Sermons on Babylon:

Eschatological Worship {part 2}

Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 18, 2012

Worship that embodies a lively eschatology empowers the church to live triumphantly in the present.

ESCHATOLOGICAL WORSHIP {PART 2} Rev. 21-22 Big Idea: Worship that embodies a lively eschatology empowers the church to live triumphantly in the present. REV. 21:1-6 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

“love Gains The Upper Hand” Series

Contributed by George Yates on Apr 10, 2012

The real Christmas Story is a love Story. This final sermon focuses on how God's love won out.

I. I saw a Christmas cartoon this week which places one the wise men on his camel heading to Bethlehem and the caption depicts some of our concerns in this season."I hope I took the price tag off the frankincense before I wrapped it.” A. The real Christmas story is a love story. 1. It is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

We Become Like We Worship

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 11, 2010

An underlying premise of The Revelation is that all humankind has a devotion to one God or another and we become like that which we worship.

WE BECOME LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP* Revelation 5:1-14 Sermon Objective: An underlying premise of The Revelation is that all humankind has a devotion to one God or another and we become like that which we worship. INTRO: When my daughter was about four years old, I began to notice how she imitated ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:1-14

Denomination: Nazarene

Rebuilding The Altar Series

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010

Sermon 4 of the series. The Jews are now back in their land. They have built cities, built houses and raised crops. Now it is time to get busy in the work and worship of the Lord!

The Book of Ezra Study #6 (Ezra 3:1-7) Rebuilding the Altar! INTRODUCTION: If given the chance, would you return to your home place to rebuild it, even if it lay in total devastation? What are some of your earliest memories of church? What buildings come to your mind? What parts of ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 3:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Rev. # 65~19:1- Praises From Heaven Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Sep 18, 2010

At this point in our study of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, let us be aware that the 7- year Tribulation is coming to a close with the Lords return and the Battle of Armageddon.

Rev. # 65~19:1- PRAISES FROM HEAVEN 7-31-10 At this point in our study of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, let us be aware that the 7- year Tribulation is coming to a close with the Lords return and the Battle of Armageddon. The Old ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Second Coming Of Christ Series

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Nov 18, 2010

The Second Coming of Christ is the theme of Daniel 7

Text: Daniel chapter 7 Title: The Second Coming of Christ Introduction •“True or false- Nobody knows the day or hour when the Second Coming of Christ will happen”. The answer would be “true.” •True or false “Nobody knows when the Second Coming of Christ ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 7:1-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When Your Plans Get Messed Up (09)

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Dec 4, 2009

When YOUR plans get messed up, maybe God has something better for you!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Do you get frustrated when you plan something out only to have something mess up those plans? • Maybe you were traveling somewhere for Christmas only to have storm come through that did not allow you to get to your destination? • You send out gifts that do not make it on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pride Produces A False Sense Of Confidence

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Mar 27, 2010

We all need to push aside our pride.

Intro: 1. Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick was the commander of the 6th Army Corps during the Civil War. On May 9, 1864 he was sitting under a tree, making battle plans. He got up and started walking toward his men, a lone Confederate sniper opened fire – the men scattered for cover. The Maj. ...read more

Scripture: Obadiah 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Heaven Part Three

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Dec 14, 2010

Before Jesus, where did the souls of those who believed in God go after death?

I Introduction A Before the resurrection of Jesus, where did the souls of those who believed in the God of Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc.) go after they died? 1 When people died under the Old Covenant of the Law, the Bible describes as “gave up the ghost” and were “gathered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

Repentance That Lead To Revival Series

Contributed by Charles La Porte on May 30, 2016

We all have the potential to take the blessings God gives us and show enough ungratefulness to operate in that responsibility that we can loose it… Esau – sells his birthright for what? A bowl of stew… why because he didn’t honor what God had bestowed upon him.

Rev It Up pt. 2 Repentance That Leads To Restoration Daniel 4:19-22 Last week we talked about Resolutions that lead to revival… Resolve Not to defile myself (Daniel refuses to eat the kings food), 2-resolve to daily diet on what is healthy (he determines to eat only what is healthy and ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 4:19-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Promise And Plan

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 1, 2015

What a great promise… FOR US …even when we sin… even when He has to punish… GOD STILL LOVES US and God will still forgive us.

Promise and Plan Matthew 3:1-6 Blackness… cold silent darkness… hopeless and lifeless darkness That is the only way to describe the condition of Palestine… the Holy Land… as the calendar changed from BC to AD. It was a “period of silence” … God had turned ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Wise Men And Wise Women Still Seek Him / Rise Up And Follow The Star

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 3, 2015

For these Wise men, this was the most important journey they would ever take. Nobody No-thing was going to stand between them and following the star. Wise Men and Wise Women still seek him. Updated January 2018.

For those not familiar with an Anglican Service there are 4 readings of Scripture prior to the Message: Today's assigned readings are: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-19 and Mathew 2:1-13 Let us pray...... O' Heavenly Father we thank-you for the gift of your son. Help us to place ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

Of Chaplin And Chaplain...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 13, 2012

Now what has Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest of the "Chaplinitis" era (when the fame of the legendary comedian spread like a wild contagion) in common with Book of Malachi (Last Book of the OT section of the Bible) containing a sizable section about Ch

OF CHAPLIN AND CHAPLAINS Let me relate a bizarre yet true story, before I get started with my main theme. Before that… those of us who don’t know about, Charlie Chaplin, let’s put up our hands? Well, not many hands would go up, for most of us know that he was a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:13

Denomination: *other

Why Are You Standing Around?

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 16, 2012

There's work to be done and time is running out. I believe that the Lord is asking many within the church today.“Why are you standing around ?”

Why Are You Standing Around? Matthew 20:1-7 In Matthew 20 Jesus tells a parable in which He likens the kingdom of Heaven to a man who hired servants to work in his vineyard. There was much work to be done and time was running out. When the owner of the land went looking for more laborers he saw a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Advance Payment On Adam’s Debt

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012

The power of the resurrection was applied early to Lazarus, though Jesus was deeply moved to see the predicament that man had fallen into since creation.

In 1846, former president John Quincy Adams had a stroke. Upon his return to Congress the following year, it was apparent that his health was failing. When asked about his health Adams replied, “I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement battered by the winds and broken in upon by the storms, and ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: Anglican