Sermons on Contending For Others:

Loving One's Neighbor Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012

How do we know if we really know God? We are on our 2nd test to help us look at ourselves and see how strong our relationship is with God. Do we love our neighbors?

How do we know if we really know God? We are on our 2nd test to help us look at ourselves and see how strong our relationship is with God. Do we love our neighbors? If we criticize, grumble, gripe, backbite, ignore, neglect, curse, abuse, slander, hate, or mistreat our neighbors in any way, then ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

Taking Inventory Series

Contributed by Andy Stanley on Mar 16, 2012

Recovery begins when a group of people, especially the church, those of us who say forgiveness is just waiting on the other side of personal transparency, lead the way.

Find additional Free Resources for This Sermon Series: http://store.northpoint.org/recovery-road-starter-kit.html Well, if you weren’t here last week we’re in Part Two of a series. And if you’re new to our church, we basically take messages or ideas and talk about them until we run out of things ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Do Right When Done Wrong

Contributed by Steve Miller on Mar 20, 2012

If you've ever been wounded, hurt, done wrong, then it is important that you respond by doing right.

Title: How to Do Right When Done Wrong Text: Rom. 12:14, 17, 19-20 (Preached before inmates at Wateree River Correctional Institution, SC. Designed to be a brief sermon) Introduction Prison is a place where people carry around a lot of hurt. Carry the hurt they’ve caused as well as carry ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:14-20

Denomination: *other

How To Have A Happy Year

Contributed by David Scudder on Apr 1, 2012

In order to have a happy year we have to take care of the past, before we can work on the future.

Ephesians 4:15, 25 Matthew 18:15-17 Luke 17:3-4 Matthew 5:43-48 Purpose: To lay out the major pit falls that come when discord is evident in the church. Aim: I want the listener to demonstrate love through forgiveness and avoiding gossip. INTRODUCTION: Two men who lived in a small town got into ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Tyranny Of The Good Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 9, 2012

Priorities, grace, vision, others

TYRANNY OF THE GOOD James 2: 14-17 (p855) February 12, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Here is an amazing statement I believe with all my heart…. “One of the worst enemies of Christians can be good things in the church.” Here is how David Platt begins his book “Radical ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Forgiveness

Contributed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Aug 2, 2012

How can we get to the point that we are able to forgive each other’s sins, all of those sins, from the bottom of our hearts?

Right here at the beginning of this sermon, let us quietly and honestly ask whether we know anyone from our own circle of friends and family whom we have not forgiven for some wrong that person might have done us; a person from whom we once separated ourselves in anger—perhaps not even in open ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Lutheran

Love - #4 Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Aug 13, 2012

This culture is longing for an authentic view of Christianity and God demands it. This series paints a picture of the Authentic Christian.

Love Authentic Christianity - #4 of 7 Jerry Watts John 13:34-35 * For the last several week we have been visiting, from the Bible, what it means to be an Authentic Christian. There are two reasons I have felt led to do this: 1) This world needs to see an Authentic Christian and be influenced by ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35

Denomination: Baptist

The Significance Of Indiscretion-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 14, 2012

2 of 2. Genesis records the significance of the indiscretion of Noah’s younger son, Ham. Understanding the significance of indiscretion imparts wisdom/ is instructive to God’s people. Indiscretion holds significance for...

The SIGNIFICANCE OF INDISCRETION-II—Genesis 9:18-29 Attention: Discreet— ‘Careful & circumspect in one's speech or actions, esp. in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.’ M-W—1) Having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct & especially ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:18-29

Denomination: Baptist

Christians Are Abnormal In How They Related To Enemies And Abuse Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 17, 2012

Continuing series on the Sermon on the Mount- Christians are Abnormal - Looks at a Christian response to abuse and insult.

CHRISTIANS ARE ABNORMAL IN HOW THEY RELATE TO ENEMIES AND ABUSE Matthew 5:38-48 April 15, 2012 Before I address our topic for this morning, I want to confess that what the Bible says is not always easy to do and I have on occasion struggled in this very area myself. Several years ago a person ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Baptist

Confession, Cleansing And Forgivenss Series

Contributed by Richard White on Aug 30, 2012

This is a series gleaned from R.C. Sprouls book by the same title. This section deals with forgiveness. Does the Blood of Jesus wash away all our sins?

Confession, Forgiveness and cleansing Ps 103 and 1 John 1:9ff The reason we have such a struggle believing that God loves us is we are all Pelagians at heart. Pelagius (ca. AD 354 – ca. AD 420/440) was an ascetic who opposed the idea of predestination and asserted a strong version of the ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why We Should Love One Another? Series

Contributed by Dr Kory Letoa on Sep 6, 2011

LOVE ALL PEOPLE

TOPIC: WHY WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER. TEXT: John 4:19 (GW) 19 We love because God loved us first. I. Because He First Loved Us (4:19, R.V.). In the R.V. it reads: "We love because He first loved us." This dropped word means that we love not only God, but also one another. II. Because He Still ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:19

Denomination: Holiness

Overcome Evil With Good

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Sep 12, 2011

On this 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we must not harbor ill feelings; we must let God be the judge.

Overcome Evil with Good September 11, 2011 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must not harbor ill feelings; we must let God be the judge. Focus Passage: Romans 12:14-21 Supplemental Passage: "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

Forgiveness And Relationships

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 13, 2011

Taking seriously the command of Jesus to forgive -- what it means and what it does not mean.

A man was walking on the sidewalk outside a playground with a high wooden fence and heard the children chanting, “Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!” He stopped and, finding a small hole in the fence, he bent over to look in. Just like that, a finger poked him in the eye. And the chanting continued, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Methodist

Praying With The Right Heart Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 27, 2011

The Sermon on the Mount reveals that prayer is more about the heart than the words.

This week I read about two churches who had decided to hold a joint worship service. As part of that service they were going to recite the “Lord’s Prayer”. But when it came to the fourth petition in the prayer, they couldn’t agree whether to say “forgive us our debts ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Denomination: Baptist

When He Won't Say "I'm Sorry"

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 29, 2011

What are my biblical responsibilities when one who has offended me will not acknowledge his wrong? Our forgiveness is to be like God's forgiveness. So how does God forgive? The answer may not be what you are thinking.

When He Won't Say "I'm Sorry" Forgiveness and Repentance A Summary of Chapter 8 of The Other Side of Love by Gary Chapman Part of the Lessons in the School of Prayer Series Calvary Baptist Church Sunday, January 16, 2011 I. Forgiveness and Relationships A. Sin Separates Our Relationship With ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:37-39

Denomination: Baptist