Sermons on Bearing:

Man Vs Wild

Contributed by John Perry on Jan 12, 2011

The wilderness really reveals what we are. We see two different groups of people in our text facing the same conditions, environment & circumstances. One group of people is dying while the other group is thriving. What makes the difference?

Bunbury Wed pm 12/01/11 “Man Vs Wild” Intro: *** The survival expert & ex British SAS soldier Bear Grylls has b/co famous for his series of reality survival documentaries where he is dropped from the air into remote locations of hostile territory w/ the mission of surviving & finding ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:1-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Product Of A Truly Repentant Heart Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Dec 18, 2020

What does it look like for someone who truly repents versus someone who is religious and self-righteous? Let's take a look

Grace Community Church Winchester, VA Pastor Bradford Reaves Watch this message at: https://youtu.be/XeBqmU3cLVI Introduction I want you to think back to the time of your salvation when you truly repented for your sins before God. Some of you know the moment and for some of you, I shared that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:7-14

Denomination: Brethren

How To Maintain The Unity Of The Spirit?

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Jan 8, 2021

To maintain the unity of the Spirit, the members have to have a clear understanding of the gospel and commitment to Christ, to have a commitment to the body of Christ, and to participate in the scriptural Lord's supper

Ephesians 4:1-3 How to maintain the unity of the Spirit ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 4:1-3, Romans 12:5

Denomination: Baptist

Scriptural Warnings For Priests, Apostles And Pastors. Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Aug 25, 2021

God warns us many times in Scripture to be aware of false teaching. Christians need to be able to recognize false teachers, False prophets, false priests, false pastors, and apostles....

God warns us many times in Scripture to be aware of false teaching. Christians need to be able to recognize false teachers, False prophets, false priests, false pastors and apostles who are motivated by greed or selfish gain because they contradict sound doctrine, turn the grace of our God into ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 1:13, Hebrews 7:16, Acts 20:28

Forcing God’s Hand

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Feb 26, 2022

This message looks at the account of someone who was given a promise by God that he would receive a great blessing. But he, along with his wife, took matters into their own hands, and tried to get ahead of God, leading to strife.

In our message this morning we’re going to focus on how we need to have patience when following the Lord. Hebrews is a book of the Bible that frequently talks about following God in faith, and we read that those who are patient will be able to “inherit the promises” (Hebrews 6:12). In Hebrews ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-6, Genesis 16:1-5, Genesis 16:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

Similarities All The Way!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 9, 2019

In this message of sub-headings beginning with the alphabet “D” Yours Truly endeavours to bring similarities between the “Church of the bygone Covenant” (Acts 7:38 KJV) and the Church of the existing Covenant!!!

SIMILARITIES ALL THE WAY!!! All these things happened to them as examples—as object lessons to us—to warn us against doing the same things; they were written down so that we could read about them and learn from them in these last days as the world nears its end-I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:38, 1 Corinthians 10:11

Denomination: *other

Teacher's Pet Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 19, 2018

I want to be Jesus' teacher's pet. I want to be His favorite pupil. This passage gives us the key to pleasing Jesus and becoming more like Him in my life. (Spoiler alert - it has to do with how I treat people I don't like)

OPEN: A great scholar was once asked about a young man who was in his class. The person said, "So and so tells me that he was one of your students." The scholar just smiled sadly and said, "Well, he may have attended my lectures, but he was not one of my students.” What was that scholar saying? ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:37-45

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Never Take A Knife To A Gun Fight!”

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 6, 2019

This is about spiritual warfare, about the dangers of being unprepared for spiritual battles. What makes the difference between defeat & victory? Here's five differences between spiritual champions and spiritual weaklings.

“NEVER TAKE A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT!” 1 Sam. 17 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Pharaoh fought an expensive war and his country was bankrupt. He had a very valuable diamond so he decided to pawn it to float his country for about a year. 2. So he took the Star diamond down to the largest pawn shop in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:8-50

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Planks And Specks

Contributed by Ian Hyde on Jan 23, 2020

"Don't judge me!" is often the cry of our culture. But what did Jesus really mean by these famous words? Read on and find out!

DO NOT JUDGE, AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED As we travel through the gospel of Luke together, I wanted to backtrack this week to revisit the heart of Jesus’ teaching in ch. 6. This passage is one most of us have heard before. And as clear cut as it may seem, I found I really struggled this week with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:37-45

Denomination: Nazarene

The New Jerusalem Series

Contributed by David Welch on Jun 14, 2018

Message 39 in our exposition of Revelation focusing on the New Jerusalem.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ “The New Jerusalem” Rev 21:9-22:5 I. Prologue II. Messages to the churches III. Last days J. The Final Battle and Judgment Rev 20:7-15 K. Renewed Heaven and Earth Rev 21:1-8 Part of the renewed earth includes the new capital city; the New Jerusalem that ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 7:13-14, Hebrews 12:22-24

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Falling Fortresses Series

Contributed by David Welch on Jun 25, 2018

Message 9 in our journey with Joshua into the Promised Land. This message follows the battle at Jericho.

Joshua Series #9 The Amazing Race to Rest & Reward “Falling Fortresses” Review The book of Joshua is all about the culmination of a promise made to Abraham hundreds of years previous. The journey up to this point in time is the subject of the first five books of the Old Testament. I. Purge the ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

God's Covenant With Abraham Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jul 21, 2017

Genesis 17:1-27 shows us that God Almighty established with Abraham and his seed an everlasting covenant with the stipulation that they receive the sign of membership in God's covenant family.

Scripture Two Sundays ago, I started a new series of sermons on “The Life of Abraham.” We are examining only selected incidents from Abraham’s life. Last time we examined God’s call to Abraham when he was still known as Abram and living in Ur of the Chaldeans. In obedience to God, Abram, at ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

It Costs To Be A Disciple Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 6, 2015

The analysis of following Jesus in Luke 14:25-35 shows us what is involved in following Jesus.

Scripture On his journey to Jerusalem from Galilee, Jesus often engaged in controversy with the Jewish leadership, most often the Pharisees (cf. Luke 11:37-54; 13:31-14:24). But now in Luke 14:25, Jesus returns to address the crowds. In doing so, he clarified what is involved in following him. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Avoiding Spiritual Blindness

Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 30, 2016

Today, as we begin to look at 2 Peter, the Apostle Peter talks about our spiritual lives as authentic believers in Jesus Christ in physical terms using our eyes.

AVOIDING SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS 2 PETER 1:1-11 #SpBlind INTRODUCTION… Spiritual in Terms of the Physical (p) Human beings are unique in all of creation in that we are made up of two distinct parts. Human beings, like all living things, have a body. We have flesh and bone and blood which are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Abide

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 14, 2014

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Abide John 15:1-8 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Abide.html 3 elements: The Vine, the branches, and the fruit. Jesus has just warned His followers that He is leaving, but that He will send His Spirit in His place. He will be up in heaven, but will send down a life line, a way to remain ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Baptist