Sermons on chance:

A Place For A New Beginning Series

Contributed by Todd Pugh on Feb 6, 2007

3 of 3 finding freedom through forgiveness

A Place to Belong / A Place for a New Beginning Sunday May 22, 2005 Opening Prayer: Father, we come to you because we trust in your goodness and because you are the JOY giver. You are the One who sets us free. Many people here today struggle with guilt and shame. Lord there are those here who ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Does God Think About Evolution Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 19, 2004

This is last in a series of 4 sermons addressing current topics. This sermon addresses evolution/creation

WHAT DOES GOD THINK ABOUT Part 4: Evolution - Read Genesis 1:1 In recent months our consciences have been shocked by what we’ve seen going on among our fellow citizens. We have seen vivid pictures of how a few of our troops have immorally treated the prisoners they were charged to guard and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31, Hebrews 11:3

Denomination: Baptist

Family Functions: Worship Series

Contributed by Troy Horne on Mar 28, 2009

A look at worship in a healthy church

Luke 19:40 Family Functions: Worship 1. My mom is one of five girls. I always felt sorry for my Grandfather being the only man in the house. Ever since her mom passed away, there has been a new emphasis on being together as family. They have every year a “sister’s weekend” where they all ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:40

Denomination: Holiness

The Unusual God Series

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 13, 2012

Christmas teaches us several unusual things about Christianity.

You’ve already been welcomed, but I would like to welcome you again and thank you for sharing these very first moments of Christmas Day with me. Some of you, this will be the first time you’ve been in a church. An especial welcome to you. For many of you, you will over the years have been to many ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Anglican

Creation Then - Not Evolution (Follow Up Post On "I Can’t Understand All This”) Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 17, 2022

This message continues the theme of God's creation that is so awesome. Evolution is a waylaying trap of Satan to destroy God's creation. Includes a poem titled "Creation Then - Not evolution". I hope you like it. "By Him, all things were created and all things exist."

CREATION THEN - NOT EVOLUTION (FOLLOW UP POST ON “I CAN’T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS”) A FOLLOW-UP POST FROM “I CAN’T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS” In that last post, we looked at some of the fantastic marks of creation God has left us in this world, and in the Universe. Only the deliberately perverse mind of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-6, Psalm 19:1-2, Isaiah 5:20-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God For Everyone PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023

Explore God's unconditional love, mercy, and grace as seen in the book of Jonah, and to learn from Jonah's unwillingness to obey God's command.

Good morning, church family! Today we're diving deep into the heart of the book of Jonah, specifically Chapter 3. We'll be exploring God's unconditional love, Jonah's unwillingness to obey, and God's mercy and grace that is available to all, even when we least expect it. I'm reminded of a quote by ...read more

Topics: Unlikely Heroes, Jonah

The Great Debt

Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Jan 15, 2007

There is a great debt that we owe, but forgiveness is offered freely.

Matthew 18:21-35 “The Great Debt” “There is a great debt that we owe, but forgiveness is offered freely.” Sunday Morning Sermon -- Southaven 01.14.07 Intro: VIDEO “Crazy Women” – Youtube.com (Start with Text and Title) Discussion: That’s a crazy video isn’t it? I can’t help but think how crazy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Be A Do-Gooder

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 8, 2022

Ted Bundy is well known for one thing; he was a serial killer. He was a nice looking young man and he favored killing pretty, dark-haired cheerleader type girls.

He would bludgeon his prey to death with blunt objects and was fond of raping and biting them. He was a clean-cut serial killer that confessed to 28 killings, but other estimates indicate that he brutally killed as many as 33 to 100 female victims during the 1970's. After numerous appeals, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:36-37

Denomination: Baptist

The Secret Rapture Series

Contributed by Manuel Amparo on Mar 26, 2006

The bride of the Lamb, the church, will be snatched away in a rapture, while the world will continue as usual.

THE SECRET RAPTURE MATTHEW 24:44 A. A POPULAR THEORY ABOUT THE OBJECT OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING 1. He, according to this theory, will come in secret: Matt. 24:44 a. Two will sleep in the same bed, one will be taken away, while the other will not know anything about it. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:44

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Grace In The Graveyard

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 24, 2002

Easter Sermon on the hope of the resurrection

GRACE IN THE GRAVEYARD Luke 24:1-6 Life is full of surprises. From meaningless good fortune of winning free food with your whopper, to grandiose life-changing circumstances like winning the Publisher’s Clearing House. As Solomon in his wisdom observed, “that the race is not to the swift, nor the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God

Jeremiah 2:13

Contributed by Matthew Davaughn Cox on Apr 3, 2013

Jeremiah 2:13

HAVE YOU FORGOT ABOUT GOD? 1. Many times we get caught up with our busy lifestyle and forget about God. a. Our jobs consume a lot of our time when we really think about it. b. We get caught up watching sports either in person or on television. c. Our families keep us busy with all of the things ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:13

Denomination: *other

14 Lucky Lepers

Contributed by Vernon L Caruthers on Nov 20, 2009

This message talks about how that we are NOT LUCKY but we are BLESSED by the hand of a LOVING & POWERFUL GOD. This would be a good Thanksgiving message.

Sermon: 14 Lucky Lepers November 22, 2009 Scripture Ref: II Kings 7:1-11 & Luke 17:11-19 & James 1:17 & I Corinthians 4:7 This morning I want us to look at 2 PASSAGES of SCRIPTURE as we TAKE NOTE to the TRUTH that the LORD is the SOURCE of ALL GOOD THINGS in OUR LIVES. II Kings 7:1-11 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:1-11

No Less Than Great

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jun 2, 2009

Looking at Daniel and his 3 friends, we have a blueprint for how to live in today’s soceity.

When God gave the Ten Commandments to those people just out of bondage in Egypt, He was telling free people what they must do to remain free. He was telling them there were many forms of bondage other than slavery in Egypt, and we all know that. The Word of God tells us other truths also. One is ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Evolution: Science Or Faith? Series

Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 25, 2013

This sermon goes over many of the problems with accepting macroevolution.

GENESIS 1 TO THE EVOLUTIONIST: In the beginning there was nothing. And nothing said to itself, “Let us become something, explode, and become an ordered universe that is governed by laws of science, physics, and mathematics. Let us become a universe that is able to sustain life. And it ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Standing Up Means Standing Alone Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 31, 2004

Part 3 in Elijah series - standing alone for God and the risks involved - a challenge!

1 Kings 18:16-40 – When Standing Up Means Standing Alone Chuck Colson tells the story of Telemachus, a 4th-century Christian monk. This man lived in a remote village, tending his garden and spending much of his time in prayer. One day he thought he heard the voice of God telling him to go ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:16-40

Denomination: Baptist