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  • Social Ethics: Drinking Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,960 views

    There is great debate on whether Christians should consume alcohol. Here is why I choose not to drink, even though this is a matter of Christian liberty.

    “Drinking” Introduction: In the Bible there is much ambiguity involved with the topic of drinking. In fact it is so ambiguous that it falls under realm of a matter of opinion. However, I think it is important for us to determine whether a Christian should drink. Before I begin it is important ...read more

  • "Experiencing The Holy"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 19, 2004
    based on 68 ratings
     | 9,811 views

    A sermon for Transfiguration Sunday.

    Luke 9:28-36 “Experiencing the Holy” By: Kenneth Emerson Sauer Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org. One exciting thing I’ve learned from the time I’ve been spending at the Hospice Unit and the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the Veteran’s Hospital over ...read more

  • Those Were The Days

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 71 ratings
     | 10,459 views

    This is an advent sermon.

    Play “All in the Family” theme song. Oh, the good old. Do you remember the good old days? I remember my parents talking about the good old days. “I remember when . . .” my parents would say. “Back in my day . . .” was another favorite. What about, “When I was you age . . ..” Simon and ...read more

  • Church And Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 91 ratings
     | 13,526 views

    This sermon started when I was in Preaching Class, and it evolved into this. I preached this sermon my first Sunday at my church.

    I’m a “dunker.” Not with a basketball, as I am only 5’9”, but rather with chocolate chip cookies. There is nothing quite like the chocolate chip cookie. They come in all shapes and sizes, but they are very similar in how they are made. There is the flour, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and, of ...read more

  • Finding Meaning In Life

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Oct 3, 2002
    based on 291 ratings
     | 24,989 views

    Many are desperately searching for true meaning in this life. The answer is found in this passage of Scripture.

    FINDING THE MEANING IN LIFE TEXT: ECCLESIASTES. 1:1,2 INTRO: One of the funniest catchphrases of recent years is from an old Wendy’s commercial. An elderly woman and her friends open their hamburger buns and found them virtually bare. The perceptive old lady, who was able to see beyond the ...read more

  • A Yugo And A Bb Gun

    Contributed by John Beehler on Oct 8, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 8,326 views

    Do you worship a "wannabe" god?

    A Yugo and a BB Gun A man teed up his ball to begin his round of golf. He took a mighty swing and missed the ball, but hit a large ant hill; ants, parts of ants, and dirt went everywhere. He swung again, missed the ball again, making thousands more ant widows and widowers. After ...read more

  • "If You're Not Loving, You're Not Living"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 19, 2002
    based on 520 ratings
     | 52,157 views

    Jesus has opened our eyes to the true nature of love.

    Matthew 22:34-40 “If You’re Not Loving, You’re Not Living” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church What is “it”? In any language, “it” is the most powerful expression of the most powerful emotion and experience in the world. “It”, of course, is “I love ...read more

  • We Are Family Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 12,837 views

    2nd in series on Jesus priorities. This describes what the church should be with alliteration.

    Ephesians 2:14–19 – We Are Family You’ve heard me quote many times a book that has changed my life, which is What’s So Amazing About Grace? In it the author, Philip Yancey quotes Mark Twain. Apparently Twain used to say he put a dog and a cat in a cage together as an experiment, to see if they ...read more

  • Bitter Bones Angry Eyebrows

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Jun 2, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 14,339 views

    this meeagse talks about anger and bitterness and the need to get rid of it.

    Text. Eph 4:30-32. Intro: E Stanley Jones, Readers Digest Dec 1981. A rattlesnake, if cornered will sometimes become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is-a biting of oneself. We think that we are harming others in holding these ...read more

  • Jesus, The Sustainer, Is With Us Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jun 9, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,851 views

    Advent Series

    Sermon preached by Pastor Larry Brincefield on Sunday, December 5, 2004 at Belleview Church of the Nazarene Title: Jesus the Sustainer with us. Text: John 6:29-40 Introduction 1. A little boy named Billy was taking to his mother after church… He said, “my Sunday School teacher told me that ...read more

  • Experiencing Hope Expressing Hope

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jun 16, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,796 views

    This text is troubling because it doesn’t seem to connect, but when you dig in it has a beautiful message of praying for the nations.

    Experiencing Hope/Expressing Hope (Mark 11:1-24) Sometimes we have a conception that people who approach life in a lighthearted manner don’t take things seriously enough. We often believe that they don’t care about things, that they have a kind of laize faire approach toward life, that they have ...read more

  • A Debt We Can Never Repay

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jul 18, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 20,521 views

    The Psalmist’s questions: “How can I repay the LORD?” We can all answer “We cannot repay!” Indeed, we cannot even pay the interest on our debt.

    A DEBT WE CAN NEVER REPAY “What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me? I will take up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people. ” Psalm 116:12-14 NKJV The Holman Christian Standard Bible ...read more

  • I Have Fallen And I Can't Get Up?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 9, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,794 views

    We hear the commerical phrase, I have fallen and I can’t get up? I ponder spiritually do we want to get up? Don’t stay down, GET UP AND TRY AGAIN.

    I HAVE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP? DO YOU WANT TO GET UP? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. I HAVE FALLEN --- WE HAVE HEARD THE COMMERCIAL PHRASE: HELP ME! I HAVE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP. A. Falling down and staying down is not a spiritual truth. B. See, in Jesus Christ ---YOU ...read more

  • Empowered To Live To The Fullest

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Aug 14, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,916 views

    The filling of the Spirit empowers us to live our lives to the fullest.

    We love Superman. He seems to be so invincible... so powerful... except of course in front of a kryptonite. Still, we love superheroes. We know they’re not real. Yet how we wish we would become superheroes. For most of us, we only have the strength to barely pull us through the day. After a ...read more

  • Humility, Pride, And Group Dynamics Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,634 views

    Nothing exposes the selfishness in our hearts quite like living life with others.

    Humility, Pride, and Group Dynamics (Philippians 2:1-4) 1. Human beings have a dignity unlike other created beings. 2. Yet, ironically, snobby members of the intelligencia constantly degrade human dignity: LONDON (AFP) - London Zoo unveiled a new exhibition -- eight humans prowling around ...read more