Sermons on Digging In Old Wells:

Spiritual House: Peter And The Stones Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007

We don’t rid ourselves of vices to build a spiritual house, God has cast aside that old life, that’s old news. You are being built into a holy place, not as a guest, but as a worshiper.

Os Guinness tells a story of an experience in a Pyrenean village. A farmer had tied an enormous load of wood onto the back of a donkey. However hard the farmer whipped the animal, it could only stumble along, getting progressively slower and slower, until it sank down in exhaustion under the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Everlasting Shalom Peace

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Oct 30, 2022

In this Sunday’s message we will learn more about the truism, “Where there is depth, there is peace.” There is a peace that is all encompassing and a greater peace than the world can offer. And this peace is for everyone; it’s God’s Shalom Peace, and it lasts forever.

Everlasting Shalom Peace Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dOGoy49UbI As we look around, we see a world that is in desperate need of peace, as we have a war between Russia and Ukraine that has roped in just about every nation on this earth. We also see China and North Korea testing their ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 5:1, 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Denomination: Foursquare

We Need A New Nature Series

Contributed by David Lange on Sep 16, 2013

Our nature became corrupted through Adam. We are totally depraved and in need of a Savior!

WE NEED A NEW NATURE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TRUTH IS BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO POINTS 1. OUR NATURE BECAME CORRUPTED THROUGH ADAM When God made Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, he stated that all of His creation was “very good” (Gen 1:31), so how can humans now be considered corrupt? ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Nothing Has Changed - Week 4 Series

Contributed by John Sanders on Feb 22, 2020

The final sermon in a teaching series on the Old Testament book of Nehemiah.

Good morning, and welcome to The Church @ Clayton Crossings. When you walked in this morning, you probably noticed some of our Scouts greeting you and handing out bulletins. If you’re someone who follows the news, you likely heard a story about the financial state of Boy Scouts of America this ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 6:15-16, Nehemiah 7:1-2, Nehemiah 8:1-3, Nehemiah 8:8-12, Hosea 4:6, Nehemiah 12:47, Nehemiah 13:31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

The Law And The Lord

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 13, 2021

Christ was the event toward which the whole history of the Old Testament moved. Without the Old Testament we cannot know what it was that He fulfilled, and, therefore, the Old Testament is a vital part of the Christian faith.

Misunderstanding is a part of life, and much of the laughter of life is due to it. One little guy surprised his whole family one evening at the supper table by asking which virgin was Jesus' mother? Was it the Mary virgin, or the King James Virgin? He had misunderstood one word and was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20

Will Christians Go Through The Tribulation Period? (Iv) Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jan 4, 2021

This sermon identifies and discusses major STRENGTHS of the PRE-TRIBULATION position in eschatology. The series pursues the question: Will Christians go through the tribulation period. Rather than providing a quick answer the process digs into Scripture.

We are in a study of end-time prophecy trying to answer one question: Will Christians go through the tribulation period? We are now examining the three prominent answers given to the question by futurists: (1) The Pre-tribulation position is that Christians will be raptured before the seven-year ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 13:7-9, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Ephesians 5:25-27, Revelation 19:6-14, Jude 1:14, Matthew 24:44, John 14:1-3, Titus 2:11-13, Philippians 3:20, Revelation 22:6-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

The Talented Tenth

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 16, 2009

The old Wshington-DuBois debate is mirrored in Jacob: his trouble was from his own foolishness as well as from others’ deceit. The way out was to receive God’s promise of greatness and to act now to offer concrete help to those coming after.

Almost exactly a century ago, American listened to a debate between two great thinkers, two men who had unquestionable credentials, first-rate minds, and powerful pens. Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. In September 1895, in a speech in Atlanta, Booker Taliaferro Washington advocated ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

Real Revival Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on May 3, 2013

Real revival brings change on individual and community levels. It often brings miracles as well, but the key is that people change what they’re doing and become more obedient to God. There were several revivals in the Old Testament before Jesus too, and t

In September 1857, a man of prayer, Jeremiah Lanphier, started a businessmen’s prayer meeting in the upper room of the Dutch Reformed Church Building in Manhattan. In response to his advertisement, only six people out of a population of a million showed up. But the following week there were ...read more

The Generous Life Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Nov 18, 2014

Are you tight with your treasure? You’ll be tight with your heart as well. It’s the age old battle that we all fight… the battle between selfishness and generosity. Truly, it is more blessed to give generously than it is to receive.

The Generous Life John 12:1-8 Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Lessons To Learn And Relearn

Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Jun 27, 2001

You are never too old to learn!

We’re never too old to learn lessons. In our spiritual walk with the Lord it is always good to learn new lessons or to relearn ones that we may have forgotten. 1. Lesson of Report: "I should be Accountable Daily to God" Mark 6:30 Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:30-52

Denomination: Baptist

A Three-Fold Message

Contributed by Tommy Hames on Jan 29, 2004

Putting the Old and New Testament together.

I. A THREE-FOLD MESSAGE I want to look at God’s Word in a three-fold way. First, I want to read a scripture in the Old Testament and see what the Bible says. Then, I want to look at the reference to it in the New Testament. Finally, I want us to look deep within and see how this scripture ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

How Long Will You Wait

Contributed by Michael Goodwin on Oct 30, 2006

Evangelistic Sermon from the Old Testament

How Long Will You Wait? (2 Kings 7:3) 2 Kings 7:3 (ESV) 3Now there were four men who were lepers£ at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? Introduction: Samaria had been besieged by the Syrian army. Famine had covered the land. Things ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3-9

Denomination: Baptist

What Our World Needs

Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Sep 11, 2008

Old Testament examples pointed to Jesus

Introduction: 2 Timothy 3 describes our world today. We live in perilous times where mankind is solely consumed with self. It was no different in the day of Christ. The Pharisees felt that their religion and traditions were greater than God Himself. Jesus used pictures from the OT to point to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

What A Contrast! Series

Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jun 3, 2007

Contrasts between the Old Testament and New

What a contrast! Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb 9:14. I struggled ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:6-11

Denomination: Baptist

Lord Of The Sabbath Series

Contributed by Christopher Howitz on Oct 30, 2017

What are we to do with the Old Testament?

“The time has come,” Jesus said, “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (1:15) That was Jesus’ great announcement that is at the start of Mark’s gospel, at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. And with that great announcement, the battle-lines were drawn, not ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican