Sermons on Divine Power:

Gr3ed Series

Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 22, 2008

When people think about greed, a lot of us picture Scrooge. But this an extreme picture. The truth is none of are immune to the effects of greed that runs rampant in our culture. We look at the manifestation of greed and how to deal with it.

SE7EN: GR3ED 1 Timothy 6:6-12 May 18, 2008 True or false. The bible says that money is the root of all evil. Who votes for true? False? It is false. The bible says (and this is our passage of focus today) that the love of money is the root of evil. The love of money is also known as greed. In the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-12

Denomination: Church Of God

I Will Be The First To Stop Fighting Series

Contributed by Alan Tison on May 26, 2008

The Seventh beatitude calls us to be peacemakers. Jesus has called us to a special mission to help make peace or restore people back to a sound relationships, first with one another and ultimately with God himself. The peace Jesus speaks of has nothing

Introduction: A henpecked husband was tired of being nagged by his abusive wife so he decided to take a course in being self-assertive. After a few weeks, he felt he had regained his confidence and decided to lay the law down at his home. At the dinner table he announced, “Woman from now on there ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Consider Your Ways

Contributed by David Moore on May 30, 2008

This sermon shows how the Lord used Haggai to encourage the people in the building of the Temple, and to rethink their priorities.

Consider Your Ways Text: Haggai 1:1-15 Introduction: The book of Haggai is the second shortest book of the Old Testament and the first of the postexilic writings. In other words the last three books of our Old Testament were written AFTER the captivity of the Jews was passed and the people had ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Peace In Christ Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 30, 2008

Apart from Christ, there can be no peace.

Peace In Christ Text: Eph. 2:11-22 Introduction 1. There are a lot of differing opinions as to what brings peace. 2. Illustration: One man said, "My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of chips and a chocolate ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Methodist

Attitude Of Gratitude

Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008

Luke gives us an opportunity to hear Christ teach on gratitude.

Attitude of Gratitude Luke 7:36–50 A recent report by Salary.com stated: If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year. The additional jobs comprising a mother’s work were ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Church Of God

Leave A Legacy For The Church Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on May 30, 2008

Leave a Legacy for the church

Leave a Legacy for the Church To leave a legacy for the church, we must Pray for the church Serve in the church Give to the church Slide 1 We are finishing up our Leave a Legacy series today. Over the past month we have looked at where a positive, godly legacy begins (with a faith that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Where Do I Find Jesus Series

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 3, 2008

Since the scriptures tell us that we can find Jesus with our heart, sometimes we become blinded in finding Jesus because we have spiritual blinders on our eyes. And when this happens, we seem to lose site of Jesus.

Where Do I Find Jesus? Deuteronomy 4:29, Jeremiah 29:11, John 14:23 Opener: Choose two contestants to come up and do the car tag recognition --------slides available upon request------------- Introduction: In November, 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:8-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Difference Can We Make In This Big World? Series

Contributed by John Baker on May 7, 2008

With so many people who don’t know Jesus in the world, what difference can my help make in such a big, big world?

Sermon: What Difference Can We make in this big world? Place: Oakdale Wesleyan Church Date: April 6, 2008 Subject: Missions Introduction There was a man who everyday would get up early in the morning and take a morning walk along the seashore. As he walked every time he passed a star fish that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:52-53

Denomination: Holiness

Mother's Fingerprint

Contributed by Sam Peters on May 12, 2008

A Mother’s Day message on the affect a mother’s influence has on her children

A Mother’s Fingerprint – 2 Timothy 1:5 A Mother’s Day Message Everyone’s fingerprint is unique to them. That doesn’t surprise me because each of us is unique in many ways – God created us that way. We sometimes use the term fingerprint to insinuate that a person’s influence has been left behind ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-7

God Still Speaks Today

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 7, 2011

God spoke to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Even in Genesis. God spoke to Abraham and other patriarchs in the Old Testament. God spoke to prophets, kings and judges. God spoke to the early Church. Jesus spoke to his disciples and the risen Jesus spok

God Still Speaks Today (Have you heard him speak lately?) Exodus 3:1-12 Hebrews 1:1 Exodus 3 we find Moses in the desert of Median. Moses had lived in elegance and was now herding sheep in the desert. He had gone form the sublime to the simple, son of Pharaoh to sheepherder. It was in the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-12

Denomination: Free Methodist

Samuel The Old Man Series

Contributed by Merv Budd on May 22, 2011

We look at six lessons that Samuel teaches us about how to deal with people who will not follow godly advice.

Well today we are going to wrap up our series looking at the life of Samuel. If you recall in week one we looked at Samuel’s lifelong habit of telling God’s truth. And then as a Judge of Israel, in week two, we examined the 6 step process that Samuel used to return people to God. But ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Recovery After The Wreck Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on May 23, 2011

A look at 3 spirits that can disrupt the harmony in a church.

A House United Series Recovery After the Wreck May 22, 2011 Introduction A The issue is not the issue in conflict at a church. 1 The issue isn’t carpet color, worship styles, how long the preacher’s sermons are, who does (or does not) take communion, etc. a The issue is really if we’re going to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: Baptist

In The Midst Of Devastation, Destruction, And Death

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 29, 2011

Considering the destruction of Joplin’s deadly tornado, what must we do?

INTRO.- The devastating tornado in Joplin, MO. They are saying it was the deadliest in the history of the US in nearly 60 years. Why? Because of the many deaths (142), over 900 injured and 100 unaccounted for, and 8,000 structures damaged. At least 300 businesses and 4,000 jobs were affected by ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Journey

Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 13, 2011

A message detailing the calling of God, and the journey that calling will take us on to pursue God's great will.

The Israelites were kept as slaves in Egypt for over 400 years before God had Moses lead them to their new beginning. To the place where they would start to grow. To their Exodus. When they were fleeing Egypt, there were many among them that were afraid of the new unknowns that they would face. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 16:9

Denomination: *other

Woe To You Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 15, 2011

Jesus vs. religious people

25. Who is Jesus? February 20th, 2010 Woe to you We have seen Jesus in a battle against Beelzebub now we get to see Him battle against religion. This is actually a major theme in the Gospel of Luke. Over and over we see this conflict between Jesus and religious people. Religion is a fundamental ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:37-54

Denomination: *other