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It All Starts With A Little Seed

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jun 14, 2018

It is the message and not the messanger.

It All Starts With a Tiny Seed Mark 4:26-34 When Jesus started to face opposition from grous like the Pharisees and Scribes, He started to address the crowds in parables. The purpose of the parable is twofold. On one hand, it is easy to understand the story as it comes from real life. Jesus used ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:26-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Clay Jars

Contributed by Alvan Lewis on Mar 18, 2019

Where does God place the indescribable treasure of Eternal Life?

Where do you hide your emergency house key? (And if you’ll give me that information, you’ll give me your Bank PIN number) Do you have it near the back door in a fancy marble box engraved with the words: Emergency House Key? Do you have it encased in an alabaster jar sitting on a pedestal on your ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-12

Denomination: Anglican

The Gift Is Jesus Christ

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 9, 2015

To show that JESUS CHRIST is our Gift here on this life on earth and on to eternal life.

Romans 6:23 (Amplified Bible) For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 (King James Version) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23

Denomination: Pentecostal

Faithful In Little Series

Contributed by Duncan Hamilton on May 2, 2016

A sermon inspired by the book For The Glory by Duncan Hamilton.

Text: Luke 16:10-13 INTRODUCTION For the Glory, Duncan Hamilton’s biography of Olympic gold medalist and missionary Eric Liddell, tells about an incident that occurred in China in early 1939. This was a time when much of the countryside was a war zone between the Chinese and their Japanese ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:10-13

Denomination: *other

The Best Gift

Contributed by Brian Undlin on Dec 24, 2015

A paraphrasing of Jesus & the woman at the well. I used it as a Christmas Eve story explaining the real gift.

We all know the Christmas story and the reason we give gifts at Christmas is because of Jesus coming AS God’s GIFT to us but there’s only one Bible story where Jesus himself describes this gift he brought us and he actually uses the word gift. The story begins with Jesus sitting alone ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-45

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Insignificant In Christmas

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jan 10, 2016

God uses the most insignificant things to make the most difference. It's true at Christmas, too!

The Christmas story is a great story, and it rivals anything Hollywood ever came up with. There’s conflict, anticipation, a villain (or several villains, depending upon how one looks at the story), political intrigue (especially as Herod attempts to deceive the magi), there’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

"Look Who Jesus Hangs Out With"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 31, 2015

A sermon about Jesus' love for sinners.

"Look Who Jesus Hangs Out With" Luke 15:1-10 Have you ever felt lost? All of us, some days feel more lost than found, more wrong than right. Perhaps we have acted like unthinking sheep and wandered off. Maybe we have felt like a person who doesn't understand the questions on a math test, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: United Methodist

Spiritual Discipline For The Race Of Life

Contributed by Craig Condon on Sep 1, 2015

We must learn to lay everything aside and renew our fellowship and communion with God. We must “keep our eyes on the prize.” We must keep our eyes fixed on Christ. We must pace ourselves when we run the race of life. Only then can we survive and win.

Have you ever struggled with your faith? Have you ever felt like giving up? If so, the writer of the Letter to the Hebrews has a word for you---don’t! Don’t give up. The road of faith has been compared to a race. The race is not a sprint. It is a marathon. At the end of the race, we ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

Prosperity Comes With Humility, The Fear Of God, And Self-Discipline Series

Contributed by Henry Trocino Jr. on Apr 2, 2017

Part 10 of the Sermon Series, "Rich Man Poor Man in Proverbs"

"The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21, Hebrews 11:13, Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 21:20, Job 34:17-19, Proverbs 22:2-5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Defusing Duplicity Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 17, 2017

This is the first lesson in a series based on James MacDonald's book, Authentic. This lesson battles the problem of hypocrisy.

1. Fake Cars In the 1970’s, Bradley Automotive sold a fiberglass body kit that fit perfectly onto a VW bug chassis. The body was very modern in style and design, giving the impression that it was an expensive GT or GT2 sports car. On the outside it looked expensive, showy, and modern but on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Hope That Comes From Body Building Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 17, 2017

This is the 35th sermon in the series "3:16- Numbers That Bring Hope".

Series: 3:16- Numbers That Bring Hope [#35] THE HOPE THAT COMES FROM BODY BUILDING 1 Corinthians 3:16 Introduction: As you can tell, there are some lighting renovations happening in the Sanctuary. We have to renovate and repair our building or else it will eventually not function properly. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Bildad’s Second Charge Of Job Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Jul 7, 2017

From this second conversation we can learn two things: We ought to show compassion and be discerning when we talk to people. It may be the only grace they receive during their time of trouble!

Bildad’s second charge of Job Job Sermon Series, Part 9 Introduction (Job Slide) - Today we continue to examine Job’s conversations with his friends -- Re: These men came in Ch. 2 to sit with him and mourn his loss - They appear to come to comfort … but quickly their real motives are ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Addressing The Realities Of Life Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2015

Being human is generally a good thing. The temptation in our day is to manipulate or engineer human nature and deny its realities. But a church is about real people, redeemed by Jesus, but fully human — even more human — because of that redemption.

Addressing the Realities of Life (I Timothy 5:1-16) 1. Some people have a sanitized view of life. Life, however, is often less glamourous. 'Cash, check or charge?' I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet, I noticed a remote control for a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Transformed Series

Contributed by Jim Kilson on Apr 22, 2014

Part 4 of 5 in a series on our identity in Christ based on the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 8.

INTRODUCTION: What are your favorite toys, yes we all have toys, even the adults… though they may be slow to admit it. As a kid my favorite toys were Transformers, I just thought they were awesome; in fact they ranked right up there with my Hot Wheels and G.I Joe’s. What I liked about ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:17

Denomination: Christian Church

New Years Sunday 2018

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 12, 2018

Every year starts new; kind of like the creation of a new year. So, today we will be taking a look a the real act of Creation as found in Genesis and look into the the microscopic wonders of all life on earth and how the intricacy shouts, "GOD IS AWESOME!

Please open your Bibles to Genesis 1:1-2:3 which we will read in a few minutes. Well … here we are in 2018. Can you believe it; 2018!!!???!!! And the years seem to go by faster and faster. Does it seem that way to you, too? This is the first Sunday in 2018 and we’re already a week into the year, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:1-4

Denomination: Nazarene