Sermons on Charity Never Faileth:

"Giving Up--Never An Option"

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Oct 16, 2003

Why the Christian should never consider giving up.

Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches October 12, 2003 “Giving Up--is Never an Option” Matthew 9:22 Galatians 6:1-10 INTRODUCTION: Think back on a time in your life when you gave up on something or someone and years later you said, “I wish I would have stuck it out just a little bit longer.” I “gave ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:22, Galatians 6:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

What If The Gift Never Came?

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Dec 30, 2005

What would be different if the Gift we celebrate never came?

What If the Gift never came? During this advent season, we have been talking about waiting. And perhaps how we tend to take the ancient meaning of Christmas for granted. The Question for today is What if the gift we celebrate as Christmas didn’t happen? Lets start with a few secular ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:26-28

Denomination: Congregational

I Never Knew You Series

Contributed by Chuck Morley on Sep 30, 2004

Is it possible to spend your life in church and your eternity in hell?

I Never Knew You! (Can A Christian Go To Hell?) Imagine, for a moment what it would be like to die and open your eyes in hell. Even more terrifying is if you had spent your life in church, supposedly doing all the right things. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-23

Denomination: Pentecostal

Never Satisfied - [gratefulness, Thanksgiving]

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Nov 16, 2005

The Bible gives us 4 things which are never satisfied, and then tells us where true satisfaction comes from. Link included to formatted text and PowerPoint Presentation.

NEVER SATISFIED Proverbs 30:15-16 PowerPoint for this and all our sermons available at http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html ----- As we approach Thanksgiving, let’s turn our hearts toward the idea of satisfaction. It is found only in Christ. Our text lists four areas that are never satisfied: ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 30:15-16

Denomination: Baptist

Always Winter - Never Christmas Series

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 26, 2005

into the dark night of winter, God sent us His son

Today we begin a 3 week series based on C.S. Lewis’ best selling book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Narnia stories have sold over 85 million copies in 29 languages over last ½ century. Lewis was accused of trying to find ways to preach Christianity to children, but what he really wanted to ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Never Knew You

Contributed by George Crumbly on Sep 3, 2005

To know that works alone are not sufficient to make it to heaven

"I NEVER KNEW YOU" by George Crumbly Matthew 7: 15-23 Sunday AM July 28, 2002 Sheridan, Arkansas I love this scripture here in Matthew. There is some pretty straight stuff here. Jesus is winding down the sermon on the mount. So many look at Jesus as a wimp, someone that you could push around, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-23

Denomination: Methodist

Some Things Never Change Series

Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Feb 8, 2005

This sermon takes the dictionary definition of five words and uses them to show that today the same things take place either literally or symbolically when we are serious about our mission.

Some things never change: Acts 5:12-42, 1. Perpetuation - v. 12-16: The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence. A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. A local ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-32

Denomination: Baptist

Believers Never Travel Alone

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Feb 23, 2005

LENT 2(B) - Our Lord’s promise and our Lord’s blessings is that Believers never travel alone.

BELIEVERS NEVER TRAVEL ALONE (Outline) GENESIS 28:10-17 - February 20, 2005 - LENT 2 INTRO: Our society is a very mobile society. We travel a lot – both locally and globally. Often we put on many more miles in one day than the people of the Bible would be able to travel in a couple of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Some Things Will Never Change

Contributed by David Parks on Feb 25, 2005

We are experiencing change at a dissying rate, bBut some things will never change.

SOME THINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE TEXT: Romans 6:23 1. Never in the history of the world has change been thrust upon humankind at such a dizzying pace. 2. Recently a resident passed away at the Church of Christ Care center at the age of 102, she was born into a world of horse drawn carriages, out ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Some Things Never Change Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

6 CONSTANTS IN THE EQUATION FOR DIVINE DELIVERANCE

BIG IDEA: 6 CONSTANTS IN THE EQUATION FOR DIVINE DELIVERANCE INTRODUCTION: Clearly a Messianic Psalm I. (:1-3) PATIENCE IS STILL A VIRTUE ANSWERING THE COMPLAINT OF THE IMPATIENT DESPERADO Key = we need to "Wait patiently for the Lord" A. (:1) The Lord has Forgotten Me = I am all Alone "He ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

It's Never Too Late

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 11, 2004

The encouragement of the Parable of the Lost Sheep is that Jesus is not interested in 99%’ He wants 100% in the Kingdom

NR 8.00 12-09-04 Luke 15:1-10 Parable of the Lost Sheep Story: The Diver NR 8.00 12-09-04 Luke 15:1-10 Parable of the Lost Sheep Story: The Diver A young man who had been raised as an atheist –was training to be an Olympic diver. The only religious influence in his life came from his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Anglican

Scars That Never Go Away

Contributed by Darrell Jones on Mar 19, 2003

Even though we are saved and our sins are forgiven, we can still bear scars that are a direct result of choices we have made.

Read the story of David’s moral failure. Notice even after David acknowledged his sin he still paid the consequences. It was a scar that would not heal. Introduction: the Bible in 1st Peter 5:8 tells us "the devil as a roaring lion is seeking whom he may devour or destroy, and we are to be on our ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What If Christmas Never Came Series

Contributed by Michael Dascoli on Dec 14, 2005

Faith in Jesus transcends our differences putting all believers on an equal plain

What If Christmas Never Came If Christmas Never Came December 18, 2005 We’re in the midst of a new Bible Series I’ve called, If Christmas Never Came. Here are some fun thoughts. “If Christmas Never Came…” 7. (You have to groan or cheer when I read this first one) The Fruit Cake industry would ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:26-28

Denomination: Holiness

I Never Saw That Coming

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 2, 2003

As a nation we are being blindsided by things that destroy us. Yet if we were to look more carefully and see Jesus at work in all things, we would learn to be wholistic, we would identify with the needy, and we would deal with both the physical and the s

Have you ever been blindsided? Something happened, but you never even saw it coming? The snow, for instance. After several mild winters, did you think we would be hit by repeated snowstorms? Did you see that coming? I didn’t. I laid out seven super Sundays of sermons on the churches ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Baptist

Better Late Than Never Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 8, 2003

Jacob: Wrestling with God and Man, Pt. 3

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER (GENESIS 28:10-29:13) A Chinese fable tells of the owl’s flight to the east to escape its neighbors, who were increasingly tired and vocal of the bird’s incessant noise in the night. As it was packing, the owl met a pigeon, which asked: “Where are you going? Why are you in ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible