Sermons on Common Interests:

Giving To Caesar...2000 Years Later?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 31, 2008

Message about Jesus’ words to give to Caesar what belongs to him, and to God what belongs to Him.

Giving to Caesar…2000 Years Later? Matthew 22:15-22 August 31, 2008 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." We: Who likes paying taxes? If we could find a way to avoid paying them, wouldn’t that be a great ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Gospel According To Genesis Series

Contributed by Joel Smith on Apr 4, 2009

Surrender absolutely to the God who is absolutely committed to your good.

“Surrender: verb 1 a: to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand b: to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another” During the First Gulf War a common occurrence was the immediate, unconditional surrender of members of the Iraqi Army. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

An Astonishing Gospel Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Nov 23, 2007

I preach expository messages, and this is the 24th in my series on the Book of Acts.

“An Astonishing Gospel” Acts 13:4-12 November 18, 2007 Last week, we considered the critical role of the local church in sending out two men, Barnabas and Saul, for the work God had prepared for them. Here, in our passage today, we see reiterated the other absolute essential for Christian ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:4-12

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Jesus Cleanses The Leper

Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 19, 2006

In healing the leper, Jesus showed his power not only over disease but all that disease represents in this world: the corruption and chaos of sin.

Psalm 42, 2 Kings 5:1-15, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Mark 1:40-45 Jesus Heals the Leper The miracle of healing which Mark records in today’s gospel lesson might seem, at first, to present a kind of contradiction in Jesus’ own ministry at this point. After Jesus has been mobbed all night long in ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Ingredients Of A Life Of Faith Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 22, 2006

Hebrews # 19 Three specific ingredients necessary for a life of faith, drawn from the life of Abraham as recorded in Hebrews chapter eleven beginning in verse eight.

A Study of the Book of Hebrews Jesus is Better Sermon # 19 “The Ingredients of a Life of Faith” Hebrews 11:8–19 Have you ever stopped to think about how you get God’s approval in life? Can you gain God approval by being ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Gospel In One Word Is Love Series

Contributed by David Owens on Mar 1, 2007

In this section of 1 John, we are shown what love is. John gives us the negative example of Cain and the positive example of Christ.

Introduction: A. “Love, love, love, love, the Gospel in one word is love.” 1. It’s not only a catchy little song, it is the truth. 2. And that sums it up so well, doesn’t it? B. The Beatles released the hit song “All You Need Is Love” in July of 1967. 1. And even though we all know that “all you ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fixing It When It's Broken Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Nov 2, 2007

A look at Jesus’ instructions to His disciples in the steps for resolving disputes, restoring unity and restoration within the church and between individual believers.

--ILL>One of Aesop’s fables is the story of the Lion and the Boar. On a summer day, when the great heat induced a general thirst among the beasts, a lion and a boar came at the same moment to small well to drink. They fiercely disputed which of them should drink first, and were soon engaged in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

How You Can Know The Bible Is Trustworthy

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Aug 29, 2010

Looking at the historical and scientific background of the bible and how you can know it is the word of God. It inspires us abou the truth of God's claims and remids us that the central part of our belief is God in history and that Jesus did rise from the

Where did the bible come from? Have you ever stopped and looked at a bible, wondering ‘Where did this thing come from?’. I mean seriously, where did this thing come from? For Muslims the answer is simple, Mohammed recited the Koran to his followers. Mohammed died in 632 AD. Ali a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

Selflessness Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 4, 2010

Christians choose to do things out of self-lessness

A matter of the heart – Selflessness We have been looking a Paul’s letter to the Philippians and how he just seems to exhibit an abnormal response to his current situation. The first week he opened the letter with prayers to God for the church in Philippi. How they had supported ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Congregational

Planning For Tomorrow

Contributed by Neil Olcott on Jun 22, 2005

Subject: How should we plan and hope for the future? Complement: By developing sense of peace that comes from a relaxed concern based on God’s sovereignty in our lives. Main Idea: We need to involve God at the center of all we do.

INTRO.: Every year when New Years day comes on January 1st, people commonly reflect over the last year and make resolutions for the new one. Like the artist who takes away an old drawing they had been working on for a long time and then pulls out a virgin white perfectly clean sheet of paper to ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

One Mother - Two Nations: Part #1 Esau Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 8, 2011

Two main points from the life of Esau: 1. He was more concerned about the here-and-now than he was with the here-after. 2. Godliness comes by choice.

One Mother – Two Nations Part #1 - Esau “Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.” Genesis 25:27 (NASB) God has always shown blessings to his people – take Rebecca as an example. For many years she had be barren. Now the Lord opens her ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fill Me Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 27, 2011

Let’s consider what God says in His Word about being filled with His Spirit. 1- Being filled with God’s Spirit energizes witnessing 2- Being filled with God’s Spirit produces joy 3- Being filled with God’s Spirit induces worship

INTRO.- All people are filled with something, some desire, some interest, etc. ILL.- A fisherman returned to shore with a giant marlin that was bigger and heavier than he was. On the way to the cleaning shed, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a dozen baby fish. The second ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Held His Hands Up

Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Apr 9, 2011

The church needs men and women like Aaron and Hur, people willing to lift up and hold the arms of those that have grown weary. People that are willing to help at all times all of those that may find themselves in a weakened to exhausted state.

I do not know how may of you are paying attention to what is happening around us, but I can confidently say that the ministry is in grave trouble. Now, let me stop here for a moment to clear something up. When I say that the ministry is in trouble, I am not referring to our ministry in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Believe And Live

Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 14, 2011

Jesus is calling us to believe and live for him beyond the power of reason to believe

INTRO The French philosopher Voltaire once said: “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” Voltaire spoke of a form of faith that lives, breathes, and moves beyond the ordinary, to the extraordinary. In like manner, Dale Carnegie spoke of a ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-43

Denomination: Lutheran

Following Jesus Without Denominationalism Series

Contributed by Sam Baker on Mar 18, 2012

With all the different views today, ‘Why is Denominationalism Wrong?’

Following Jesus without Denominationalism Part 1: ‘Why is Denominationalism Wrong?’ Let me tell all of you something very unique . . . As from the very first part of even making mention of this type of series, I met some strong rebuttals from a lot of fellow Christians, as well as ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:17-28

Denomination: Pentecostal