Sermons on Contemplate:

Attending Your Own Funeral, Part One Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004

Christians should not take sin lightly, but need to focus on developing their relationship to God instead. Paul offers several arguments to convince us of this. There are other motivations besides merit and fear (Law); Grace motivates us out of love, app

Attending Your Own Funeral, Part One Note: When I preached this sermon, I found out I really had two sermons (time wise); so I preached part two (labelled, "Attending Your Own Funeral Conclusion" in which I summarize my first point and then half of the second point (which is far as I got), and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What's The One Thing?

Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Sep 7, 2006

Jesus said to Martha, "There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it..." What’s the One Thing? Includes illustration of Jason, a young man in special education that changed the life of his teacher. "Welcome, friend

Title: What’s the One Thing? 09/03/06 West Side Text: Luke 10:38-42 A.M. Service Purpose: A Labor Day message dealing with how we should “Be Still” before the Lord ******************************************************* Introduction: Jason’s Praying Pencils How a student gave his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Nazarene

Why God Is So Great

Contributed by Todd Riley on Sep 26, 2002

5 Things that make God a great and amazing God

Islington Baptist Church September 22, 2002 Psalm 8 Scriptures: Hebrews 2, Matt. 21, Gen 1-2 Why God is so great Last week we finished our series in the book of I Thessalonians—which has as its big theme: the return of Jesus Christ. Today we are going back to the O.T to begin a brand new ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

The Beautitudes - Continued Series

Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Feb 22, 2016

Blessed are those who mourn and blessed are the meek

I. Introduction A. A guy walking in the desert desperately needed a drink. As he followed the dunes, he came upon another man riding a camel. He asked the man if he had something to drink. The man on the camel said "No, but if you like, I have a nice selection of ties. Would you like to buy one?" ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

To Truly Hunger And Thirst Series

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 15, 2014

To hunger and thirst for true righteousness.

Series: The Sermon on the Mount Title: To Truly Hunger and Thirst Text: Matthew 5:6 Welcome back to our series in the Sermon on the Mount. Let us begin this morning with the reading of our text and with prayer. READ: Matthew 5:6 Last week, we began our message by discussing the value of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He's Alive Series

Contributed by Randall James on Apr 22, 2019

People have responded differently to the Resurrection. This message is about the doubters, memorialists, show-offs, superstitious, and the transformed.

I don’t have any Easter jokes for you today, but I did come across some Easter quotes that I think you’ll regret hearing. Al Jamal said: “My father was so cheap. Every Easter we’d wear the same clothes, but he’d take us to a different church.” Melanie White said these two things about Easter: ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-15, Revelation 1:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Changes Everything

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 17, 2019

The announcement to Joseph of the Source of Mary's pregnancy changed everything for Joseph and for us.

December 22, 2019 Matthew 1:18-25 18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Lutheran

A Reliable Witness Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 10, 2015

We will examine the credentials of John as we being our 1 John series.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • How many of us would like to see Jesus in person. Who would like to speak with Him, and walk with Him, maybe even go shopping with Him? • I think we all would like to be able to sit down and have a face to face with Jesus. I had a friend of mine I used ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Easter Superlatives

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 3, 2018

The dictionary defines the word “superlatives” as “an expression of the highest degree of something.” The Easter story is full of superlatives. This sermon examines three of them.

Superlatives of the Easter Story Chuck Sligh April 1, 2018 NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation is available for this sermon by request at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to John 20. INTRODUCTION Illus. – A little boy had a tendency to exaggerate things in order to get ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18, Luke 7:37-50

Denomination: Baptist

Kingdom Clothes Series

Contributed by David Welch on Jul 21, 2018

Message 15 in our Colossians series dealing with the spiritual clothes of a believer.

Chico Alliance Church “Kingdom Clothes” Review On the basis of our new internal identity with Christ, Paul calls for us to put off the external things that identify one with the ways of the Old Kingdom and put on the clothes consistent with our new self and citizenship in the New Kingdom. • God ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Intercessory Prayer Series

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Oct 16, 2017

You may have heard this term before but were not sure what it meant. In the simplest of definitions it's praying for someone else or on someone else's behalf. We should be interceding to help others both in our everyday lives and in our prayer lives.

INTERCESSORY PRAYER INTRODUCTION: You may have heard this term before but were not sure what it meant. In the simplest of definitions it's praying for someone or on someone's behalf. When we intercede for someone we are advocating for them. Intercession happens in life. If someone we know is in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God’s Call To Revival - God’s Prophetic Revelations

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Oct 4, 2020

Today's message is a continuation of the message "God's Call to Revival - Ezra." This message looks at the prophetic revelations brought out by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah.

God’s Call to Revival God’s Prophetic Revelations *** Watch: https://youtu.be/RvyzjObDB6g Last week we looked at the return of the Jews to God’s Promised Land under the leadership of Ezra, along with Zerubbabel, and Jeshua. They just finished 70 years of Babylonian captivity, and what we looked ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-6, Zechariah 4:6, Zechariah 4:1-10

Denomination: Foursquare

Elisha’s Ministry: "Christian – How Is Your Little Upper Chamber Furnished?” Part 2 Of 2 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 17, 2022

This lovely section of God’s word shouts of the provision of the Lord. The bed, table and chair and lampstand are all really significant. This message examines them in more detail.

ELISHA’S MINISTRY: “CHRISTIAN – HOW IS YOUR LITTLE UPPER CHAMBER FURNISHED?” Part 2 of 2 SERIES – MESSAGES ON ELISHA – HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY Number 9 This next message which is Part 2 continues the account of Elisha in his circuit and focuses on Shunem. There he used to stay with a childless ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:8-17, Mark 6:31, Psalm 23:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Common Salvation And Contending Earnestly For The Faith - Jude 1 Verse 3 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 10, 2022

Jude was setting out the points of our common salvation, when the Holy Spirit urged on him the importance and urgency to defend that salvation. That overtook him, and he asked the readers to “contend earnestly” for the faith. He appealed to them to do that.

OUR COMMON SALVATION AND CONTENDING EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH - Jude 1 verse 3 MESSAGES IN JUDE – MESSAGE 2 Jude 1 v 3 {{Jude 1:3 “Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you, appealing that you con-tend earnestly for ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:3, Titus 1:4, 2 Timothy 2:15, Philippians 2:27, Exodus 17:8-13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Beholding And Reflecting Our God Series

Contributed by David Owens on Dec 13, 2021

After Moses had beheld God's glory on Mt. Sinai, he could not help but reflect God's glory. That is God's will and plan for us. We are supposed to behold God, become like God, then reflect God to others.

A. Our mission as children of God and disciples of Jesus Christ is to behold and to reflect our God. 1. Let’s begin with two illustrations – one about beholding and the other about reflecting. B. We are all familiar with the saying: “You Are What You Eat.” 1. I like this meme: “They say you are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ