Sermons on Disown:

God's Purpose In Our Ups And Downs

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 15, 2004

God has a purpose for our up and down lives.

INTRO.- ILL.- A 73-year-old woman in England was giving a traffic ticket for driving south on a northbound lane of a highway. She remarked to the officer: “I thought something was wrong. The traffic seemed to be coming the wrong way.” Brothers and sisters, it seems like the traffic is often ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Seeds Left Behind

Contributed by James May on Aug 9, 2005

Have we left behind, hidden in the dark corners of our hearts, some seed of sin that will come back to test us? God told Israel to kill all their enemies, but they didn’t, and those enemies came back to be the tool that God used against them to prove the

Seeds Left Behind By Pastor Jim May Judges 3:1-9, "Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before ...read more

Scripture: Judges 3:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Stand For The Name Series

Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006

By the Holy Spirit’s power you can stand for Jesus

Stand for the Name; Mark 14:27-31, 66-72; 3rd Lent; 3rd of 7 in “All for You” series; The Promise; 3-19-06; Darryl Bell Stories of Persecuted Christians: 1. Police raided Ma Yuqin’s rural home (in China), arresting her, her son, daughter-in-law and a visiting female believer, leaving only her ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:27-72

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Message To The Church In Sardis Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 18, 2003

The Church in Sardis was the church everyone wanted to be like, but Jesus says that it is dead

Revelation 3:1-6 November 9, 2003 The Message To the Church in Sardis The Dead Parrot Sketch – Monty Python - Taken from “Now for Something Completely Different” A customer enters a pet shop. Customer: ’Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) C: ’Ello, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: *other

God's Empowering Presence

Contributed by Ryan Sato on Jun 17, 2005

Today we will continue to be challenged and reminded of who the Holy Spirit is! Do we as the people of God know that we are not to do life without Him? We can do so many nice and moral activities in this life, but perhaps the deeper call is to move from

Opener: I would like to begin today’s sermon by talking about the person and the working space of the Holy Spirit…He is a person…He is seeking to do a work in our lives and our congregation…but just like anyone else…He is ignorable! So let’s do our best to try and listen to him as we walk through ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Banquet

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 17, 2003

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Jesus’ mission was to establish the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt) or God (Mk/Lk) . Perhaps the difference in terminology can be attributed to Matt felling uncomfortable as a sincere Jew writing the Divine Name of God. Even today the Jews write G-d. G-ttesdienst in the Riehener Zeitung. There is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-23

Denomination: Anglican

Manna - What Is It? Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 6, 2003

God provides food for his people in the desert for a reason. What is it?

August 10, 2003 Exodus 16 How many of you have ever eaten soap? I would assume that you didn’t just one day decide to take a bar of soap and eat it - unless you were mentally impaired in some way. More than likely, you did it because your parents made you do it. It wasn’t because they hated ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-36

Denomination: Lutheran

Bragging Rights Series

Contributed by David Welch on Sep 8, 2004

Part 16 of the Romans series dealing with exuling in God.

Chico Alliance Church September 16, 2001 Pastor David Welch “Bragging Rights” Romans 5:11 Review Nearly two thousand years ago, Paul presented the plan of salvation to the people of Rome in a systematic manner that stands as the core of the Bible’s teaching on the subject to this day. Having ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

For Heaven's Sake Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Oct 25, 2002

what heaven is, and how it effects us

October 27, 2002 Sermon Series on the End Times - Heaven Heaven. Oh that we were there, oh that we were there! We sing about it. We talk about it. We look forward to it. If there’s one teaching you would think everyone would be in favor of - it would be the teaching about heaven. But if ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:11-13

Denomination: Lutheran

The Point Of No Return Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 19, 2007

Joshua, Pt. 2

THE POINT OF NO RETURN (JOSHUA 2:1-24) Worldwide Challenge, the Campus Crusade magazine, published an inspiring and heartfelt testimony of a former monk named Yuttasak Nok Sirikul. Sirikul was a dutiful son who had been a monk four times even before entering college, a few months each time, in ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Making The Most Of Grace

Contributed by Bruce Pratt on Feb 11, 2008

There is much more to God’s grace than just its saving power. Christians need to learn to get the most out of God’s grace.

MAKING THE MOST OF GRACE I’m a pretty technically minded guy, and I like gadgets as much as the next person. But I just don’t seem willing or able to embrace the technology that has sprung up around cell phones. They make me feel positively old-fashioned. Maybe it’s just that when I hear the word ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

A Difficult Plan For Your Life

Contributed by Paul Decker on Sep 7, 2008

Passionately pursue full devotion to Jesus.

A DIFFICULT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE: WE NOW FOLLOW JESUS EXCLUSIVELY Matthew 16.24-25 S: Following Jesus C: Commitment Th: Never the Same Again Pr: PASSIONATELY PURSUE FULL DEVOTION TO JESUS. ?: How? How do we do it? KW: Instructions TS: We will find in Matthew 16 three instructions that show us how ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24-25

Denomination: Baptist

God Did Extraordinary Miracles

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 17, 2008

God’s extraordinary miracles: 1- All heard the Word of the Lord 2- Many Illnesses were cured 3- Many openly confessed their evil

INTRO.- ILL.- I am reminded of the story of the duck hunter who was proud of his marksmanship. After a period of time a lone duck flew overhead. "Watch this," the hunter said to his friend, as he took careful aim and shot at the duck. But the duck just continued flying as if nothing had ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:8-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lip-Service Won't Cut It!

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 14, 2007

Next message through Matthew, this one dealing with Jesus’ words about actually living what we say about loving God.

Lip-Service Won’t Cut It! Matthew 15:1-9 November 19, 2006 There are a number of things in my life that I try to avoid, if at all possible. For instance, I try to avoid pot-holes in the road. I also try to avoid things like the tornado I mentioned a couple weeks ago, as well as any form of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:1-9

Denomination: Wesleyan

Preach The Gospel: It Is Harvest Time

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jun 3, 2007

THIS SERMON IS AN URGENT CALL TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AS IT IS HARVEST TIME AND HIGHLIGHTS TEN MAJOR ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION.

PREACH THE GOSPEL: IT IS HARVEST TIME ************************************************** OUTLINE 1. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE LABOURERS ARE FEW 2. DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO CONFESS CHRIST BEFORE MEN 3. DO NOT HAVE THE BLOOD OF SINNERS ON YOUR HAND 4. FOLLOW CHRIST AND HE WILL MAKE YOU A ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Pentecostal