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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Jacob, son of Isaac, was a very important and colorful person in the Bible. This first message covers his birth and his first business transaction--with his own twin brother!
Introduction: Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, was one of the most colorful characters in the Bible. He started off by swindling his twin brother of the birthright but at the end of his days, pronounced a blessing and a prophecy about each of his sons. Every story has a beginning, so ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34
Denomination: Baptist
How to Give Up Your Hang Ups in Exchange for His Loving, Liberating and Life Giving Inspiration
I’m Trading My Sorrows, I’m Trading My Shame, I’m Laying it Down for the Joy of the Lord Eph. 4:22-32; 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-32
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
We get hung up on dressing up the body; but remember God looks upon the heart. Let
How Should Christians Dress Sunday, March 13, 2011 AM By Pastor James May Getting dressed in the morning is a standard procedure for each of us. With the rising of the sun there is always that choice to be made, “What shall I wear today?” We often try to pick out garments that will ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:12-25
Denomination: Independent/Bible
During Lent, rather than giving up something outward and physical, give up discouraging words!
During Lent, many people give up something they enjoy eating--chocolate for instance--in order to focus on and consider anew the sacrifice Jesus made for humankind. This season, however, rather than giving up something outward and physical, I suggest giving up discouraging words. It’s difficult ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 3:13
Denomination: Christian Church
It’s time to start digging again and open up the wells the enemy has stopped up.
• Notice the last part of the verse: “when you shall search for me with all your heart” • Something that I always wanted as a child was a metal detector. Not a cheap one, but one that could really detect stuff deep in the ground. I could imagine hearing it going off really loud, grabbing the ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:13
Denomination: Pentecostal
Suppose that the Lord Jesus chose this very moment to return. Would you be ready? Our objective as Christians is not merely to be included in the Rapture but to bring as many people with us as we can. My eternal hope and my ongoing prayer is that neither you nor I get “left behind.”
One day a pastor was flying home from a speaking engagement. During the flight he observed one of the pilots flirting and chatting it up with one of the women flight attendants. He also noticed that the pilot was wearing a wedding ring and the flight attendant was not. As he watched the couple ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, John 14:2-4, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Matthew 24:38-42, Matthew 24:6-8, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 3:10, Matthew 26:31-33, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: United Methodist
God’s criterion for choosing His servants is far different from man’s in that man tends to look only at the cover of a man, while God looks at the core of a man.
Text: I Sam.16: 1-5, 13a Intro: If you were going to choose someone to do an important job, what would be your criteria? Would they have to have the finest educational background, be a picture of vigor and health, and exude charisma, or would they simply have to be able to do the job, and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:1-5
Where are you? Are you hiding, afraid of God, because of sin in your life? Maybe you’re trying to cover your sin with the fig leaves of your good works.
Introduction: Does this mean that God didn't know something? Not at all. Someone can easily ask a question to which they know the answer. Usually, the reason to do that is to point something out or teach something. Obviously, Adam and Eve had sinned. God asked, "Adam, where are you?" ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 3:8-10
These difficult passages deal with the controversial subjects of women being silent in church, women wearing head coverings, and male headship. This message looks at both sides of each Biblical argument.
- It’s Christmas Eve and the kids are off to bed. You pull out the box with one of their big gifts for Christmas morning. Before you’re off to bed, you just need to spend a few minutes assembling the toy. You open the box and pull out piece after piece after piece, along with several bags of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
This message covers John 12:1-10 and describes the annointing of Christ at Bethany by Mary, the sister of Lazarus. Judas exposes his greed and Jesus commends Mary’s action.
Pastor David M. Wilson Grant Avenue Baptist Church Redondo Beach, CA 90278 COMMENTS WELCOME (310) 376-7890 abimilech@ca.rr.com John 12:1-10 Introduction: Did you ever notice that some stories appear in the Bible more than once and sometimes with different details? For example, if we were to ...read more
Scripture: John 12:1-10
First of a three-part series on forgiveness, this is meant to help people get a better grasp on what forgiveness is really all about by covering some of what it is and what it isn't.
Forgiveness – What It Is, What It’s Not Ephesians 4:32 March 7, 2010 General intro: Forgiveness is one of those topics that can really get people going. And usually it’s because they think they know what it’s all about so they’re waiting for the pastor to confirm ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:32
Denomination: Wesleyan
This message deals with people giving up on life.
The Abundant Life Recently a neighbor of ours decided to end his life. It is not known the reason why, and that is not the important thing here. What is important is that his quality of life was not good enough that he decided to go ahead and end it. There are people who would say, “I would never ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11, 2 Peter 1:1
Men and women, head coverings, improper use of communion - Paul tackles these and other controversial subjects in this chapter - we look at the one key verse that makes it all make sense.
For an audio copy of this message, go to: www.LivingWatersWeb.com There are three things that we need to keep in mind as we read this chapter. 1. It’s all about being like Jesus 2. Paul is talking about conduct in public worship 3. There were cultural realities in Corinth that do not necessarily ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:1-34
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
Paul had a lot of things to cover in this first letter to the Corinthians. He gave them a brief reminder of what the Gospel was all about in these first few verses of chapter 15.
I Declare Unto You The Gospel (This message is reworked from a sermon preached at Littleby Baptist Church near Mexico, MO on April 28, 2025; but is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Good evening and it’s great to worship the Lord together with you this evening! These joint meetings are ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
In that message we covered three areas of “The Lamb Promised.” 1. The Personality of the Promised Lamb 2. The Purpose of the Promised Lamb 3. The Portrait of the Promised Lamb
Behold the Lamb Prepared Behold the Lamb Series 2 Sermon outline from Dr. Adrian Rogers former pastor of Belleview Baptist Church, Memphis, TN Luke 1:26-38 Monte T. Brown December 7, 2014 Sunday Morning Stapp Zoe Baptist Preview Last week we began our series entitled “Behold ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
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