Sermons on Birthday:

Ride Of Your Life

Contributed by Tony Grant on Dec 7, 2005

Jesus gives us the power to live and a reason to live. He gives us a life that is about something. He gives us the ride of our lives.

Ride of Your Life 1 Peter 1:17-21 01/23/05 2314 words 17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Standing Firm On What Is Right Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 27, 2005

Make up your mind to stand firm on what is right and resist the pressures to be popular or to conform. Pray and draw strength from God to resist pressure to compromise God’s truth.

(Taken some pointers from David Hoke’s sermon “Herod’s Folly”) We face pressures in life – different pressures, different degrees, at different stages of life. • From school projects, workload, meeting datelines, and others. • You faith in God – no matter how strong it is – will not take away the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:14-29

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Are You Doing?

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Aug 25, 2005

Have you realized that when you search the scriptures that God does not commend mankind in the final hour for what they have achieved in this life. God is not impressed with our status – degrees – employment history - titles. Those who found favor

Rev. Wayne A. Lawson, M.Min Senior Pastor First Baptist Church Ardmore, OK 73402 (Preached Sunday June 26, 2005) website: http://firstbaptistok.org/ e-mail: pastor@firstbaptistok.org Scripture: Genesis 5:27 "And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 5:27

Denomination: Baptist

Just As They Are

Contributed by Roger Wilson on Jan 27, 2006

A call to all Christians to exercise the privilege of winning souls for Christ.

Luke 5:27 - 32 27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Captures The Heart Of The Community Series

Contributed by Richard Pfeil on May 11, 2005

A series on the church and what it is called to be and do.

THE CHURCH YOU’VE ALWAYS LONGED FOR: “CAPTURES THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY” TEXT: Acts 11: 19-30 Sunday, September 15, 2002 How would you answer this phrase, “I like church, but....”? Over time, what have been those “buts” in your life? When I was young, for me it was that the ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Stewardship: The Devil Is In The Details

Contributed by Joe Harding on May 21, 2005

WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO JESUS FOR ALL THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES!

STEWARDSHIP: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS MATTHEW 25: 14-30 OCTOBER 3, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Fishman: Life’s details can be elusive Jane Fishman Savannah Morning News In one 10-hour period last month, on a Saturday, I attended a funeral for a 90-year-old woman, a baby shower for a sweet-tempered ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Baptist

Worship Without Walls

Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 1, 2005

We’re called to worship not only inside the walls of a church, but to worship without walls. How? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God.

Worship without Walls Micah 6:6-8 (New International Version) 6With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:6-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Just The Same Ol', Same Ol' Again?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008

Message about going into the New Year with a commitment to deepening your relationship with Christ.

Just the Same Ol’ Same Ol’ Again? Luke 1:37; Proverbs 16:3 December 30, 2007 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: Jeanette Case, from Erie, PA, sent this in to Reader’s Digest: Last year when I called my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:37

Denomination: Wesleyan

Transparent Pain And Suffering Series

Contributed by Monty Newton on Feb 27, 2008

We can be honest in expressing our feelings in pain and suffering.

Title: Transparent Pain and Suffering Text: Hebrews 5:7-10 Thesis: We can be honest in expressing our feelings in pain and suffering. The Series: This is the fifth message in a Lenten Series: Knowing Christ through Pain and Suffering. The Apostle Paul wrote, I want to know Christ and the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:7-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Your Struggle With Worship Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008

The commandment against idolatry is "good news". It was not given because God enjoyed saying, "You can’t do this" and "you can’t do that either". The commandment against idol worship is at the top of the list after worshipping God because idols are counte

By Rev Bill Stewart [Marilyn] "Paula, do you think there’s a God?" [Paula] "Of course, there’s a God. What do you think I’ve been on about all these years? God is in everything and everything is in God. You are God, darling, if only you could see it and understand it." [Marilyn] "No, I’m not ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 44:9-20

Denomination: Anglican

What To Do With Your Enemy Series

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Aug 9, 2008

We may not live long enough to outlive our enemies, but two things are certain: 1. We will have enemies, and, 2. God wants us to deal with them in a certain way.

What To Do With Your Enemy Griffith Baptist Church – 8/10/08 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 41 Main Verse: Psalms 41:11 - By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. The Introduction 1. Confession of the Afflicted – 41:1-4 2. Characteristics of an Enemy – ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 41:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

It Is Well With My Soul Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 21, 2008

Sermon #4 in the Hymn-writers series deals with Horatio Spafford and Phillip Bliss, the two men who wrote words and music to "It is well with my soul."

It is well with my Soul: Bliss and Spafford So far we have looked at Hymn Writers like Martin Luther, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, John Newton, William Cowper, Fanny Crosby, and Ira Sankey. We have discovered, that these great hymn writers of the 1700’s and 1800’s changed the style of music that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be Exalted

Contributed by Anthony Perry on Jan 25, 2009

David looks back upon his life and recognizes the faithfulness of God. His thanksgiving turns into praise and his praise turns into worship.

King David’s life was a life in which we all can relate. David had great disappointments and great times of joy and happiness. He had inward and outward struggles, great sins and times of moral clarity and purity, He had loves and loves lost, but David recognized one constant and sure thing ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 22:47-51

Denomination: Methodist

Real Hope Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 30, 2009

We have REAL hope in Jesus!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Death is a time we do not like to face. • We have many people here today that have lost loved ones to death. When death comes, it seems like our hopes and dreams for the future are crushed. Some have lost loved ones at an early age, some after many, many years ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope For The Journey

Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Nov 20, 2008

Hope is what enables us to see that silver lining around the dark clouds and makes us look for a rainbow during the rainstorm.

I) Eighteen months ago, I embarked on a journey. I packed up my belongings and headed from Kansas to Northern California to begin a new life. I had been divorced for almost a year, and I had begun a relationship with a wonderful woman from San Diego, CA. The little furniture that I had along with ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 77:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ