Sermons on Be A Friend:

The Love Connection Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 11, 2009

We tend to be most at peace with God… When selflessly serving… especially the poor… but even one’s friends and family. When sharing the love of Jesus with someone whose heart is open. When truly forgiving and extending grace to one who is indebted to u

I returned a week ago from Nepal… to be a part of… South Asia Vineyard Family Gathering. Included a few key Indian leaders… but mostly Nepali… about a quarter from the urban area of Kathmandu… many from NE India border… and a majority from the villages that spread many miles up into the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mistakes In The Bible

Contributed by Kenneth Tankersley on Jun 13, 2009

YEARS AGO, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH A FRIEND OVER THIS TOPIC. (IT WAS A TRICK QUESTION) PAUL SAID: “ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN” YET SOME REFUSE PART OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND ACCEPT OTHER PARTS** SOME BELIEVE IT CONTAINS THE WORD OF GOD , YET PAUL (UNDER THE A

MISTAKES IN THE BIBLE 2 TIMOTHY CH 3 VS. 16,17 INTRODUCTION: YEARS AGO, I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH A FRIEND OVER THIS TOPIC. (IT WAS A TRICK QUESTION) PAUL SAID: “ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN” YET SOME REFUSE PART OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND ACCEPT OTHER PARTS** SOME BELIEVE ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Friendship To Be Shown!!!

Contributed by John Wright on Feb 1, 2010

Jesus, in John 15:13 makes a statement that let's us know that friendship is to be proven by friends making sacrificing and then Proverbs 27:5&6 teach that friendship is shown as we give constructive criticism and Gal. 5:14&15 enforce that we are not to b

INTRODUCTION 1. Please open your bible to Proverbs 17:17. 2. I’ve got a question for you! Who is your best friend? Be thinking about you answer and we will explain why we ask the question during the study of this lesson. 2. Let’s read Proverbs 17:17and then over the next few days ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Art Of Connecting Series

Contributed by David Mcbeath on Mar 4, 2012

Main Theme/Proposition: If you want to connect in a deep way with your mate or date, you need to have a good name, learn to be best friends, and invoke the help of Jesus. Topics: Inner-Beauty & Attraction, Connecting, Sex, Dating, Relationships, Self-i

As the ushers are coming forward to collect for our offering, I want to begin by saying, “I am excited by about this series on Song of Solomon.” I truly believe this 3000 year old collection of love songs can speak life into our marriages, our dating lives, and all of our ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

How Christians Should Live

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010

Too many people profess to be Christians but DON’T actually live the Christian life. Their Christianity consists mainly of going in and out of church on Sunday and special days. Friends, going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to

Intro: Too many people profess to be Christians but DON’T actually live the Christian life. Their Christianity consists mainly of going in and out of church on Sunday and special days. Friends, going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a funeral home makes you a corpse! ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:15

Denomination: *other

Live And Help Live

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Dec 28, 2010

You shall not murder. You shall not take a life by anger. You shall not take away life by calling contemptuous names. You shall not take away from life by gossiping and slandering people. Not friends, not strangers, not your wife, not your husband, not yo

When my brother got his driver's license he had saved up enough money to buy a 1954 Bel Air Chevy. Now this was not one of those cars that people considered to be a classic, this was an old clunker. It was a unusual shade of green. It had been restored and Mike bought it for $400. One day before I ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:13

Denomination: Baptist

Place Yourself On The Manual Mode

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Dec 10, 2008

God calls us into His harvest. If you are living in isolation from the world and the only friends you have are in your comfortable bible study, Wednesday night church get-togethers, Sunday school, Christian picnics you will never experience the joy of sha

Place yourself on the Manual mode Rev. Allan Kircher Now I’m old enough to remember when the cars sold were all manual. Manual brakes, manual transmission, manual locks, manual radio—you had to turn a knob to search for a radio station. Manual air conditioning—roll down the windows. I used to ...read more

Scripture: John 1:37-43

Denomination: Baptist

We Can Stand Firm

Contributed by Jose Imperial on Jan 9, 2009

Our faith ,family and friends are being attacked and bombarded day by day by ungodly ideas and satanic influence. We cannot relax and rest if we see them being led away far from the truth. The only way to resist this attack is by standing firm..

Try to imagine these situations. a. Someone told you that what you believe is not true. They told that it’s your imagination that works and it is just a blind faith. They told you are old fashioned and irrelevant to our present world. How will you respond on the attack of your faith ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Search For Tomorroq

Contributed by Jon Sullivan on Mar 22, 2010

All of us would like to know what the future holds for us. This is evident in the rise of groups like the psychic friends network, and horoscopes. We want the answers to ALL of life questions and we want them now. In Galatians 6 Paul answer the ques

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW INTRODUCTION: All of us would like to know what the future holds for us. This is evident in the rise of groups like the psychic friends network, and horoscopes. We want the answers to ALL of life questions and we want them now. In Galatians 6 Paul answer the question ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:9-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You Perceive (Know) God's Love? Enough To Make Others Perceive It Too?

Contributed by Kelly Durant on Feb 24, 2018

Love is everything! Without love, where would you be right now? Without love there would not exist families, nor friends, nor happiness, nor health, nothing would exist because it was with love God that created everything! Do you show love?

Do you Perceive (Know) God's Love? Enough to Make Others Perceive It Too? Captain Kelly Durant Re: 1-30-10 1 John 3:16 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. They say that money can buy a dog, but ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

Jumping To Conclusions Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 1, 2021

The friends of Job explained life's sufferings, and specifically Job's sufferings, as very simple and obvious. They said there is no mystery here at all. It is clear as a bell that suffering is God's judgment on the sinner. Job is suffering, therefore, Job is a sinner.

There is a poem that I have enjoyed for many years, but I could never see how it could be used in a sermon, until I began to study the friends of Job. I want to share it with you, for it both describes them, and gives us insight into why they could be so wrong when they were so often right. It is ...read more

"what Doesn't Kill Us ..." Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jan 29, 2019

James calls God’s training regimen “various [kinds of] trials” (James 1:2). As he prepares his friends for the inevitable test, he outlines for them ... and for us … the following five strategies to employ when times of testing challenge us.

A very popular show in the sixties and seventies was a little half-hour police drama called … [do the theme music] … “Dragnet.” Remember that show? It starred Jack Webb as “Joe Friday” … a detective with the Los Angels Police Department. Joe Friday was a no-nonsense cop. His famous line was … ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-4

Denomination: United Methodist

Perfect Peace Only From God. Series

Contributed by Peter Silway on Nov 5, 2014

If you want to come out of situations/if you want circumstances to change. Then you need to look beyond yourself/beyond your books/beyond friends/look up. Look to God.If you look up you shall get up.

PERFECT PEACE ONLY FROM GOD. (Evangelical sermon). .Isa.26:3.”Gd will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is fixed on Gd,because he trusts in Gd.”Beloved the world lacks peace. When does the world lack peace? Is it not when one is experiencing adverse circumstances/when things ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 26:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Feast Of Tabernacles Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 6, 2017

A storm is gathering around the person of Christ. In six months, that storm will break in all its fury upon Jesus on the Cross. Friends, that storm is still going on. There is more difference of opinion about Him than any other person who has ever....

Jerusalem Feast of Tabernacles ...read more

Scripture: John 7:11-52

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Wants Us To Be Around Him

Contributed by Craig Condon on Oct 3, 2015

Jesus turned to his friends and kindly said, "No, don't send them away. Let the children come to me." "Whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God as a child does, will not be able to enter into it." Loving God is easy enough for a child to do.

Good morning boys and girls! Has anyone ever told you to get lost or go away? |Has anyone ever told you that they didn’t want you around? How did that make you feel? There is one person who will never tell us to go away. In fact, he wants all of us to come close to him. His name is Jesus. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:2-16

Denomination: Anglican