Sermons on Confronting Error:

The Trying Of Our Faith

Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 24, 2002

Encouragement and help in facing overwhelmin trials

We aren’t so unlike the men and women of old. A. As human beings they had the same temptations. 1. As a matter of fact, the men and women of old did not have a present and living Holy Spirit of God in residence. a. It is this Holy Spirit who empowers us to rise above ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:13-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Trouble To Triumph Series

Contributed by Danny Williams on Dec 6, 2000

How to overcome trouble in your life

From Trouble to Triumph Victory Temple A/G P. O. Box 911 Waco, Tx 76703 By Pastor Danny Williams James 1:4-11 There are three type’s of people here this evening. 1. those in trials. 2. those coming out of trials 3. those going into trials ( but you don’t know it yet. ) So there is a word for ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

False Teachers – False Hopes

Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Jun 27, 2002

Everywhere we look people seem to always focus in on things that are different about each and every one of us. Sometimes we use this difference as a point of superiority in order to call ourselves better or above others.

Sermon Title: False Teachers – False Hopes Sermon Text: Jude 1:3-5 Sunday Evening, August 13, 2000 Scripture Introduction: There is much to be said for the saying that good things come in small packages, as is in this case with the small epistle of Jude. This letter in it’s beginning intent was ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:3-5

Denomination: *other

Problems Of The Servant Series

Contributed by John Walls on Oct 8, 2001

Studying the problems of a pastor

PROBLEMS OF A SERVANT Or HOW TO BE A MAN OF GOD 1 Timothy 4 Part 1 Introduction: If you were to write a job description for your pastor, what would it contain? What comparisons or differences would there be if I was to do the same? What functions do you think I should do? Or even yet, do you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Living Together In Obedience Series

Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004

Paul gives us two requirements for living together in obedience to God.

LIVING TOGETHER IN OBEDIENCE Philippians 2:12-18 INTRODUCTION A. Sometimes we set the course, but we need to allow God to be the unchangeable standard that we obey: 1. Lighthouse illustration: The captain of the ship looked into the dark night and saw faint lights in the distance. Immediately ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

El Verdadero Amor De Un Padre

Contributed by Richard Perez on Feb 24, 2006

Dia de los Padres

11 También dijo: Un hombre tenía dos hijos;12 y el menor de ellos dijo a su padre: Padre, dame la parte de los bienes que me corresponde; y les repartió los bienes.13 No muchos días después, juntándolo todo el hijo menor, se fue lejos a una provincia apartada; y allí desperdició sus bienes viviendo ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

Planned For God's Pleasure Series

Contributed by Rick Duncan on Aug 24, 2005

Someone said, “There are two great days in a person’s life -- the day we are born and the day we discover why.”

On August 22nd, US Olympian Matt Emmons fired his final shot in the 50-meter three-position rifle competition. Emmons was leading by three points and needed only to get near the bull’s-eye to win the gold medal. He fired, but the automatic scoring system didn’t register any points. At first, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:3-8

Denomination: Baptist

An Obedient Heart - A Man After God's Own Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 28, 2005

Why did God strike Uzzah dead? Because he touched the ark... but why hadn’t they carried the ark the way God told them to? The answer may surprise you.

OPEN: Several years ago, Reader’s Digest told of a young couple who had just bought a water bed. While assembling the bed, the couple realized they would need a hose to fill it with – and they didn’t own one. So, the husband went to the hardware store and bought one. They attached the hose to the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is The Bible An Option?

Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004

We need the transforming power of the word in our lives, otherwise we are merely good moral people, and not Christians.

God’s Book There was a military officer who happened to stop by an island in the South Pacific. The military officer discovered that the island was inhabited by cannibals. Cannibals are humans who eat other humans. One day he came cross an old tribal chief. He saw the chief reading the Bible ...read more

Scripture: John 17:17

Denomination: Adventist

Abraham: Justified By Faith Or By Works? Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 22, 2005

Paul turns to Abraham to show that he too was justified before God by faith and not by works.

Scripture When asked about Christianity, actress Sophia Loren was reported as saying several years ago in the USA Today, “I’m not a practicant, but I pray. I read the Bible. It’s the most beautiful book ever written. I should go to heaven; otherwise it’s not nice. I haven’t done anything wrong. My ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:6-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Consider The Source Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 16, 2003

Job, struggling to find his source of meaning, is frustrated with Bildad, who finds meaning in the past; and with his own feelings, looking for meaning in the present. Look to Christ, who provides meaning from the future.

Sooner or later, we all come to a point where we wake up and ask ourselves what life means. This life we are living: does it matter? All this energy we are putting in on studying or working or church or family or whatever: is it really necessary? I submit to you that most of us at one time or ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Contributed by Greg Rupley on May 21, 2003

What Would You do to bring someone to Christ? Looks at the full text Luke 5: 17-26 with a call for decision at the end.

Luke 5: 17-26 … “Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures.” Jesus Heals a Paralytic (original except for titles of outline points.) What would you be willing to do for $10,000,000? In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim reveal some shocking statistics ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Aged Man: His Family And Church

Contributed by Michael Reeves on Aug 20, 2002

A sermon that encourages the older Christian men in a congregation to remain faithful.

Introduction: As I have been sharing these messages on the family I have had the privilege of looking at each of you and you at me. Many of the messages that I have presented so far in this series of studies have been directed toward the younger members of the congregation who still have children ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:1-2, Titus 2:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

"In The Likeness Of God" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 15, 2003

We were recreated in His likeness; what was lost in the Fall was restored. Holiness, righteousness, and truth. (#19 in the Unfathomable Love of Christ series)

“…and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” We spent the last several minutes of the last sermon in this series, talking about having our minds renewed as to the difference between our old corrupt nature, and the creation ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:24

Denomination: Orthodox

Jesus Invites Us To Follow Him

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jul 22, 2003

PENTECOST 6(C) - Jesus invites us to follow Him without hestitation and with steadfast mercy.

JESUS INVITES US TO FOLLOW HIM LUKE 9:51—62 JULY 20, 2003 LUKE 9:51-62 51As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53but the people ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-62

Denomination: Lutheran