Sermons on Climate Change Delusion:

Requirements Of A Good Samaritan

Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 20, 2010

Being a good Samaritan requires change in our thought patterns and our normal courses of action.

REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN LUKE 10:30-37 INTRODUCTION Some years ago, S. E. Hinton wrote a book entitled The Outsiders which was later developed into a movie. It is the story of Ponyboy, a fourteen-year-old boy who belongs to a gang called the Greasers. Though he appears bold and confused, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:30-37

Denomination: Baptist

The Beauty Remains. The Pain Passes

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 20, 2009

We can be changed into the people God wants us to be through the mountaintop and valley experiences of life.

Mark 9: 2 – 9 / The Beauty Remains. The Pain Passes. Intro: The process of metamorphosis has always fascinated me. It is best seen in the life cycle of the butterfly which lays eggs on a leaf. A small larva emerges, molts a few times each time getting bigger. Finally, it becomes a pupa hanging ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:2-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Perseverance Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 24, 2009

There is a process in our becoming all that God credated us to be. This is the human side of the divine change.

James 1:2-4, 22-25 “Perseverance” INTRODUCTION When it comes to travel, I think many of us are highway people. We want to go the fastest way possible in order to get to our destination as quickly as we can. We aren’t really interested in seeing the sights or stopping at the tourist ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-25

Denomination: Lutheran

The Reformation

Contributed by Steve Lombardo on Nov 24, 2009

The Bible is our authority, we should challenge everything, and then not be afraid to change - lessons from the Reformation.

We’re leaving our series entitled, “You Are Lord: Understanding and Embracing the Lordship of Jesus Christ.” We are going to take a break. We only have one message left in our series and next week we are going to be getting back to it talking about our future. Jesus is Lord of our future. It’s ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Different Motives Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 18, 2009

Abram learns from mistakes and his motives change allowing God to make the decisions for him.

Years ago I was working two jobs trying to get into professional golf. One of those was a courier job where you had to use your own vehicle. I had a very reliable Honda civic hatchback, great for driving in the city, a fair bit of space in the back with the seat folded down. It was the best car I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 13:1-18

Got Your Head In The Clouds? Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 30, 2009

Having a proper knowledge of Heaven can change the way we live our entire lives.

A bank in Binghamton, New York, sent some flowers to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest sympathy." The florist, very embarrassed, apologized. But it was worse, because the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Baptism Of Repentance Series

Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009

This sermon helps people understand about true repentance and salvation and the life changing power of Jesus.

Baptism of Repentance (Freedom) INTRODUCTION: VIDEO – BAPTISM - SHOW MATT 3:1-11 Matt 28:19-20 ROMANS 6:1 - 23 BAPTISM – DEFINE – DESCRIBE WATER BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL OF THE BELIEVER’S UNION WITH CHRITST IN HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION. V1 – SOME MIGHT CLAIM THAT IF BY SINNING THEY WERE ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-23

Denomination: Pentecostal

When Theology Gets Personal Series

Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 12, 2009

For Hosea, theology wasn’t merely theoretical, it was life-changing. So should it be for you and me.

When John Claypool was pastor of Crescent Heights Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, he underwent significant personal tragedy—including having a beloved daughter diagnosed with leukemia. Throughout the turmoil and torture of losing his, as I recall, 10-year-old daughter, Claypool kept his ...read more

Denomination: *other

Profit, A Means, Not An End Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 26, 2009

The attitude of a child is the attitude of knowing you are incomplete, and need to grow, to change, to take the risk to be wrong.

September 28, 2009 Caritas in Veritate The emphasis Jesus constantly puts on being childlike puzzled me until I read Carol Dweck’s great book Mindset. A child knows–perhaps without being able to articulate it–that she needs to change, learn and grow. A child knows his own incompleteness. As we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:46-50

Denomination: Catholic

Compulsive Clean Church Disorder

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 30, 2009

this is a message against being a status quo church--don’t mark a calender change a life

Intro: most people have seen shows on Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. There are a lot of people who have minor problems to some who have major disorders. One such disorder is the desire for everything to be spotless, immaculate, not one thing out of place. Some people clean out of fear of dust, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 14:4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Beginning Of…a Calling Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2010

God enables his people to impact the world through the changes his grace works into us.

Scripture Introduction The word “dominion” connotes bad feelings for many. We are sensitive to the dominion of the tyrant oppressing for self-centered gain, or the husband cowering wife and children for his own pleasure, or the dominion of a religious fanatic who enjoys feeling god-like, or even ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Contributed by Jerry Stepp on Sep 5, 2009

Jesus meets a women at the well and changes not only her love pattern but her way of life

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places John 4:1-30 Introduction: This passage has been studied so thoroughly that we all know, or think we know, how women in the middle east always went for their water early in the day, together, in a community time of fellowship. While the little children ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

Do We Believe?

Contributed by O. K. Neal on Feb 1, 2010

Have things changed since Jesus’ friends he grew up with tried to kill him?

Do we Believe? Luke 4:16-30 Have you ever gotten mad because a friend made it good? Have you ever been so jealous you wanted to kill someone that made it good? Have you made it better than your childhood friends, and they will not speak to you? Sounds pretty silly doesn’t it? However, it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:16-30

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Assessing, Forgetting, And Pressing

Contributed by Curtis Donald, Sr. on May 21, 2009

Amazing things can happen when we allow Jesus Christ to change our perspeective

Assessing, Forgetting, and Pressing Philippians 3:10-14 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

He Lives Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 13, 2009

The women encountered a living Jesus and seeing Jesus changed their lives from giref and despair to hope.

John 20:1-18 “He Lives” INTRODUCTION During the first three days of July in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg raged. An argument could be made that that battle had a significant effect on the outcome of the war and ultimately on our lives. Still, having occurred over 140 years ago the battle is ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Lutheran