Week in Easter 2013 Gaudium et Spes It’s been a while, but some years ago I used to hear Christians using the phrase “walk the talk.” That means that what you profess with your lips you have to live with your whole person. Today we are given the first ...read more

Scripture: John 6:22-29

Denomination: Catholic

Winning The War Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 10, 2015

If we want to win the war for the soul of our nation, we must commit ourselves to the Word of God and to the House of God.

Krish Kandiah, president of the London School of Theology, talks about growing up in the United Kingdom, where his family could always count on their next-door neighbor, Mrs. Oglive, to be around. They left a spare key with her in case they got locked out. They forgot their keys quite often, and ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 10:28-38

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Gospel! Can You Hear The Music?

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jul 3, 2013

Have A Passion For The Gospel. Let God have you. Let God transform You. Let God Love You. And if you do, your heart will begin to hear the music and your feet will learn to dance .... as never before.

For Those unfamiliar with an Anglican Service. There are four readings prior to the Sermon. Today's readings were 1 Kings 17: 8-24; Psalm 146; Galatians 1: 11-24; and Luke 7: 11-17 A family from a remote area .... was making their very first visit ... to the big city. They checked into the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:11-24

Denomination: Anglican

Truth Has Perished Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 22, 2014

Truth and faith are only possible when we share in a memory greater than the one we accumulate in our lifetime.

Thursday of 3rd Week in Lent 2014 Truth Has Perished “Truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.” Thus the words of Jeremiah about the people of Israel. He could be saying it about modern life in the United States of America. Oh, there’s plenty of information. Never ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 7:23-28

Denomination: Catholic

Toubled Minds

Contributed by Kent Meeler on Jan 26, 2013

Why do socialites drink and do drugs? Why are they sexually promiscuous? What's missing from their lives and what heals troubled minds?

Troubled Minds LUKE 1:67-75 I. For decades now secular experts have told us prosperity is the answer to what ails human kind. A. a good education B. a good job C. a nice house D. money in the bank These things are to provide human kind with peace and dignity. The experts say that if ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:67-75

Denomination: Church Of God

Living In A Bleeped Out World Series

Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Mar 12, 2013

This sermon deals with the topic of profanity and cursing.

“Living in A Bleeped Out World” James 3:9-10; Ephesians 4:29 Introduction: About 2 months ago I went fishing and put my porta-boat in the garage. The next day something began to stink! I found the culprit a ½ a shrimp that was decomposed. The word Paul uses in Eph. 4:29 NKJ uses ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Challenges To The Journey Of Faith-3

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Feb 13, 2013

3 of 4 Genesis records Abram’s encounter with God & his resultant actions of faith. Personal encounters with God call us to venture forth & journey by faith. But What are some challenges to that journey? A challenge to our journey of faith lie in...

CHALLENGES To The JOURNEY Of FAITH-III—Genesis 11:26—12:9 VENTURING By FAITH Attention: A Journey/Venture Challenged by heavy traffic. Our trip to McAdenville, NC(Christmas Town) the last weekend before Christmas 2012. We drove our grandsons of 3 & 5yrs. to McAdenville. We had been ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Jasg Part 6 - Conversations That Count Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Nov 20, 2019

Part 6 on a series based on the study by Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale. Jesus was a superb conversationalist. Like him, we need to spend more of our time conversing about meaningful topics, especially spiritual ones.

Jesus was a superb conversationalist. Like him, we need to spend more of our time conversing about meaningful topics, especially spiritual ones. A new pastor was asked to teach a boys class in the absence of their regular teacher. He decided to see what they knew, so he asked who knocked down the ...read more

Scripture: John 4:3-9, John 4:10-12, 1 Peter 3:15, John 4:19-26

Denomination: Brethren

Leap Of Faith Series

Contributed by John Bright on Jun 11, 2021

Working through the Gospel of Luke using consecutive expository preaching.

“Leap of Faith” Luke 6:46 – 7:10 A sermon for 6/13/21 Pastor John Bright - Harmony & Swansonville UMC Luke 6 “46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-23, Genesis 2:16-17, Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, James 2:14-17, John 14:21, Psalm 139:23-24, Luke 6:46-49, 2 John 1:4-6, Luke 7:1-10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

The Problem Of Weeds

Contributed by Jim Keegan on Oct 14, 2020

This parable may very well be one of the most important teachings for the church to hear in helping us to understand the nature of our witness for good in the world.

The Problem of Weeds Read Matthew 13:24-30 Everyone who has ever farmed or gardened, or taken care of a lawn, is only too familiar with the vexing reality of weeds. Weeds are essentially a mundane example of the fall of Creation and the presence of sin in the world. The dictionary defines them ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Forced To Do It

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Mar 12, 2024

Just because culture and society says it is good to do even though it breaks God's law, we should not do it!

Forced to do it Luke 3:7-17 Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Luke 3:7 So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “aYou brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 “Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and ado not begin to say 1to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:7-17

Denomination: United Methodist

Image Of God & The Abortion Question

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 24, 2022

This message addresses the abortion question and the sanctity of life prompted by the US Supreme Court leak on the Roe v Wade case.

Image of God & The Abortion Question Text: Psalm 139; Gen 1:26; 1 Cor 6: Subject: How does God see human life? Complement: made in his image Idea: All human beings – born and in womb are made in God image. Preaching idea: “made in God’s image & likeness” (Fearfully and wonderfully ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, James 3:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational