Sermons on Do Over:

Taking The Good With The Bad - Rom 8:28

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 15, 2001

Taking the Good with the Bad - Rom. 8:28

Taking the Good with the Bad - Romans 12:1-3 Introduction - Why do you suppose that many people live stressed out by anger, fear and worry? What are some of the reasons that more people seemed to suffer from burn out and fatigue than ever before. It is important to remember that "There is no ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

This Is Scary Stuff

Contributed by Rich Middleton on Mar 13, 2008

This sermon is about how hard it can be to follow God’s direction.

This Is Scary Stuff!!! We are going to discuss a text from Jeremiah 38 when Jerusalem was being threatened by the army of Babylon. Jeremiah has been imprisoned because he was prophesying that the nation was going to go into exile and that they were going to be defeated by Nebuchadnezzar and his ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 38:17-23

Denomination: Pentecostal

How To Respond To The Will Of God Series

Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 14, 2008

God has a will for our lives. The question is, how will we respond to that will?

1. Illus. of man on motorcycle (Getting Down To Brass Tacks, pages 137-138) • Punchline- “I’m going home…. if it’s the Lord’s will!” 2. I want to talk to: • That Christian who I struggling to stay in God’s will, and wondering if it was all worth it. James has a word for you/ • That Christian who ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Promises For Believers Only Series

Contributed by Doug Johnston on Aug 27, 2001

Belivers must stop making excuses for lives of spiritual weakness and use God’s power for living by laying down their weaknesses and exchanging them for His strengths

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God ? 1 Samuel 6:20 Many things had to take place to make the people of Bethshemesh realize that God deserved special attention. Some believers today show God by their actions that they have better things to do than ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Amos - The Amateur But Authentic Prophet Series

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001

Amos was an Amateur but Authentic Prophet who faithfully delivered God’s message to Israel, clashing with the culture and church of his day, with a vital message for the church of all ages.

AMOS - THE AMATEUR BUT AUTHENTIC PROPHET Amos had no intention of becoming a prophet. He’d never attended "the schools of the prophets" that were the conventional launch of a prophetic ministry. In fact he was a sheep breeder and a fig-tree grower who lived about 2,800 years ago in the Judean ...read more

Scripture: Amos 5:21-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Game Of Life

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 14, 2000

Life is similar to the Olympics.

THE GAME OF LIFE I Cor. 9:24-27 INTRO.- ILL.- A man was discussing his tennis technique with a friend. He said, “My brain immediately barks out a command to my body: ‘Run forward, and fast.’ It says, ‘Start right now. Drop the ball gracefully over the net and then race back to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Safe Guidelines For Life

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 30, 2001

Our young people need some safe guidelines for life and James gives several.

SAFE GUIDELINES FOR LIFE James 1:5-21 INTRO.- ILL.- George W. Bush, in an airport lobby, noticed a man in a long flowing white robe with a long flowing white beard and flowing white hair. The man had a staff in one hand and some stone tablets under the other arm. George W. approached the man and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Learning To Stand" Series

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 21, 2003

Learning when to stand and when to move is important in our walk as a Christian.

Iliff & Saltillo UM Churches May 5, 2002 “Learning to Stand” Exodus 14:10-13 INTRODUCTION: Learning when to stand still and when to move forward is one of the greatest challenges for us today. We live in an instant society where we are trained for action--for decision making--especially in the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:10-13

Denomination: Methodist

"What Do You Do?

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 27, 2007

A sermon for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost Taking care of the poor

14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 Lectionary 22 September 2nd Luke 14:1, 7-14 "What Do you Do?" "One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him." Luke 14:1, RSV. "Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Dos Hermanos, Dos Destinos Series

Contributed by Kenton Wood on Apr 25, 2007

Este es el primer mensaje en una serie de 8 mensajes sobre la fe tomando personajes del AT. Compara la fe o falta de fe en las vidas de Caín y Abel. (bosquejo y manuscrito)

28 Enero 2007 Génesis 4: 1-16, Hebreos 4: 1-4 (este es el bosquejo que se encuentra en los boletines lo cual todos los miembros siguen durante el mensaje con bolígrafo en mano. Es una página de dos lados. Es muy efectivo para mantener la atención...pero requiere más trabajo del pastor.) ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do To The Least, Do It To The Lord

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 26, 2015

To show that the LORD JESUS CHRIST is our target of good works, do it today to the least of your brethren, and you've done it for the LORD.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you doing good to the LORD? Yes. How? Do it to the least of your brethren. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that the LORD JESUS CHRIST is our target of good works, do it today to the least of your brethren, and you've done it for the LORD. IV. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:40

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Time To Do; A Time Not To Do

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 24, 2024

What comes to us when our breath stops, when our days pass and we don’t even make a shadow anymore?

Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Course 2024 Our first reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth today may be for older Americans one of the ten most familiar Bible quotes. The atheist singer Pete Seeger penned “Turn, turn, turn” in 1959 and it became a Billboard number one song when ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-22, Psalm 144:1-4, Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Denomination: Catholic

First Things

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 21, 2004

At the first of the year it seems good to think of the “first things” God wants us to do. Following are most of the NT scriptures with the word “first” in them.

FIRST THINGS Matthew 6:31-34 and other Scriptures Intro One week a Sunday school teacher had just finished telling her class the Christmas story, how Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem and how Jesus was born there. So the teacher asked, "Who do you think the most important woman in the Bible ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:31-34, 1 Timothy 2:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Man Your Battle Stations

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 5, 2001

In the light of the terrorism of 9/11 we must "man our battle stations."

MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS Eph. 6:10-12 INTRO.- ILL.- The Army staff was planning war games but did not want to use live ammunition. Instead, they informed the men: "In place of a rifle, you go, ’bang, bang.’ In place of a knife, you go, ’stab, stab.’ In place of a hang grenade, you go, ’lob, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Anchors For The Soul

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 5, 2002

My life is not futile. My failures are not fatal. And my death is not final.

ANCHORS FOR THE SOUL I Cor. 15:1-8 INTRO.- Anchors and fishing. ILL.- Two men were out fishing on Sunday morning and were feeling pretty guilty, especially since the fish weren’t biting. One said to the other, "I guess I should have stayed home and gone to church this morning." The other man ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ