Sermons on Belief:

Either You Got It Or You Don't

Contributed by Howard Gunter on May 9, 2018

Faith, submission and obedience go hand in hand

Mid-week Message/Devotion May 9, 2018 1 John 5:9-13 Either You Got It or You Don’t One of the very most important elements of Christianity is the exactness of what God offers and the exactness of how we receive and believe. There is NO wiggle room! There are NO half-truths! It all boils down ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:9-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Blind Man Meets The Healer Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Mar 13, 2018

On the way to Jerusalem where the cross awaited Him, Jesus met blind Bartimaeus who cried out for mercy and healing. In response, Bartimaeus found healing as well as forgiveness of his sins. Hear Pastor Sligh preach the first in a 4-part Easter series.

A Blind Man Meets the Healer Easter Series: On the Way to the Cross, #1 Chuck Sligh March 11, 2018 NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation is available for this sermon by request at chucksligh@hotmail.com. This is a shorter adaptation of a sermon from an Easter series by Brian Bill found on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:35-43

Denomination: Baptist

Faith Versus Unbelief Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 19, 2014

When it comes to the area of tithing, the issue often boils down to faith in God’s promises versus unbelief in His promises. This sermon, sermon 2 in the Prove God Stewardship Series, helps us trust God and step out by faith in the area of giving.

Faith Versus Unbelief Series: Prove God Stewardship Series, Sermon #2 of 3) Chuck Sligh January 19, 2014 A PowerPoint presentation of this sermon is available by emailing a request to me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. Also available is a copy of the 100% Money Back Guarantee commitment referenced in ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:26-33

Denomination: Baptist

1 John 5:13 Believing With Assurance Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 20, 2015

If you want to be certain that you have nothing to fear from death, then put your confidence in Jesus Christ. Accept his claim to be the only begotten Son of God. Admit your disobedience to God and ask him for forgiveness.

Believing with Assurance Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Mind you, he probably hadn’t imagined the industry that’s sprung up around tax avoidance these days. But he was certainly correct ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:13-21

Denomination: Anglican

Go To The Tomb

Contributed by Drew Mills on Apr 3, 2015

Do our trials soften, harden or transform us for Him? A look at 3 witnesses of the empty tomb.

Lou Holtz, the famous coach of Notre Dame football fame, said, “life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond.” A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Am The Resurrection

Contributed by Betty Johnson on Feb 15, 2016

A message on Jesus' statement, I Am the Resurrection, from the perspective of the dead stuff in our lives.

I Am the Resurrection Scripture: John 11:17-43 We are continuing our series on the “I Am” statements that Jesus makes in the gospel of John. If I were to retitle the message this morning, I would likely have called it, “What stinks?!!” Because we’re going to ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-43

Denomination: Wesleyan

Christmas Comes At Easter Series

Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012

At the first Easter we recognize many of the elements that we associate with our celebration of Christmas.

Jesus, the God-man: Gospel of John “Christmas Comes at Easter” John 20:19-31 Introduction: In less than 2 months it will be Christmas again. It seems like this time last year we were thinking that. For many, Christmas is their favorite holiday. The reason they give is because they can ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

Dare To Believe...

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Dec 29, 2015

No matter what your need is... there's no length that God is not willing to go to...to not only meet, but exceed far beyond your wildest expectations if you are willing to dare to believe He can do what He says He can do....

Dare to Believe Illus. By John Raulerson A guy sees a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog for Sale." He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a black mutt just sitting there. "You talk?" he asks. "Yep," the mutt replies. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:1-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faith Speaks Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on May 14, 2013

THE Word of Faith is the power of God by the Word of Christ, infused by the Spirit, in which HE brings dead men and women to spiritual life.

5 12 13 “Faith Speaks” Romans 10:5-10 In the world today, there is, what seems to be, a lot of competition among religions. Many say that every religion has some validity, suggesting (pluralism), but yet some HAVE TO BE wrong, or even worse, ALL have to be wrong, except for one; ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:5-10

Denomination: Baptist

“believing The Risen King” Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on May 5, 2014

Jesus' second appearance to His disciples reveals the blessedness of personal faith in the risen King.

The Forgotten Fifty Days: “Believing the Risen King” John 20:24-31 The caption on the National Enquirer (I think it was) used to be, “Inquiring minds want to know?” Most people are innately curious. People are also generally skeptical: they want proof or evidence in order ...read more

Scripture: John 20:24-31

Denomination: Baptist

Beware Of An Unbelieving Heart

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 7, 2013

To show that we need to guard our heart from unbelief.

I. EXORDIUM: Take care of your heart. Proverbs 4:23 (Amplified Bible) 4:23 Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we need to guard our heart from ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Those Who Believed Entered That Rest

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 12, 2013

To show that we are at REST with JESUS, JESUS works in us.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you believe you have rest? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we are at REST with JESUS, JESUS works in us. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 4:3 (Amplified Bible) 4:3 For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Three Strategies For A Divided Multitude In Unbelief

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Sep 25, 2013

Being counted as a true believer, in Christ Jesus, in spite of divisions, in the church.

Three Strategies For A Divided Multitude In Unbelief (Wisdom, Wonders, and Signs) by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (9/25/2013) “Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe” (St. John 4:48, King James Version, KJV [The ruler's son ...read more

Denomination: Friends

I’ve Prayed...now What??

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jan 4, 2020

we should be in a continual state of prayer and communication with God! Our prayer life is our umbilical cord and life support system, that makes our measure of faith God has given to us, radioactive for every circumstance we encounter!

I’ve Prayed, now what? Illus. by sermon central Bill Broadhurst, who entered the Pepsi Challenge 10,000-meter road race in Omaha, Nebraska. Ten years earlier, surgery for an aneurysm is the brain had left him paralyzed on his left side. But on a misty July morning in 1981, he stood with 1,200 ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, James 1:17, John 10:10-11, Isaiah 49:24-26, 2 Corinthians 5:16-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Greatest Gift

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Dec 20, 2018

I believe God loves me because I know only God can provide physical, relational and spiritual provision, among which Jesus Christ is the greatest provision God gave us. .

John 3:16 "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." (After listening the song "You were the reason") It was because of you and me that Jesus was born. We were the Reason that he gave ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Romans 3:25

Denomination: Baptist