Sermons on Andrew Gillies:

A Christmas Without Miracles Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 7, 2014

Some try to portray Christmas as just an event, but what happens when we take the miracles out of Christmas?

Have you ever heard the phrase “The Magic of Christmas”? Probably, if you google that phrase you get almost 29,000,000 hits. Everything ranging from albums of Christmas music to campaigns to provide toys to underprivileged children, to children’s books, to more inspirational ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Twelve Apostles

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 8, 2013

The analysis of Jesus choosing the twelve apostles as set forth in Luke 6:12-16 will show us that Jesus uses ordinary people to accomplish his purposes.

Scripture Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He was about thirty years of age when he began his public ministry (Luke 3:23) in 28 AD. His ministry of seeking and saving the lost was primarily a ministry of teaching and healing. As Jesus carried out his itinerant ministry in Israel his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:12-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

They Left Everything

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Feb 19, 2022

We may have strong attachments to the normal routines of life, but God may call us to break out of the mold and give us a life of excitement and purpose that we had never dreamed of.

You may have heard news reports recently about a young man with the name of Douglas McAuthur McCain. He was the first American that we know of who died in Syria fighting for ISIS, the Islamic State. And you wonder, “How in the world did an American end up dying as a jihadi in Syria?” The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

For The Sake Of The Call

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 23, 2023

Jesus called a bunch of smelly fishermen to share in His ministry. So, when Jesus extends a call, what does it look like? What does it entail? What might He ask us to do? Or, what might we have to let go of in order to serve Him?

I have entitled our message this morning, “For the Sake of the Call,” and we are going to look at how Jesus called a bunch of smelly fishermen to share in His ministry. Allow me to get started with a joke: “Why did Jesus call so many fishermen to become apostles? He was always looking for a ‘net ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-10, Matthew 4:18-22

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Lie To The Holy Spirit Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 5, 2022

God calls his people to live lives of integrity, being honest and genuine in all we do.

Don’t Lie to the Holy Spirit Text: Acts 4:36-5:11 Introduction 1. Illustration: “You can fool some of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool Mom.” (Captain Penny). 2. You can take this wisdom from Captain Penny and appropriate into our spiritual ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Daniel's Prayer

Contributed by Christopher Arch on Sep 29, 2021

This is a sermon in a series on the prayers of the saints.

Title: “Daniel’s Prayer in a Precarious Predicament” Script: Daniel 2 Type: Expos/Series on Prayer Where: GNBC 9-26-21 Intro: Andrew van der Bijl is a 93 yrs old Dutchman. To many, he is just an unassuming elderly man. Van der Bijl was born during a hostile time in the world. As he entered ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 2:1-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Obey God Rather Than Man

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 7, 2025

Daniel 3, Government

OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN (DANIEL 3) Since 2012, the National Registry of Exonerations, a partnership between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University's law schools and the University of California Irvine Newkirk Center for Science and Society, has detailed more than 3,000 ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Memorial Day 2024

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 2, 2024

Remembering the people we are called to honor. Includes honoring fallen military, law enforcement, and Christian Martyrs.

Memorial Day 2024 Please open your Bibles to Romans chapter 13, Romans chapter 13. We will be there in just a couple of minutes. Romans chapter 13. We live in a world with evil men. It is bad enough on the personal level, but it is devastating when evil men like Adolf Hitler, Tojo, or Vladimir ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Following Jesus To The Fishing Hole Series

Contributed by Steve Lotze on Jan 30, 2006

Fourth in the Series

Following Jesus to the Fishing Hole October 16, 2005 Luke 5:1-11 These are my actual notes and sermon handouts and they probably mean more to me than they do to you. If you don’t understand something in my notes – feel free to e-mail me for clarification (stevenmary7@hotmail.com). Here’s some ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Whenever You Sling Mud You Loose Ground

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000

Someone well said, "whenever you sling mud, you lose ground" You not only lose ground when you sling mud i.e. insult others, and fail to live in harmony and love as Christ loved, but as we will learn today you miss the favor and blessing of God!

" Finally all of you live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing" 1st Peter 3:8-9 Introduction: In a Peanuts ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

When Ever You Sling Mud, You Lose Ground

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000

" Finally all of you live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers be compassionate and humble.

" Finally all of you live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing" 1st Peter 3:8-9 Introduction: In a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

Come And See

Contributed by Kyle Meador on Nov 28, 2000

This is the invitation of the post-modern church to a world hungry to experience something and somone beyond the empty promises of this world - Come and See!

“Come and See” 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 shines in ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Gathered But Not Scattered Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 11, 2000

The church is to gather for power but to scatter to proclaim the word.

A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS Sermon # 15 GATHERED BUT NOT SCATTERED Acts 8:1-4 “In football they have a huddle, the goal of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play, that is why they give you a huddle.(At a professional football game there may be ) Sixty thousand people watching ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On The Mount Lesson 9

Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 1, 2001

Lesson 9

The first seven Beatitudes illustrate the spiritual journey from the time a man realizes he’s lost to the time he begins to develop signs of Christlikeness. We saw first of all that it begins with being "poor in spirit." To be "poor in spirit" means to acknowledge our total spiritual poverty ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

"Be A Wise Guy"

Contributed by Quintin Morrow on Nov 16, 2002

An admonition for believers to pursue God’s wisdom.

Proverbs 3:13-26 November 17, 2002 The Rev’d Quintin Morrow St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Fort Worth, Texas www.st-andrew.com “Be a Wise Guy” The Text: Proverbs 3:13-26 The Text Outline: I. The Worth of Wisdom (vv.13-18). A. Wisdom is more precious than material wealth (vv. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:13-26

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican