Sermons on assumptions: showing 106-120 of 3,823

How To Help People Trust In The Scriptures

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

HOW TO HELP PEOPLE TURN THEIR TRUST FROM A STRONG LEADER TO THE SCRIPTURES Some Christians have a hard time letting go of the controls over their church members.

HOW TO HELP PEOPLE TURN THEIR TRUST FROM A STRONG LEADER TO THE SCRIPTURES Some Christians have a hard time letting go of the controls over their church members. Instead of helping their members learn how to trust God, some leaders try to foster a dependency in their members. As a result many ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Good Example Of A Bad Man

Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 26, 2007

Spiritual humility is pleasing to God.

Title: The Good Example of a Bad Man Text: Luke 18:9-14 Thesis: Spiritual humility is pleasing to God. Introduction Do you remember the old Mac Davis tune? OOOH… it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way. I can’t wait to look in the mirror cause I get better looking each day. To ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Be A Failure

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 21, 2007

We can fail in life if we follow the example of the one-talent man in Matthew 25

INTRODUCTION SLIDE 1 - How many of us want to fail in our walk with Jesus? How many of us want to fail at life? How many of us want our children to grow up to fail? - Failure is something that most of us want to avoid at all costs. We do not want to be known for our failures nor do we want to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Be A Failure

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 14, 2005

Failure is a habit, the parable of the talents can teach us some lessons about failure

INTRODUCTION SLIDE 1 „X How many of us want to fail in our walk with Jesus? How many of us want to fail at life? How many of us want our children to grow up to fail? „X Failure is something that most of us want to avoid at all costs. We do not want to be known for our failures nor do we want to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Worldview: Room With A View

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006

How we view the spiritual reality around us has a lot to do with whether we can see God in action or not.

Our Assumptions Create Our Spiritual Reality In our Scripture this morning we see an incident where we find this truth: My spiritual worldview, will interpret how I see spiritual things. My spiritual worldview, will interpret how I see spiritual things. Today we read about the same spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:8-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christian-Atheist Dialogue

Contributed by Coz Von on Jul 24, 2018

is it possible for Christians and atheists to have meaningful conversations?

It was billed as “A Discussion between Science and Religion about Origins,” but it was nothing of the sort. The scientist refrained from attacking the biblical account, but he kept stating that science demonstrated the earth to be billions of years old and that settled it. The pastor, defending the ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Isn't Life Fair

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 25, 2005

People are troubled by the fact that life doesn’t seem to be fair. Peace and encouragement don’t come from rationalizing life, but from focusing on the love, presence and power of God in our lives.

THE SEVEN SERVICE JUNE 30, 2002 Matthew 5:45 “Why Isn’t Life Fair?” INTRODUCTION Growing up with brothers and sisters, a big issue for us was fairness. We always counted the number of presents, at Christmas time, in order to make sure that they were equal and thus fair. The value of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:45

Denomination: Lutheran

Take It With You

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 16, 2009

We exalt "going to church" as the main thing, when the main thing is taking the message from the church home with you into your everyday life.

Take It With You 9/6/09 Psalm 15:1-5 James 1:19-27 Have you ever gone to Walmart with their circular baggage area, left the store and left one of your bags there in the store. What do you do when you recognize it’s missing? Or have you been to a store and left something on the counter ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Ready Or Not

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 16, 2011

Following up on His teaching in Matthew 24, Jesus gives an illustration from normal life about being ready for His coming or not.

Passage: Matthew 25:1-13 Intro: The crisis in Japan has kind of faded into the background for us, though not for them. 1. fears of “the end of the world” have faded, as they invariably do. 2. other disasters, like tornados in SE. 3. but when we think about the end of the world, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical Free

How Is Your Life Invested?

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 19, 2018

God has made a great investment in us so that we might make a great investment in others. Bringing others to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ is where we should invest our time and energy. God will examine the books to see if we made a profit for Him.

How is your life invested? Luke 19:11-27 Matthew 25:14-46 I’m always fascinated about how many different conclusions people can come to about God’s word. This is especially obvious when you read and study the Parables of Jesus. There is great temptation to take the words of Jesus and make them ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:14-46

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Take Your Seat

Contributed by Carl Willis on Jul 13, 2005

Putting humility into practice

Take Your Seat Luke 14:7-11 May 29, 2005 Luke 14:7 (NLT) When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit near the head of the table, he gave them this advice: Best Seat In The House  The quest for status  Being seen with the “in” ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have Something To Say To You

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 10, 2010

What we need to realize is this: we share the fact that none of us are saved by anything we are or do. We are saved and forgiven by our loving relationship with the risen Christ.

I Have Something To Say To You Intro: It was rush hour. The woman was late for an important appointment. She cursed the drivers around her as she weaved in and out of traffic. When a car wedged in front of her, she laid on the horn and slipped the offending driver off. She shook her fist at ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-47

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lessons In Apologetics #10: Naturalism & The Supernatural

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Oct 14, 2013

Lessons In Apologetics #10: Naturalism & The Supernatural

In the third section of his book, Geisler examines the matter of distinctively Christian apologetics more closely. In a technologically advanced age, many of the attacks against the faith center around doubts as to the extent to which God can intervene in the world and to what degree can we trust ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 14:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Mission Impossible!

Contributed by Jofrey Bustamante on Dec 31, 2009

What is impossible with men is possible with God! Start your first step into your miracle!

Introduction: Many Hollywood enthusiasts and aficionados watched the series of the movie, "Mission Impossible!" Count me one of them. I love the scenes where Tom Cruise would accomplish a seemingly impossible mission. Incredible feat! Those TV and movie series made millions, I believe. There ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

True Repentance

Contributed by William Baeta on Sep 22, 2011

“Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the Kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him: but tax collectors and harlots believed him: and when you saw it, you did not after

Theme: True Repentance Text: Ez. 18:1-4, 25-32; Phil. 2:1-13; Matt. 21:23-32 Many people today think that by saying they believe in Christ and go to Church makes them a Christian. But as the saying goes sleeping in a garage does not make you a car. To become a Christian you need to repent and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:23-32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed