Sermons on Different Perspective:

Holy Hands/Holy Living

Contributed by Clifton Hartley on Oct 13, 2007

This sermon is an actual prayer preached as a sermon dealing with living our lives as Christians and being different from the world.

God, we humbly come to you in prayer, asking that you touch our hearts (hand over heart), mind (hands over head), body (hands/arms hug body), and soul (extend arms east to west) as we take in your Word (hold up Bible), through your Holy Spirit - may we grow in righteousness and holiness as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Can't Buy Me Love

Contributed by Carl Greene on Oct 16, 2007

A Different way to look at Luke 16: 19-31. It really does matter how we live now!

“Can’t Buy Me Love” There is a fellow named Dr. David Demko who’s Death Device projects the date of a celebrity’s demise using lifestyle information such as smoking and exercise. Whitney Houston? 2022. Keith Richards? Should have died in‘95. But maybe it’s more important to discover when we are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Methodist

Holiness Laws Series

Contributed by Steven Wunderink on Jul 16, 2007

Part of the series on the Skipped over books of Lev., Num., and Deut. Looking at the different laws and gems in the middle of them.

The Skipped over Books of the Bible Skipped over b/c: - Too hard to understand - Too difficult to read - Too embarrassing to think about Laws given: -To show us how to LOVE our Savior, who brought us out of Egypt - To keep us SAFE under His protective wings Absolute Laws are laws that were to be ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lost In Translation

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Jul 19, 2007

Based on Kenneth Bailey’s interpretation this sermon puts a different spin on the parable of the lost sheep - coin - Son

LOST IN TRANSLATION Daniel Boone was a man, he was a big man. Eye of an eagle and tall as a mountain was he. Yes, Daniel Boone was a big man. Daniel Boone explored the great wilderness of Tennessee and Kentucky. It was Boone who marked the Wilderness Road that brought settlers into the new land. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Mennonite

Sad Man Walking

Contributed by Monty Newton on Feb 5, 2007

The person who wants his life to make a difference for others and be pleasing to God must hold nothing back.

Title: Sad Man Walking Text: Mark 10:17-31 Thesis: If you want your life to count, hold nothing back. (The idea for this message originated from a message by the same title in a series of stewardship messages written by Bryan Wilkerson, pastor of Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, Preaching ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living In Right Relationship

Contributed by Ed Wood on May 26, 2007

Does Jesus Christ make any difference in the way Christians live? If the answer is no, Christianity is a false religion.

LIVING IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP 1 Peter 2:17 INTRO: Does Jesus Christ make any difference in the way Christians live? If the answer is no, Christianity is a false religion. But if the answer is yes, other questions have to be asked. Does Jesus make a little or a lot of difference in how we live? ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:17

Denomination: Baptist

Fathers: Bless Your Family

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 18, 2007

The scriptures teach that a father’s blessing makes a great difference on the life of a son or daughter getting his blessing.

Fathers: Bless Your Family Matthew 3:16-17 Our attitudes toward our father tend to change over the years. My Father When I Was …. 4 years old: My daddy can do anything. 5 years old: My daddy knows a whole lot. 6 years old: My dad is smarter than your dad. 8 years old: My dad doesn’t ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Free Methodist

How To Forgive

Contributed by William Mouser on Sep 19, 2005

Peter’s question about how often to forgive allows Jesus to answer a different question: what is forgiveness.

What is forgiveness? Matthew 18:21-35 As I’m sure most of you have noticed, in our worship here we recite the Lord’s prayer twice during our worship. In the history of Christian worship this is a fairly low number of times to use the Lord’s prayer. When Thomas Cranmer revised the Sarum Mass in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Telling The Salvation Story Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 2, 2004

We need to avoid spiritual arrogance and not look down on those who sin differently than we do.

The last two responses on that clip were pretty unsettling but they serve as summary statements for many today. The one guy believes that people can’t really change and that if we wanted to get rid of evil, we’d have to destroy the whole world and start over. Unbelievably, the woman replied that ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:3-7

Denomination: Baptist

Is Truth Relative Or Absolute? Is Jesus?

Contributed by Adam Reichart on Oct 5, 2004

This sermon explores the confession of Jesus made by the crowds with that of Peter’s confession, and seeks to explain the important differences therein.

Our text for consideration this morning is the gospel lesson from the 9th chapter of Luke which was read. In it, we hear Peter’s confession of Jesus; that Jesus is the Christ or Messiah, the Son of the living God. Well, I’d like to take a walk through the narrative again highlighting a few things ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-24

Denomination: Lutheran

The Danger Of Falling Asleep During This Sermon Series

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Sep 1, 2004

Generations come and go and are very different from one another -- but some Christian values and characteristics remain the same.

When I was a Junior in High School, my last class of the day was Chemistry. By that time of the day, I was dragging. I needed a nap, or a candy bar or something to keep me awake. But I never had any of that – just chemistry. And chemistry could not keep me awake. Now I know this has never, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-36

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Power For Today Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Feb 21, 2005

This sermon ivestigates the difference in today’s church and the early church in the area of the Holy Spirits Power working in us.

Walking In The Spirit Pt 2 ¡V Power For Today Acts 2:1-12 Last week we began this series on spirit filled living by asking a series of questions about the church today. Why have our dreams become so small, our outreach so impotent, and our coffers so empty? Why have we become irrelevant to the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-12

Denomination: *other

Shsa Commencement Speech 2008

Contributed by Nate Herbst on Dec 29, 2008

A challenge to live this life we’ve been given making the difference God put us here to make.

I want to talk today about the reality of the world you are entering and your place in it. In perilous times, God always raises up men and women who will fight for what is right. During the infancy of our nation God established our Founding Fathers who crafted the most successful democracy in the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Vision, Or A Cause

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jan 9, 2009

A vision is something you can possess, but a cause possesses you. This message is about the difference between a vision and a cause.

A Vision or a Cause Pastor Donny Granberry Good Morning, if you are our guest, welcome to Central and thank you for worshipping with us today. To our church family, welcome to the Lord’s house as we gather together today and give praise and adoration to the King of Kings and Lord of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Come Let Us Worship Series

Contributed by Gary Landsberg on Dec 9, 2006

Throughout the ages, mankind has responded differently to the Babe in the Manger. How do we respond to God in the flesh.

COME AND WORSHIP HIM INTRODUCTION 1. Dearly Beloved, this is the time of the year when most of us get into the Spirit of Christmas. One of the things that I love to do, is hear the different views that children have about Christmas and the antics that they get up to. 2. There was this Sunday ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible