Sermons on Beast Of Revelation:

The Perfect Mate Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 10, 2002

More important than finding the "perfect mate" is "being the perfect mate."

I read some time ago that a panel of women debated on who they thought was the perfect man. You’d have thought it might be famous actor or wealthy tycoon. But the final conclusion of this panel was that the Perfect Man was actually....MR. POTATO HEAD. Their reasoning: He’s tan. He’s cute. He ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Look, You Blind, And See!

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 1, 2002

God calls us to faith when we are blind.

March 3, 2002 Isaiah 42:14-21 “For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant. 15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 42:14-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Spiritual Renewal

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 1, 2003

We all need spiritual renewal from time to time. Where does it come from?

My text this morning comes from the book of Isaiah, chapter forty, verses 28 through 31: "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31

Denomination: Baptist

Swallowed Up Or Spewed Out Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 6, 2003

God disciplines us when we turn aside from His will: either we get swallowed up in addictive behavior, churchianity, busy-ness, and controversy; or God spews us out as ill-equipped, unreceptive, divisive. Confess our distress, admit our limitations, and

What parent does not dread this awful experience? In your care is a small child. You turn your back for just an instant –to answer the phone, to get a drink of water – and when you come back to that child, she is coughing and choking, clutching at her throat. Those curious eyes saw something ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:1

Denomination: Baptist

How Do You Smell?

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 9, 2003

When you are around others what do you smell like? Do you give off the fragrance of life or the odor of death? Can people smell the fragrance of Jesus in your life or do they smell the vile odor of rotting flesh.

How do you Smell? Thesis: When you are around others what do you smell like? Do you give off the fragrance of life or the odor of death? Can people smell the fragrance of Jesus in your life or do they smell the vile odor of rotting flesh. Intent of message is to encourage the graduates and the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, John 11:38-40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praying At Midnight

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 10, 2003

We must pray as those who are desperate for bread.

Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to call someone for help in the middle of the night, at a time when you knew they would be fast asleep in bed? Perhaps a medical emergency of some kind – your wife is going into labor, or your husband is having chest pains and you need to drive ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Building Up What Was Broken Down

Contributed by Chris Medina on Jun 11, 2003

The exiles who returned to Judah from captivity bgan the rebuilding process for the Temple. However it was their own hearts that needed restoring and it was God Himself who became the builder.

Ezra: Building Up What Was Broken Down” Ezra 3:1-13 Read Ezra 3:1-13 Last Monday morning, a young man named Sgt. Sean Peterson was in our home. Sgt. Peterson is a recruiter for the Army here in Merced and was telling Laurie and I about the arrangements for Kevina going up to Stockton to take the ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 3:1-13, Ezra 3:1-3, Ezra 3:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Last Psalm Explains What "Hallelujah" Is All About

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 12, 2003

worship is simply defined in Psalm 150 by describing who we worship, how we worship, and who can worship

June 15, 2003 Psalm 150 Name this tune. “You put your right arm in, you put your right arm out, you put your right arm in, and you shake it all about.” It’s called the “Hoke Poke”. When I went back to Wisconsin for my sister in law’s wedding - they did it. It’s a very popular song ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 150:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

God Of Love Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jun 16, 2003

God’s amazing love is sown to us through the incarnation, the cross and the Holy Spirit

God Stories – Attributes of God The Love of God John 3:16, Rev 12 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 has almost become a throw away verse for people who have grown up in the evangelical ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: *other

Ambassador

Contributed by Eric Bland on Jun 20, 2003

The necessity of being an ambasssador, being reconciled to and accepting Christ.

Ambassador Eric A. Bland Paul, a man that I admire very much, was a man that was willing to give up everything in order to serve our Lord and our God. He was willing to give up the uppity up lifestyle to subject himself unto God. And because he was willing to give up the world, God was able to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sure Makes A Boy Feel Good

Contributed by James Phillips on Jun 22, 2003

A look at John 3:16 from a boys eyes.

JOHN 3:16 This is from an e mail I received and may be many of you also have read it. It is a good story of help and the Love of Christ, but how many of you have looked at the spiritual side of this story? We will first look at the physical side of the story. In the city of Chicago, one cold, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Christian Church

Lord Of The Dance

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 25, 2003

There is joy in losing things because ultimately you find them! We, like the elder brother, do not even know what we are missing by not experiencing conversionsn, nor are we in touch with everyday grace. Celebrate! (Congregation invited to sing, severa

The older I get, the more I lose things. I leave a file on that ridiculous garbage heap I call my desk, and two minutes later it has buried itself three layers down. I set my keys on the table to free my hands for something else, and when I turn my back, those keys take flight. It’s amazing. I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:25-32

Denomination: Baptist

How Can I Make A Difference? Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 26, 2003

Moses had talents, but he needed to be trained first. We need to be patient when it comes to serving God.

June 28, 2003 Exodus 2:11-22 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:11-22

Denomination: Lutheran

"Like Enoch Walked"

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 27, 2003

Enoch was taken because he walked with God by faith. This makes him a type of the raptured church.

“Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” One thing the Christian must get very ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 5:22-24

Denomination: Orthodox

The Turning Of The Hearts Of The Fathers And The Children

Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Jun 28, 2003

Welcome to Father’s Day 2003. This is a great day to reflect on being a father, having a father, or being a witness to the value of a father in the life of children whether you had a father or not.

The Turning of the Hearts of the Fathers and the Children Scripture Reference: Malachi 4:5 – 6 Introduction Welcome to Father’s Day 2003. This is a great day to reflect on being a father, having a father, or being a witness to the value of a father in the life of children whether you had a father ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational