Sermons on Bridge Builders:

The Pattern Of God's Will

Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Aug 23, 2007

Understanding God’s will is not a hidden mystery. His Word gives us guidelines to follow.

The Pattern of God’s Will Open: Illustration: Many years ago a man was sailing from Ireland to England and as the ship entered the harbor in the evening, all that could be seen was a confusing array of lights. He wondered how the captain could hope to navigate into the harbor safely with such ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:12-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Worship On Fire

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 23, 2008

We are living out Biblical prophecy today and just like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego a world leader will demand that people worship an image as a god. Will you be faithful and go through the fire trusting the True and Living God no matter the outcome o

Worship on Fire In this passage of scripture we have a great story of how God can preserve the faithful in the face of certain death. King Nebuchadnezzar was a proud and powerful King who was used to getting his own way. Background Babylon means babilu or gate of god. It is an ancient city in ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Going Home

Contributed by William Baeta on Mar 6, 2013

“He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead’” Luke 16:31.

Theme: Going home Text: Luke 16:19-31; Rev. 21:1-5 Our theme for today’s sermon is ‘going home’. A popular saying is that “a man’s home is his castle”, implying that the best place to be is home. This has led many people to have the wrong idea that their home ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Battle In Gethsemane

Contributed by Jackie Barker on Apr 3, 2013

The true battle was fought not on Golgotha or in the tomb but in the garden....

Jesus has had a rough week. On Sunday He rode into the city, among a people who while singing praises with their lips, had their hearts far from him. He sees Jerusalem and sobs – knowing not only their betrayal of him, but also of their ultimate destruction and devastation in years to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:39-48

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

No One Thought Much Of Our Love

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Oct 15, 2013

Of thoughts of love, marriage and spiritual marriage to ressurection to Christ Jesus.

No One Thought Much Of Our Love by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (10/15/2013) “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height: And to know ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-21

Denomination: Friends

Hold On To The Old Stuff

Contributed by Bryan Beverly on Sep 22, 2014

This text reminds us that God still uses old stuff to lift us up where we belong.

7Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. The king happened to be sitting at the Benjamin Gate, 8So Ebed-melech left the king’s house and spoke to the king, 9“My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 38:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Friend Of God

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Oct 5, 2014

A Friends Day Focus explains the doctrine of Reconciliation and invites you to become a Friend of God.

Sermon Notes September 21, 2014 A Friend of God James 2:23 Today is Friends Day, so I thought I would share with you some thoughts about friendship and our friendship with God. My best buddy growing up was Darrell. In the summers we worked working in the Kitchen at the WOL RANCH. One ...read more

Scripture: James 2:23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The God Of Me Series

Contributed by Jim Kilson on Nov 7, 2014

Part 5 of 5 in a series on the false gods of this world (i.e. of our own creation) that vie to be the ultimate object of our worship.

INTRODUCTION: Monsters… just say the word and images of mummies, vampires, zombies and things that go “bump” in the night fill our heads, but believe it or not there’s a monster out there that is even more dangerous than the ones brought to us by Hollywood, or our dads ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:4

Denomination: Christian Church

Identify What Kind Of Person You Are?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 20, 2014

TYPES OF PERSONALITIES...5 kinds of people in the world ---Hearers? Breakers? Takers? Fakers? Makers? WHERE ARE YOU?

LET US IDENTIFY WHO WE REALLY ARE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com We all need enthusiasm, joy, energy to BE EFFECTIVE IN DAILY LIVING. We must develop VISION with PASSION and COMPASSION... DO WE EVER CONSIDER MOMENTUM... EXPECTANCY... ENCOURAGEMENT... WE SHOULD REALIZE HOW ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-25

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Dealing With Sin Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 2, 2015

This is the 3rd sermon in the series "Are You Real?" How do you deal with sin in your life?

Series: Are You Real? [#3] DEALING WITH SIN 1 John 1:5-2:6 Introduction: Last week’s attendance was pretty rough and what made it the toughest was I wasn’t expecting bad attendance until today. Now, I know that’s a bad attitude; but I fight those sorts of things just like ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Isaiahs Challenge Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 17, 2015

Isaiah ends abruptly with a challenge: we must stay the course and not surrender our Biblical beliefs — even if those beliefs are not unpopular.

Isaiah’s Challenge (Isaiah 66:7-24) 1. A rich millionaire decides to throw a massive party for his 50th birthday, so during this party he grabs the microphone and he announces to his guests that down in the garden of his mansion he has a swimming pool with two great white sharks in it. 'I will ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 66:7-24

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Great Confession

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 30, 2015

Who is Jesus? It's possible to have a high view of Him, but not high enough.

Candidates for public office take polls to gauge their image, how they're perceived by potential voters. Are they viewed as likable, honest, capable? Jesus asked His disciples to share their input as to His public image. What were people saying about Him? He then confronted them with a more ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-17

Denomination: Congregational

Christians Shouldn’t Judge Series

Contributed by Jim Kilson on Apr 23, 2014

Part 5 of 10 in a series dedicated to debunking commonly held myths that we think are in the Bible but really aren't, myths that can and often do have devastating effects on our faith.

INTRODUCTION: Most people in this world know at least some of the Ten Commandments; even non-Christians can quote at least a few of them. And the favorite and most-often quoted out of all of them is “Thou Shall Not Judge.” Oh wait that’s not on the list? Strange, because to hear ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1

Denomination: Christian Church

The Saddest Word Series

Contributed by Jim Kilson on May 27, 2014

Part 2 of 8 in a series covering words in the Bible that are all too often overlooked or ignored.

INTRODUCTION: So what is the “saddest” word in the Bible? We mentioned it last week, so I guess we could call this a “test.” If we were to ask, again the answers would be as diverse as the people answering the question. Some would say death, fear, hate, or even lost… ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:6-8

Denomination: Christian Church

Jesus Is The Christ Series

Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 11, 2019

Jesus is the Christ

Introduction: That You May Know One day, while Wim was in the marketplace in the Netherlands, he struck up a conversation with a woman who remarked that you can get to heaven by doing good works. His attempt to explain that it is by God’s grace that we are “saved through faith” (Eph. 2:8) ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:20-27

Denomination: Baptist