Sermons on Dealing With Hurts:

Training For Discipleship Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 15, 2004

Believe it or not, you don’t have to have it all together to serve Jesus Christ. In this week’s study of the Gospel of Mark we learn how Jesus trained His disciples through disappointment and death to bring the gospel.

Sports teams always like to play before a hometown crowd. Here in Portland they say that the “fan factor” can really help the Trailblazers win games. But when it comes to ministry, often playing to the home town crowd is a disappointing experience. Either because of past relationships or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:1-30

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Gifts Of The Spirit 5- Propecy & Discernment Of Spirits Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Sep 17, 2004

1) The three sources (of revelation) 2) The three standards (against which to measure it) 3) The three stages (at which error can creep in: revelation, interpretation, application)

Gifts of the Spirit 5- ¡§To another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits¡¨ 1 Cor 12:10 WBC 19/9/4 pm - How can I become more discerning about what is from God and what isn¡¦t? - How can I be wise about mistakes made in the prophetic yet completely open to what God might be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:10

Denomination: Baptist

"Nothing" Is Good About Today

Contributed by Dean Meadows on Mar 22, 2005

This is an Easter Sermon where "Nothing" really matters.

“Nothing” Good about today 3/22/2005 Luke 24:1-12 If you would have saw me earlier this week and asked me what my sermon was going to be on this week, I would have replied to you “nothing”. There are times when I have been asked that question and my reply has been coming soon. And what I would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: *other

Is There No Balm In Gilead? By Shannon Daley-Harris, M.div.

Contributed by Kaia Lenhart on May 7, 2004

This sermon is basd on Jeremiah 8:18-22 and offers an example of sermon material that may be developed for Cover the Uninsured Week.

Scripture My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. Hark, the cry of my poor people from far and wide in the land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” (“Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols?”) “The harvest is past, the summer is ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 8:18-22

Denomination: Lutheran

Spiritual Warfare

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jan 19, 2009

Peter’s view of handling Spiritual Warfare

SPIRITUAL WAREFARE 1 Peter 5:8-11 * God uses few things to teach us like He uses “experience.” For instance, in the matter of raising children you might get one kind of answer from a non-parent and an entirely different one from a parent. The reason is because the non-parent offers what the text ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

I Love You But…

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Nov 20, 2008

Why does our way of expressing love change so much over time.

I love you but… 1 Corinthians 13:4-8A The word “Love” has been distorted to mean a lot less that I think it should. It happens so innocently and easily. We decide that we want a word more powerful than like. So, we love that dress, cheesecake, chocolate cake, but it cheapens the word when we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Denomination: Congregational

Peace In The Face Of Death Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Nov 26, 2008

Exposition of Psalm 3:1-8 about David fleeing from Absalom, and turning to the Lifter of his head

Text: Psalm 3:1-8, Title: Peace in the Face of Death, Date/Place: NRBC, 11/30/08, AM A. Opening illustration: story of Polycarp and his facing death B. Background to passage: This is the first psalm attributed to David in the Psalter. But more than that, it is one with a circumstance, which gives ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 3:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is Angry Series

Contributed by David Smith on Jun 18, 2009

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the shee

We’re in John chapter 2 today, following the Lentern pattern of jumping around into different sections of the Gospels and landing upon passages that are appropriately sombre and challenging. And we’ve landed on a dousie this week - a passage that contains not one but two rather unique and entirely ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Valleys Of Life - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Darren Rogers on Feb 7, 2009

There will be many times in our Christian walk when we head into a Valley - what is a valley, why is it there and how do we cope with it?

The Valleys of Life – 8th February 2009 am The story of Job: the worst-case scenario found in the Bible concerning trials in the Christian life. If I could sum up the book of Job in a few words it would be, “If it could go wrong it would!!!”However, in the life of Job we can find both comfort and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Vibrant Church Series

Contributed by John Mann on Feb 12, 2009

The type of lives we live dictate the impact we have on the unchurched.

FOCAL POINT: A VIBRANT CHURCH ME: So, I am really not a fan of bland food. When I eat food, I want it to taste good. I want it to wake up my senses, I want to be like, yeah this is awesome. And there are just some foods that need to be seasoned so that they wake up your senses. You know, like ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13

Denomination: Free Methodist

How Big Is God

Contributed by Jay Robison on Feb 16, 2009

Is God bigger than my mistakes? Is God big enough to love the whole world? Of course God is, but sometimes we need to ask ourselves if our God is too small

HOW BIG IS GOD? April 13, 2008 Jay Davis Robison ISAIAH 12:1-6 She was a precocious 6 year old with a pink bow in her hair It was after worship service at church one Sunday When she turned and asked her mommy How Big is God? Is God bigger than our dog, or daddy or a mountain? Perceptive ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 12:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

What Is God Like? Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jul 3, 2006

Have you ever wondered if you could meet God - would you like Him? We learn from Luke 6 that many of God’s characteristics run counter to our natural way of thinking. Learn how freeing it is to live life like God lives life!

What is God like? Mankind has asked that question for millennia. God is powerful - He created the universe and can send down lightning bolts. God is angry - He likes to judge and punish people. God is distant - if you see Him you die and he lives far away in heaven where we can never touch Him. God ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-49

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Cut To The Heart Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 6, 2007

Before we can take the land, we will have to go through the pain and discomfort of spiritual preparation.

Cut to the Heart Text: Joshua 5:1-12 Introduction 1. Illustration: The Butterball Turkey company set up a hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years. The operator told her ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Press Into The Kigdom

Contributed by Mark Witherden on Mar 20, 2007

this is to encourage you to press into the Kingdom of God. God wants you to press in He wants you to take hold of all that is in the kingdom.

Pressing into the Kingdom of God Luke 16:16 This year I felt very much God put a word on my heart for us a body of people. A word that affects us all and not just those we think it should apply to. And it is this – Press in to the Kingdom of God. God wants us to go deeper this year than what we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

This Is My Son The Chosen One

Contributed by William Baeta on Mar 3, 2007

“Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” Phil. 3:

Theme: This is My Son, the Chosen One Text: Gen. 15:1-12, 17-18; Phil. 3:17-21, 4:1; Lk. 13:31-35 The first thing we usually know about a person is his or her name. We all know the significance of names in our culture and everyone here automatically receives a name that depicts the day on which ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:17-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed