Sermons on Back Porch:

Back Pockets & Overcoats Series

Contributed by Steaven Snow on Feb 27, 2005

’Said’ vs. Authentic Christianity

Back Pockets and Overcoats (Said vs. Authentic Christianity) TEXT: Romans 14:13 OBJECTS: 1 Back Pocket and 1 Overcoat 4 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Symptoms of Back Pocket “Christians” • Saying One Thing—Doing ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:3

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Back To The Basics

Contributed by Don Jaques on Apr 27, 2006

Every member of CTK Church needs to worship daily, minister in a small group, and reach out to others with the love, acceptance, and forgiveness of Jesus.

OBJECTIVES: 1. Listeners will be inspired to center their lives on the 3 priorities of CTK church. 2. Listeners will evaluate their commitment to the priorities of CTK church. INTRO: Just Tuesday night I received a call from a telemarketer asking if I wanted to give a donation to an ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Right Back At Cha

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on May 7, 2006

Why do we judge and condemn the conduct of others and go so easy on ourselves? What does God have to say to us about this peculiar tendency?

Sermon for CATM - May 7, 2006 - Right Back At Cha "Don’t condemn others, and God won’t condemn you. 2God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them. You can see the speck in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the log in your own eye. How ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

No Holding Back In 2007

Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007

Don’t hold back this year!

NO HOLDING BACK A single step with no regret is our theme today. There’s a saying “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. How do we take those steps that we need to take? How do we live with no regret? To look back over your life sometimes can be filled with regrets and bring ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:13-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Back From The Dead

Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 18, 2005

What are the marks of a church that is alive?

Back From the Dead Acts 2:42-47 June 6, 2004 We are a church that is alive, and that excites me. We are in an enviable position in Benton. We have caught the embersI am familiar with so many little churches in our own and other denominations that are lamenting their fall upon hard times. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Methodist

Returning Back To God

Contributed by Douglas Bryan on Jun 9, 2005

It’s amazing how the message of the OT prophets ring true for today’s society. In one of God’s most unusual requests we can see an object lesson for the people of Israel, but also a call of repentance to our world today.

RETURNING BACK TO GOD Hosea 2:1-3:5 INTRODUCTION: A. EZE 18:30b Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. ILL> A few years back I had gone with Jack to a hospital in Columbus. We were sitting in a waiting area with some other veterans. Of course, Jack never ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Generosity & Holding Back Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 14, 2004

These verses are an encouragement to see how a Church can behave together when its members are committed to one another as fellow members of the body of Christ and to be generous with our possessions. But they’re also a warning not to hold back what we’ve

We’ve seen a fascinating thing in Australian politics in the past few weeks. John Howard has gone from being the man of steel to being more like a quick change artist. Suddenly he’s on the back foot trying to maintain his popularity against the threat of Mark Latham. And what was the issue that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37, Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

Backing The Wrong Horse

Contributed by John Beehler on Mar 18, 2004

Caiaphas wasn’t necessarily a bad guy, he was just misguided.

Backing the Wrong Horse A Jewish father was concerned about his son. He had not truly raised him to be grounded in the faith of Judaism… So, hoping to remedy this he sent his son to Israel so the boy could experience his heritage. A year later the young man returned home. He said, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:57-68

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Move Forward, Not Back

Contributed by Whitney Morton on May 28, 2004

This sermon examines what we mean by "Holiness Unto the Lord," and examines why we must seek Christ and His Holiness - we must continually move forward lest we fall back.

Usually, when I get ready to preach, I go to the Common Revised Lexicon to find a scripture passage. Then I look at what others have had to say about that passage of scripture both online and the good old fashioned way of looking things up in books and commentaries. Sometimes a word in the passage ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Denomination: Holiness

Jesus Is Coming Back

Contributed by Johnny Small on Jun 23, 2004

We have won the victory through Jesus Christ, but why aren’t we living that way?

So much of the time I see Christians walking around with their heads hanging down saying “woe is me, woe is me, the sky is falling”. Where is our joy? Where is our peace? Jesus hung on that cross and took on our sins and rose from the grave on the third day, He declared victory over death, hell ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Return Back To The Vision

Contributed by Chew Chew on May 31, 2007

Returning to the vision God has given us.

Ezra 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 2 "Thus says Cyrus king ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Bringing The Glory Back

Contributed by James May on Nov 9, 2005

I’m ready for Old Time Religion Pentecostal Revival where the hot wind of the Holy Spirit burns away the sin from God’s People.

BRINGING THE GLORY BACK By Pastor Jim May I have a number of old movies in my collection. I’m not a big movie buff, but I do like to watch movies that based upon history. The War Between the States, World War I & II, and of course Vietnam to a lesser degree, are my favorite time periods to ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:2-7, Haggai 4:6-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Bringing The King Back

Contributed by David Johnston on Jul 25, 2007

We need to bring the King back to HIS house in our 1. Commitment 2. Prayer 3. Praise 4. Worship

Bringing the King Back 2 Sam. 19 Just to bring a little light of history to this passage… Absalom, David’s son had done his best to destroy his father, securing the Kingdom and killing all those who were on David’s side. And so David had to fight against his own flesh and blood, his very own ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 19:9-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Back To Your Future Series

Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Aug 23, 2007

Help students learn to make right choices that will affect their future

Back to your Future!!! Choices 2 gregg barbour. JAM. 8.31.03 Let’s say you wake up tomorrow and there’s a time machine sitting in your driveway!!! Doctor Emmit Brown jumps out of the 1985 DeLorean and says, “(insert name here), you’ve got to come back with me!!!” Back to the Future! Wow! You’ve ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:1

Denomination: *other

To The Distant Country And Back

Contributed by Michael Trask on Mar 19, 2007

The Prodigal went to "a distant country". "The Distant Country" is not a foriegn state, but rather a sinful state of mind....that leads to ruin. But there is a way back.

“There was a man who had two sons. the younger one said to his father, ‘father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger Son got together all he had, set off for a distant country....” The “distant Country”. The young man ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Lutheran