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Are You Having An Identity Crisis?

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 18, 2004

Salt and Light

Do you know who I am? • My parts alone could be deadly. As a soft metal I can explode in water. As a yellowish gas I am poisonous to breathe. Do you know who I am? • You consider me common, but I have been considered of great value; I have even been used like money. Others have used me as a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Goodness Comes From The One Who's Good Series

Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004

The 6th sermon in a series on the fruits of the Spirit. A sermon on goodness.

Introduction: 1. Last week we talked about "kindness." This week we look at another fruit of the Spirit that on the surface doesn’t seem all that spiritual, "goodness." 2. We joke about being good with one another. We say things like, "Some people you have to pay to be good while others are just. ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

God's Man For The White House

Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Oct 11, 2004

Challenge to Christians to establish Christ as Master.

PP0524 DATE GOD’S MAN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Ezekiel 22:30-31. "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." "Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 22:26-31

Denomination: Baptist

What Would Jesus Do About The Upcoming Election Series

Contributed by Tim Najpaver on Oct 23, 2004

To motivate Christians to allow their faith to be their primary influence at election time.

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO ABOUT THE APPROACHING ELECTION? Romans 13:1 I heard on a talk show this week someone comment on the fact that both candidates for president have made their faith a paramount issue in their political debates. That commentator remarked, “What a person believes really ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:1

Denomination: Baptist

Hell? Yes!

Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Aug 30, 2005

Without a understanding of the doctrine of hell and the fact that people without faith in Christ face an eternity in hell, we have no great motivation to withness our faith and be involved in mission and ministry. This fact changes our perspective and giv

One of the old time managers of the New York Yankees was Joe McCarthy, who was also a Baseball Hall of Famer. He once said that he had a dream in which he was in heaven and had assembled before him a team of all of the old time greats – Ty Cobb, Lou Gehirg, Babe Ruth, and others. He was ecstatic! ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:28

Denomination: Lutheran

Growing In Spiritual Maturity Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 30, 2005

In James 1:19-20 James shows us three characteristics of growing in spiritual maturity.

Scripture The story is told of two men who were traveling along in a hot-air balloon when they began to realize that they had no idea where they were. To make matters worse, as they looked at the sky, a storm began brewing overhead and heavy clouds started rolling in. For a brief minute they came ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Live Like You Have Arrived Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jan 29, 2006

Last of 5 messages on 1 Peter 1 & 2. This message is focused on who Jesus is and on who we are. The natural outgrowth of this understanding is the "telling" of the gospel and the "doing" of good.

Voyage to Eternity Living like You Have Arrived 1 Peter 2:1-12 Voyage to Eternity What good is magic if it can’t save a unicorn? What use is magic if it can’t save a unicorn? - Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn What good is saving time if it won’t help you enjoy living? What good is money if ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Truth-Telling: Key To Authentic Relationships Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 8, 2006

In James’ day, as in ours, people revered the idea of truth in principle but in practice it was blatantly disregarded. In James 5:12 he makes a special point to address this issue of being truthful.

Scripture In a Reader’s Digest survey of 2,624 readers in January 2004 we read about the percentage of those who said they had: 1. Switched price tags to get a lower price: 12% 2. Cheated on their tax return: 17% 3. Misstated facts on a resume/job application: 18% 4. Lied to their spouse about ...read more

Scripture: James 5:12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Biggest Blessing Of All

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Nov 30, 2005

A sermon about the blessing of Christ - to go along with our Bethlehem Candle Service- 2nd week of Advent.

Every year in Mesa, Arizona, the Mormon Temple puts on their Christmas display. It is a fantastic sight to see! There must be millions of lights, and the sight of those displays is truly awesome. If you want to go see them, you will spend at least a half hour looking for a place to park, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: *other

Is Our Message Any Different? Series

Contributed by Steven Dow on Dec 3, 2005

Christmas Realities - Part 2. This Christmas we need to check the reliability of our message because the reality is that there is a lot of fluff out there.

IS OUR MESSAGE ANY DIFFERENT? Christmas Realities – Part 2 December 4, 2005 Mark 1:1-8 INTRODUCTION: Where do you get your news? Network news? 24-hour cable news channel? Newspaper? Internet? Today there are more options than ever before in history for getting your news. In the old days the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-8

Narnia: Not A Tame Lion Series

Contributed by Roy Carter on Dec 5, 2005

This is a sermon describing the connection between Aslan and Jesus neither are safe but both are good.

Not A Tame Lion Philippians 2:6-7; Revelation 5:5 INTRODUCTION: Movie Clip From Second Hand Lions A man and his pet giraffe walk into a bar and start having a few quiet drinks. As the night goes on, they get pretty drunk. The giraffe finally passes out near the pool tables and the man decides to ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Passionate Series

Contributed by Rick Duncan on Dec 8, 2005

Let’s get rid of some misconceptions of God. What if you knew that God really loves you? What will happen if you let that touch your heart?

God gets bad press. And I’m not so much talking about in Newsweek or in the PD or on NBC, ABC, or CBS. I’m talking about in your mind… and mine. Some of us think that God admits us begrudgingly into his Kingdom. That Christ found a loophole in the law. That He did some fancy plea-bargaining ...read more

Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Still With Us!

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 16, 2005

God is still with us in spite of the secular world’s determination to eliminate Jesus from Christmas. So rejoice in the Lord with each other and remember “God is with us!”

God is still with us! On The Lighter Side of Life: Christmas Present It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. Pastor Mike was looking at the nativity scene outside when he noticed the baby Jesus was missing from the figures. Immediately, Pastor Mike turned towards the church ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:23-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praise: The Hikers Environment Series

Contributed by Chris Kelly on Oct 28, 2006

Learn how each Psalm in the Songs of Ascent (120-134) describe the exciting life of the modern day follower of God as we climb and grow in our relationship with Christ.

Praise: The Hikers Environment August 11, 2002 As you may or may not know, for the last couple of months, we’ve been on a trip (figuratively at least) to Jerusalem and today we’ve finally arrived! The travel songs we’ve been singing aren’t ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 134:1-2

Denomination: Wesleyan

You Are My Son

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007

Jesus’ baptism

YOU ARE MY SON - MATTHEW 3:13-17 Steve Simala Grant, June 1, 1997 INTRO: We’ve come this morning to celebrate who God is and what he is doing in our lives. To worship Him and to praise Him and to meet with Him face to face in a way that changes our lives. We’re going to continue to do that as we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17, Psalm 29:1-11

Denomination: Baptist