Sermons on Cutting Edge:

Pride Verses Humility Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 29, 2012

Pride and humility are the outcomes of attitudes and opinion we harbor and the choices we make. The harmful results of pride are repeatedly contrasted with humility & with its benefits. So the sayings in Proverbs hammer hard against pride & drives home th

PRIDE VERSES HUMILITY Proverbs 11:2 Proverbs is direct and forceful in rejecting pride and honoring humility. Pride is pagan behavior. It has no place in the lives of God's people. Pride is a declaration of independence from God if not an assertion of war against Him. Pride therefore draws ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 11:2

Denomination: Baptist

Dropping The F (Forgiveness) Bomb

Contributed by Ty Tamasaka on Apr 13, 2012

We often think that forgiveness is for the one who offended us. In this lesson we learn that we need to drop the forgiveness bomb on other because it frees us from bitterness and anger.

Dropping the F-Bomb! How many of you know that when you receive Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, you receive forgiveness of your sin? If we are going to learn to be more forgiving and to forgive others, we need to first know that Jesus has forgiven us. When I was younger, I remember running ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:37-38

Denomination: Other

Murderer Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on May 10, 2012

A study of the Gospel of Matthew 5: 21 – 26

Matthew 5: 21 – 26 Murderer 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-26

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Don't Stress It

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Sep 21, 2010

What causes stress, what are the effects of stress and what we can do about that?

DON’T STRESS IT INTRODUCTION: What kinds of words come to mind when you think of the word, ‘stress’? Perhaps words like: anxiety, worry, fear, doubt, tension or chaos come to mind. Stress is defined in Webster’s as a ‘force that strains or deforms; mental or physical ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Triumphant Entry

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010

Palm Sunday Sermon (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

The Triumphant Entry Reading: John chapter 12 verses 12-36. Ill: • A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. • His father returned from church holding a palm branch. • The little boy was curious and asked, • "Why do you have that palm branch, dad?" ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-36

Denomination: Brethren

Since We Have This Ministry Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 13, 2012

Did you know that you have a ministry calling? Paul is not writing to a group of pastors but to a church. Do you know what your ministry calling is as a member of the Body of Christ? Do you know what to expect as you go out to minister?

4:1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, Bernard L. Brown, Jr., president of the Kennestone Regional Health Care System in the state of Georgia once worked in a hospital where a patient knocked over a cup of water, which spilled on the floor beside the patient’s bed. The patient was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

How Then Shall We Recover Our Biblical Mind

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 15, 2009

How to recover our biblical mind and way of thinking.

HOW THEN SHALL WE RECOVER OUR BIBLICAL MIND By Jerry Falwell INTRODUCTION My good friend, Francis Schaeffer wrote a challenging book entitled How Then Shall We Live? which challenged us to ground our daily living in the Word of God. Schaeffer warned America that it was losing its Biblical ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 8:27

Denomination: Baptist

Trialful Joy

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 8, 2009

Trials and tests are no fun. James doesn’t tell us to consider it fun but to "consider it all joy." Trials and tests are gut wrenching and drawn out at times, but the one thing that we must know is that God is with us through the whole ordeal.

Opening illustration: After William Carey was well established in his pioneer missionary work in India, his supporters in England sent a printer to assist him. Soon the two men were turning out portions of the Bible for distribution. Carey had spent many years learning the language so that he could ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Messiah Of Fairness Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 13, 2009

In dealing with others is treating them the same way we would want to be treated.

A Messiah of Fairness Text: Matt. 7:1-6 Introduction 1. Illustration: “To accept people is to be for them. It is to recognize that it is a very good thing that these people are alive, and to long for the best for them. It does not, of course mean to approve of everything they do. It means to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

What Does A Spiritual Person Look Like? Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Aug 28, 2009

What does a Spiritual Person look like? For you, who models what a spiritual person is: Mother Theresa? Billy Graham? Your grandma? Joel Osteen? Bono? This pastor? All kidding aside, each of these people - including yours truly - illustrates a type of

This week I read a story about a profoundly disabled little girl named Danielle and Bernie and Diane, the middle-aged couple who adopted her. Dani spent the first 7 years of her life in miserable squalor, surrounded by roaches and maggots. She has no mental or physical disabilities but she is very ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Be Strong In The Lord & In His Mighty Power Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 9, 2009

never take for granted the victory over sin that Christ has won for us. Never underestimate the devil. He’ll oppose us at every opportunity. Never give up in the fight against sin and evil. But always remember the power of God and the armour with which he

Do you remember when we looked at Paul’s prayer in Eph 3 that I commented how difficult it is to achieve the sort of unity that God wants from his church. In fact I pointed out that that’s why Paul prays the way he does: because only by God’s power can this miracle come about. Paul knows that apart ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-24

Denomination: Anglican

The Set Of The Sail

Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 22, 2013

Our decisions are born out of a core of set values. These values determine our direction in life. When Christ is at the center of our lives our values will be such as to inform our decisions in the correct manner.

THE SET OF THE SAIL. OPENING SONG SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Corth 10: 3-6 CLOSING SONG #15 Growing up as a boy in Brandons, I loved to go to the beach and watch the sailing boats sail across the water. It has always fascinated me how smoothly the boats glided across the waters. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Denomination: Adventist

In And For The World

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 15, 2011

God calls us to follow the example He set in loving the world, not simply reproaching it; and it loving it with self-giving and the intent to redeem.

Initially preached at Central Baptist Church, Lexington, KY, June 9, 1968; subsequently, with minor variations, at Capton Baptist Church, Campton, KY, August 18, 1968; Reid Village Baptist Church, Mt. Sterling, KY, March 1, 1970; Campbellsville BSU Retreat, Sept. 1970; Berea BSU Missions Banquet, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Boy With Two Moms.

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jan 15, 2011

Mother's Day - Moses had two moms with two different expirences. Men on the outside looking in to the relationship.

The boy with two moms. Let me start off our time together with a simple illustration of a man’s perspective. This is a JOKE…I thought it was just a tiny bit funny…I also thought it was a uncomfortably true illustration of some extremely rare and perhaps even extinct ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10

Denomination: Congregational

The Great Invitation Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 24, 2013

God's pursuit of us, life change, invitation

THE GREAT INVITATION Matt 4: 18-22 (p677) April 21, 2013 INTRODUCTION: I have been invited to do some really cool things in my life…Melvin Richardson’s son Joe invited me to fly with him in a P51 Mustang…”Yes I took him up on the invitation…and yes, It was as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ