Sermons on Called For Greatness:

Fruitfulness In The Midst Of Great Pressure Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Oct 30, 2013

How do we have a fruitful life - one filled with joy amidst the pressures of this age? These five psalms of assent give us clues as to how God blesses in the midst of pressure.

Last time we talked about the first five of the Songs of Ascent. They mostly had to do with pilgrims journeying from far away lands, anxious to get away from people who put down the truth of who God is and come into God’s presence in Jerusalem. This time we will see the next five psalms, ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

A Great Return On Your Investment Series

Contributed by Jamey Stuart on Sep 29, 2008

Part 3 in a series about honoring God with our finances in a way that insulates us from recession.

Introduction: We’ve had an amazing couple of weeks here at Believers! Two weeks ago, when we introduced this series we learned the importance of needing Jesus, of pressing in to him. We learned that there is a division in our lives between what we can do in our strength and what God can do in his ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Great People Need To Bathe

Contributed by Edward Boyce on Jan 7, 2005

Through his baptism, Jesus transforms believers, heals us and we are adopted into God’s covenant community and thus we are no longer estranged from God.

EVEN GREAT PEOPLE NEED A BATH SOMETIMES II KINGS 5:1 14 MARK 1:1 11 POWER AND GREATNESS HAVE A TASTE. MAYBE YOU KNOW THAT TASTE. FOR YOU THE TASTE MIGHT BE SWEET AND STICKY, LIKE COTTON CANDY FROM THE COUNTY FAIR, EATEN ON A WARM AUTUMN NIGHT. IT MIGHT BE THE SALTY PLASTIC TASTE OF A ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Great Commission And The Commands Of Christ Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 28, 2003

The introduction to a series on the Commands of Christ. In the great Commission Jesus told his disciples, to teach "them to observe all things that I have commanded you." This series examines "What is it that Christ has commanded us to do."

The Commands of Christ Sermon # 1 The Great Commission and the Commands of Christ This new series was actually suggested to me my Dr. Clifford Clarke some weeks ago, he and I were talking and he said he had read of a study by Bill Gothard based on Christ ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 4:17

Denomination: Baptist

"How Great Thou Art!"

Contributed by Ray Scott on May 10, 2006

My God is the God of the impossible ... there’s nothing He can’t do. He can defeat the Goliaths in our life.

“How Great Thou Art!” INTRODUCTION: BASIC PREMISE … “With God … nothing is impossible!” - Do you believe that? · SOMETIMES … seems like we face IMPOSSIBLE circumstances. · SEEMS LIKE … all the odds are against us … NO HOPE. · SEEMS LIKE … no light at end of tunnel. It’s EASY to get DISCOURAGED ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:8-51

Denomination: Baptist

"Surrounded By A Great Cloud Of Witnesses"

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 13, 2007

A sermon for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost sermon on the second lesson from Hebrews

12 Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 Lectionary 20 August 19 Hebrews 11:29-40 Hebrews 12:1-2 "Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses" The sermon this morning is based on a our second lesson from Hebrews I would like to quote just part of the text from Hebrews 11: 29* By faith the people ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

Denomination: Lutheran

Great Gain - What Is That?

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 15, 2015

We know that Godliness with contentment is great gain but what is great gain in the life of a Christian?

Great gain. What IS great gain? The world attempts to define the meaning of great gain for us every day. What are some things that the world uses to influence people? (Use a whiteboard to write them down - divide the white board into two columns and write these in the left hand column) TV and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6

Denomination: Nazarene

Our Great Struggle With Pride Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Nov 14, 2017

Pride is an inaccurate and malformed understanding of one’s self-image and self-worth. It places our perspective above God, believes we know better than God, and propels us toward tragic consequences.

June 18 Our Great Struggle with Pride The lower we bend, the higher we fly. Pride is an inaccurate and malformed understanding of one’s self-image and self-worth. 1. Pride places our perspective above God’s. 2. Pride believes we know better for ourselves than God Critical connections: ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Great White Thrown Judgment

Contributed by Mark Vann on Dec 15, 2022

What will happen at the Great White Thrown Judgment?

Introduction Last week we talked about the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ. So today we are going to talk about the next major event in the end times calendar, the GWTJ. The GWTJ is also know as: the end of the world the end of time the last day judgment day the day or reckoning It will be a day of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 20:11

How Great Is Your Love

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 18, 2003

Love is an uncommon force that copes with suffering. By enduring the pain, sorrow and anger we are exhibiting God’s unconditional love. People who are mature in love endure the pain of selfish, critical and immature scoffers.

How Great is Your Love - I Cor. 13:4-7 Illustration: One evening while appearing on CNN’s Larry King Live, Jack Kemp, the honorable congressman from New York, made an insightful comment about the religious right when he said, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tips From The Great Commission

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 10, 2002

The Art and Science of Disciplemaking. How to overcome the tendency to just be a spectator Christian.

The Art and Science of Disciple-Making Most Christians are content to be spectators instead of becoming obedient disciple-makers. True blessings, power and fulfillment is found in being a multiplying disciple-maker. Let us see how we can think, do and become what the Lord’s will for our life is. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Great Family - [godly Heritage] Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 15, 2005

A Godly Heritage is so important. And a great family is a SAVED family, a SERVING family, and a SANCTIFIED family. Link included to formatted text version, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

A Great Family Acts 18:1-3, 18-19, 24-26 It takes more than great programs to build a great church…we have a great program going on here, but it’s not enough. It takes more than hard workers and sacrificial servants to build a great church…we have that and last week it saved the church over $20k ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Bowing To The Great Idol Of Self

Contributed by Mark Adams on Jan 13, 2007

The OT has a lot of interesting stories about idolatry, but is that really just a problem of the past? This sermon addresses the very real problem that our culture has in worshiping our own desires above all else.

To the reader: What inspired this sermon was a quote I read in R.C. Ortlund’s book, When God Comes To Church, p. 194. "Self is the great idol standing at the center of our conceptual world, to which all bow low. We even have a duty-to-self ethic, as if self-denial were harmful, immoral, and ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Great Expectations Part Two.

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 3, 2006

Great expectations part two further conflict with the Pharisees. Whose right?

Mark 2:23-3:6. Great expectations part two. Regulations shape all our lives. Michael imagine a game of bridge without rules, Brain imagine a Cricket match without the wickets and the crease, Mark imagine a football match without a ball and the posts. Imagine these roads without highway code, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What Makes For A Great Fatih?

Contributed by Daniel Habben on May 29, 2016

A great faith is unselfish, unassuming, and unwavering.

What makes for a great athlete? It’s more than athletic ability isn’t it? There have been plenty of people who could run fast and jump high who never made it in the big leagues. It’s because they either weren’t team players or their work ethic was lacking. While others were ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran