Sermons on Ditches:

"Creation, Something From Nothing!" Series

Contributed by Dave Martin on Aug 20, 2001

Being rooted in the first eleven chapters of Genesis is critical for every believer. In this series, we’ll be covering topics such as, where do cavemen fit? How destructive was the flood? Were there dinosaurs on the ark? To the false teachings of evol

"Something From Nothing!" "In The Beginning" series part 1 of 7 Text: Genesis 1 & Selected Cross Creek Community Church Pastor Dave Martin - August 19, 2001 www.crosscreekcc.org God’s Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Life Changing! Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31

Denomination: Bible Church

How Short Term Missions Can Change Your Life

Contributed by Frank Piszczor on Sep 5, 2001

One lesson I learned on our short term missions trip is: when you pray, you can learn more by listening.

How Short Term Missions Can Change Your Life! 1 Kings 19:1-18 When you pray who listens the most and what do they hear? It was a day like any other day, as far as he could remember. The drought was in its third year, and the people were suffering greatly. The king was so desperate and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Five Truths You Dare Not Ignore

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 17, 2001

The importance of making the Gospel message as simple and clear as possible.

Five Truths You Dare Not Ignore 1 Pet 3:15-18 15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

Taking Time To Remember

Contributed by Douglas Snipes on Jun 8, 2004

Memorial Day

TAKING TIME TO REMEMBER Ex. 12:14 We set aside time in America each year to remember some of the important dates of our history. This didn’t start with us, it is a practice that goes back as far as the Bible. Here we see that God instructs the Jews to have a feast every year to remember His ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:14

Denomination: Baptist

Salt - N - Light Witnessing

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jun 24, 2004

, “If your church was removed tomorrow from your neighborhood, from the community, would anybody notice?” I know you would notice, but what about the people in our community?

Salt~N~Light Witnessing Pastor Glenn Newton July 7, 2002 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Nazarene

What Might Have Been?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 15, 2005

Little effort, little satisfication? there are no sadder words of pen or tongue, than the words, what might have been.

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, IF I TRIED A LITTLE HARDER? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com INTRODUCTION: Have we really been trying? Oct. 1978: Mrs. Fannie Turner of Little Rock, Arkansas passed her written drivers test on the 104th attempt, and thus made the Guinness Book of World Records. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:6-9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Shadows, Souls And Where They Go Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Feb 28, 2005

1st of 5 messages leading up to Resurrection Sunday. This message is on the Rich Man and Lazarous and focuses on what we know about Hades.

Shadows, Souls, and Where They Go It’s clear that people struggle with death Some are afraid. Some are fatalistic. Some are in denial. Some are just way out there… Looking for some way – any way – out of death and denial of the fact that there is an end to this material universe. Recently I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:22-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Remembering Jesus (Pt. 2) Series

Contributed by Dan Waite on Mar 10, 2006

PREMISE: Remembering is understanding is faith. The disciple’s lack of spiritual insight was due to their inability to remember and correctly understand their experiences. This story reveals three observations about human nature and Jesus’ prescriptio

Other sermons can be found at http://lastsermon.blogspot.com/ Matthew 16:1 – 12 Remembering Jesus II PREMISE: Remembering is understanding is faith. The disciple’s lack of spiritual insight was due to their inability to remember and correctly understand their experiences. This story reveals ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:1-12

Denomination: Free Methodist

God's Faithfulness And Our Obedience

Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Mar 17, 2006

God’s Faithfulness and Our Obedience Tonight we are going to look at the payday of Obedience for Joseph, Jacob and the whole family of Israel

God’s Faithfulness and Our Obedience Tonight we are going to look at the payday of Obedience for Joseph, Jacob and the whole family of Israel Who hear knows who Nelson Mandela is? He is a man with both strengths and weaknesses, but as I looked at his life I realized he was a man with a ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

The Great Temptation Series

Contributed by W F on Aug 22, 2006

To defeat the Giant of temptation, it helps to understand the Devil and his ways.

Key verse: “Then the devil left him and angels came and attended him” (Matthew 4:11) (Secondary verse James 4:7) INTRODUCTION Temptation is a trap – it can get you into a lot of trouble and see you come undone in an instant. A woman and a man are involved in a car accident. It’s a bad one. Both ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:11

Denomination: *other

The Second Mile

Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007

Christians should be expected to do more than what’s expected of them.

Title: “Go the Second Mile” Text: Matthew 14:15-21 Introduction: Perhaps one of the most disturbing statements that Jesus ever made is this: “If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.” (Matthew 5:41) The reason this statement was so disturbing was because in Jesus day Rome ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:15-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It's A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Jul 16, 2007

The parable of the Good Samaritan. Our trouble is not in understanding the gospel. Our trouble is in performance of the gospel.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Luke 10:25-37 July 15, 2007 It is becoming more and more important, in the visual age in whch we live, to try to paint pictures with words. The church is always in search of new ways to do that. Lately we have had ads placed on placemats in area restaurants, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Methodist

Debts, Trespasses And Sins - Oh My! Series

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Aug 6, 2005

This sermon addresses the meaning of three words used to translate the Lord’s Prayer -- Debts, Trespasses and Sins.

When I was in Seminary, I would preach at any church that needed a guest preacher. Sometimes we would go to churches that had over 1,000 in attendance, and the Senior Pastor would graciously allow a seminary student to come and preach. Sometimes we would go to these tiny little churches that had ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Who Will Rescue Me?

Contributed by William Nieporte on Sep 6, 2005

Who will rescue us from ourselves - from our lives of profound inconsistency.

(Part of this sermon was inspired by a message I read at "30 Minutes One Sunday" - but beyond the initial comments, the remainder of the sermon went in a completely different direction than that which I read!) Many of us here today have had, or still have, many problems in our lives. We are ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

Passing Through Dark Valleys Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Feb 22, 2007

This is the fifth sermon in this series dealing with stress. It deals with how to handle with adversity.

Passing Through Dark Valleys How to Deal With Adversity I have a riddle for you this morning. What do you get in a land where all you have is sunshine every day and no rain? Do you know what you get? You get a desert. Here is an interesting fact. In order to have green lush vegetation - you ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:4, Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational