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What Puts The Tiger In Our Tanks? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005

It is tough to stay motivated to serve the Lord. We all gravitate toward room temperature – being lukewarm. How can we stay motivated?

What Puts the Tiger in Our Tanks? (Philippians 1:20-30) 1. Let me talk to you about Ants. Not the kind that marry uncles, but the kind that live outside. According to a CNN article, 2."Like humans, fungus-growing ants are true farmers and the survival of the colony depends on the food they ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:20-30

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Humility, Pride, And Group Dynamics Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005

Nothing exposes the selfishness in our hearts quite like living life with others.

Humility, Pride, and Group Dynamics (Philippians 2:1-4) 1. Human beings have a dignity unlike other created beings. 2. Yet, ironically, snobby members of the intelligencia constantly degrade human dignity: LONDON (AFP) - London Zoo unveiled a new exhibition -- eight humans prowling around ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What It Means To Be Held

Contributed by Jay Robison on Jul 26, 2005

In this sermon I use Natalie Grant’s song Held as a tool to understand Jesus’ message to the church at Smyrna. Smyrna was a church under attack with Pain Poverty Slander and a promise of worse yet to come. But the church was also held because Jesus sees t

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ARE HELD July 24, 2005 Jay Davis Robison Revelation 2:8-11 According to 20 the countdown magazine #1 Contemp Christian song 7/23/05 Natalie Grant “Held” Song a little unsettling, verse tells of 2-month-old baby Who dies while his mother is praying for sudden ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

Sometimes Our Obedience Hurts Others Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 4, 2005

5th in long series on Joshua. After doing a recap of the events so far, this shows the little-spoken truth: Sometimes, in order for us to obey God, we must hurt other people.

Joshua 3:1-17 – Sometimes Our Obedience Hurts Others It was testimony night in the church. A lady got up and said, "We are living in a wicked land where sin is on every hand. I have had a terrible fight with the old devil all week." Then, her husband, who was sitting glumly by her side ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

A Bunch Of Questions

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 15, 2005

A sermon for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost Peter’s Confession

14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 Matthew 16:13-20 "A Bunch of Questions" 13 ¶ Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" 14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Our Fleshly Desires And The Law Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on May 23, 2005

Our fleshly desires and the law are at contrasts. Let’s look at what God directs our lives to be.

Our Fleshly Desires and the Law Our Battle Our Victory When lost recently… Mayday… SOS… We all become lost and confused occasionally and God gives us some great advise through confessions of Paul that we must readily confess to be right with God… Our Battle Confession 1: We are carnal, sold ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

Wisdom

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 1, 2004

Wisdom comes from God, and is a very real and practical sense of what to do, how to do it, and why it must be done...but wisdom is no guarantee that we’ll act wisely.

Wisdom II Chronicles 1:1-11, Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts “Ask for whatever you want Me to give you” (vs 7). If God handed you a “blank check”--if you could ask Him for anything and receive it, what would your pray for? I saw a “prayer” on a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 1:1-11

Denomination: Congregational

The Feast Of Unleavend Bread (Matzah) Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 4, 2005

God is serious when He says, “Be holy even as I am holy” (I Peter 1:16); He IS holy, and He calls us to holiness, as illustrated by the Feast of Matzo.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread (HaMatzah) (Leviticus 23: 6-8) 1. Whenever we address the Levitical Feasts, we are on Jewish ground. 2. So what better way to start today’s sermon than with a great Jewish joke: The Cohen Brothers & Mr. Ford It was a sweltering August day when all three Cohen ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:6-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Is Love Series

Contributed by Steve Lawson on Oct 19, 2004

Everything God has ever done and will ever do is first motivated by His heart of love.

Who Is God? Series Introduction – God Is Love Ephesians 3:14-19 Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try you just can’t get things right? That even though you are extremely busy, you don’t seem to be accomplishing anything? Does it ever seem like you are just living life in some sort of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Understanding The Passion Of The Christ

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2004

Pre-Easter sermon

Understanding the Passion 1 Cor. 1:17-18 For Christ sent me … to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. [18] For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

Armor Of God-Shield Of Faith Series

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Oct 19, 2008

This part 4 in the series of the Armor of god. this one looking at the shield of faith.

Armor of God-Shield of Faith Ephesians 6:10-18 Introduction George Burns: The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a strong ending, and to have the two as close together as possible. Last couple weeks we looked at the armor of God. We have ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Nazarene

Spiritual Mayday

Contributed by Aaron Johnson on Jun 9, 2009

Compares the firefighters mayday situation, to our spiritual lives; identifying the need to call the spiritual mayday.

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Phl 4:6) “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Phil. 4:6) (NIV) There ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Focus On Your God-Given Role In Marriage

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Oct 19, 2009

Focus on Your God-given Role in Marriage 1) Wives submit to your husband. 2) Husbands love your wife.

I don’t suppose it’s easy coaching peewee football. Every kid who shows up for tryouts wants to be quarterback or running back. No one wants to play on the offensive line where you’ll be treated like a human bowling pin and for what? Offensive linemen rarely score touchdowns. But of course if you ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-31

Denomination: Lutheran

Micah The Minor Prophet Part 1 Series

Contributed by Rodney Fry on Aug 26, 2009

We have looked at the works of Jonah, Amos, and Hosea b. We now come to the works of Micah, the last prophet of the eighth century B.C.

SERMON Minor Prophets Micah "STUDIES IN THE MINOR PROPHETS" Micah - Judgment Now, Blessings Later (1:1-2:13) INTRODUCTION 1. The eighth century (800-700 B.C.) was filled with prophetic activity... a. Starting with Jonah, who prophesied to the city of Nineveh (790 B.C.) ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

There Is Now No Condemnation

Contributed by Kyle Gray on May 20, 2009

What does it mean to have our sins not condemn us?

The eighth chapter of Romans begins with one of the greatest promises in all the Bible. "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." And even standing by itself there is something in those words that makes your heart flutter. The significance of the fact that in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational