Sermons on Decay:

'rock-Solid Promise: Satisfaction.'

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 26, 2021

'Rock-Solid Promise: Satisfaction'. John chapter 6 verses 25-40. sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: Question #1: Satisfy our curiosity? (vs 25) Question #2: How can we satisfy/please God (vs 28)? Question #3: Will you satisfy our eyes by showing us a miracle? (vs 30b) Question #4: Will you keep on satisfying us with food?? (vs 34) SERMON BODY: Ill: • Wherever you go in the ...read more

Scripture: John 6:25-40

Denomination: Brethren

Being Remembered Forever Series

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 1, 2021

Memorial Day: After we die, we may be remembered for a short while for our accomplishments, but they will all fade away with our life. Is there any way that we can be remembered forever, or be remembered after we die? Yes there is!

Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 2:16, “For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.” To be forgotten is one of our greatest fears. To some people, the only thing that really matters in life is making their mark; ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 18:5-18

Denomination: Baptist

Cain's Later Home And Some Of His Noted Descendants Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 14, 2018

As Cain traveled looking for a new home, surely he had to explain the mark God put on him.

October 4, 2013 Commentary on the Book of Genesis By: Tom Lowe Lesson I.C.3: Cain's Later Home and Some of His Noted Descendants. Gen. 4.16-24 (KJV) 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew his ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:16-24

Denomination: Baptist

Parting Gifts

Contributed by Gordon Pike on May 1, 2019

In an effort to give us the perfect gift, God did not send a general or a politician or a preacher. He took on flesh and gave us Himself. In the words of the late great preacher Wallace Hamilton: “God came walking down the stairway of Heaven with a baby in His arms.”

Mary prepares dinner while her son, Jesus, plays at her feet. Joseph is putting away his tools as he wraps up his day. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door. When Joseph opens the door, he and Mary and Jesus are confronted with a strange and interesting sight … a group of oddly dressed men who ...read more

Scripture: John 19:38-42, John 3:16

Denomination: United Methodist

Obtaining A Living Hope

Contributed by Dennis Lee on May 31, 2020

Today's Message looks at the living hope we have through the belief in Jesus Christ, and through our own resurrection from the dead and into His presence for all eternity in heaven.

“Obtaining A Living Hope” {Watch it at: https://youtu.be/CW4cwFu-lsc {Listen to it at: https://mega.nz/file/2YlChIZS#IaxGnMpzVVeollU-_Ayz3ugQSBgLfVGCP5_x3--bS7k I liked to introduce a very unusual verse. It was a statement made that very few people would have ever made given the circumstances ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:21, Job 19:26, John 6:39-40, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, John 11:25-26, 1 Peter 1:3-5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

Lasting Values On The Last Days

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 31, 2019

Last Days

LASTING VALUES ON THE LAST DAYS (JAMES 5) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Second Sign Of Jonah

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 20, 2020

We all know what the first sign of Jonah is, which is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. Is there a second sign?

The Second Sign of Jonah: A Study on Jesus’ use of the Prophet Jonah Matthew 12:39-41; Matthew 16:1-4; Matthew 16:17: Luke 11:29-32; John 1:42; John 21:15 Jonah was an Old Testament prophet who lived nearly 800 years before Christ, which makes him the earliest of the Minor prophets. The story of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:1-4, Matthew 12:39-41, Matthew 16:17, Luke 11:29-32, John 1:42, John 21:15  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Aligning Our World

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Feb 23, 2020

Today's message is about our getting our world aligned with God.

Getting Spiritually Aligned “Aligning Our World” Matthew 23:25-26 {Audio File: https://mega.nz/#!7AVjDChB!NnBfY-_t5BH_nMlO6KZXZ-vh5L6p8o9kVit6gAdVSHY} A very influential leader would often use Christian vernacular in his public speeches. He talked about how the blessing of the Almighty and the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:25-26

Denomination: Foursquare

This Memorial Day Remember Jesus

Contributed by David Nolte on May 26, 2019

It is important to remember loved ones and to honor our veterans, but of utmost importance is to remember Jesus.

“This Memorial Day Remember Jesus” 2 Timothy 2:1-13 David P. Nolte Three sisters, ages 92, 94, and 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts one foot in and pauses. She yells down the stairs, “Was I getting in or out of the bath?” The 94-year-old yells ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Am I, & Why Am I Here?

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 23, 2019

It is not just students! Many adults, like Peter Sellers, ponder such questions as "Who am I?", "Why am I here?" & "What is the meaning of my life anyway?"

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (This is a revised & updated version of a message that I contributed to Sermon Central several years ago.) TEXT: Psalms 8:1-9; Colossians 2:10; Job 12:10 ILL. Some years ago, Time ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9, Colossians 2:10, Job 12:10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Dead End Short Cut Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 20, 2018

Elimelech takes a spiritual short-cut that ultimately leads to Naomi becoming a widow in a foreign land. Short cuts never work out.

Message Ruth 1:1-5 “A Dead-End Short Cut”. We have all done it haven’t we. You’re driving to a specific destination and someone says, “I know a shortcut!” Do you really? Often your first instinct is to stick with what you know, stay on the regular path. But sometimes you think, “Why not?” Why ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Salty, Shinny And Reflective Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 4, 2018

An externally focused church makes a difference in the community through good works and living out the Gospel in their daily lives.

SALTY, SHINNY, AND REFLECTIVE Text: Matthew 5:13-16 Introduction 1. Illustration: What is an Externally Focused Church? It is a church that is "increasingly convinced that effectiveness is not measured by what happens inside the church but rather by the impact the people of the church have on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Methodist

At The Scent Of Water

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Jan 29, 2019

A message from the poetic language of Job 14:7-9 where a tree that is to all appearances dead and without hope, comes back to life at the "scent of water." God wants us to be waterboys/girls.

At The Scent of Water... PPT 1 title PPT 2 text with pic of dead tree stump Job 14:7 "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. Job 14:8 "Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil, Job ...read more

Scripture: Job 14:7-9, 1 Samuel 1:13-18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hearing And Seeing

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 19, 2019

"For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”

HEARING AND SEEING Scripture: Acts 4:16-20 "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” INTRODUCTION: Taken from the book "The Holy War" by John Bunyan ---Diabolus (Satan) attacked Mansoul (symbolical for a person) at the Ear gate and the Eye gate. ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22, Acts 4:16-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Highway

Contributed by David Nolte on May 1, 2018

Compares life to a trip on God's Highway

“God’s Highway” Matthew 7:13-14 David P. Nolte Sometimes it is refreshing to get off the major highways and onto the back roads which, many times, in the past, were the major highways. Going to Eugene via Hwy 99 may be slower but once in a while, it’s fun. Life is in many ways like a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ