Sermons on Complicated:

God Encounters: Moses Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jun 28, 2004

This is on Moses’ God encounter.

Don’t you love excuses? Nine GI’s were late for morning roll call. The first arrived at 7 PM. He had a date missed the bus, hired a cab then it broke down. He went to a farmhouse and bought a horse. Ten miles from camp it fell over dead. “I walked the last ten miles.” The CO wasn’t happy but ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

Broken At The Beginning

Contributed by Pervis Hall on Jan 16, 2006

Many people face various types of trials everytime a new chapter begins in their live. This sermon will give some hope to those who always seem to get pushed back everytime they try to go forward.

Rita Bass Coors purchased a porcelain mask that had been hand painted by John Denver. You know John Denver, the singer, the humanitarian John Denver. This mask set Rita Bass Coors back $7000.00. Rita purchased this $7000.00 hand painted porcelain mask from a celebrity auction that was to benefit ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don't Be Decieved

Contributed by Grant Gregory on Sep 7, 2006

Jesus said, "Be not Deceived." We need to know our Enemy. Satan is called the Deceiver. He can transform himself as angel of light- (2 Cor. 11:14).

Don’t Be Deceived Text: Rev. 12:9 “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Is My Co-Pilot Series

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 3, 2006

Part 3 in series debunking popular bumper sticker descriptions of the faith

A brief recap: Week One—“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” • We are always dependent upon the grace of God Week Two—“Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven.” • We are made right before God (positional sanctification) • We are afforded grace at conversion to grow (progressive ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:16-22

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Church In The World

Contributed by Ken Mowery on Dec 18, 2006

How we as Christians are to relate to unbelievers in our world.

The Church In The World As we worked through Colossians chapter 3 - we were given very specific information about how Christians are to live out the Christian faith -- at home - as husbands - wives - parents - children - slaves and master -- its all about how we are to related to those who are ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Sins Of Nadab And Abihu

Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Sep 17, 2004

An analysis of the sin of Nadab and Abihu in offering strange fire and hwo we can fall into the same sin.

Leviticus 16:1-4 Introduction Two young men, Nadab and Abihu, come to worship God and end up dead. What a strange thing to read in a Sunday afternoon meeting! We don’t often read from the book of Leviticus in the Christian Church, it seems so irrelevant to our daily lives as 21st century ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 10:1-3, Leviticus 10:1-10

Denomination: Salvation Army

Focus On God's Promises

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 20, 2003

The Holy Spirit helps us consciously and subconsciously to turn our focus away from pain and on to God’s promises for deliverance. Many people tend to surrender to feelings of rejection, suffering and negative thoughts when they experience problems. The H

Illustration: Dr. Henry Pope tells a story of one his students who learned how to change her perspective. It seems that one young girl while attending college spotted a young man who seemed very handsome and someone she would like to get to know. One day she was sitting in the library and spotted ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:97-98

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Children Of God Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Apr 27, 2003

Our Christian identity influences profoundly how we live.

Sermon for 3 Easter Yr B, 4/05/2003 Based on I Jn 3:1-7 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson IDENTITY, IMAGE, GENUINE PERSONHOOD, BEING WHO WE TRULY ARE. That is one of the central themes of our second lesson today. Our identity, our true personhood all ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-7

Denomination: Lutheran

Ten Practical Handles To Church Planting Movements By David Garrison

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 1, 2003

Ten Practical Handles to Church Planting Movements

Ten Practical Handles to Church Planting Movements by David Garrison Church Planting Movements are sovereign acts of God, but in His sovereign grace and mercy He has chosen to partner with us. There are some practical things that missionaries can do to help initiate or nurture a Church Planting ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Will Of God For The Church Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 29, 2012

God's will for the church is for us to be the bride and body. As the bride we experience Him. As His body we exalt Him.

Intro: Paul was very clear that the redemption, adoption, and indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the church was to bring glory to God. Ephesians 1:6,12,14. (Read) Our main goal and vision is to 1 Corinthians 10:13 “whether then you eat or you drink do all to the glory of God.” That ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Blowing Our Doors Off

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Nov 10, 2010

Here walked a man that the disciples were drooling over. He was righteous, rich, and ready to become a follower of Jesus. But the standards were out of reach for him.

Passage: Matthew 19:16-30 Intro: I saw a campaign sign this week that made me think. 1. “water is our future” 2. if it is, we are in trouble. 3. I like water, but it can only do so much 4. but that kind of statement reveals a classic human characteristic. 5. we look for security ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:16-30

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Lost Sheep

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 12, 2011

Will you seek the lost sheep of the House of Jesus?

Today I will be preaching from Matthew 18:11-20 and the first part of the section speaks of one sheep straying from the fold and the Shepherd leaving to go find it. The word leave in the Greek indicates he did not just leave in a leisurely fashion or as being angry. He indicates an intense ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

Do It Yourself Soil Analysis

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 21, 2012

Sermon on the Parable of the Soils

Do-it-yourself Soil Analysis Matthew 13:3-23 This morning I preached the parable of the Thumb. Tonight I have one of my favorite parables--parable of the SOILS Let's read vv. 3-9 Interpretation: Sower = God "as He sowed" --many ways… preaching, music, bible, friend, etc. Seed = ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:3-23

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Centurion’s Faith Series

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 30, 2013

You don’t need great learning to have a Godlike Faith as the Centurion of Luke 7 proves

God’s ways are not our ways As I looked at our Gospel passage today, I was struck by one simply sentence 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” The Jews asked Jesus to heal ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-10

Denomination: Anglican

Jesus And The Blind Man Series

Contributed by Richard White on Mar 6, 2010

There are none so blind as those who will not see. This is the second miracle, recorded in the Gospel of John, that Jesus performs on the Sabbath. Are we spiritually blind to what Jesus can do?

The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies will always be known as the team that suffered one of the great collapses in sports history. They let a huge division lead slip away by losing ten games in a row at the end of the season. Despite the collapse, the Phillies season had its share of memorable moments, ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ