Sermons on Brokeness:

Three Questions About Faith Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 17, 2006

Don’t tell me about your faith; show it to me.

THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT FAITH Text: James 2:14-26 Introduction 1. Read James 2:14-26 2. Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again -- until they can scarcely distinguish ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Methodist

Altruistic Love

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 20, 2006

Altruistic love can be identified by asking whether one agrees with statements that define altruism, such as, "I’d rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer," and "I’m willing to sacrifice my own wishes to let the one I love achieve his or hers.

Disclaimer: Source material for this sermon has been gleaned from many different sources. I have attempted to acknowledge these sources whenever possible. Altruistic Love 1 Corinthians 13 Introduction: A man received the following letter: Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing To Worship

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Mar 27, 2006

We live in a day when people love to worship only when the mood is right, the sun is shining, and everything is okay, but this is not biblical. We need to be a people of worship...no matter how we feel. We need to make a choice...

If I were to ask the question: why do we worship God? What answer would you give? Do we do it because He is good? Do we do it because He has blessed us? Do we do it only when the sun is out and we’re happy? This type of Christian thinking falls apart when things don’t go well. When you are feeling ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:19-28

Christ's Final Week: Communion

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 2, 2006

A study of Christ’s desire to eat the Passover with His disciples.

CHRIST’S FINAL WEEK: COMMUNION LUKE 22:1-23 Introduction: In the final hours of Christ’s earthly ministry, Christ sent his disciples to set up a place where He might be able to observe the Seder or Passover Supper with them. He expressed this desire in the strongest terms. “With desire have I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

What It Means To Have An Advocate With The Father

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 22, 2000

I want to thank Pastor Curtis Linton for this outline. It really spoke to my heart. Thank God that we have Someone to plead our case to the Father

1 JOHN 2:1-2 "WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER" * It’s judgment time. * The angel has put one foot on land and one foot on the sea. * He blows the trumpet of God and time as we know it will be no more! * There may be different views about the millennium, but we will all agree that ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Hope When The Night Stays Long And The Wind Blows Cold

Contributed by Michael Blankenship on Dec 24, 2000

A Sermon of encouragemnet for the Christmas Season

1 Peter 1:13-21 Hope when the night grows long and the wind blows cold. Jellico First Baptist Church, Jellico Tennessee. Web Site: www.jfb.faithsite.com/default.asp Bro. Michael Blankenship: Pastor Sunday Morning December 24, 2000 When Christ our Savior came as a baby to the manger at Bethlehem, he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Prodigal Son Revisted

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 24, 2006

Why the original version would have been so shocking

The Gospel reading is taken from: Luke 15:11-20 11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his Father, ’Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-20

Denomination: Anglican

How To Run The Race Pt. V Series

Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006

This is the fifth in a series focusing on the need for God’s people to learn the importance of bearing up under opposition and trials so that God’s Kingdom might be established in us and in the world.

How To Run The Race (Pt. V) Sermon – August 21st 2005 As children of God we are called to live our lives on a higher plane than the world around us. The world goes by the tangible things that one can touch – we are told to walk by faith and not by sight. The world will tell you that you need to ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

He Brought You Out To Take You In

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Dec 5, 2006

God delivered a nation through Moses. He delivers the world through Christ. In delivering a people several things that grip us must be broken.

HE BROUGHT YOU OUT TO TAKE YOU IN Advent Series-Part 1 Acts 7:20-37 Sunday, December 3, 2006 Pastor Brian Matherlee Read Acts 7:20-37 • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS TO AMERICANS The Barna Research Group poll, conducted for the Lutheran Hour Ministries found that: 37% of adults in the national ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:20-37

Denomination: Wesleyan

He Is Able Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on Nov 19, 2006

Jesus ability to work on our behalf is incredible

Pentecost 20 He is Able Heb 2:9-18 † In Jesus Name † Grace, Mercy and peace is yours, from God our Father, and our Savior, Lord, and Brother, Jesus the Christ! Jesus calling the children to him…. Obviously, the boss had a different set of priorities that day, but then He often did. As He was ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:9-18

Denomination: Lutheran

A God Breathed Vision Series

Contributed by William Ellis on Nov 24, 2006

This is the first sermon in an 8 part sermon series on the vision of our church.

INTRO Mission- an operation that is assigned by a higher power Mission Statement: The Redeeming River Church is a family of believers committed to preaching the cross with conviction, reaching the lost with compassion, and equipping the saints with the Word! Vision- The formation of a mental ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-3

Denomination: Church Of God

Constant Prayer

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 27, 2006

Let’s look at four reasons why we can rest in the power of Constant Prayer. Adapted in part from "The Power of Prayer" – Sermon Central By Rich Dunbar. <Power Point available upon request.>

CONSTANT PRAYER The Power of Prayer – Sermon Central By Rich Dunbar – 09.24.06 Intro and Illustration: There’s a supposedly true story of a Welsh woman who lived in a remote valley in Wales. She went to a great deal of trouble and expense to have electrical power installed in her home. However, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:5-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Narnia: Got Hope?

Contributed by Don Jaques on Dec 29, 2005

Jesus came to bring hope to the hopeless. Therefore all people can find hope in him.

INTRO: What do you want for Christmas? Get kids responses. In “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”, 4 children enter into the magical land of Narnia, through the back of a large wardrobe in a strange professor’s home. When they arrive it is winter. The children think it is great fun, until ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

0004 Advent Iv: John The Schitzophrenic's Testimony Series

Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Jan 2, 2006

Examining the testimony of John the "Schitzophrenic".

Sermon: John the Schitzophrenic’s Testimony. Text: John 1:19-34 (yes, I know the BCP stops at v28) Occasion: Advent IV Who: Mark Woolsey Where: Arbor House When: Sunday, December 18, 2005 Audio link: ...read more

Scripture: John 1:19-34

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Grace Abounding

Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Jan 7, 2006

Grace contrasted with law as an answer to the evil of the world

We went to the zoo on bank holiday Monday. I was like a kid - excited at seeing all the differeent creatures. We saw kangaroos, girafes, leopards, lions and tigers, it was all very exciting. But one creature they had on display was easily missed, They had a little cage wiith the caption ’the most ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:20-21

Denomination: Salvation Army