Sermons on Decade:

Surrounded By Something Better

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 13, 2002

Funeral message for Gary Pervall, Air Force veteran who died of the effects of Agent Orange.

Being surrounded is threatening. Even when what surrounds you is not dangerous, you still feel threatened. How do you feel if you are closed in? Suffocated if there is too much of anything surrounding us. I know of people, for example, who don’t like to be in a small room; they get ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Just Like Jesus Pt 4 Series

Contributed by Richard White on Jul 9, 2003

The heart of Jesus is honest and pure. If we are to be more like Him, we need to change our hearts.

Just like Jesus Part 4 The heart of Jesus is compassionate, listening, led by an invisible hand, longs for God, worships God, and is a forgiving and focused heart. Today we will see that the heart of Jesus is an honest heart. It is the job of a witness to tell the truth, the whole ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Time To Rebuild

Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 14, 2003

Every new project or ministry has several hands in it: hand of God, hands of outsiders, hands of believers, and hands of opposition.

A Time To Rebuild Nehemiah 2:17-20 Dr. Tom Doubt, Senior Pastor Four Mile Creek Baptist Church July 13, 2003 BACKGROUND: A. Parable: There once was a thriving little church in the country. Internal squabbles developed that tore the church apart. Attendance dwindled until the church died. It ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:17-20

Denomination: Baptist

What About The Lord's Supper?

Contributed by Ronald Keller on Apr 6, 2003

A sermon investigating the purpose of the Lord’s Supper.

INTRODUCTION "What’s for supper?" A question that is heard millions of times each day around our world. Most people have favorite foods. I pastored people who thought a meal was not a meal without meat and potatoes. Others who were never satisfied with a supper that did not include rice. Some of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Denomination: Nazarene

To Worship God

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Jun 13, 2003

Learn the lesson about worship from Michal as she criticized her husband, David’s, enthusiastic worship.

To Worship God When someone does something differently from what someone else does, it can raise questions that can have disastrous effects. This is what happened in the life of ancient King David. Please turn, with me, to 2 Samuel 6. There was a problem that David wanted to solve. The Ark of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:11-23, Revelation 4:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Far Is Too Far?

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Jun 13, 2003

Can someone go so far that God can’t redeem them? What can we learn from King Manasseh?

How far is too far? How much sinning is too much sinning? How bad is too bad for someone to be and to lose hope of a future with God? How late is too late to come to oneself and reconcile with God? How simply disgusting and awful is it possible to be and turn to God? Christians are sensitive to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:8-12, 2 Chronicles 33:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Most High Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Nov 10, 2003

2nd in series. In Genesis 14 we read a tale of two kings - each one was the regent of a different city - Bera, was the King of Sodom and Melchizadek, was the King of Salem.

El Elyon – God Most High A tale of Two Kings In Genesis 14 we read a tale of two kings - each one was the regent of a different city - Bera, was the King of Sodom and Melchizadek, was the King of Salem. When you read this story you will see Sodom’s decadence compared to Salem’s decency. Bera’s ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 14:17-21, Psalm 57:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Destiny: It Is More Than A Location

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Jan 23, 2001

What is it that you have been destined for?

The news has been filled in recent days with a little boy, Elian Gonzalas. Tonight, as I speak on destiny, I wonder what the destiny of this young six-year old is? And as much as we would sit around the table and discuss his circumstances, and his plight in life, I wonder how much time we ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:1-9, Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Taking It To The Streets

Contributed by Norris Harris I on Mar 10, 2003

This message deals with the imperative of taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Streets of our Cities.

The Streets of our Chocolate Cities and Vanilla Suburbs have become the Field of Battle and the Stage of Protest. Recently hundreds of thousands of people Have Taken to the Streets for various reasons or causes. On Sunday April 25, 1993 hundreds of thousands of the Gay Community took to the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:16-23

Denomination: Baptist

"The Right Connection"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 12, 2002

When Christians remain in fellowship with Christ, we produce the fruit of the vine.

John 15:1-8 Galatians 5:16-26 “The Right Connection” By Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Shortly after I was saved, I was hanging out with my teenage friends, and a group of them were being really mean and bullying to a kid who happened to have a ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8, Galatians 5:16-26

Denomination: United Methodist

Who Cares? Series

Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Aug 9, 2002

We must care for the hurting the way Christ cares for us.

- Fred Craddock tells of an experience he once had at his home church in Oklahoma. He was scheduled to preach at a service and part of the service was the singing of a beautiful choir. After it service was over, Craddock went around back behind the stage and ran into an elderly woman who had just ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Inside Out And Upside Down

Contributed by Adrian Pratt on Feb 21, 2001

The radical inversion of things that Jesus suggests!

" INSIDE OUT, UPSIDE DOWN” Reading: Luke 6: 17-26: Preached at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church on February 11th 2001 Inside out and upside down. What on earth was Jesus talking about in todays lesson. Blessed are the poor? Happy are the hungry? Fortunate are the tearful? I have yet to meet ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Tent Making... Or More? Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Oct 23, 2001

What is God’s ideal for pastoral ministry? He gives us more than an indication in 1 Corinthians 9.

Tent Making, or More? October 13, 2001 Over the past decade or so, a lot of discussion about ministry has been about whether or not ministers should be tent makers or fully supported. As we are aware, in many denominations, including our own, financial conditions seem to encourage the support of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Survive Conflict Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 8, 2001

Biblical conflict management.

Survivor Series “How to Be a Real Life Survivor” Sermon # 2 “HOW TO SURVIVE CONFLICT” Ephesians 4:25-32 Last week we introduced our new Survivors series, “How to Be A Real Life Survivor.” We began by looking ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-32

Denomination: Baptist

Let Christ Bring A Resolution

Contributed by John Herrmann on Mar 15, 2002

God works behind the scenes. Caiaphas the high priest’s plan to eliminate Christ became part of God’s design to redeem the world. God continues to work through us too as the body of Christ to bring about his ultimate purpose.

Let Christ Bring A Resolution Jn. 11:47-53 There’s always a resolution for your problems. Things can and do come together after all. Ezekiel in the Old Testament (Ezekiel 37) offers an image of life being breathed into dead bones with the result that there is a noise and a rattling sound, ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45, John 11:47-53

Denomination: Lutheran