Sermons on Baptized Believers:

The Gold Standard Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 19, 2009

This sermon focuses on the Golden Rule and how we are to aply it in our lives

The Gold Standard Matthew 7:12 In 1860, a lithographer named Milton Bradley decided to invent a board game where people by playing it would learn life lessons. They would learn about the risks and the rewards in life and decisions and consequences. It was originally called “The Checkered Game of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:12

Denomination: Methodist

The Questions Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 19, 2009

Christmas brought three questions which every person needed to deal with as they encountered the Christ child. Christmas isn’t so much about what God has done for us as it is about our response to the Christ child and to these questions.

The Questions of Christmas Luke 2:8-20 It’s tough to miss Christmas if you live in America today. We hear the ads on the radio and TV, see the lighted houses and buildings, the decorated yards in our neighborhoods, and the displays inside every store remind us Christmas is coming in case we’ve ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Methodist

Where Are The Marked Men?

Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 19, 2009

Exposition of Ezekiel 8-9 regarding the idolatry and judgment of Israel in preparation for our Fall Revival

Text: Ezekiel 9:1-11, Title: Where are the Marked Men? Date/Place: NRBC A. Opening illustration: words to the song by Matt Papa, Where’s the Difference? B. Background to passage: Ezekiel 8-11 are four successive visions given on Sept 18, 592 BC. In chapter 8, God is showing the elders of Israel ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Friend Of The Full Heart Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 23, 2009

Christmas is a time for full hearts: weary, guilty, anxious, sad -- past, present, and future. Mary felt the same things, but Christ comes to forgive our past, empower our present, and assure our future.

Christmas is an emotional time. All kinds of feelings are involved with the celebration of Christmas. If you don’t feel some tension, some excitement, or some pressure, something at this time of the year, you are either dead or you’ve been watching the Redskins, which is about the same thing. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Experiencing God

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 24, 2009

When Job had fully experienced God, he came to understand more about God, life, and himself.

Most preachers will tell you that the Book of Job can be tough to preach from. The story line itself isn’t exactly a feel-good experience, but you have to admit, it does make you think. Job discovered a new understanding of God’s purpose, and his suffering gave him a new perspective of himself as ...read more

Scripture: Job 42:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Earning The Right To Be Heard

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 27, 2009

Jesus is God’s way of earning the right to be heard. He comes to where we live, and he experiences what we experience. He is therefore credible.

I invite you to eavesdrop with me this morning. Listen and we can overhear some conversations. Overheard in the grocery store aisle: a mother and a little girl, shopping dangerously close to the candies, the cookies and the other goodies. The little girl saying, "I want these and I want those and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Amazing Grace

Contributed by Dan Campbell on Nov 5, 2009

Grace. A word used in a variety of ways. It is a word that has been used as an alternative term for prayer. It has been used to describe the way a person moves. It has also been used by many parents to name their daughters.

AMAZING GRACE Ephesians 2:8 Grace. A word used in a variety of ways. It is a word that has been used as an alternative term for prayer. It has been used to describe the way a person moves. It has also been used by many parents to name their daughters. Still, none of these uses seem to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

You Need To Quit Looking Back!

Contributed by Kahala Bolton on Nov 5, 2009

In order to help you understand where the Holy Spirit was leading me with this particular passage, let’s examine five reasons why we need to remember Lot’s Wife and why we need to Quit Looking Back.

In order to help you understand where the Holy Spirit was leading me with this particular passage, let’s examine five reasons why we need to remember Lot’s Wife and why we need to Quit Looking Back. But before I do that, Is it alright that I give you a little historical backdrop on this, this ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:23-26

Denomination: Christian Church

Four Steps To The Safety Zone

Contributed by Scott Carroll on May 20, 2011

SPIRITUAL EXHAUSTION---Prayer is a very vital part of recovery

02/01/09 FOUR STEPS TO THE SAFETY ZONE 2 Chr 7:14 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (KJV) INTRO. SPIRITUALLY ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Overcome Being Easily Offended

Contributed by Antonio Silveira on May 21, 2011

The Bible has a lot to say about offences. In Matthew 24:10 Jesus says one of the signs of the last days would be in the fact that many would be offended.

The Bible has a lot to say about offences. In Matthew 24:10 Jesus says one of the signs of the last days would be in the fact that many would be offended. Matthew 24:10 (Amplified Bible) 10And then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert [Him Whom they ought to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:10

Denomination: Baptist

Choices & Results

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 2, 2011

In order to follow the example of Christ’s humility, we must be willing to lay down our rights and reputation for the sake of the gospel. We must humble ourselves and serve others as a bondservant of Christ. If we say, we follow Christ; do we really live

Opening illustration: At the 2009 Kansas high school state track championship, an unusual thing happened. The team that won the girls 3,200-meter relay was disqualified. But what happened next was even more unusual. The team that was awarded the state championship by default turned right around and ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:4-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Where Could I Go, But To The Lord!"

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 5, 2011

When You're Between a Rock and a Hard Place, realize that Jesus is the rock that’s stronger than any hard place. Jesus is the Rock that will roll your blues away! Amen!

Where could I GO, but to The LORD!! Even though most of the time in our lives things run smoothly and they go great for us, there are occasionally going to be obstacles that try to bring us down, You see, they come in a lot of different shapes and sizes, the devil doesn’t care what it ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Stay Up In A Down Time

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 6, 2011

How can I stay up in the down times of life? Here God shows us 5 things to do.

How to Stay Up in a Down Time Psalm 37:1-9 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - March 15, 2009 *Do you ever fret? -- Charles Spurgeon tells us that “to fret is to worry, to have the heart burn, to fume, to become vexed,” or angry, irritated, agitated, annoyed. (1) *Anybody who’s ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Becoming A Faith Action Hero Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 10, 2011

We can be a hero to the ones we bring to Jesus. We have to decide to live the life in order to be that hero.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • How many of you when you were children would dress up like a super hero or pretend you were some action hero? • I never knew girls to do this but I know but many little boys at some point would come running out of the house in our underwear with some sort of cape flowing ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27, James 1:19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Present Perfect

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011

Our behavior should reflect our relationship with the perfect God, rather than our relationships with imperfect people.

Once upon a time, long long ago, in a galaxy far far away, that passage from Matthew changed my life. Well, it wasn’t another galaxy, exactly, but it was certainly another world. And it certainly feels like a longtime ago. I started working for the Pillsbury Company over 30 years ago. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed